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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

5-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 7th round (81st overall) of the 1954 Draft

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1954 23 PHI LDH 12 0
1955 24 PHI rcb/rh 12 0
1956 25 PHI lcb 6 0
1957* 26 PHI LS 12 0 68 2798 63 1 41.1
1958* 27 PHI LS 9 0
1959* 28 CRD RDH 12 0 59 2650 60 0 44.9
1960*+ 29 STL LS 12 0 39 1777 62 0 45.6
1961* 30 STL LS 14 0 85 3802 78 1 44.7
1962 31 DAL LS 14 0
1963 32 GNB P 14 0 51 2279 61 0 44.7
1964 33 GNB P 14 0 56 2365 61 0 42.2
Career 131 0 358 15671 78 2 43.8
5 yrs PHI 51 0 68 2798 63 1 41.1
3 yrs ARI 38 0 183 8229 78 1 45.0
2 yrs GNB 28 0 107 4644 61 0 43.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1954 23 PHI LDH 12 0 5 110 1 69 2 4 0 0
1955 24 PHI rcb/rh 12 0 1 0 0 0 6 2 0 0
1956 25 PHI lcb 6 0 2 34 0 23
1957* 26 PHI LS 12 0 4 155 1 99 0 5 4 0
1958* 27 PHI LS 9 0 1 0 0 0
1959* 28 CRD RDH 12 0 3 35 0 30 0 1 11 0
1960*+ 29 STL LS 12 0 10 96 0 26 0 2 0 0
1961* 30 STL LS 14 0 7 136 2 47 0 2 0 0
1962 31 DAL LS 14 0 2 21 0 21 0 4 11 0
Career 131 0 35 587 4 99 8 20 26 0
5 yrs PHI 51 0 13 299 2 99 8 11 4 0
3 yrs ARI 38 0 20 267 2 47 0 5 11 0
1 yr DAL 14 0 2 21 0 21 0 4 11 0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1954 23 PHI LDH 12 0 21 89 0 18 4.2 86
1955 24 PHI rcb/rh 12 0 20 33 0 13 1.7 8 281 1 96 35.1 583
1956 25 PHI lcb 6 0 1 31 0 31 31.0 31
1957* 26 PHI LS 12 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 2 33 0 18 16.5 119
1958* 27 PHI LS 9 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
1959* 28 CRD RDH 12 0 3 4 0 4 1.3 3 70 0 25 23.3 115
Career 131 0 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 ARI 38 0 3 4 0 4 1.3 3 70 0 25 23.3 177

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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 12 0 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.3 0.1 -3 0 2
1955 24 PHI rcb/rh 12 0 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 12 0 2 73 0 61 36.5 6.1 0.2 73 0 0
1959* 28 CRD RDH 12 0 2 41 0 24 20.5 3.4 0.2 41 0 0
1960*+ 29 STL LS 12 0 2 47 0 26 23.5 3.9 0.2 47 0 0
1961* 30 STL LS 14 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 1.1 0.1 15 0 0
1963 32 GNB P 14 0 2 0 0 4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
1964 33 GNB P 14 0 1 24 0 24 24.0 1.7 0.1 24 0 0
Career 131 0 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 ARI 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
1955 24 PHI rcb/rh 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1957* 26 PHI LS 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Career 131 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1954 23 PHI LDH 12 0 1 6
1955 24 PHI rcb/rh 12 0 1 1 1 18
1957* 26 PHI LS 12 0 1 6
1961* 30 STL LS 14 0 2 12
1962 31 DAL LS 14 0 1 6
Career 131 0 1 1 1 4 1 48
5 yrs PHI 51 0 1 1 1 2 30
3 yrs ARI 38 0 2 12
1 yr DAL 14 0 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1957
1958
1959
1960
1961

1st-team All-Pro

1960

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 (65)

Yds/Touch

1955 NFL 7.8 (7)

Kick Return TD

1955 NFL 1 (1-- 57)
Career 1 (106)

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 (111)

Punting Yds

1957 NFL 2798 (1)
1959 NFL 2650 (3)
1961 NFL 3802 (1)
1963 NFL 2279 (9)
1964 NFL 2365 (9)
Career 15671 (102)

Long Punt

1957 NFL 63 (6)
1960 NFL 62 (9)
1961 NFL 78 (1-- 40)

Punts Blocked

1957 NFL 1 (2)
1961 NFL 1 (3)
Career 2 (134)

Yds/Punt

1957 NFL 41.1 (8)
1959 NFL 44.9 (5)
1960 NFL 45.6 (1-- 55)
1961 NFL 44.7 (4)
1963 NFL 44.7 (6)
Career 43.8 (12)

Fumbles

1955 NFL 6 (8)

Fumbles Recovered

1954 NFL 4 (4)
1957 NFL 5 (3)
1962 NFL 4 (2)
Career 20 (90)

Interceptions

1960 NFL 10 (1-- 28)
1961 NFL 7 (5)
Career 35 (118)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1954 NFL 110 (8)
1957 NFL 155 (4)
1960 NFL 96 (9)
1961 NFL 136 (5)
Career 587 (88)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1954 NFL 1 (3)
1957 NFL 1 (2)
1961 NFL 2 (1-- 23)
Career 4 (46)

Long Intercep. Return

1954 NFL 69 (3)
1957 NFL 99 (1-- 29)
1961 NFL 47 (10)

   

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)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1958 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1961 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL