Tommy McDonald

Thomas Franklin McDonald

Position: FL-HB-SE-WR
Height: 5-9 Weight: 178 lbs.

Born: July 26, 1934 in Roy, NM
College: Oklahoma (school history)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 3rd round (31st overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 75 (508th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1998, finalist in 1987

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Fine Details · Last updated May 19, 2013 12:25AM

All-Time Rank: #280. Neil Smith… #281. Steve Atwater… #282. Ty Law… #283. TOMMY MCDONALD… #284. Russ Washington… #285. L.C. Greenwood… #286. Richard Seymour…

All-Time Rank: #280. Neil Smith… #281. Steve Atwater… #282. Ty Law… #283. TOMMY MCDONALD… #284. Russ Washington… #285. L.C. Greenwood… #286. Richard Seymour…

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
1957	23	PHI	PR	25	12		9	228	25.3	3	61	0.8	19.0	12	36	0	22	3.0	3.0	1.0	264	3	5	3
1958*	24	PHI		25	10		29	603	20.8	9	91	2.9	60.3	3	-4	0	5	-1.3	-0.4	0.3	599	9	4	6
1959*	25	PHI	KR/PR/RH	25	12		47	846	18.0	10	71	3.9	70.5	2	-10	0	-4	-5.0	-0.8	0.2	836	10	4	12
1960*	26	PHI	FL	25	12		39	801	20.5	13	64	3.3	66.8								801	13	1	12
1961*	27	PHI	FL	25	14		64	1144	17.9	13	66	4.6	81.7								1144	13	1	13
1962*	28	PHI	FL	25	14		58	1146	19.8	10	60	4.1	81.9								1146	10	1	11
1963	29	PHI	FL	25	14		41	731	17.8	8	75	2.9	52.2								731	8	3	8
1964	30	DAL	SE	25	14		46	612	13.3	2	48	3.3	43.7								612	2	1	5
1965*	31	RAM	FL	29	14		67	1036	15.5	9	51	4.8	74.0								1036	9	2	10
1966	32	RAM	FL	29	13		55	714	13.0	2	62	4.2	54.9								714	2	2	7
1967	33	ATL	FL	8	14		33	436	13.2	4	75	2.4	31.1								436	4	0	4
1968	34	CLE		29	9		7	113	16.1	1	42	0.8	12.6								113	1	0	2
Career					152		495	8410	17.0	84	91	3.3	55.3	17	22	0	22	1.3	0.1	0.1	8432	84	24	93
7 yrs		PHI			88	0	287	5499	19.2	66	91	3.3	62.5	17	22	0	22	1.3	0.3	0.2	5521	66	19	65
2 yrs		RAM			27	0	122	1750	14.3	11	62	4.5	64.8								1750	11	4	17
1 yr		ATL			14	0	33	436	13.2	4	75	2.4	31.1								436	4	0	4
1 yr		CLE			9	0	7	113	16.1	1	42	0.8	12.6								113	1	0	2
1 yr		DAL			14	0	46	612	13.3	2	48	3.3	43.7								612	2	1	5

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
1957	23	PHI	PR	25	12		26	127	0	28	4.9	11	304	0	50	27.6	695
1958*	24	PHI		25	10		18	135	0	35	7.5	14	262	0	32	18.7	996
1959*	25	PHI	KR/PR/RH	25	12		21	115	1	81	5.5	24	444	0	36	18.5	1395
1960*	26	PHI	FL	25	12		1	2	0	2	2.0	2	45	0	26	22.5	848
1962*	28	PHI	FL	25	14		5	8	0	6	1.6						1154
1964	30	DAL	SE	25	14		2	17	0	9	8.5						629
Career					152		73	404	1	81	5.5	51	1055	0	50	20.7	9891
7 yrs		PHI			88	0	71	387	1	81	5.5	51	1055	0	50	20.7	6963
1 yr		DAL			14	0	2	17	0	9	8.5						629

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
1957	23	PHI	PR	25	12								0	5	3	0	0
1958*	24	PHI		25	10								0	4	1	0	0
1959*	25	PHI	KR/PR/RH	25	12								0	4	2	0	0
1960*	26	PHI	FL	25	12								0	1	0	0	0
1961*	27	PHI	FL	25	14								0	1	0	0	0
1962*	28	PHI	FL	25	14								0	1	0	0	0
1963	29	PHI	FL	25	14								0	3	2	5	0
1964	30	DAL	SE	25	14								0	1	0	0	0
1965*	31	RAM	FL	29	14								0	2	1	0	0
1966	32	RAM	FL	29	13								0	2	0	0	0
Career					152								0	24	9	5	0
7 yrs		PHI			88	0							0	19	8	5	0
2 yrs		RAM			27	0							0	4	1	0	0
1 yr		DAL			14	0							0	1	0	0	0

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	4QC	GWD
1957	23	PHI	PR	25	12	1	1	100.0	11	0	0.0	11	11.0	11.0	11.0	0.9	112.5	0	0
1962*	28	PHI	FL	25	14	1	1	100.0	10	1	100.0	10	10.0	30.0	10.0	0.7	147.9
Career					152	2	2	100.0	21	1	50.0	11	10.5	20.5	10.5	0.1	150.0	0	0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	PR TD	AllTD	Pts
1957	23	PHI	PR	25	12		3		3	18
1958*	24	PHI		25	10		9		9	54
1959*	25	PHI	KR/PR/RH	25	12		10	1	11	66
1960*	26	PHI	FL	25	12		13		13	78
1961*	27	PHI	FL	25	14		13		13	78
1962*	28	PHI	FL	25	14		10		10	60
1963	29	PHI	FL	25	14		8		8	48
1964	30	DAL	SE	25	14		2		2	12
1965*	31	RAM	FL	29	14		9		9	54
1966	32	RAM	FL	29	13		2		2	12
1967	33	ATL	FL	8	14		4		4	24
1968	34	CLE		29	9		1		1	6
Career					152		84	1	85	510
7 yrs		PHI			88	0	66	1	67	402
2 yrs		RAM			27	0	11		11	66
1 yr		ATL			14	0	4		4	24
1 yr		CLE			9	0	1		1	6
1 yr		DAL			14	0	2		2	12

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4	Isaac Bruce, Curtis Conway, Plaxico Burress, Gene Washington, Brandon Marshall, Eric Martin, Louis Lipps, Ricky Sanders, Terrell Owens, Lynn Swann*
5	Al Toon, Eric Martin, Laveranues Coles, Isaac Curtis, Anthony Miller, Louis Lipps, Lynn Swann*, Joey Galloway, Carl Pickens, Billy Wilson
6	Isaac Curtis, Anthony Miller, Eric Martin, Louis Lipps, Lynn Swann*, Anquan Boldin, Al Toon, Gail Cogdill, Billy Wilson, Joey Galloway
7	Isaac Curtis, Laveranues Coles, Gail Cogdill, Joey Galloway, Hines Ward, Plaxico Burress, John Jefferson, Louis Lipps, Lynn Swann*, Al Toon
8	Isaac Curtis, Laveranues Coles, Gail Cogdill, Joey Galloway, John Stallworth, Duriel Harris, Lynn Swann, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Louis Lipps, Jimmy Orr
9	Isaac Curtis, Laveranues Coles, Lynn Swann, Plaxico Burress, John Stallworth, Eddie Kennison, Tim Brown, Darrell Jackson, Charley Taylor*, Eric Martin
10	Laveranues Coles, Eddie Kennison, Isaac Curtis, Tony Martin, Lynn Swann, Eric Martin, Cris Carter, Charley Taylor*, Gary Garrison, Plaxico Burress
11	Eddie Kennison, Laveranues Coles, Isaac Curtis, Tony Martin, Joey Galloway, Cris Carter*, Andre Rison, Curtis Conway, Eric Moulds, Terry Glenn
12	Charlie Joiner*, Eddie Kennison, Isaac Curtis, Tony Martin, Laveranues Coles, Joey Galloway, Eric Moulds, Terance Mathis, Irving Fryar, Jimmy Orr
Career	Laveranues Coles, Eddie Kennison, Isaac Curtis, Tony Martin, Terry Glenn, Eric Moulds, Lynn Swann, Gary Garrison, Eric Martin, Bobby Mitchell

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1965	Receptions 1959 NFL 47 (2) 1961 NFL 64 (4) 1962 NFL 58 (5) 1965 NFL 67 (2) 1966 NFL 55 (9) Career 495 (123)	Receiving Yds 1958 NFL 603 (9) 1959 NFL 846 (3) 1960 NFL 801 (8) 1961 NFL 1144 (1) 1962 NFL 1146 (3) 1965 NFL 1036 (3) Career 8410 (71)	Receiving TD 1958 NFL 9 (1) 1959 NFL 10 (2) 1960 NFL 13 (2/51) 1961 NFL 13 (1/51) 1962 NFL 10 (5) 1963 NFL 8 (9) 1965 NFL 9 (6) Career 84 (16)
Long Reception 1958 NFL 91 (3/74) 1963 NFL 75 (9)	Yds/Reception 1958 NFL 20.8 (5) 1959 NFL 18.0 (6) 1960 NFL 20.5 (4) 1961 NFL 17.9 (8) 1962 NFL 19.8 (6) 1963 NFL 17.8 (10) Career 17.0 (79)	Receiving Yds/Game 1958 NFL 60.3 (7) 1959 NFL 70.5 (3) 1960 NFL 66.8 (8) 1961 NFL 81.7 (1) 1962 NFL 81.9 (5) 1965 NFL 74.0 (4) Career 55.3 (94)	Touchdowns 1958 NFL 9 (7) 1959 NFL 11 (4) 1960 NFL 13 (3) 1961 NFL 13 (3) 1962 NFL 10 (9) 1965 NFL 9 (9) Career 85 (42)
Points Scored 1959 NFL 66 (10) 1960 NFL 78 (5) 1961 NFL 78 (9) Career 510 (162)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1958 NFL 9 (6) 1959 NFL 10 (5) 1960 NFL 13 (3) 1961 NFL 13 (3) 1962 NFL 10 (9) 1965 NFL 9 (9) Career 84 (41)	Non-Offensive TDs 1959 NFL 1 (2)	Yds From Scrimmage 1961 NFL 1144 (8) 1965 NFL 1036 (7) Career 8432 (152)
All-Purpose Yds 1958 NFL 996 (10) 1959 NFL 1395 (4) Career 9891 (136)	Yds/Touch 1959 NFL 14.8 (1/84) Career 15.6 (65)	Kick Returns 1959 NFL 24 (2)	Kick Return Yds 1959 NFL 444 (5)
Long Kick Return 1957 NFL 50 (9)	Punt Returns 1957 NFL 26 (1) 1958 NFL 18 (8) 1959 NFL 21 (4)	Punt Return Yds 1957 NFL 127 (6) 1958 NFL 135 (9)	Punt Return TD 1959 NFL 1 (2/97) Career 1 (155)
Long Punt Return 1957 NFL 28 (9) 1958 NFL 35 (10) 1959 NFL 81 (2)	Yds/Punt Return 1957 NFL 4.9 (9) 1958 NFL 7.5 (6)	Kick & Punt Returns 1957 NFL 37 (5) 1958 NFL 32 (8) 1959 NFL 45 (1)	Kick & Punt Return Yds 1957 NFL 431 (8) 1959 NFL 559 (7)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1959	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1959	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1959	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1960	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1960	1st Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1960	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1960	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1961	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1961	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1961	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1961	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1962	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1962	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.

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