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Curley Johnson

John Curley Johnson

Position: RB-P-TE
Height: 6-0    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: July 2, 1935 in Anna, TX
College: Houston

Career AV: 10 (6348th overall since 1950)

1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 7th round (77th overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.

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Kicking & Punting

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 AV
1960 25 DTX 33 14 0 1 0.0% 3 110 58 0 36.7 1
1961 26 NYT P 20 12 0 66 2821 70 0 42.7 1
1962 27 NYT P 20 14 0 50 1998 63 0 40.0 1
1963 28 NYJ P 33 14 0 72 3034 64 1 42.1 1
1964 29 NYJ P 33 14 0 79 3261 61 2 41.3 1
1965* 30 NYJ P 33 14 0 72 3260 73 0 45.3 3
1966 31 NYJ P 33 14 0 62 2633 63 0 42.5 1
1967 32 NYJ P 33 14 0 65 2734 60 0 42.1 1
1968 33 NYJ P 33 14 0 68 2977 65 1 43.8 1
1969 34 NYG 33 5 0 22 823 66 2 37.4 1
Career 129 0 1 0.0% 559 23651 73 6 42.3 12
8 yrs NYJ 110 0 534 22718 73 4 42.5 10
1 yr KAN 14 0 1 0.0% 3 110 58 0 36.7 1
1 yr NYG 5 0 22 823 66 2 37.4 1

Rushing & Receiving

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
1960 25 DTX 33 14 0 23 43 1 8 1.9 3.1 1.6 10 174 17.4 1 36 0.7 12.4 217 2 1
1961 26 NYT P 20 12 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.3 0.1 1 32 32.0 0 32 0.1 2.7 35 0 0
1962 27 NYT P 20 14 0 26 114 0 25 4.4 8.1 1.9 14 62 4.4 0 12 1.0 4.4 176 0 3
1963 28 NYJ P 33 14 0 2 6 0 5 3.0 0.4 0.1 6 0 1
1964 29 NYJ P 33 14 0 6 22 0 8 3.7 1.6 0.4 22 0 0
1965* 30 NYJ P 33 14 0 2 3 0 2 1.5 0.2 0.1 1 6 6.0 1 6 0.1 0.4 9 1 0
1966 31 NYJ P 33 14 0 2 24 0 20 12.0 1.7 0.1 1 18 18.0 1 18 0.1 1.3 42 1 2
1968 33 NYJ P 33 14 0 2 -6 0 0 -3.0 -0.4 0.1 5 78 15.6 0 18 0.4 5.6 72 0 1
Career 129 0 64 209 1 25 3.3 1.6 0.5 32 370 11.6 3 36 0.2 2.9 579 4 8
8 yrs NYJ 110 0 41 166 0 25 4.0 1.5 0.4 22 196 8.9 2 32 0.2 1.8 362 2 7
1 yr KAN 14 0 23 43 1 8 1.9 3.1 1.6 10 174 17.4 1 36 0.7 12.4 217 2 1

Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1960 25 DTX 33 14 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 230
1961 26 NYT P 20 12 0 5 84 0 21 16.8 119
1962 27 NYT P 20 14 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 190
1963 28 NYJ P 33 14 0 6 77 0 17 12.8 83
1964 29 NYJ P 33 14 0 4 62 0 19 15.5 84
1966 31 NYJ P 33 14 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 46
Career 129 0 18 254 0 21 14.1 833
8 yrs NYJ 110 0 17 241 0 21 14.2 603
1 yr KAN 14 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 230

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1964 29 NYJ P 33 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Career 129 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Defense & Fumbles

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
1960 25 DTX 33 14 0 1 0 0 0
1962 27 NYT P 20 14 0 3 0 0 0
1963 28 NYJ P 33 14 0 1 0 0 0
1966 31 NYJ P 33 14 0 2 0 0 0
1968 33 NYJ P 33 14 0 1 1 0 0
1969 34 NYG 33 5 0 0 1 0 0
Career 129 0 8 2 0 0
8 yrs NYJ 110 0 7 1 0 0
1 yr KAN 14 0 1 0 0 0
1 yr NYG 5 0 0 1 0 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1960 25 DTX 33 14 0 1 1 2 1 14
1965* 30 NYJ P 33 14 0 1 1 6
1966 31 NYJ P 33 14 0 1 1 6
Career 129 0 1 3 4 1 26
8 yrs NYJ 110 0 2 2 12
1 yr KAN 14 0 1 1 2 1 14

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1965

2-pt. Conv. Made

Career 1 (139)

Punts

1961 AFL 66 (3)
1962 AFL 50 (6)
1963 AFL 72 (4)
1964 AFL 79 (1)

1965 AFL 72 (5)
1966 AFL 62 (6)
1967 AFL 65 (6)
1968 AFL 68 (6)
Career 559 (69)

Punting Yds

1961 AFL 2821 (3)
1962 AFL 1998 (6)
1963 AFL 3034 (2)
1964 AFL 3261 (2)
1965 AFL 3260 (3)
1966 AFL 2633 (6)
1967 AFL 2734 (6)
1968 AFL 2977 (6)
Career 23651 (63)

Long Punt

1960 AFL 58 (7)
1961 AFL 70 (3)
1962 AFL 63 (4)
1963 AFL 64 (5)
1964 AFL 61 (8)
1965 AFL 73 (2)
1966 AFL 63 (5)
1967 AFL 60 (6)
1968 AFL 65 (6)
1969 NFL 66 (3)

Punts Blocked

1963 AFL 1 (2)
1964 AFL 2 (1/36)

1968 AFL 1 (4)
1969 NFL 2 (1/36)

Career 6 (31)

Yds/Punt

1961 AFL 42.7 (2)
1962 AFL 40.0 (5)
1963 AFL 42.1 (4)
1964 AFL 41.3 (5)
1965 AFL 45.3 (2/96)
1966 AFL 42.5 (3)
1967 AFL 42.1 (6)
1968 AFL 43.8 (2)
Career 42.3 (69)

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

All-Pro Teams

1965AFL: 1st Team All-AFL
1968Sporting News: 2nd Team All-Conf.