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Johnny Olszewski
John Peter Olszewski (Johnny O)
Position: FB-HB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: December 21, 1930 in Washington, DC
Died: December 8, 1996 in Long Beach, CA
College: California (school history)
Drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1953 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 40 (2294th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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| All-Time Rank: #1472. John Baker… #1473. Bob Fry… #1474. Jim Kanicki… #1475. JOHNNY OLSZEWSKI… #1476. Gary Glick… #1477. Luke Owens… #1478. Joe Taylor… |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1953* | 23 | CRD | FB | 33 | 12 | 106 | 386 | 4 | 34 | 3.6 | 32.2 | 8.8 | 21 | 210 | 10.0 | 1 | 77 | 1.8 | 17.5 | 596 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1954 | 24 | CRD | RH | 36 | 11 | 106 | 352 | 1 | 23 | 3.3 | 32.0 | 9.6 | 12 | 133 | 11.1 | 1 | 25 | 1.1 | 12.1 | 485 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
| 1955* | 25 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 84 | 326 | 1 | 41 | 3.9 | 29.6 | 7.6 | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | 9 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 363 | 1 | 9 | 8 | |
| 1956 | 26 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 157 | 598 | 2 | 34 | 3.8 | 54.4 | 14.3 | 17 | 182 | 10.7 | 0 | 31 | 1.5 | 16.5 | 780 | 2 | 13 | 7 | |
| 1957 | 27 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 83 | 271 | 2 | 38 | 3.3 | 24.6 | 7.5 | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 24 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 307 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1958 | 28 | WAS | FB | 0 | 10 | 98 | 505 | 2 | 45 | 5.2 | 50.5 | 9.8 | 11 | 102 | 9.3 | 0 | 36 | 1.1 | 10.2 | 607 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |
| 1959 | 29 | WAS | 0 | 10 | 65 | 432 | 1 | 65 | 6.6 | 43.2 | 6.5 | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 0 | 15 | 0.7 | 6.2 | 494 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 1960 | 30 | WAS | LH | 0 | 11 | 75 | 227 | 3 | 15 | 3.0 | 20.6 | 6.8 | 10 | 62 | 6.2 | 0 | 31 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 289 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1961 | 31 | DET | 0 | 14 | 30 | 109 | 0 | 15 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1962 | 32 | DEN | 0 | 12 | 33 | 114 | 0 | 46 | 3.5 | 9.5 | 2.8 | 13 | 150 | 11.5 | 1 | 26 | 1.1 | 12.5 | 264 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Career | 113 | 837 | 3320 | 16 | 65 | 4.0 | 29.4 | 7.4 | 104 | 988 | 9.5 | 3 | 77 | 0.9 | 8.7 | 4308 | 19 | 53 | 48 | |||||
| 5 yrs | CRD | 56 | 0 | 536 | 1933 | 10 | 41 | 3.6 | 34.5 | 9.6 | 62 | 598 | 9.6 | 2 | 77 | 1.1 | 10.7 | 2531 | 12 | 38 | 32 | |||
| 3 yrs | WAS | 31 | 0 | 238 | 1164 | 6 | 65 | 4.9 | 37.5 | 7.7 | 28 | 226 | 8.1 | 0 | 36 | 0.9 | 7.3 | 1390 | 6 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 1 yr | DEN | 12 | 0 | 33 | 114 | 0 | 46 | 3.5 | 9.5 | 2.8 | 13 | 150 | 11.5 | 1 | 26 | 1.1 | 12.5 | 264 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 1 yr | DET | 14 | 0 | 30 | 109 | 0 | 15 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1953* | 23 | CRD | FB | 33 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 613 | |
| 1954 | 24 | CRD | RH | 36 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 506 | ||||||
| 1955* | 25 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 19 | 13.0 | 389 | ||||||
| 1956 | 26 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 8.3 | 805 | ||||||
| 1958 | 28 | WAS | FB | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 609 | |
| 1959 | 29 | WAS | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 494 | |||||||
| 1960 | 30 | WAS | LH | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 119 | 0 | 26 | 23.8 | 408 | |
| 1961 | 31 | DET | 0 | 14 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 23 | 14.8 | 182 | |||||||
| 1962 | 32 | DEN | 0 | 12 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 24 | 22.0 | 330 | |||||||
| Career | 113 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 348 | 0 | 26 | 17.4 | 4656 | |||||
| 5 yrs | CRD | 56 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 102 | 0 | 21 | 14.6 | 2633 | |||
| 3 yrs | WAS | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 121 | 0 | 26 | 20.2 | 1511 | |||
| 1 yr | DEN | 12 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 24 | 22.0 | 330 | ||||||||
| 1 yr | DET | 14 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 23 | 14.8 | 182 | ||||||||
| 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 |
| 1953* | 23 | CRD | FB | 33 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1954 | 24 | CRD | RH | 36 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1955* | 25 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1956 | 26 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1957 | 27 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1958 | 28 | WAS | FB | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1959 | 29 | WAS | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1960 | 30 | WAS | LH | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1962 | 32 | DEN | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 113 | 0 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 yrs | CRD | 56 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | WAS | 31 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 yr | DEN | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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.
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953* | 23 | CRD | FB | 33 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 1954 | 24 | CRD | RH | 36 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1955* | 25 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1956 | 26 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1957 | 27 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1958 | 28 | WAS | FB | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1959 | 29 | WAS | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1960 | 30 | WAS | LH | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 1962 | 32 | DEN | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Career | 113 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 114 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 yrs | CRD | 56 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | WAS | 31 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||||||
| 1 yr | DEN | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1953 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1956 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
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