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Yale Lary

Robert Yale Lary Jr.

Position: DB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 185 lbs.

Born: November 24, 1930 in Fort Worth, TX
College: Texas A&M   (school history)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 3rd round (34th overall) of the 1952 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 104 (109th overall since 1950)
9-time Pro Bowler & 3-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1979, finalist in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 24, 2013 10:25AM
All-Time Rank: #53. Deion Sanders… #54. Andy Robustelli… #55. Joe Greene… #56. YALE LARY… #57. Bruce Smith… #58. Chris Doleman… #59. Alex Karras… 

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
1952 22 DET PR/RDH 28 12 5 181 43 0 36.2 9
1953* 23 DET PR/RS 28 11 28 1112 61 0 39.7 12
1956*+ 26 DET P/PR/RS 28 12 42 1698 41 0 40.4 16
1957* 27 DET LS/P/PR 28 12 54 2156 66 0 39.9 11
1958*+ 28 DET LS/P/PR 28 12 59 2524 62 1 42.8 14
1959* 29 DET LS/P/PR 28 10 45 2121 67 0 47.1 12
1960* 30 DET P/RS 28 12 64 2802 63 2 43.8 10
1961* 31 DET P/RS 28 14 52 2519 71 0 48.4 10
1962*+ 32 DET P/RS 28 14 52 2354 68 1 45.3 17
1963 33 DET P/RS 28 10 35 1713 73 0 48.9 12
1964* 34 DET P/RS 28 14 67 3099 73 0 46.3 10
Career 133 503 22279 73 4 44.3 133

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
1952 22 DET PR/RDH 28 12 4 61 0 53 0 0 0 1 0 0
1953* 23 DET PR/RS 28 11 5 98 0 32 0 0 1 0 0 0
1956*+ 26 DET P/PR/RS 28 12 8 182 1 73 0 0 0 1 0 0
1957* 27 DET LS/P/PR 28 12 2 64 0 63 0 0 2 3 0 0
1958*+ 28 DET LS/P/PR 28 12 3 70 0 31 0 0 3 1 0 0
1959* 29 DET LS/P/PR 28 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 38 1
1960* 30 DET P/RS 28 12 3 44 0 22 0
1961* 31 DET P/RS 28 14 6 95 0 42 0
1962*+ 32 DET P/RS 28 14 8 51 0 32 0 0 0 3 38 0
1963 33 DET P/RS 28 10 2 21 1 21 0 0 0 1 0 0
1964* 34 DET P/RS 28 14 6 101 0 30 0 0 0 1 0 0
Career 133 50 787 2 73 0 0 8 13 76 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
1952 22 DET PR/RDH 28 12 16 182 1 58 11.4 12 303 0 41 25.3 485
1953* 23 DET PR/RS 28 11 13 115 1 74 8.8 6 116 0 33 19.3 252
1956*+ 26 DET P/PR/RS 28 12 22 70 0 38 3.2 4 76 0 29 19.0 156
1957* 27 DET LS/P/PR 28 12 25 139 0 36 5.6 171
1958*+ 28 DET LS/P/PR 28 12 27 196 1 71 7.3 198
1959* 29 DET LS/P/PR 28 10 21 43 0 12 2.0 61
1960* 30 DET P/RS 28 12 1 5 0 5 5.0 24
1961* 31 DET P/RS 28 14 1 8 0 8 8.0 22
Career 133 126 758 3 74 6.0 22 495 0 41 22.5 1406

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
1953* 23 DET PR/RS 28 11 1 21 0 21 21.0 1.9 0.1 21 0 1
1956*+ 26 DET P/PR/RS 28 12 1 10 0 10 10.0 0.8 0.1 10 0 0
1957* 27 DET LS/P/PR 28 12 1 32 0 32 32.0 2.7 0.1 32 0 2
1958*+ 28 DET LS/P/PR 28 12 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 2 0 3
1959* 29 DET LS/P/PR 28 10 1 18 0 18 18.0 1.8 0.1 18 0 2
1960* 30 DET P/RS 28 12 1 19 0 19 19.0 1.6 0.1 19 0 0
1961* 31 DET P/RS 28 14 1 14 0 14 14.0 1.0 0.1 14 0 0
1963 33 DET P/RS 28 10 1 26 0 26 26.0 2.6 0.1 26 0 0
1964* 34 DET P/RS 28 14 2 11 0 9 5.5 0.8 0.1 11 0 0
Career 133 10 153 0 32 15.3 1.2 0.1 153 0 8

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% 4QC GWD
1957* 27 DET LS/P/PR 28 12 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1958*+ 28 DET LS/P/PR 28 12 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
1959* 29 DET LS/P/PR 28 10 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
1962*+ 32 DET P/RS 28 14 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Career 133 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 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.

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1952 22 DET PR/RDH 28 12 1 1 6
1953* 23 DET PR/RS 28 11 1 1 6
1956*+ 26 DET P/PR/RS 28 12 1 1 6
1958*+ 28 DET LS/P/PR 28 12 1 1 6
1959* 29 DET LS/P/PR 28 10 1 1 6
1963 33 DET P/RS 28 10 1 1 6
Career 133 3 1 2 6 36

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4 Ken Gorgal, Will Sherman, Ralph Anderson, Rod Perry, Tom Brookshier, Rodger Bird, Nolan Cromwell, Jason Sehorn, McNeil Moore, Brandon Meriweather
5 Deron Cherry, Ken Gorgal, Bill Bradley, Nolan Cromwell, Wes Hopkins, Bob Jeter, Dave Baker, Joey Browner, Kent McCloughan, Dave Duerson
6 Deron Cherry, Bill Bradley, Joey Browner, Dave Duerson, Glen Edwards, Nolan Cromwell, Ken Gorgal, Sean Taylor, Cornell Green, LeRoy Irvin
7 Deron Cherry, Troy Polamalu, Joey Browner, Nolan Cromwell, Kenny Easley, Cornell Green, Bill Bradley, LeRoy Irvin, Roger Wehrli*, Frank Minnifield
8 Deron Cherry, Joey Browner, Kenny Easley, Mike Haynes*, Roy Williams, Cornell Green, Troy Polamalu, Jerry Norton, Nolan Cromwell, Frank Minnifield
9 Deron Cherry, Joey Browner, Donnie Shell, Kenny Easley, Ed Reed, Cliff Harris, Cornell Green, Ken Houston*, Roger Wehrli*, John Lynch
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11 Jake Scott, Mike Haynes*, Ed Reed, Johnny Robinson, Ken Houston*, Eddie Meador, Champ Bailey, Night Train Lane*, Cliff Harris, Ronnie Lott*
Career Jake Scott, Champ Bailey, Ed Reed, Johnny Robinson, Night Train Lane*, Jack Christiansen*, Mike Haynes*, Cliff Harris, Jack Butler*, Lem Barney*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls
1953
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1964

First-Team All-Pro
1956
1958
1962

Approximate Value
1956 NFL 16 (2)
Career 133 (139)

Approximate Value (Weighted)
Career 104 (109)

Non-Offensive TDs
1953 NFL 1 (3)
1956 NFL 1 (5)
1958 NFL 1 (7)
1959 NFL 1 (2)
1963 NFL 1 (3)
Career 6 (71)

Yds/Kick Return
1952 NFL 25.3 (7)

Punt Returns
1956 NFL 22 (3)
1957 NFL 25 (2)
1958 NFL 27 (2)
1959 NFL 21 (4)
Career 126 (114)

Punt Return Yds
1952 NFL 182 (8)
1953 NFL 115 (7)
1957 NFL 139 (5)
1958 NFL 196 (2)

Punt Return TD
1952 NFL 1 (5/97)
1953 NFL 1 (1/97)
1958 NFL 1 (1/97)
Career 3 (36)

Long Punt Return
1952 NFL 58 (9)
1953 NFL 74 (2)
1957 NFL 36 (5)
1958 NFL 71 (1)

Yds/Punt Return
1952 NFL 11.4 (8)
1953 NFL 8.8 (4)
1957 NFL 5.6 (6)
1958 NFL 7.3 (8)

Kick & Punt Returns
1956 NFL 26 (10)

Punts
1956 NFL 42 (7)
1957 NFL 54 (7)
1958 NFL 59 (3)
1960 NFL 64 (1)
1961 NFL 52 (10)
1962 NFL 52 (10)
1964 NFL 67 (7)
Career 503 (90)

Punting Yds
1956 NFL 1698 (7)
1957 NFL 2156 (8)
1958 NFL 2524 (3)
1959 NFL 2121 (10)
1960 NFL 2802 (2)
1961 NFL 2519 (4)
1962 NFL 2354 (7)
1964 NFL 3099 (7)
Career 22279 (84)

Long Punt
1953 NFL 61 (7)
1957 NFL 66 (5)
1958 NFL 62 (5)
1959 NFL 67 (3)
1960 NFL 63 (7)
1961 NFL 71 (3)
1962 NFL 68 (8)
1963 NFL 73 (1)
1964 NFL 73 (3)

Punts Blocked
1958 NFL 1 (1)
1960 NFL 2 (1/38)
1962 NFL 1 (2)
Career 4 (72)

Yds/Punt
1956 NFL 40.4 (8)
1958 NFL 42.8 (3)
1959 NFL 47.1 (1/48)
1960 NFL 43.8 (4)
1961 NFL 48.4 (1/16)
1962 NFL 45.3 (4)
1963 NFL 48.9 (1/11)
1964 NFL 46.3 (2/78)
Career 44.3 (25)

Fumble Return Yds
1959 NFL 38 (7)
1962 NFL 38 (4)

Fumble Return TD
1959 NFL 1 (1)

Interceptions
1956 NFL 8 (2)
1961 NFL 6 (10)
1962 NFL 8 (2)
1964 NFL 6 (5)
Career 50 (34)

Intercept. Ret. Yds
1956 NFL 182 (4)
1964 NFL 101 (9)
Career 787 (32)

Intercept. Ret. TD
1956 NFL 1 (2)
1963 NFL 1 (2)

Long Intercep. Return
1952 NFL 53 (8)
1956 NFL 73 (2)
1957 NFL 63 (4)

 

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19561st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19562nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19562nd TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19561st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19562nd TeamAll-NFLUPI
19572nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19571st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19571st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19571st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19581st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19581st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19581st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19581st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19592nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19591st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19591st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19592nd TeamAll-NFLUPI
19602nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19612nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19621st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19621st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19621st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19621st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19631st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19632nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19641st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News