Dick James

Richard Alwin James

Position: HB-DB
Height: 5-9 Weight: 179 lbs.
Born: May 22, 1934 in Grants Pass, OR
College: Oregon

Career AV: 36 (2412th overall since 1950)

1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Washington Redskins in the 8th round (94th overall) of the 1956 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1956	22	WAS		47	10	0	58	280	1	41	4.8	28.0	5.8	7	127	18.1	2	34	0.7	12.7	407	3	0	1
1957	23	WAS	LDH	47	11	0	7	19	0	8	2.7	1.7	0.6								19	0	1	6
1958	24	WAS	LS	47	12	12	24	88	1	14	3.7	7.3	2.0	2	33	16.5	0	18	0.2	2.8	121	1	0	6
1959	25	WAS	RH	47	12	0	100	384	3	39	3.8	32.0	8.3	13	192	14.8	1	41	1.1	16.0	576	4	7	5
1960	26	WAS	RH	47	12	0	73	199	4	27	2.7	16.6	6.1	16	243	15.2	2	49	1.3	20.3	442	6	8	5
1961*	27	WAS	RH	47	14	0	71	374	3	39	5.3	26.7	5.1	20	298	14.9	2	44	1.4	21.3	672	5	0	6
1962	28	WAS	RET	47	14	0	9	13	0	7	1.4	0.9	0.6	19	373	19.6	5	49	1.4	26.6	386	5	4	1
1963	29	WAS	HB	47	14	0	105	384	4	15	3.7	27.4	7.5	15	302	20.1	2	77	1.1	21.6	686	6	6	6
1964	30	NYG	HB	47	14	0	55	189	3	18	3.4	13.5	3.9	12	101	8.4	1	34	0.9	7.2	290	4	7	5
1965	31	MIN		47	4	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0	0	1	2
Career					117	12	502	1930	19	41	3.8	16.5	4.3	104	1669	16.0	15	77	0.9	14.3	3599	34	34	43
8 yrs		WAS			99	12	447	1741	16	41	3.9	17.6	4.5	92	1568	17.0	14	77	0.9	15.8	3309	30	26	36
1 yr		NYG			14	0	55	189	3	18	3.4	13.5	3.9	12	101	8.4	1	34	0.9	7.2	290	4	7	5

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
1956	22	WAS		47	10	0	6	84	0	24	14.0	9	181	0	27	20.1	672
1957	23	WAS	LDH	47	11	0	11	83	0	27	7.5	12	259	0	38	21.6	361
1958	24	WAS	LS	47	12	12	6	37	0	21	6.2	9	212	0	39	23.6	370
1959	25	WAS	RH	47	12	0	21	95	0	26	4.5	23	503	0	38	21.9	1174
1960	26	WAS	RH	47	12	0	7	46	0	20	6.6	19	458	0	48	24.1	946
1961*	27	WAS	RH	47	14	0	12	90	0	18	7.5	21	617	0	48	29.4	1379
1962	28	WAS	RET	47	14	0	19	145	0	33	7.6	32	889	0	72	27.8	1420
1963	29	WAS	HB	47	14	0	16	214	0	39	13.4	30	830	0	48	27.7	1730
1964	30	NYG	HB	47	14	0	21	153	0	31	7.3	23	515	0	30	22.4	958
1965	31	MIN		47	4	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	11	212	0	28	19.3	217
Career					117	12	120	952	0	39	7.9	189	4676	0	72	24.7	9227
8 yrs		WAS			99	12	98	794	0	39	8.1	155	3949	0	72	25.5	8052
1 yr		MIN			4	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	11	212	0	28	19.3	217
1 yr		NYG			14	0	21	153	0	31	7.3	23	515	0	30	22.4	958

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
1957	23	WAS	LDH	47	11	0		2	3	0	3			1	2	0	0
1958	24	WAS	LS	47	12	12		4	43	0	23			0	2	0	0
1959	25	WAS	RH	47	12	0		3	47	0	25			7	1	0	0
1960	26	WAS	RH	47	12	0								8	3	0	0
1961*	27	WAS	RH	47	14	0		1	28	0	28
1962	28	WAS	RET	47	14	0								4	1	0	0
1963	29	WAS	HB	47	14	0		2	21	0	21			6	2	0	0
1964	30	NYG	HB	47	14	0								7	1	0	0
1965	31	MIN		47	4	0								1	0	0	0
Career					117	12		12	142	0	28			34	12	0	0
8 yrs		WAS			99	12		12	142	0	28			26	11	0	0
1 yr		MIN			4	0								1	0	0	0
1 yr		NYG			14	0								7	1	0	0

Passing

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Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate
1960	26	WAS	RH	47	12	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1961*	27	WAS	RH	47	14	0	1	4	25.0	15	0	0.0	15	3.8	3.8	15.0	1.1	42.7
1963	29	WAS	HB	47	14	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1964	30	NYG	HB	47	14	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0
Career					117	12	1	7	14.3	15	1	14.3	15	2.1	-4.3	15.0	0.1	0.0
8 yrs		WAS			99	12	1	6	16.7	15	0	0.0	15	2.5	2.5	15.0	0.2	39.6
1 yr		NYG			14	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0

Kicking & Punting

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							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	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1961*	27	WAS	RH	47	14	0																	6	210	51	0	35.0
1964	30	NYG	HB	47	14	0																	1	35	35	0	35.0
Career					117	12																	7	245	51	0	35.0
8 yrs		WAS			99	12																	6	210	51	0	35.0
1 yr		NYG			14	0																	1	35	35	0	35.0

Scoring Summary

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Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
1956	22	WAS		47	10	0	1	2	3	18
1958	24	WAS	LS	47	12	12	1		1	6
1959	25	WAS	RH	47	12	0	3	1	4	24
1960	26	WAS	RH	47	12	0	4	2	6	36
1961*	27	WAS	RH	47	14	0	3	2	5	30
1962	28	WAS	RET	47	14	0		5	5	30
1963	29	WAS	HB	47	14	0	4	2	6	36
1964	30	NYG	HB	47	14	0	3	1	4	24
Career					117	12	19	15	34	204
8 yrs		WAS			99	12	16	14	30	180
1 yr		NYG			14	0	3	1	4	24

Similar Players

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	A.D. Whitfield, Kevin Turner, Les Josephson, Johnny Hector, Jim Grabowski, Howard Cassady, Fred Beasley, Willie Asbury, Dan Lewis, R.C. Owens
4	Dan Lewis, Mike Hogan, Gene Foster, Howard Cassady, Tom Watkins, Ed Sutton, Fred Lane, Kenny King, Jim Grabowski, Fred Beasley
5	Dan Lewis, Howard Cassady, Anthony Toney, Kenny King, Mel Triplett, Fred Beasley, Fred Morrison, Charley Tolar, Bernie Casey, Al Carmichael
6	Dan Lewis, Mel Triplett, Bernie Casey, Howard Cassady, Charley Tolar, Jess Phillips, Ronnie Bull, Anthony Toney, Dick Hoak, Charles Alexander
7	Howard Cassady, Dan Lewis, Earl Gros, Kevin Turner, Joe Marconi, Charley Tolar, Mel Triplett, Tim Wilson, Fred Beasley, Breezy Reid
8	Dan Lewis, Mel Triplett, Charley Tolar, Matt Suhey, Earl Gros, Howard Cassady, Kimble Anders, Kevin Turner, Fred Willis, Randy McMillan
9	Dan Lewis, Matt Suhey, Jim Dooley, Joe Childress, Larry Garron, Johnny Olszewski, Ronnie Bull, Dick Hoak, Johnny Hector, Earl Gros
10	Dan Lewis, Joe Childress, Jim Dooley, Dick Hoak, Matt Suhey, Johnny Hector, Johnny Olszewski, Ronnie Bull, Kimble Anders, Jess Phillips
Career	Dan Lewis, Joe Childress, Jim Dooley, Johnny Hector, Dick Hoak, Kimble Anders, Jess Phillips, Clarence Peaks, Larry Garron, Bernie Casey

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls 1961	Long Reception 1963 NFL 77 (7)	All-Purpose Yds 1959 NFL 1174 (10) 1961 NFL 1379 (8) 1962 NFL 1420 (9) 1963 NFL 1730 (4) Career 9227 (150)	Yds/Touch 1956 NFL 8.4 (3) 1959 NFL 7.5 (10) 1960 NFL 8.2 (4) 1961 NFL 11.1 (2) 1963 NFL 10.4 (1) 1964 NFL 8.6 (4)
Kick Returns 1959 NFL 23 (3) 1960 NFL 19 (6) 1962 NFL 32 (2) 1963 NFL 30 (3) Career 189 (41)	Kick Return Yds 1959 NFL 503 (2) 1960 NFL 458 (8) 1961 NFL 617 (9) 1962 NFL 889 (2) 1963 NFL 830 (3) Career 4676 (35)	Long Kick Return 1962 NFL 72 (7)	Yds/Kick Return 1961 NFL 29.4 (2/59) 1962 NFL 27.8 (4) 1963 NFL 27.7 (7) Career 24.7 (66)
Punt Returns 1959 NFL 21 (4) 1962 NFL 19 (4) 1963 NFL 16 (7) 1964 NFL 21 (4) Career 120 (117)	Punt Return Yds 1962 NFL 145 (6) 1963 NFL 214 (4) Career 952 (136)	Long Punt Return 1962 NFL 33 (10)	Yds/Punt Return 1962 NFL 7.6 (5) 1963 NFL 13.4 (1)
Kick & Punt Returns 1959 NFL 44 (2) 1961 NFL 33 (9) 1962 NFL 51 (2) 1963 NFL 46 (4) 1964 NFL 44 (5) Career 309 (48)	Kick & Punt Return Yds 1959 NFL 598 (3) 1960 NFL 504 (10) 1961 NFL 707 (9) 1962 NFL 1034 (2) 1963 NFL 1044 (2) 1964 NFL 668 (10) Career 5628 (37)	Fumbles 1959 NFL 7 (4) 1960 NFL 8 (3) 1964 NFL 7 (8)	Fumbles Recovered 1960 NFL 3 (6)

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