Dante Lavelli

Dante Bert Joseph Lavelli (Gluefingers)

Position: E-DE
Height: 6-0 Weight: 191 lbs.

Born: February 23, 1923 in Hudson, OH
Died: January 20, 2009 in Cleveland, 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 (1755th 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 Jun 18, 2013 8:25PM

All-Time Rank: #621. John David Crow… #622. Doug Dieken… #623. Doug English… #624. DANTE LAVELLI… #625. Julian Peterson… #626. Ken Ellis… #627. Bob Dee…

All-Time Rank: #621. John David Crow… #622. Doug Dieken… #623. Doug English… #624. DANTE LAVELLI… #625. Julian Peterson… #626. Ken Ellis… #627. Bob Dee…

Receiving & Rushing

							Receiving							Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	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		37	565	15.3	5	43	3.1	47.1								565	5	2	7
1951*	28	CLE	RE	56	12		43	586	13.6	6	47	3.6	48.8								586	6	0	9
1952	29	CLE	RE	86	8		21	336	16.0	4	41	2.6	42.0								336	4	0	6
1953*	30	CLE	RE	86	12		45	783	17.4	6	55	3.8	65.3								783	6	1	11
1954*	31	CLE	RE	86	12		47	802	17.1	7	64	3.9	66.8								802	7	0	10
1955	32	CLE	RE	86	12		31	492	15.9	4	49	2.6	41.0								492	4	0	7
1956	33	CLE	RE	86	11		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

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
1947	24	CLE	RE		13	6						1	10	0	10	10.0	809
1948	25	CLE	RE		8	7						1	0	0	0	0.0	472
Career					123	28						2	10	0	10	5.0	6521

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
1950	27	CLE	RE	56	12								0	2	0	0	0
1953*	30	CLE	RE	86	12								0	1	1	0	0
1954*	31	CLE	RE	86	12								0	0	1	0	0
1956	33	CLE	RE	86	11								0	1	0	0	0
Career					123								0	4	2	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	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		5	5	30
1951*	28	CLE	RE	56	12		6	6	36
1952	29	CLE	RE	86	8		4	4	24
1953*	30	CLE	RE	86	12		6	6	36
1954*	31	CLE	RE	86	12		7	7	42
1955	32	CLE	RE	86	12		4	4	24
1956	33	CLE	RE	86	11		1	1	6
Career					123	28	62	62	372

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7	Calvin Johnson, Jim Lash, Dwayne Bowe, Malcolm Barnwell, Terrence Wilkins, Tim Smith, Ted Ginn Jr., Lonzell Hill, Bo Farrington, David Givens
8	Santonio Holmes, Ron Shanklin, Mervyn Fernandez, Bernard Berrian, Marques Colston, Greg Jennings, James Scott, Billy Johnson, Todd Pinkston, J.D. Hill
9	Ron Shanklin, Lee Evans, Santonio Holmes, Marques Colston, James Scott, J.D. Hill, Mervyn Fernandez, Bert Emanuel, Bill Schroeder, Flipper Anderson
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11	Steve Watson, Pete Brewster, Charley Hennigan, Lee Evans, Carlos Carson, Flipper Anderson, Al Toon, Haywood Jeffires, Leon Hart, Ron Jessie
Career	Lee Evans, Pete Brewster, Steve Watson, Charley Hennigan, Flipper Anderson, Fred Barnett, Ron Jessie, Mike Quick, Carlos Carson, Larry Walton

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1940s Team	Pro Bowls 1951 1953 1954	Receptions 1946 AAFC 40 (1) 1947 AAFC 49 (2) 1949 AAFC 28 (10) 1951 NFL 43 (5) 1953 NFL 45 (7) 1954 NFL 47 (5)	Receiving Yds 1946 AAFC 843 (1) 1947 AAFC 799 (2) 1949 AAFC 475 (10) 1951 NFL 586 (7) 1953 NFL 783 (5) 1954 NFL 802 (5) Career 6488 (142)
Receiving TD 1946 AAFC 8 (2) 1947 AAFC 9 (2) 1948 AAFC 5 (10) 1949 AAFC 7 (2) 1951 NFL 6 (6) 1953 NFL 6 (5) 1954 NFL 7 (8) Career 62 (61)	Long Reception 1946 AAFC 63 (5) 1947 AAFC 72 (4) 1949 AAFC 67 (4) 1956 NFL 68 (8)	Yds/Reception 1946 AAFC 21.1 (1) 1947 AAFC 16.3 (4) 1949 AAFC 17.0 (4) 1953 NFL 17.4 (8) 1955 NFL 15.9 (9) Career 16.8 (93)	Receiving Yds/Game 1946 AAFC 60.2 (1) 1947 AAFC 61.5 (2) 1948 AAFC 57.9 (4) 1949 AAFC 52.8 (5) 1951 NFL 48.8 (9) 1953 NFL 65.3 (5) 1954 NFL 66.8 (5) Career 52.7 (121)
Touchdowns 1946 AAFC 8 (4) 1947 AAFC 9 (9) 1949 AAFC 7 (6) Career 62 (130)	Points Scored 1946 AAFC 48 (9) 1949 AAFC 42 (10)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1946 AAFC 8 (3) 1947 AAFC 9 (7) 1949 AAFC 7 (5) Career 62 (128)	Yds From Scrimmage 1946 AAFC 857 (2) 1947 AAFC 799 (10)
All-Purpose Yds 1946 AAFC 857 (8)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
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

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