William Ernest Hewitt
Position: E-DE
Height: 5-9 Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: October 8, 1909 in Bay City, MI
Died: January 14, 1947 in Sellersville, PA
College: Michigan (school history)
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (14598th overall since 1950)
4-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1971, finalist in 1970
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1932 | 23 | CHI | RE | 13 | 12 | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1933+ | 24 | CHI | LE | 13 | 13 | 14 | 273 | 19.5 | 2 | 29 | 1.1 | 21.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 274 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1934+ | 25 | CHI | LE | 13 | 12 | 11 | 151 | 13.7 | 5 | 0 | 0.8 | 11.6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 165 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1935 | 26 | CHI | LE | 12 | 12 | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 6.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1936+ | 27 | CHI | LE | 12 | 12 | 15 | 358 | 23.9 | 6 | 45 | 1.3 | 29.8 | 2 | -9 | 0 | 0 | -4.5 | -0.8 | 0.2 | 349 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1937 | 28 | PHI | LE | 11 | 11 | 16 | 197 | 12.3 | 5 | 0 | 1.5 | 17.9 | 197 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1938+ | 29 | PHI | LE | 11 | 11 | 18 | 237 | 13.2 | 4 | 0 | 1.6 | 21.5 | 237 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1939 | 30 | PHI | e | 10 | 2 | 15 | 243 | 16.2 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 24.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 244 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1943 | 34 | PHI | e | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Career | 101 | 89 | 103 | 1638 | 15.9 | 23 | 45 | 1.0 | 16.2 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 29 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1674 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 yrs | CHI | 63 | 61 | 52 | 939 | 18.1 | 13 | 45 | 0.8 | 14.9 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 29 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 974 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 yrs | PHI | 38 | 28 | 51 | 699 | 13.7 | 10 | 11 | 1.3 | 18.4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 700 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||
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| 1933+ | 24 | CHI | LE | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 59 | 3 | 42.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 8.4 | 17.0 | 14.8 | 4.5 | 124.4 | |||||||||
| 1934+ | 25 | CHI | LE | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 56.2 | |||||||||
| 1935 | 26 | CHI | LE | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Career | 101 | 89 | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 63 | 3 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 6.3 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 0.6 | 109.6 | 0 | 0 |
Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.
| 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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| 1932 | 23 | CHI | RE | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1933+ | 24 | CHI | LE | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1934+ | 25 | CHI | LE | 13 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||||
| 1936+ | 27 | CHI | LE | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 1937 | 28 | PHI | LE | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||||
| 1938+ | 29 | PHI | LE | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||||
| 1939 | 30 | PHI | e | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Career | 101 | 89 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 156 | |||||||||||
| 5 yrs | CHI | 63 | 61 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 96 | ||||||||||
| 4 yrs | PHI | 38 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 60 |
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1932 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Collyers Eye Mag. |
| 1932 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NFL |
| 1932 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1933 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Chicago Daily News |
| 1933 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Collyers Eye Mag. |
| 1933 | 1st Team | All-NFL | GB Press-Gazette |
| 1933 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NFL |
| 1933 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1934 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Chicago Daily News |
| 1934 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Collyers Eye Mag. |
| 1934 | 1st Team | All-NFL | GB Press-Gazette |
| 1934 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NFL |
| 1934 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1936 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Chicago Daily News |
| 1936 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Collyers Eye Mag. |
| 1936 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NFL |
| 1936 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1937 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Int. News Service |
| 1937 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NFL |
| 1937 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1937 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1938 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Collyers Eye Mag. |
| 1938 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Writers |
| 1938 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Int. News Service |
| 1938 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NFL |
| 1938 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1938 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |