Rushing & Receiving
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
| Games | Rushing | Receiving | Total Yds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Touch | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | Awards | |||||||
| 1953* | 23 | CRD | FB | 33 | 12 | 12 | 106 | 386 | 4 | 34 | 3.6 | 32.2 | 8.8 | 21 | 210 | 10.0 | 1 | 77 | 1.8 | 17.5 | 127 | 4.7 | 596 | 5 | 6 | PB | |
| 1954 | 24 | CRD | RH | 36 | 11 | 11 | 106 | 352 | 1 | 23 | 3.3 | 32.0 | 9.6 | 12 | 133 | 11.1 | 1 | 25 | 1.1 | 12.1 | 118 | 4.1 | 485 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1955* | 25 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 9 | 84 | 326 | 1 | 41 | 3.9 | 29.6 | 7.6 | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | 9 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 93 | 3.9 | 363 | 1 | 9 | PB | |
| 1956 | 26 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 11 | 157 | 598 | 2 | 34 | 3.8 | 54.4 | 14.3 | 17 | 182 | 10.7 | 0 | 31 | 1.5 | 16.5 | 174 | 4.5 | 780 | 2 | 13 | ||
| 1957 | 27 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 11 | 83 | 271 | 2 | 38 | 3.3 | 24.6 | 7.5 | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 24 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 86 | 3.6 | 307 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1958 | 28 | WAS | FB | 0 | 10 | 9 | 98 | 505 | 2 | 45 | 5.2 | 50.5 | 9.8 | 11 | 102 | 9.3 | 0 | 36 | 1.1 | 10.2 | 109 | 5.6 | 607 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1959 | 29 | WAS | FB | 0 | 10 | 4 | 65 | 432 | 1 | 65 | 6.6 | 43.2 | 6.5 | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 0 | 15 | 0.7 | 6.2 | 72 | 6.9 | 494 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1960 | 30 | WAS | FB | 0 | 11 | 2 | 75 | 227 | 3 | 15 | 3.0 | 20.6 | 6.8 | 10 | 62 | 6.2 | 0 | 31 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 85 | 3.4 | 289 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1961 | 31 | DET | FB | 0 | 14 | 2 | 30 | 109 | 0 | 15 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 31 | 4.0 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1962 | 32 | DEN | FB | 0 | 12 | 1 | 33 | 114 | 0 | 46 | 3.5 | 9.5 | 2.8 | 13 | 150 | 11.5 | 1 | 26 | 1.1 | 12.5 | 46 | 5.7 | 264 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Career | 113 | 72 | 837 | 3320 | 16 | 65 | 4.0 | 29.4 | 7.4 | 104 | 988 | 9.5 | 3 | 77 | 0.9 | 8.7 | 941 | 4.6 | 4308 | 19 | 53 | 6 | |||||
| 5 yrs | CRD | 56 | 54 | 536 | 1933 | 10 | 41 | 3.6 | 34.5 | 9.6 | 62 | 598 | 9.6 | 2 | 77 | 1.1 | 10.7 | 598 | 4.2 | 2531 | 12 | 38 | |||||
| 3 yrs | WAS | 31 | 15 | 238 | 1164 | 6 | 65 | 4.9 | 37.5 | 7.7 | 28 | 226 | 8.1 | 0 | 36 | 0.9 | 7.3 | 266 | 5.2 | 1390 | 6 | 12 | 3 | ||||
| 1 yr | DEN | 12 | 1 | 33 | 114 | 0 | 46 | 3.5 | 9.5 | 2.8 | 13 | 150 | 11.5 | 1 | 26 | 1.1 | 12.5 | 46 | 5.7 | 264 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 1 yr | DET | 14 | 2 | 30 | 109 | 0 | 15 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 31 | 4.0 | 123 | 0 | 1 | |||||
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Kick & Punt Returns
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
| Games | 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 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 613 |
| 1954 | 24 | CRD | RH | 36 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 506 | ||||
| 1955* | 25 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 19 | 13.0 | 389 | ||||
| 1956 | 26 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 8.3 | 805 | ||||
| 1957 | 27 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 320 | |||||
| 1958 | 28 | WAS | FB | 0 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 609 |
| 1959 | 29 | WAS | FB | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 494 | ||||
| 1960 | 30 | WAS | FB | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 119 | 0 | 26 | 23.8 | 408 |
| 1961 | 31 | DET | FB | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 23 | 14.8 | 182 | ||||
| 1962 | 32 | DEN | FB | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 24 | 22.0 | 330 | ||||
| Career | 113 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 348 | 0 | 26 | 17.4 | 4656 | ||||
| 5 yrs | CRD | 56 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 102 | 0 | 21 | 14.6 | 2633 | |||
| 3 yrs | WAS | 31 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 121 | 0 | 26 | 20.2 | 1511 | |||
| 1 yr | DEN | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 24 | 22.0 | 330 | |||||||
| 1 yr | DET | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 23 | 14.8 | 182 | |||||||
Defense & Fumbles
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
| Games | Def Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Sfty |
| 1953* | 23 | CRD | FB | 33 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1954 | 24 | CRD | RH | 36 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1955* | 25 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1956 | 26 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1957 | 27 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1958 | 28 | WAS | FB | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1959 | 29 | WAS | FB | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1960 | 30 | WAS | FB | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 1962 | 32 | DEN | FB | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Career | 113 | 72 | 0 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 5 yrs | CRD | 56 | 54 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 3 yrs | WAS | 31 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 1 yr | DEN | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 1 yr | DET | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
Passing
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
Scoring Summary
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | 2PA | D2P | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Sfty | Pts | Pts/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953* | 23 | CRD | FB | 33 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||
| 1954 | 24 | CRD | RH | 36 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1.1 | |||||||||||||
| 1955* | 25 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||
| 1956 | 26 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1.1 | ||||||||||||||
| 1957 | 27 | CRD | FB | 36 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1.1 | ||||||||||||||
| 1958 | 28 | WAS | FB | 0 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1.2 | ||||||||||||||
| 1959 | 29 | WAS | FB | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.6 | ||||||||||||||
| 1960 | 30 | WAS | FB | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 1.6 | ||||||||||||||
| 1962 | 32 | DEN | FB | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Career | 113 | 72 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 114 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 yrs | CRD | 56 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 72 | 1.3 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | WAS | 31 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 1.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 yr | DEN | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 yr | DET | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Frequently Asked Questions
When was Johnny Olszewski born?
Johnny Olszewski was born on December 21, 1930.
Where was Johnny Olszewski born?
Johnny Olszewski was born in Washington, DC.
How tall was Johnny Olszewski?
Johnny Olszewski was 5-11 (180 cm) tall.
How much did Johnny Olszewski weigh when playing?
Johnny Olszewski weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.
Is Johnny Olszewski in the Hall of Fame?
Johnny Olszewski has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.
How many games did Johnny Olszewski play?
Johnny Olszewski played 113 games over his career.
How many rushing attempts did Johnny Olszewski have?
Johnny Olszewski had 837 rushing attempts over his career.
How many rushing yards did Johnny Olszewski have?
Johnny Olszewski had 3,320 rushing yards over his career.
How many Super Bowls has Johnny Olszewski won?
Johnny Olszewski never won a Super Bowl.
When did Johnny Olszewski retire?
Johnny Olszewski last played in 1962.
What are Johnny Olszewski's nicknames?
Johnny O is a nickname for Johnny Olszewski.
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