Dante Lavelli
Dante Bert Joseph Lavelli
Position: E-DE
Height: 6-0 Weight: 191 lbs.
Born: February 23, 1923 in Hudson, OH
College: Ohio St. (school history)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 12th round (103rd overall) of the 1947 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 47 (1660th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1975, finalist in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
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Fine Details · Last updated Nov 9, 2011 3:32PM
| All-Time Rank: #622. Vern Den Herder… #623. Gino Cappelletti… #624. Anthony Miller… #625. DANTE LAVELLI… #626. Danny White… #627. Keith Millard… #628. Bob Gain… |
| Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1946 | 23 | CLE | RE | 14 | 8 | 40 | 843 | 21.1 | 8 | 63 | 2.9 | 60.2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 857 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1947 | 24 | CLE | RE | 13 | 6 | 49 | 799 | 16.3 | 9 | 72 | 3.8 | 61.5 | 799 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1948 | 25 | CLE | RE | 8 | 7 | 25 | 463 | 18.5 | 5 | 54 | 3.1 | 57.9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 472 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1949 | 26 | CLE | RE | 9 | 7 | 28 | 475 | 17.0 | 7 | 67 | 3.1 | 52.8 | 475 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1950 | 27 | CLE | RE | 56 | 12 | 0 | 37 | 565 | 15.3 | 5 | 43 | 3.1 | 47.1 | 565 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
| 1951* | 28 | CLE | RE | 56 | 12 | 0 | 43 | 586 | 13.6 | 6 | 47 | 3.6 | 48.8 | 586 | 6 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
| 1952 | 29 | CLE | RE | 86 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 336 | 16.0 | 4 | 41 | 2.6 | 42.0 | 336 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1953* | 30 | CLE | RE | 86 | 12 | 0 | 45 | 783 | 17.4 | 6 | 55 | 3.8 | 65.3 | 783 | 6 | 1 | 11 | |||||||
| 1954* | 31 | CLE | RE | 86 | 12 | 0 | 47 | 802 | 17.1 | 7 | 64 | 3.9 | 66.8 | 802 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
| 1955 | 32 | CLE | RE | 86 | 12 | 0 | 31 | 492 | 15.9 | 4 | 49 | 2.6 | 41.0 | 492 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
| 1956 | 33 | CLE | RE | 86 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 344 | 17.2 | 1 | 68 | 1.8 | 31.3 | 344 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Career | 123 | 28 | 386 | 6488 | 16.8 | 62 | 72 | 3.1 | 52.7 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 11.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 6511 | 62 | 4 | 54 | ||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 23 | CLE | RE | 14 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 48 | |||||||||||
| 1947 | 24 | CLE | RE | 13 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 54 | |||||||||||
| 1948 | 25 | CLE | RE | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||||
| 1949 | 26 | CLE | RE | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 42 | |||||||||||
| 1950 | 27 | CLE | RE | 56 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 1951* | 28 | CLE | RE | 56 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 1952 | 29 | CLE | RE | 86 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1953* | 30 | CLE | RE | 86 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 1954* | 31 | CLE | RE | 86 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 1955 | 32 | CLE | RE | 86 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1956 | 33 | CLE | RE | 86 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Career | 123 | 28 | 62 | 62 | 372 |
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1946 | 1st Team | All-AAFC | AAFC |
| 1946 | 2nd Team | All-AAFC | Associated Press |
| 1946 | 2nd Team | All-AAFC | NY Daily News |
| 1946 | 2nd Team | All-AAFC | UPI |
| 1947 | 1st Team | All-AAFC | AAFC |
| 1948 | 2nd Team | All-AAFC | AAFC |
| 1948 | 2nd Team | All-AAFC | NY Daily News |
| 1948 | 2nd Team | All-AAFC | UPI |
| 1949 | 2nd Team | All-AAFC | AAFC |
| 1949 | 2nd Team | All-AAFC | NY Daily News |
| 1949 | 2nd Team | All-AAFC | UPI |
| 1951 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1951 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1953 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1953 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |