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Paul Hornung
Paul Vernon Hornung (Golden Boy)
Position: HB-FB-QB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: December 23, 1935 in Louisville, KY
College: Notre Dame (school history)
Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 52 (1417th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1986, finalist in 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
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| All-Time Rank: #630. Darryl Talley… #631. Aaron Glenn… #632. Duane Bickett… #633. PAUL HORNUNG… #634. Hanford Dixon… #635. Billy Ray Sr. Smith… #636. Gary Larsen… |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1957 | 22 | GNB | FB | 5 | 12 | 60 | 319 | 3 | 72 | 5.3 | 26.6 | 5.0 | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 0 | 16 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 353 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1958 | 23 | GNB | FB/K | 5 | 12 | 69 | 310 | 2 | 55 | 4.5 | 25.8 | 5.8 | 15 | 137 | 9.1 | 0 | 39 | 1.3 | 11.4 | 447 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1959* | 24 | GNB | K/LH | 5 | 12 | 152 | 681 | 7 | 63 | 4.5 | 56.8 | 12.7 | 15 | 113 | 7.5 | 0 | 19 | 1.3 | 9.4 | 794 | 7 | 7 | 10 | |
| 1960*+ | 25 | GNB | HB/K | 5 | 12 | 160 | 671 | 13 | 37 | 4.2 | 55.9 | 13.3 | 28 | 257 | 9.2 | 2 | 33 | 2.3 | 21.4 | 928 | 15 | 3 | 12 | |
| 1961+ | 26 | GNB | HB/K | 5 | 12 | 127 | 597 | 8 | 54 | 4.7 | 49.8 | 10.6 | 15 | 145 | 9.7 | 2 | 34 | 1.3 | 12.1 | 742 | 10 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1962 | 27 | GNB | HB | 5 | 9 | 57 | 219 | 5 | 37 | 3.8 | 24.3 | 6.3 | 9 | 168 | 18.7 | 2 | 83 | 1.0 | 18.7 | 387 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1964 | 29 | GNB | HB/K | 5 | 14 | 103 | 415 | 5 | 40 | 4.0 | 29.6 | 7.4 | 9 | 98 | 10.9 | 0 | 40 | 0.6 | 7.0 | 513 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1965 | 30 | GNB | HB | 5 | 12 | 89 | 299 | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 24.9 | 7.4 | 19 | 336 | 17.7 | 3 | 65 | 1.6 | 28.0 | 635 | 8 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1966 | 31 | GNB | HB | 5 | 9 | 76 | 200 | 2 | 9 | 2.6 | 22.2 | 8.4 | 14 | 192 | 13.7 | 3 | 44 | 1.6 | 21.3 | 392 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Career | 104 | 893 | 3711 | 50 | 72 | 4.2 | 35.7 | 8.6 | 130 | 1480 | 11.4 | 12 | 83 | 1.3 | 14.2 | 5191 | 62 | 22 | 62 | |||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | |||
| 1957 | 22 | GNB | FB | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958 | 23 | GNB | FB/K | 5 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 52.4% | 23 | 22 | 95.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| 1959* | 24 | GNB | K/LH | 5 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 41.2% | 32 | 31 | 96.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| 1960*+ | 25 | GNB | HB/K | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 53.6% | 41 | 41 | 100.0% | |||||||
| 1961+ | 26 | GNB | HB/K | 5 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 68.2% | 41 | 41 | 100.0% | ||||||
| 1962 | 27 | GNB | HB | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 60.0% | 14 | 14 | 100.0% | |||||||||
| 1964 | 29 | GNB | HB/K | 5 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 31.6% | 43 | 41 | 95.3% | ||||||
| Career | 104 | 28 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 140 | 66 | 47.1% | 194 | 190 | 97.9% | ||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 22 | GNB | FB | 5 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | -1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -1.0 | -0.1 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1958 | 23 | GNB | FB/K | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1959* | 24 | GNB | K/LH | 5 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 95 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 11.9 | 16.9 | 19.0 | 7.9 | 143.2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1960*+ | 25 | GNB | HB/K | 5 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 37.5 | 118 | 2 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 7.4 | 9.9 | 19.7 | 9.8 | 103.6 | |||||||||
| 1961+ | 26 | GNB | HB/K | 5 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 42 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 8.4 | 12.4 | 14.0 | 3.5 | 126.7 | |||||||||
| 1962 | 27 | GNB | HB | 5 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 80 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 41 | 13.3 | -1.7 | 20.0 | 8.9 | 70.1 | |||||||||
| 1964 | 29 | GNB | HB/K | 5 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 10 | 2.5 | -2.0 | 8.3 | 1.8 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 1965 | 30 | GNB | HB | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 19 | 9.5 | -13.0 | 19.0 | 1.6 | 43.7 | |||||||||
| 1966 | 31 | GNB | HB | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 87.5 | |||||||||
| Career | 104 | 24 | 55 | 43.6 | 383 | 5 | 9.1 | 4 | 7.3 | 41 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 16.0 | 3.7 | 67.5 | 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.
| 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 |
| 1957 | 22 | GNB | FB | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1958 | 23 | GNB | FB/K | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1959* | 24 | GNB | K/LH | 5 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1960*+ | 25 | GNB | HB/K | 5 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1961+ | 26 | GNB | HB/K | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1962 | 27 | GNB | HB | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1964 | 29 | GNB | HB/K | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1965 | 30 | GNB | HB | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1966 | 31 | GNB | HB | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 104 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 22 | GNB | FB | 5 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 1958 | 23 | GNB | FB/K | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 67 | |||||||||
| 1959* | 24 | GNB | K/LH | 5 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 7 | 94 | |||||||||
| 1960*+ | 25 | GNB | HB/K | 5 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 41 | 15 | 176 | ||||||||
| 1961+ | 26 | GNB | HB/K | 5 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 41 | 15 | 146 | ||||||||
| 1962 | 27 | GNB | HB | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 74 | ||||||||
| 1964 | 29 | GNB | HB/K | 5 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 12 | 107 | |||||||||
| 1965 | 30 | GNB | HB | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 1966 | 31 | GNB | HB | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Career | 104 | 50 | 12 | 62 | 190 | 66 | 760 |
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All-Pro Teams
| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1959 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1960 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1960 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1960 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1960 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1960 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1961 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1961 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1961 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1961 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1961 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
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