Don R. Paul
Donald Ray Paul
Position: DB-HB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 187 lbs.
Born: July 23, 1926 in Tacoma, WA
College: Washington St. (school history)
Drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the 4th round (47th overall) of the 1950 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 72 (546th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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| All-Time Rank: #687. Willie Buchanon… #688. Larry Eisenhauer… #689. Jim Harbaugh… #690. DON R. PAUL… #691. Jesse Sapolu… #692. Bill Romanowski… #693. Clem Daniels… |
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | AV | ||
| 1950 | 24 | CRD | RDH/PR/KR | 37 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 194 | 1 | 82 | 10.8 | 28 | 693 | 0 | 46 | 24.8 | 1060 | 7 |
| 1951 | 25 | CRD | PR/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/PR | 20 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 148 | 1 | 60 | 7.8 | 5 | 109 | 0 | 26 | 21.8 | 257 | 13 |
| 1956* | 30 | CLE | RDH/PR | 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 | |||
| 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/PR/KR | 37 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1951 | 25 | CRD | PR/LH | 37 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1953* | 27 | CRD | RH | 22 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 62 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1954 | 28 | CLE | RS | 20 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1955 | 29 | CLE | RDH/PR | 20 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 1956* | 30 | CLE | RDH/PR | 20 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 190 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1957* | 31 | CLE | RDH | 20 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 1 | ||||
| 1958* | 32 | CLE | RDH | 20 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||||||||
| Career | 100 | 0 | 34 | 593 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 106 | 1 | ||||||||
| 5 yrs | CLE | 59 | 0 | 22 | 389 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 106 | 1 | |||||||
| 4 yrs | CRD | 41 | 0 | 12 | 204 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1950 | 24 | CRD | RDH/PR/KR | 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 | PR/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 | ||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 24 | CRD | RDH/PR/KR | 37 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1951 | 25 | CRD | PR/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/PR | 20 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1956* | 30 | CLE | RDH/PR | 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 |
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All-Pro Teams
| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1955 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1957 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1958 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1958 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |