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Jerry Norton

Jerry Ray Norton

Position: DB-HB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 195 lbs.

Born: May 16, 1931 in Gilmer, TX
College: SMU   (school history)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 7th round (81st overall) of the 1954 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 73 (556th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 18, 2013 12:25PM
All-Time Rank: #522. Eric Moulds… #523. Ron Jaworski… #524. Del Shofner… #525. JERRY NORTON… #526. MacArthur Lane… #527. Phil Villapiano… #528. Justin Smith… 

Kicking & Punting

0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P AV
1954 23 PHI LDH 41 12 9
1955 24 PHI PR 41 12 5
1956 25 PHI 41 6 5
1957* 26 PHI LS/P 41 12 68 2798 63 1 41.1 12
1958* 27 PHI LS 41 9 9
1959* 28 CRD P/RDH 25 12 59 2650 60 0 44.9 9
1960*+ 29 STL LS/P 25 12 39 1777 62 0 45.6 17
1961* 30 STL LS/P 25 14 85 3802 78 1 44.7 11
1962 31 DAL LS 25 14 9
1963 32 GNB P 23 14 51 2279 61 0 44.7 1
1964 33 GNB P 23 14 56 2365 61 0 42.2 1
Career 131 358 15671 78 2 43.8 88
5 yrs PHI 51 0 68 2798 63 1 41.1 40
3 yrs STL-CRD 38 0 183 8229 78 1 45.0 37
2 yrs GNB 28 0 107 4644 61 0 43.4 2

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
1954 23 PHI LDH 41 12 5 110 1 69 0 0 2 4 0 0
1955 24 PHI PR 41 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0
1956 25 PHI 41 6 2 34 0 23 0
1957* 26 PHI LS/P 41 12 4 155 1 99 0 0 0 5 4 0
1958* 27 PHI LS 41 9 1 0 0 0 0
1959* 28 CRD P/RDH 25 12 3 35 0 30 0 0 0 1 11 0
1960*+ 29 STL LS/P 25 12 10 96 0 26 0 0 0 2 0 0
1961* 30 STL LS/P 25 14 7 136 2 47 0 0 0 2 0 0
1962 31 DAL LS 25 14 2 21 0 21 0 0 0 4 11 0
Career 131 35 587 4 99 0 0 8 20 26 0
5 yrs PHI 51 0 13 299 2 99 0 0 8 11 4 0
3 yrs STL-CRD 38 0 20 267 2 47 0 0 0 5 11 0
1 yr DAL 14 0 2 21 0 21 0 0 0 4 11 0

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
1954 23 PHI LDH 41 12 21 89 0 18 4.2 86
1955 24 PHI PR 41 12 20 33 0 13 1.7 8 281 1 96 35.1 583
1956 25 PHI 41 6 1 31 0 31 31.0 31
1957* 26 PHI LS/P 41 12 1 13 0 13 13.0 2 33 0 18 16.5 119
1958* 27 PHI LS 41 9 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
1959* 28 CRD P/RDH 25 12 3 4 0 4 1.3 3 70 0 25 23.3 115
Career 131 46 147 0 18 3.2 14 415 1 96 29.6 1028
5 yrs PHI 51 0 43 143 0 18 3.3 11 345 1 96 31.4 827
3 yrs STL-CRD 38 0 3 4 0 4 1.3 3 70 0 25 23.3 177

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. 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
1954 23 PHI LDH 41 12 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.3 0.1 -3 0 2
1955 24 PHI PR 41 12 36 144 1 23 4.0 12.0 3.0 11 125 11.4 1 36 0.9 10.4 269 2 6
1957* 26 PHI LS/P 41 12 2 73 0 61 36.5 6.1 0.2 73 0 0
1959* 28 CRD P/RDH 25 12 2 41 0 24 20.5 3.4 0.2 41 0 0
1960*+ 29 STL LS/P 25 12 2 47 0 26 23.5 3.9 0.2 47 0 0
1961* 30 STL LS/P 25 14 1 15 0 15 15.0 1.1 0.1 15 0 0
1963 32 GNB P 23 14 2 0 0 4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
1964 33 GNB P 23 14 1 24 0 24 24.0 1.7 0.1 24 0 0
Career 131 47 341 1 61 7.3 2.6 0.4 11 125 11.4 1 36 0.1 1.0 466 2 8
5 yrs PHI 51 0 39 214 1 61 5.5 4.2 0.8 11 125 11.4 1 36 0.2 2.5 339 2 8
3 yrs STL-CRD 38 0 5 103 0 26 20.6 2.7 0.1 103 0 0
2 yrs GNB 28 0 3 24 0 24 8.0 0.9 0.1 24 0 0

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. 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% 4QC GWD
1955 24 PHI PR 41 12 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
1957* 26 PHI LS/P 41 12 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
Career 131 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 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 RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1954 23 PHI LDH 41 12 1 1 6
1955 24 PHI PR 41 12 1 1 1 3 18
1957* 26 PHI LS/P 41 12 1 1 6
1961* 30 STL LS/P 25 14 2 2 12
1962 31 DAL LS 25 14 1 1 6
Career 131 1 1 1 4 1 8 48
5 yrs PHI 51 0 1 1 1 2 5 30
3 yrs CRD-STL 38 0 2 2 12
1 yr DAL 14 0 1 1 6

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7 Night Train Lane*, George Saimes, Rosey Taylor, Larry Wilson*, Lawyer Milloy, Dale Carter, Willie Buchanon, Lester Hayes, Ken Houston*, Brian Dawkins
8 Larry Wilson*, Ken Houston*, Rosey Taylor, Roy Williams, Lawyer Milloy, Lester Hayes, Night Train Lane*, Darren Woodson, Steve Atwater, Bobby Dillon
9 Eddie Meador, Night Train Lane*, Rosey Taylor, Lawyer Milloy, Carnell Lake, Lester Hayes, Larry Wilson*, Darren Woodson, Karl Kassulke, Steve Atwater
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11 Willie Buchanon, Lester Hayes, Darren Woodson, Rodney Harrison, Karl Kassulke, Jerry Logan, Emmitt Thomas*, Ty Law, Dennis Smith, George Saimes
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961

First-Team All-Pro
1960

Approximate Value
1960 NFL 17 (4)

Long Rush
1957 NFL 61 (8)

Non-Offensive TDs
1954 NFL 1 (7)
1955 NFL 1 (6)
1957 NFL 1 (4)
1961 NFL 2 (2)
1962 NFL 1 (8)
Career 6 (71)

Yds/Touch
1955 NFL 7.8 (7)

Kick Return TD
1955 NFL 1 (1/67)
Career 1 (117)

Long Kick Return
1955 NFL 96 (3)

Punt Returns
1954 NFL 21 (9)
1955 NFL 20 (9)

Punt Return Yds
1954 NFL 89 (10)

Yds/Punt Return
1954 NFL 4.2 (9)

Kick & Punt Returns
1955 NFL 28 (9)

Punts
1957 NFL 68 (1)
1959 NFL 59 (4)
1961 NFL 85 (1)
1964 NFL 56 (9)
Career 358 (127)

Punting Yds
1957 NFL 2798 (1)
1959 NFL 2650 (3)
1961 NFL 3802 (1)
1963 NFL 2279 (9)
1964 NFL 2365 (9)
Career 15671 (118)

Long Punt
1957 NFL 63 (6)
1960 NFL 62 (9)
1961 NFL 78 (1/43)

Punts Blocked
1957 NFL 1 (2)
1961 NFL 1 (3)
Career 2 (145)

Yds/Punt
1957 NFL 41.1 (8)
1959 NFL 44.9 (5)
1960 NFL 45.6 (1)
1961 NFL 44.7 (4)
1963 NFL 44.7 (6)
Career 43.8 (36)

Fumbles
1955 NFL 6 (8)

Fumbles Recovered
1954 NFL 4 (4)
1957 NFL 5 (3)
1962 NFL 4 (2)
Career 20 (94)

Interceptions
1960 NFL 10 (1/28)
1961 NFL 7 (5)
Career 35 (125)

Intercept. Ret. Yds
1954 NFL 110 (8)
1957 NFL 155 (4)
1960 NFL 96 (9)
1961 NFL 136 (5)
Career 587 (95)

Intercept. Ret. TD
1954 NFL 1 (3)
1957 NFL 1 (2)
1961 NFL 2 (1/28)
Career 4 (52)

Long Intercep. Return
1954 NFL 69 (3)
1957 NFL 99 (1/35)
1961 NFL 47 (10)

 

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19581st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19591st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19601st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19601st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19601st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19601st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19601st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19611st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19612nd TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19611st TeamAll-NFLSporting News