Leon Joseph Hart
Position: E-FB-DE
Height: 6-5 Weight: 257 lbs.
Born: November 2, 1928 in Pittsburgh, PA
College: Notre Dame
Career AV: 48 (1508th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1950 NFL Draft.
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| Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1950 | 22 | DET | RE/LDE | 82 | 12 | 0 | 31 | 505 | 16.3 | 1 | 66 | 2.6 | 42.1 | 505 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||||||
| 1951*+ | 23 | DET | RE | 82 | 12 | 0 | 35 | 544 | 15.5 | 12 | 33 | 2.9 | 45.3 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 3 | -1.5 | -0.5 | 0.3 | 538 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| 1952 | 24 | DET | RE | 82 | 11 | 0 | 32 | 376 | 11.8 | 4 | 24 | 2.9 | 34.2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 386 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 1953 | 25 | DET | RE | 82 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 472 | 18.9 | 7 | 49 | 2.1 | 39.3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 474 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 1954 | 26 | DET | RE | 82 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 377 | 15.7 | 0 | 40 | 2.0 | 31.4 | 377 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1955 | 27 | DET | 82 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 1 | 14 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 35 | 159 | 0 | 21 | 4.5 | 14.5 | 3.2 | 213 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1956 | 28 | DET | FB | 82 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 116 | 8.3 | 1 | 29 | 1.3 | 10.5 | 76 | 348 | 5 | 46 | 4.6 | 31.6 | 6.9 | 464 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| 1957 | 29 | DET | fb | 82 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | 22 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 24 | 99 | 0 | 15 | 4.1 | 9.0 | 2.2 | 154 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Career | 92 | 0 | 174 | 2499 | 14.4 | 26 | 66 | 1.9 | 27.2 | 143 | 612 | 5 | 46 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 3111 | 31 | 8 | 54 | ||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1950 | 22 | DET | RE/LDE | 82 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1951*+ | 23 | DET | RE | 82 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 1953 | 25 | DET | RE | 82 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1954 | 26 | DET | RE | 82 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1955 | 27 | DET | 82 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1956 | 28 | DET | FB | 82 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1957 | 29 | DET | fb | 82 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 92 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1955 | 27 | DET | 82 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 86 | 0 | 25 | 21.5 | 299 | ||||||
| Career | 92 | 0 | 4 | 86 | 0 | 25 | 21.5 | 3197 | |||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1950 | 22 | DET | RE/LDE | 82 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1951*+ | 23 | DET | RE | 82 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 72 | ||||||||||
| 1952 | 24 | DET | RE | 82 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1953 | 25 | DET | RE | 82 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 1954 | 26 | DET | RE | 82 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1955 | 27 | DET | 82 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1956 | 28 | DET | FB | 82 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| Career | 92 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 32 | 192 |
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| 1951 | Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL |
| NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL | |
| UPI: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| 1954 | UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL |
| 1956 | UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL |