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Don R. Paul

Donald Ray Paul

Position: DB-HB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 187 lbs.
Born: July 23, 1926 in Tacoma, WA
College: Washington State

Career AV: 72 (523rd overall since 1950)

4-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the 4th round (47th overall) of the 1950 NFL Draft.

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Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd AV
1950 24 CRD RDH 37 12 0 18 194 1 82 10.8 28 693 0 46 24.8 1060 7
1951 25 CRD LH 37 12 0 19 143 0 23 7.5 15 424 0 57 28.3 1212 6
1952 26 CRD 22 5 0 10 97 0 22 9.7 3 54 0 26 18.0 211 2
1953* 27 CRD RH 22 12 0 18 85 0 22 4.7 4 106 0 35 26.5 472 7
1954 28 CLE RS 20 12 0 1 57 0 57 57.0 1 31 0 31 31.0 88 11
1955 29 CLE RDH 20 11 0 19 148 1 60 7.8 5 109 0 26 21.8 257 13
1956* 30 CLE RDH 20 12 0 17 103 0 17 6.1 103 12
1957* 31 CLE RDH 20 12 0 9 75 0 32 8.3 75 15
1958* 32 CLE RDH 20 12 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 11
Career 100 0 113 902 2 82 8.0 57 1417 0 57 24.9 3478 84
5 yrs CLE 59 0 48 383 1 60 8.0 7 140 0 31 20.0 523 62
4 yrs CRD 41 0 65 519 1 82 8.0 50 1277 0 57 25.5 2955 22

Defense & Fumbles

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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
1950 24 CRD RDH 37 12 0 4 90 0 41 2 2 0 0
1951 25 CRD LH 37 12 0 3 52 0 36 4 1 0 0
1953* 27 CRD RH 22 12 0 5 62 0 38 3 0 0 0
1954 28 CLE RS 20 12 0 3 42 0 23
1955 29 CLE RDH 20 11 0 4 49 0 19 0 3 17 0
1956* 30 CLE RDH 20 12 0 7 190 1 42 2 2 0 0
1957* 31 CLE RDH 20 12 0 4 28 0 12 0 1 89 1
1958* 32 CLE RDH 20 12 0 4 80 0 36
Career 100 0 34 593 1 42 11 9 106 1
5 yrs CLE 59 0 22 389 1 42 2 6 106 1
4 yrs CRD 41 0 12 204 0 41 9 3 0 0

Rushing & Receiving

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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
1950 24 CRD RDH 37 12 0 14 80 0 18 5.7 6.7 1.2 5 93 18.6 1 35 0.4 7.8 173 1 2
1951 25 CRD LH 37 12 0 37 247 3 68 6.7 20.6 3.1 23 398 17.3 3 53 1.9 33.2 645 6 4
1952 26 CRD 22 5 0 6 28 0 16 4.7 5.6 1.2 4 32 8.0 1 11 0.8 6.4 60 1 0
1953* 27 CRD RH 22 12 0 16 114 0 36 7.1 9.5 1.3 16 167 10.4 2 27 1.3 13.9 281 2 3
Career 100 0 73 469 3 68 6.4 4.7 0.7 48 690 14.4 7 53 0.5 6.9 1159 10 11

Passing

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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%
1953* 27 CRD RH 22 12 0 1 2 50.0 13 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 6.5 6.5 13.0 1.1 70.8
Career 100 0 1 2 50.0 13 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 6.5 6.5 13.0 0.1 70.8

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1950 24 CRD RDH 37 12 0 1 1 2 12
1951 25 CRD LH 37 12 0 3 3 6 36
1952 26 CRD 22 5 0 1 1 6
1953* 27 CRD RH 22 12 0 2 2 12
1955 29 CLE RDH 20 11 0 1 1 6
1956* 30 CLE RDH 20 12 0 1 1 6
1957* 31 CLE RDH 20 12 0 1 1 6
Career 100 0 3 7 2 1 1 14 84
5 yrs CLE 59 0 1 1 1 3 18
4 yrs CRD 41 0 3 7 1 11 66

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1953
1956
1957
1958

Long Rush

1951 NFL 68 (4)

Yds/Reception

1951 NFL 17.3 (5)

Non-Offensive TDs

1950 NFL 1 (8)
1955 NFL 1 (6)
1956 NFL 1 (5)
1957 NFL 1 (4)
Career 4 (176)

All-Purpose Yds

1950 NFL 1060 (10)
1951 NFL 1212 (6)

Yds/Touch

1951 NFL 12.9 (2)

Kick Returns

1950 NFL 28 (1)
1951 NFL 15 (7)

Kick Return Yds

1950 NFL 693 (2)
1951 NFL 424 (8)

Long Kick Return

1951 NFL 57 (6)

Yds/Kick Return

1951 NFL 28.3 (3)

Punt Returns

1950 NFL 18 (6)
1951 NFL 19 (4)
1953 NFL 18 (7)
1956 NFL 17 (8)
Career 113 (125)

Punt Return Yds

1950 NFL 194 (7)
1955 NFL 148 (5)
1956 NFL 103 (10)
Career 902 (144)

Punt Return TD

1950 NFL 1 (2/89)
1955 NFL 1 (2/89)
Career 2 (74)

Long Punt Return

1950 NFL 82 (4)
1954 NFL 57 (5)
1955 NFL 60 (4)
1957 NFL 32 (6)

Yds/Punt Return

1950 NFL 10.8 (8)
1955 NFL 7.8 (5)
1956 NFL 6.1 (9)

Kick & Punt Returns

1950 NFL 46 (2)
1951 NFL 34 (6)
Career 170 (162)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1950 NFL 887 (3)
1951 NFL 567 (9)

Fumbles Recovered

1955 NFL 3 (10)

Fumble Return Yds

1957 NFL 89 (1/40)
Career 106 (96)

Fumble Return TD

1957 NFL 1 (2)

Interceptions

1956 NFL 7 (5)
Career 34 (135)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1956 NFL 190 (3/86)
Career 593 (85)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1956 NFL 1 (2)

Long Intercep. Return

1950 NFL 41 (10)
1956 NFL 42 (7)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

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1955Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1957Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
1958Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL