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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

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1979

9-time Pro Bowler & 3-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 3rd round (34th overall) of the 1952 Draft

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1952 22 DET RDH 12 0 5 181 43 0 36.2
1953* 23 DET RS 11 0 28 1112 61 0 39.7
1956*+ 26 DET RS 12 0 42 1698 41 0 40.4
1957* 27 DET LS 12 0 54 2156 66 0 39.9
1958*+ 28 DET LS 12 0 59 2524 62 1 42.8
1959* 29 DET LS 10 0 45 2121 67 0 47.1
1960* 30 DET RS 12 0 64 2802 63 2 43.8
1961* 31 DET RS 14 0 52 2519 71 0 48.4
1962*+ 32 DET RS 14 0 52 2354 68 1 45.3
1963 33 DET RS 10 0 35 1713 73 0 48.9
1964* 34 DET RS 14 0 67 3099 73 0 46.3
Career 133 0 503 22279 73 4 44.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1952 22 DET RDH 12 0 4 61 0 53 0 1 0 0
1953* 23 DET RS 11 0 5 98 0 32 1 0 0 0
1956*+ 26 DET RS 12 0 8 182 1 73 0 1 0 0
1957* 27 DET LS 12 0 2 64 0 63 2 3 0 0
1958*+ 28 DET LS 12 0 3 70 0 31 3 1 0 0
1959* 29 DET LS 10 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 38 1
1960* 30 DET RS 12 0 3 44 0 22
1961* 31 DET RS 14 0 6 95 0 42
1962*+ 32 DET RS 14 0 8 51 0 32 0 3 38 0
1963 33 DET RS 10 0 2 21 1 21 0 1 0 0
1964* 34 DET RS 14 0 6 101 0 30 0 1 0 0
Career 133 0 50 787 2 73 8 13 76 1

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1952 22 DET RDH 12 0 16 182 1 58 11.4 12 303 0 41 25.3 485
1953* 23 DET RS 11 0 13 115 1 74 8.8 6 116 0 33 19.3 252
1956*+ 26 DET RS 12 0 22 70 0 38 3.2 4 76 0 29 19.0 156
1957* 27 DET LS 12 0 25 139 0 36 5.6 171
1958*+ 28 DET LS 12 0 27 196 1 71 7.3 198
1959* 29 DET LS 10 0 21 43 0 12 2.0 61
1960* 30 DET RS 12 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 24
1961* 31 DET RS 14 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 22
Career 133 0 126 758 3 74 6.0 22 495 0 41 22.5 1406

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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 RS 11 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 1.9 0.1 21 0 1
1956*+ 26 DET RS 12 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 0.8 0.1 10 0 0
1957* 27 DET LS 12 0 1 32 0 32 32.0 2.7 0.1 32 0 2
1958*+ 28 DET LS 12 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 2 0 3
1959* 29 DET LS 10 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 1.8 0.1 18 0 2
1960* 30 DET RS 12 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 1.6 0.1 19 0 0
1961* 31 DET RS 14 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 1.0 0.1 14 0 0
1963 33 DET RS 10 0 1 26 0 26 26.0 2.6 0.1 26 0 0
1964* 34 DET RS 14 0 2 11 0 9 5.5 0.8 0.1 11 0 0
Career 133 0 10 153 0 32 15.3 1.2 0.1 153 0 8

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
1957* 27 DET LS 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1958*+ 28 DET LS 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1959* 29 DET LS 10 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1962*+ 32 DET RS 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Career 133 0 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1952 22 DET RDH 12 0 1 6
1953* 23 DET RS 11 0 1 6
1956*+ 26 DET RS 12 0 1 6
1958*+ 28 DET LS 12 0 1 6
1959* 29 DET LS 10 0 1 6
1963 33 DET RS 10 0 1 6
Career 133 0 3 1 2 36

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1953
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1964

1st-team All-Pro

1956
1958
1962

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 (65)

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 (101)

Punt Return Yds

1952 NFL 182 (8)
1953 NFL 115 (7)
1957 NFL 139 (5)
1958 NFL 196 (2)
Career 758 (192)

Punt Return TD

1952 NFL 1 (5-- 85)
1953 NFL 1 (1-- 85)
1958 NFL 1 (1-- 85)
Career 3 (32)

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)
Career 148 (193)

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 (78)

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 (72)

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-- 35)
1962 NFL 1 (2)
Career 4 (68)

Yds/Punt

1956 NFL 40.4 (8)
1958 NFL 42.8 (3)
1959 NFL 47.1 (1-- 20)
1960 NFL 43.8 (4)
1961 NFL 48.4 (1-- 6)
1962 NFL 45.3 (4-- 86)
1963 NFL 48.9 (1-- 4)
1964 NFL 46.3 (2-- 35)
Career 44.3 (10)

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 (31)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1956 NFL 182 (4-- 96)
1964 NFL 101 (9)
Career 787 (29)

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)

     

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1956 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1956 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1956 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1956 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1956 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1957 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1957 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1959 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1960 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1961 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1962 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1962 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1962 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1962 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1963 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1963 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1964 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.