Joe Perry

Fletcher Joseph Perry

Position: FB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 lbs.

Born: January 22, 1927 in Stevens, AR
College: Compton CC (CA)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 75 (477th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1969

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Fine Details · Last updated Nov 9, 2011 3:32PM

All-Time Rank: #211. L.C. Greenwood… #212. Alan Faneca… #213. Larry Grantham… #214. JOE PERRY… #215. Mick Tingelhoff… #216. Roman Gabriel… #217. Bill Bergey…

All-Time Rank: #211. L.C. Greenwood… #212. Alan Faneca… #213. Larry Grantham… #214. JOE PERRY… #215. Mick Tingelhoff… #216. Roman Gabriel… #217. Bill Bergey…

Rushing & Receiving

							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	AV
1948	21	SFO			14	0	77	562	10	57	7.3	40.1	5.5	8	79	9.9	1	0	0.6	5.6	641	11	0	0
1949	22	SFO	KR/fb		11	5	115	783	8	59	6.8	71.2	10.5	11	146	13.3	3	0	1.0	13.3	929	11	0	0
1950	23	SFO	FB	74	12	0	124	647	5	78	5.2	53.9	10.3	13	69	5.3	1	16	1.1	5.8	716	6	11	6
1951	24	SFO	FB	74	11	0	136	677	3	58	5.0	61.5	12.4	18	167	9.3	1	35	1.6	15.2	844	4	5	6
1952*	25	SFO	FB	34	12	0	158	725	8	78	4.6	60.4	13.2	15	81	5.4	0	17	1.3	6.8	806	8	6	9
1953*+	26	SFO	FB	34	12	0	192	1018	10	51	5.3	84.8	16.0	19	191	10.1	3	60	1.6	15.9	1209	13	8	20
1954*+	27	SFO	FB	34	12	0	173	1049	8	58	6.1	87.4	14.4	26	203	7.8	0	70	2.2	16.9	1252	8	6	14
1955	28	SFO	FB	34	11	0	156	701	2	42	4.5	63.7	14.2	19	55	2.9	1	19	1.7	5.0	756	3	6	6
1956	29	SFO	FB	34	11	0	115	520	3	39	4.5	47.3	10.5	18	104	5.8	0	20	1.6	9.5	624	3	3	6
1957	30	SFO		34	8	0	97	454	3	34	4.7	56.8	12.1	15	130	8.7	0	17	1.9	16.3	584	3	3	2
1958	31	SFO	FB	34	12	0	125	758	4	73	6.1	63.2	10.4	23	218	9.5	1	64	1.9	18.2	976	5	3	6
1959	32	SFO	FB	34	11	0	139	602	3	40	4.3	54.7	12.6	12	53	4.4	0	15	1.1	4.8	655	3	6	6
1960	33	SFO		34	10	0	36	95	1	21	2.6	9.5	3.6	3	-3	-1.0	0	3	0.3	-0.3	92	1	2	2
1961	34	BAL	FB	34	13	0	168	675	3	27	4.0	51.9	12.9	34	322	9.5	1	27	2.6	24.8	997	4	3	11
1962	35	BAL	FB	34	12	0	94	359	0	21	3.8	29.9	7.8	22	194	8.8	0	32	1.8	16.2	553	0	3	6
1963	36	SFO		34	9	0	24	98	0	16	4.1	10.9	2.7	4	12	3.0	0	8	0.4	1.3	110	0	1	1
Career					181	5	1929	9723	71	78	5.0	53.7	10.7	260	2021	7.8	12	70	1.4	11.2	11744	83	66	101
14 yrs		SFO			156	5	1667	8689	68	78	5.2	55.7	10.7	204	1505	7.4	11	70	1.3	9.6	10194	79	60	84
2 yrs		BAL			25	0	262	1034	3	27	3.9	41.4	10.5	56	516	9.2	1	32	2.2	20.6	1550	4	6	17

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
1948	21	SFO			14	0						4	145	1	87	36.3	786
1949	22	SFO	KR/fb		11	5						14	337	0	0	24.1	1266
1950	23	SFO	FB	74	12	0						12	223	0	27	18.6	939
1951	24	SFO	FB	74	11	0						1	32	0	32	32.0	876
1953*+	26	SFO	FB	34	12	0						2	21	0	11	10.5	1230
Career					181	5						33	758	1	87	23.0	12502

Kicking & Punting

							0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1953*+	26	SFO	FB	34	12	0											3		0.0%
1954*+	27	SFO	FB	34	12	0											3	1	33.3%	7	6	85.7%
Career					181	5											6	1	16.7%	7	6	85.7%

Passing

Game Logs [+]
- Career
- Postseason
- 1948
- 1954
- 1959
- 1949
- 1955
- 1960
- 1950
- 1956
- 1961
- 1951
- 1957
- 1962
- 1952
- 1958
- 1963
- 1953
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1948
- 1954
- 1959
- 1949
- 1955
- 1960
- 1950
- 1956
- 1961
- 1951
- 1957
- 1962
- 1952
- 1958
- 1963
- 1953
Passing TD's
Comebacks & GW Drives
QB Starts [+]
- Career
- Postseason
- 1948
- 1954
- 1959
- 1949
- 1955
- 1960
- 1950
- 1956
- 1961
- 1951
- 1957
- 1962
- 1952
- 1958
- 1963
- 1953
Super Bowl Plays

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	4QC	GWD
1949	22	SFO	KR/fb		11	5	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0
1951	24	SFO	FB	74	11	0	1	1	100.0	31	1	100.0	31	31.0	51.0	31.0	2.8	158.3	0	0
1952*	25	SFO	FB	34	12	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0
1953*+	26	SFO	FB	34	12	0	1	1	100.0	14	0	0.0	14	14.0	14.0	14.0	1.2	118.7	0	0
1954*+	27	SFO	FB	34	12	0	1	1	100.0	34	0	0.0	34	34.0	34.0	34.0	2.8	118.7	0	0
1955	28	SFO	FB	34	11	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0
1957	30	SFO		34	8	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0
1963	36	SFO		34	9	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Career					181	5	3	11	27.3	79	1	9.1	34	7.2	9.0	26.3	0.4	87.3	0	0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

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
1948	21	SFO			14	0		1	24	0	24	0
1950	23	SFO	FB	74	12	0							0	11	5	4	0
1951	24	SFO	FB	74	11	0							0	5	0	0	0
1952*	25	SFO	FB	34	12	0							0	6	3	2	0
1953*+	26	SFO	FB	34	12	0							0	8	1	0	0
1954*+	27	SFO	FB	34	12	0							0	6	2	0	0
1955	28	SFO	FB	34	11	0							0	6	0	0	0
1956	29	SFO	FB	34	11	0							0	3	0	0	0
1957	30	SFO		34	8	0							0	3	0	0	0
1958	31	SFO	FB	34	12	0							0	3	2	0	0
1959	32	SFO	FB	34	11	0							0	6	1	0	0
1960	33	SFO		34	10	0							0	2	1	0	0
1961	34	BAL	FB	34	13	0							0	3	0	0	0
1962	35	BAL	FB	34	12	0							0	3	0	0	0
1963	36	SFO		34	9	0							0	1	0	0	0
Career					181	5		1	24	0	24	0	0	66	15	6	0
14 yrs		SFO			156	5		1	24	0	24	0	0	60	15	6	0
2 yrs		BAL			25	0							0	6	0	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
1948	21	SFO			14	0	10	1	1	12			72
1949	22	SFO	KR/fb		11	5	8	3		11			66
1950	23	SFO	FB	74	12	0	5	1		6			36
1951	24	SFO	FB	74	11	0	3	1		4			24
1952*	25	SFO	FB	34	12	0	8			8			48
1953*+	26	SFO	FB	34	12	0	10	3		13			78
1954*+	27	SFO	FB	34	12	0	8			8	6	1	57
1955	28	SFO	FB	34	11	0	2	1		3			18
1956	29	SFO	FB	34	11	0	3			3			18
1957	30	SFO		34	8	0	3			3			18
1958	31	SFO	FB	34	12	0	4	1		5			30
1959	32	SFO	FB	34	11	0	3			3			18
1960	33	SFO		34	10	0	1			1			6
1961	34	BAL	FB	34	13	0	3	1		4			24
Career					181	5	71	12	1	84	6	1	513
14 yrs		SFO			156	5	68	11	1	80	6	1	489
2 yrs		BAL			25	0	3	1		4			24

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards 1954 NFL UPI MVP	Pro Bowls 1952 1953 1954	First-Team All-Pro 1953 1954	Approximate Value 1953 NFL 20 (1/74)
Rushing Att 1949 AAFC 115 (7) 1950 NFL 124 (10) 1951 NFL 136 (3) 1952 NFL 158 (2) 1953 NFL 192 (1) 1954 NFL 173 (1) 1955 NFL 156 (5) 1958 NFL 125 (9) 1959 NFL 139 (10) 1961 NFL 168 (7) Career 1929 (39)	Rushing Yds 1948 AAFC 562 (10) 1949 AAFC 783 (1) 1950 NFL 647 (5) 1951 NFL 677 (5) 1952 NFL 725 (3) 1953 NFL 1018 (1) 1954 NFL 1049 (1) 1955 NFL 701 (5) 1958 NFL 758 (3) 1961 NFL 675 (9) Career 9723 (28)	Rushing TD 1948 AAFC 10 (1) 1949 AAFC 8 (1) 1950 NFL 5 (8) 1952 NFL 8 (2) 1953 NFL 10 (1) 1954 NFL 8 (3) Career 71 (26)	Long Rush 1948 AAFC 57 (5) 1949 AAFC 59 (4) 1950 NFL 78 (4) 1951 NFL 58 (9) 1952 NFL 78 (2) 1953 NFL 51 (9) 1954 NFL 58 (8) 1958 NFL 73 (4)
Yds/Rushing Att 1949 AAFC 6.8 (1/10) 1950 NFL 5.2 (5) 1951 NFL 5.0 (7) 1952 NFL 4.6 (3) 1953 NFL 5.3 (4) 1954 NFL 6.1 (2/29) 1955 NFL 4.5 (8) 1956 NFL 4.5 (10) 1957 NFL 4.7 (4) 1958 NFL 6.1 (3/29) Career 5.0 (26)	Rushing Yds/Game 1949 AAFC 71.2 (1) 1950 NFL 53.9 (7) 1951 NFL 61.5 (5) 1952 NFL 60.4 (3) 1953 NFL 84.8 (1) 1954 NFL 87.4 (1) 1955 NFL 63.7 (5) 1957 NFL 56.8 (3) 1958 NFL 63.2 (3) 1961 NFL 51.9 (8) Career 53.7 (103)	Touchdowns 1948 AAFC 12 (4) 1949 AAFC 11 (2) 1952 NFL 8 (8) 1953 NFL 13 (1) 1954 NFL 8 (8) Career 84 (44)	Points Scored 1948 AAFC 72 (7) 1949 AAFC 66 (2) 1953 NFL 78 (5) 1954 NFL 57 (10) Career 513 (157)
Rushing/Receiving TD 1948 AAFC 11 (4) 1949 AAFC 11 (2) 1952 NFL 8 (7) 1953 NFL 13 (1) 1954 NFL 8 (7) Career 83 (44)	Non-Offensive TDs 1948 AAFC 1 (3)	Yds From Scrimmage 1949 AAFC 929 (3) 1951 NFL 844 (8) 1953 NFL 1209 (1) 1954 NFL 1252 (1) 1958 NFL 976 (6) Career 11744 (53)	All-Purpose Yds 1949 AAFC 1266 (2) 1953 NFL 1230 (3) 1954 NFL 1252 (2) Career 12502 (64)
Touches 1949 AAFC 140 (4) 1950 NFL 149 (10) 1951 NFL 155 (5) 1952 NFL 173 (2) 1953 NFL 213 (1) 1954 NFL 199 (1) 1955 NFL 175 (7) 1958 NFL 148 (9) 1961 NFL 202 (8) Career 2222 (38)	Yds/Touch 1948 AAFC 8.8 (4) 1949 AAFC 9.0 (6)	Kick Returns 1949 AAFC 14 (3)	Kick Return Yds 1949 AAFC 337 (5)
Kick Return TD 1948 AAFC 1 (1/66) Career 1 (115)	Long Kick Return 1948 AAFC 87 (1)	Yds/Kick Return 1949 AAFC 24.1 (4)	Kick & Punt Return Yds 1949 AAFC 337 (10)
Fumbles 1950 NFL 11 (3) 1952 NFL 6 (9) 1953 NFL 8 (4) 1954 NFL 6 (10) 1955 NFL 6 (8) Career 66 (60)	Fumbles Recovered 1950 NFL 5 (1)	Long Intercep. Return 1948 AAFC 24 (9)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1949	1st Team	All-AAFC	AAFC
1949	2nd Team	All-AAFC	Associated Press
1949	1st Team	All-AAFC	NY Daily News
1949	1st Team	All-AAFC	UPI
1953	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1953	1st Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1953	1st Team	All-NFL	UPI
1954	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1954	1st Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1954	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1954	1st Team	All-NFL	UPI
1958	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News

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