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Dave Middleton
David Hinton Middleton
Position: E-HB-FL
Height: 6-1 Weight: 194 lbs.
Born: November 23, 1933 in Birmingham, AL
College: Auburn
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 1st round (12th overall) of the 1955 Draft
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View Details For: 19 Regular Season and 1 Playoff TDs Scored
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1955 | 22 | DET | RH | 12 | 0 | 44 | 663 | 15.1 | 3 | 77 | 3.7 | 55.3 | 59 | 201 | 2 | 16 | 3.4 | 16.8 | 4.9 | 864 | 5 | 0 |
| 1956 | 23 | DET | RE | 12 | 0 | 39 | 606 | 15.5 | 5 | 56 | 3.3 | 50.5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 615 | 5 | 0 |
| 1957 | 24 | DET | 8 | 0 | 18 | 294 | 16.3 | 2 | 56 | 2.3 | 36.8 | 294 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1958 | 25 | DET | rh | 12 | 0 | 29 | 506 | 17.4 | 3 | 46 | 2.4 | 42.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 507 | 3 | 0 |
| 1959 | 26 | DET | LE | 12 | 0 | 18 | 402 | 22.3 | 2 | 79 | 1.5 | 33.5 | 402 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| 1960 | 27 | DET | 7 | 0 | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | 20 | 0.7 | 7.3 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 1 | -0.3 | -0.1 | 0.4 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1961 | 28 | MIN | WR | 12 | 11 | 30 | 444 | 14.8 | 2 | 57 | 2.5 | 37.0 | 444 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| Career | 75 | 11 | 183 | 2966 | 16.2 | 17 | 79 | 2.4 | 39.5 | 67 | 210 | 2 | 16 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 3176 | 19 | 0 | |||
| 6 yrs | DET | 63 | 0 | 153 | 2522 | 16.5 | 15 | 79 | 2.4 | 40.0 | 67 | 210 | 2 | 16 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 2732 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 1 yr | MIN | 12 | 11 | 30 | 444 | 14.8 | 2 | 57 | 2.5 | 37.0 | 444 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1955 | 22 | DET | RH | 12 | 0 | 11 | 188 | 0 | 25 | 17.1 | 1052 | |||||
| 1958 | 25 | DET | rh | 12 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 522 | |||||
| 1959 | 26 | DET | LE | 12 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 21 | 10.0 | 432 | |||||
| Career | 75 | 11 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 21 | 10.0 | 12 | 203 | 0 | 25 | 16.9 | 3409 | |||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1955 | 22 | DET | RH | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1957 | 24 | DET | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1959 | 26 | DET | LE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1961 | 28 | MIN | WR | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 75 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 6 yrs | DET | 63 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 yr | MIN | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1955 | 22 | DET | RH | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1956 | 23 | DET | RE | 12 | 0 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 1957 | 24 | DET | 8 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1958 | 25 | DET | rh | 12 | 0 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1959 | 26 | DET | LE | 12 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1961 | 28 | MIN | WR | 12 | 11 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Career | 75 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 114 | ||||||||||||
| 6 yrs | DET | 63 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 102 | |||||||||||
| 1 yr | MIN | 12 | 11 | 2 | 12 |
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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)