John Peter Olszewski
Position: FB-HB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: December 21, 1930 in Washington, DC
College: California
2-time Pro Bowler
Drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1953 Draft
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View Details For: 19 Regular Season TDs Scored
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1953* | 23 | CRD | FB | 12 | 0 | 106 | 386 | 4 | 34 | 3.6 | 32.2 | 8.8 | 21 | 210 | 10.0 | 1 | 77 | 1.8 | 17.5 | 596 | 5 | 6 |
| 1954 | 24 | CRD | RH | 11 | 0 | 106 | 352 | 1 | 23 | 3.3 | 32.0 | 9.6 | 12 | 133 | 11.1 | 1 | 25 | 1.1 | 12.1 | 485 | 2 | 5 |
| 1955* | 25 | CRD | FB | 11 | 0 | 84 | 326 | 1 | 41 | 3.9 | 29.6 | 7.6 | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | 9 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 363 | 1 | 9 |
| 1956 | 26 | CRD | FB | 11 | 0 | 157 | 598 | 2 | 34 | 3.8 | 54.4 | 14.3 | 17 | 182 | 10.7 | 0 | 31 | 1.5 | 16.5 | 780 | 2 | 13 |
| 1957 | 27 | CRD | FB | 11 | 0 | 83 | 271 | 2 | 38 | 3.3 | 24.6 | 7.5 | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 24 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 307 | 2 | 5 |
| 1958 | 28 | WAS | FB | 10 | 0 | 98 | 505 | 2 | 45 | 5.2 | 50.5 | 9.8 | 11 | 102 | 9.3 | 0 | 36 | 1.1 | 10.2 | 607 | 2 | 6 |
| 1959 | 29 | WAS | 10 | 0 | 65 | 432 | 1 | 65 | 6.6 | 43.2 | 6.5 | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 0 | 15 | 0.7 | 6.2 | 494 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1960 | 30 | WAS | LH | 11 | 0 | 75 | 227 | 3 | 15 | 3.0 | 20.6 | 6.8 | 10 | 62 | 6.2 | 0 | 31 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 289 | 3 | 3 |
| 1961 | 31 | 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 | |
| 1962 | 32 | 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 | |
| Career | 113 | 0 | 837 | 3320 | 16 | 65 | 4.0 | 29.4 | 7.4 | 104 | 988 | 9.5 | 3 | 77 | 0.9 | 8.7 | 4308 | 19 | 53 | |||
| 5 yrs | ARI | 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1953* | 23 | CRD | FB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 613 |
| 1954 | 24 | CRD | RH | 11 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 506 | |||||
| 1955* | 25 | CRD | FB | 11 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 19 | 13.0 | 389 | |||||
| 1956 | 26 | CRD | FB | 11 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 8.3 | 805 | |||||
| 1958 | 28 | WAS | FB | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 609 |
| 1959 | 29 | WAS | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 494 | ||||||
| 1960 | 30 | WAS | LH | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 119 | 0 | 26 | 23.8 | 408 |
| 1961 | 31 | DET | 14 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 23 | 14.8 | 182 | ||||||
| 1962 | 32 | DEN | 12 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 24 | 22.0 | 330 | ||||||
| Career | 113 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 348 | 0 | 26 | 17.4 | 4656 | |||
| 5 yrs | ARI | 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 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1953* | 23 | CRD | FB | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1954 | 24 | CRD | RH | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1955* | 25 | CRD | FB | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1956 | 26 | CRD | FB | 11 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1957 | 27 | CRD | FB | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1958 | 28 | WAS | FB | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1959 | 29 | WAS | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1960 | 30 | WAS | LH | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1962 | 32 | DEN | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 113 | 0 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 5 yrs | ARI | 56 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | WAS | 31 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 yr | DEN | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
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| 1953* | 23 | CRD | FB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Career | 113 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 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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| 1953* | 23 | CRD | FB | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1954 | 24 | CRD | RH | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1955* | 25 | CRD | FB | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1956 | 26 | CRD | FB | 11 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1957 | 27 | CRD | FB | 11 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1958 | 28 | WAS | FB | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1959 | 29 | WAS | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1960 | 30 | WAS | LH | 11 | 0 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1962 | 32 | DEN | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Career | 113 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 114 | ||||||||||||
| 5 yrs | ARI | 56 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 72 | |||||||||||
| 3 yrs | WAS | 31 | 0 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||||
| 1 yr | DEN | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
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Rushing Att |
Long Rush |
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Yds/Rushing Att |
Long Reception |
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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)
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1953 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL 1956 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL |