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Leon Hart

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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Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G 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

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
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

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1955 27 DET 82 11 0 4 86 0 25 21.5 299
Career 92 0 4 86 0 25 21.5 3197

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
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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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Pro Bowls

1951

First-Team All-Pro

1951

Rushing TD

1956 NFL 5 (9)

Long Rush

1956 NFL 46 (10)

Yds/Rushing Att

1956 NFL 4.6 (9)

Receptions

1951 NFL 35 (8)

Receiving Yds

1951 NFL 544 (9)

Receiving TD

1951 NFL 12 (2/80)
1953 NFL 7 (4)

Yds/Reception

1950 NFL 16.3 (10)
1953 NFL 18.9 (4)

Touchdowns

1951 NFL 12 (2)
1953 NFL 7 (9)

Points Scored

1951 NFL 72 (7)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1951 NFL 12 (2)
1953 NFL 7 (9)

Non-Offensive TDs

1954 NFL 1 (7)

Fumble Return Yds

1954 NFL 22 (8)

Fumble Return TD

1954 NFL 1 (1)

 
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

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1951Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1954UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1956UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL