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Joe Laws

Joseph Ray Laws

Position: HB
Height: 5-9    Weight: 186 lbs.
Born: June 16, 1911 in Colfax, IA
College: Iowa

1-time Pro Bowler

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
1934 23 GNB HB 13 7 46 155 1 0 3.4 11.9 3.5 9 165 18.3 1 61 0.7 12.7 320 2 0
1935 24 GNB 11 4 24 63 1 0 2.6 5.7 2.2 4 82 20.5 0 41 0.4 7.5 145 1 0
1936 25 GNB 11 4 50 296 1 41 5.9 26.9 4.5 10 132 13.2 2 0 0.9 12.0 428 3 0
1937 26 GNB HB 11 9 74 310 1 0 4.2 28.2 6.7 10 121 12.1 0 19 0.9 11.0 431 1 0
1938 27 GNB HB 10 7 60 253 0 0 4.2 25.3 6.0 6 55 9.2 1 17 0.6 5.5 308 1 0
1939* 28 GNB 10 3 55 162 2 0 2.9 16.2 5.5 11 177 16.1 1 31 1.1 17.7 339 3 0
1940 29 GNB 3 2 7 21 0 0 3.0 7.0 2.3 5 60 12.0 1 24 1.7 20.0 81 1 0
1941 30 GNB 11 4 21 58 0 10 2.8 5.3 1.9 4 48 12.0 1 18 0.4 4.4 106 1 0
1942 31 GNB HB 10 6 29 100 0 17 3.4 10.0 2.9 6 96 16.0 1 28 0.6 9.6 196 1 0
1943 32 GNB RET 10 2 43 232 0 31 5.4 23.2 4.3 5 33 6.6 0 22 0.5 3.3 265 0 0
1944 33 GNB RET 10 4 45 200 3 20 4.4 20.0 4.5 7 61 8.7 1 29 0.7 6.1 261 4 0
1945 34 GNB HB 10 6 16 82 0 20 5.1 8.2 1.6 2 11 5.5 0 7 0.2 1.1 93 0 2
Career 120 58 470 1932 9 41 4.1 16.1 3.9 79 1041 13.2 9 61 0.7 8.7 2973 18 2

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
1941 30 GNB 11 4 2 3 0 3 1.5 3 75 0 26 25.0 184
1942 31 GNB HB 10 6 7 56 0 12 8.0 2 36 0 18 18.0 288
1943 32 GNB RET 10 2 10 84 0 19 8.4 2 47 0 24 23.5 396
1944 33 GNB RET 10 4 15 118 0 23 7.9 8 132 0 25 16.5 511
1945 34 GNB HB 10 6 12 78 0 21 6.5 4 72 0 29 18.0 243
Career 120 58 46 339 1 23 7.4 19 362 0 29 19.1 3674

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
1941 30 GNB 11 4 2 36 0 36
1942 31 GNB HB 10 6 3 67 0 38
1943 32 GNB RET 10 2 7 67 0 17
1944 33 GNB RET 10 4 3 36 0 16
1945 34 GNB HB 10 6 3 60 0 35 2 1 2 0
Career 120 58 18 266 1 38 2 1 2 0

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos 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%
1934 23 GNB HB 13 7 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0.0 -11.3 0.0 0.0
1935 24 GNB 11 4 1 1 100.0 8 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 8.0 8.0 8.0 0.7 100.0
1936 25 GNB 11 4 1 4 25.0 22 1 25.0 0 0.0 22 5.5 8.0 22.0 2.0 89.6
1937 26 GNB HB 11 9 5 11 45.5 42 1 9.1 2 18.2 0 3.8 -3.5 8.4 3.8 46.6
1938 27 GNB HB 10 7 0 5 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 40.0 0 0.0 -18.0 0.0 0.0
1939* 28 GNB 10 3 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1942 31 GNB HB 10 6 2 3 66.7 76 1 33.3 0 0.0 62 25.3 28.7 38.0 7.6 149.3
1944 33 GNB RET 10 4 1 4 25.0 15 0 0.0 1 25.0 15 3.8 -7.5 15.0 1.5 3.1
Career 120 58 10 33 30.3 163 3 9.1 6 18.2 62 4.9 -2.3 16.3 1.4 38.6

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
1934 23 GNB HB 13 7 1 1 12
1935 24 GNB 11 4 1 6
1936 25 GNB 11 4 1 2 18
1937 26 GNB HB 11 9 1 1 12
1938 27 GNB HB 10 7 1 1 12
1939* 28 GNB 10 3 2 1 1 24
1940 29 GNB 3 2 1 6
1941 30 GNB 11 4 1 6
1942 31 GNB HB 10 6 1 6
1944 33 GNB RET 10 4 3 1 24
Career 120 58 9 9 1 1 1 126

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1939

Long Pass

1936 NFL 22 (5)
1942 NFL 62 (7)

Long Rush

1936 NFL 41 (6)

Yds/Rushing Att

1937 NFL 4.2 (7)
Career 4.1 (186)

Receiving Yds

1934 NFL 165 (9)

Receiving TD

1936 NFL 2 (6)

Long Reception

1934 NFL 61 (3)

Non-Offensive TDs

1937 NFL 1 (2)
1938 NFL 1 (3)
1939 NFL 1 (1)

Yds/Touch

1937 NFL 5.1 (3)

Punt Returns

1943 NFL 10 (6)
1944 NFL 15 (2)
1945 NFL 12 (6)

Punt Return Yds

1944 NFL 118 (7)

Punt Return TD

1939 NFL 1 (1-- 86)
Career 1 (139)

Yds/Punt Return

1944 NFL 7.9 (8)
1945 NFL 6.5 (9)

Kick & Punt Returns

1944 NFL 23 (3)
1945 NFL 16 (10)

Interceptions

1943 NFL 7 (4)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1942 NFL 67 (9)
1943 NFL 67 (8)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1938 NFL 1 (1)

     

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)