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Ron McDole

Roland Owen McDole

Position: DE-DT
Height: 6-4    Weight: 265 lbs.
Born: September 9, 1939 in Chester, OH
College: Nebraska

Career AV: 97 (159th overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 4th round (25th overall) of the 1961 AFL Draft.
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round (50th overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft.

66 84 72 79

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 AV
1961 22 STL 66 13 0 2
1962 23 HOU 84 4 0 1
1963 24 BUF lde 72 12 0 3
1964 25 BUF LDE 72 14 0 1 0 0 0 2 6
1965* 26 BUF LDE 72 14 0 1 24 0 24 0 5 0 0 7
1966+ 27 BUF LDE 72 14 0 1 4 0 4 13
1967* 28 BUF LDE 72 13 0 1 5 0 5 12
1968 29 BUF LDE 72 14 0 2 47 0 42 0 2 10 0 10
1969 30 BUF LDE 72 14 0 5
1970 31 BUF LDE 72 14 0 6
1971 32 WAS LDE 79 14 14 3 18 1 18 12
1972 33 WAS LDE 79 14 14 9
1973 34 WAS LDE 79 14 14 10
1974 35 WAS LDE 79 14 13 0 2 0 0 9
1975 36 WAS LDE 79 14 14 0 2 15 1 10
1976 37 WAS LDE 79 14 14 0 2 0 0 1 10
1977 38 WAS LDE 79 14 14 2 15 0 15 10
1978 39 WAS LDE 79 16 10 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 6
Career 240 107 12 115 1 42 0 14 25 1 3 141
8 yrs BUF 109 0 6 80 0 42 0 7 10 0 2 62
8 yrs WAS 114 107 6 35 1 18 0 7 15 1 1 76

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1964 25 BUF LDE 72 14 0 2 4
1971 32 WAS LDE 79 14 14 1 1 6
1975 36 WAS LDE 79 14 14 1 1 6
1976 37 WAS LDE 79 14 14 1 2
Career 240 107 1 1 2 3 18
8 yrs BUF 109 0 2 4
8 yrs WAS 114 107 1 1 2 1 14

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1965
1967

First-Team All-Pro

1966

Non-Offensive TDs

1971 NFL 1 (9)
1975 NFL 1 (4)

Games

Career 240 (47)

Fumbles Recovered

1965 AFL 5 (2)

Fumble Return TD

1975 NFL 1 (1)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1971 NFL 1 (4)

Safeties

1964 AFL 2 (1/1)

1976 NFL 1 (1/18)

Career 3 (3)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

1965UPI: 1st Team All-AFL
1966Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-AFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-AFL
1967Associated Press: 2nd Team All-AFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-AFL
1968Sporting News: 2nd Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-AFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-AFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-AFL
1969Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-AFL