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Walt Michaels
Walter Edward Michaels
Position: LB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 231 lbs.
Born: October 16, 1929 in Swoyersville, PA
College: Washington & Lee (school history)
Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 7th round (86th overall) of the 1951 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 83 (320th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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Fine Details · Last updated Nov 9, 2011 3:32PM
| All-Time Rank: #524. Billy Wilson… #525. Luis Sharpe… #526. Isaac Curtis… #527. WALT MICHAELS… #528. Keith Bulluck… #529. Dick Stanfel… #530. Cris Collinsworth… |
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | AV |
| 1951 | 22 | GNB | RLB | 35 | 12 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 1952 | 23 | CLE | LLB | 34 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 1953 | 24 | CLE | 34 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 1954 | 25 | CLE | RLB | 34 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| 1955* | 26 | CLE | RLB | 34 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| 1956* | 27 | CLE | MLB | 34 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| 1957* | 28 | CLE | RLB | 34 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| 1958* | 29 | CLE | RLB | 34 | 12 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| 1959* | 30 | CLE | RLB | 34 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| 1960 | 31 | CLE | RLB | 34 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| 1961 | 32 | CLE | RLB | 34 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| 1963 | 34 | NYJ | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Career | 133 | 0 | 11 | 139 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 102 | ||||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1951 | 22 | GNB | RLB | 35 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 86 | 0 | 26 | 17.2 | 86 | |||||
| 1952 | 23 | CLE | LLB | 34 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | |||||
| 1953 | 24 | CLE | 34 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 22 | 20.0 | 40 | ||||||
| 1955* | 26 | CLE | RLB | 34 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 27 | 15.0 | 45 | |||||
| Career | 133 | 0 | 11 | 187 | 0 | 27 | 17.0 | 187 | |||||||||
| 10 yrs | CLE | 120 | 0 | 6 | 101 | 0 | 27 | 16.8 | 101 | ||||||||
| 1 yr | GNB | 12 | 0 | 5 | 86 | 0 | 26 | 17.2 | 86 | ||||||||
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1957 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1957 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1958 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1958 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1958 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1958 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1959 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1959 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1959 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1959 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1960 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1961 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |