Bill Pellington

William A. Pellington

Position: LB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 234 lbs.

Born: September 25, 1927 in Ramsey, NJ
Died: April 26, 1994 in Baltimore, MD
College: Defiance, Rutgers (school history)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 66 (771st overall since 1950)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 20, 2013 2:25AM

All-Time Rank: #1018. Tony Tolbert… #1019. John Williams… #1020. Glen Edwards… #1021. BILL PELLINGTON… #1022. Johnny Morris… #1023. Henry Lawrence… #1024. Bryant McKinnie…

All-Time Rank: #1018. Tony Tolbert… #1019. John Williams… #1020. Glen Edwards… #1021. BILL PELLINGTON… #1022. Johnny Morris… #1023. Henry Lawrence… #1024. Bryant McKinnie…

Defense & Fumbles

								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	AV
1953	26	BAL	LLB	65	12			2	22	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0				5
1954	27	BAL	LLB	65	12																6
1955	28	BAL	RLB	65	12			2	17	0	12	0	0	0	4	9	0				6
1956	29	BAL	LLB	36	12			1	4	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0				5
1957	30	BAL		36	1																1
1958	31	BAL	LLB	36	12			4	44	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0				8
1959	32	BAL	LLB	36	12			4	99	1	30	0	0	0	1	0	0				6
1960	33	BAL	LLB	36	12			1	4	0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0				10
1961	34	BAL	MLB	36	14			3	9	0	4	0									7
1962	35	BAL	LLB	36	14			2	29	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0				8
1963	36	BAL	MLB	36	14								0	0	1	0	0				8
1964	37	BAL	MLB	36	14			2	20	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0				13
Career					141			21	248	1	30	0	0	1	14	9	0				83

Kick & Punt Returns

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1954	27	BAL	LLB	65	12							2	26	0	14	13.0	26
1955	28	BAL	RLB	65	12		1	6	0	6	6.0	2	36	0	19	18.0	52
1956	29	BAL	LLB	36	12							1	0	0	0	0.0	0
1960	33	BAL	LLB	36	12							2	11	0	9	5.5	11
Career					141		1	6	0	6	6.0	7	73	0	19	10.4	88

Receiving & Rushing

							Receiving							Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1955	28	BAL	RLB	65	12		1	10	10.0	0	10	0.1	0.8								10	0	0
1958	31	BAL	LLB	36	12		1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.1	-0.1								-1	0	0
Career					141		2	9	4.5	0	10	0.0	0.1								9	0	1

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
1959	32	BAL	LLB	36	12							1		1					6
Career					141							1		1					6

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
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4	Johnie Cooks, Keith Butler, Matt Hazeltine, Bill Forester, Doug Eggers, Terry Beeson, Al Smith, Chris Washington, Greg Buttle, Clancy Osborne
5	Tom Roussel, Avon Riley, Joe Campanella, Donnie Spragan, Jerry Tubbs, Robin Cole, Matt Stewart, Jeff Davis, Mike Dowdle, Niko Noga
6	Jimmy Williams, Jeff Herrod, Robin Cole, Steve Stonebreaker, Larry Morris, Brian Simmons, Jerry Tubbs, Dale Lindsey, Greg Buttle, Eric D. Williams
7	Carl Zander, Johnie Cooks, Jerry Tubbs, Jeff Herrod, Ben Leber, Larry Morris, Ralph Felton, Ralph Baker, Mike Morgan, Greg Buttle
8	Ben Leber, Ralph Baker, Johnie Cooks, Ronald McKinnon, Brian Simmons, Greg Buttle, Morlon Greenwood, Bob Babich, Jerry Tubbs, Jeff Herrod
9	Ralph Baker, Ronald McKinnon, James Francis, Ben Leber, Morlon Greenwood, Johnie Cooks, Jeff Herrod, Greg Buttle, Roman Phifer, Scott Fujita
10	Ronald McKinnon, Ralph Baker, James Francis, Roman Phifer, Keith Butler, Joe Federspiel, Charlie Hall, Na'il Diggs, Brian Simmons, Ted Johnson
11	Ralph Baker, Darrin Smith, Na'il Diggs, Keith Butler, Eric Hill, Winston Moss, Roman Phifer, Gary Plummer, Mark Arneson, Woodrow Lowe
12	Larry Morris, Carl Banks, Eddie Robinson, Bob Brudzinski, Larry Stallings, Jack Pardee, Takeo Spikes, Roman Phifer, Jim Houston, Duane Bickett
Career	Larry Morris, Eddie Robinson, Carl Banks, Bob Brudzinski, Takeo Spikes, Mike Vrabel, Woodrow Lowe, E.J. Junior, Duane Bickett, Mike Peterson

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Non-Offensive TDs 1959 NFL 1 (2)	Fumbles Recovered 1955 NFL 4 (6)	Intercept. Ret. Yds 1959 NFL 99 (8)	Intercept. Ret. TD 1959 NFL 1 (1)

Non-Offensive TDs
1959 NFL 1 (2)

Fumbles Recovered
1955 NFL 4 (6)

Intercept. Ret. Yds
1959 NFL 99 (8)

Intercept. Ret. TD
1959 NFL 1 (1)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1958	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1958	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1960	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1962	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1964	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1964	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1964	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.

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