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Joe Perry

Fletcher Joseph Perry

Position: FB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: January 22, 1927 in Stevens, AR
College: Compton Community College (CA)

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1969

3-time Pro Bowler & 2-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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
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
1949 22 SFO 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
1950 23 SFO FB 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
1951 24 SFO FB 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
1952* 25 SFO FB 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
1953*+ 26 SFO FB 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
1954*+ 27 SFO FB 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
1955 28 SFO FB 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
1956 29 SFO FB 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
1957 30 SFO 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
1958 31 SFO FB 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
1959 32 SFO FB 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
1960 33 SFO 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
1961 34 BAL FB 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
1962 35 BAL FB 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
1963 36 SFO 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
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
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
2 yrs IND 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

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos 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 fb 11 5 14 337 0 0 24.1 1266
1950 23 SFO FB 12 0 12 223 0 27 18.6 939
1951 24 SFO FB 11 0 1 32 0 32 32.0 876
1953*+ 26 SFO FB 12 0 2 21 0 11 10.5 1230
Career 181 5 33 758 1 87 23.0 12502

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos 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 12 0 3 0.0%
1954*+ 27 SFO FB 12 0 3 1 33.3% 7 6 85.7%
Career 181 5 6 1 16.7% 7 6 85.7%

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
1949 22 SFO fb 11 5 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1951 24 SFO FB 11 0 1 1 100.0 31 1 100.0 0 0.0 31 31.0 41.0 31.0 2.8 158.3
1952* 25 SFO FB 12 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1953*+ 26 SFO FB 12 0 1 1 100.0 14 0 0.0 0 0.0 14 14.0 14.0 14.0 1.2 118.7
1954*+ 27 SFO FB 12 0 1 1 100.0 34 0 0.0 0 0.0 34 34.0 34.0 34.0 2.8 118.7
1955 28 SFO FB 11 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1957 30 SFO 8 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1963 36 SFO 9 0 0 1 0.0 0 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 0 0.0 34 7.2 8.1 26.3 0.4 87.3

Defense & Fumbles

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

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1948 21 SFO 14 0 10 1 1 72
1949 22 SFO fb 11 5 8 3 66
1950 23 SFO FB 12 0 5 1 36
1951 24 SFO FB 11 0 3 1 24
1952* 25 SFO FB 12 0 8 48
1953*+ 26 SFO FB 12 0 10 3 78
1954*+ 27 SFO FB 12 0 8 6 1 57
1955 28 SFO FB 11 0 2 1 18
1956 29 SFO FB 11 0 3 18
1957 30 SFO 8 0 3 18
1958 31 SFO FB 12 0 4 1 30
1959 32 SFO FB 11 0 3 18
1960 33 SFO 10 0 1 6
1961 34 BAL FB 13 0 3 1 24
Career 181 5 71 12 1 6 1 513
14 yrs SFO 156 5 68 11 1 6 1 489
2 yrs IND 25 0 3 1 24

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1952
1953
1954

1st-team All-Pro

1953
1954

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 (35)

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 (24)

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 (25)

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-- 27)
1955 NFL 4.5 (8)
1956 NFL 4.5 (10)
1957 NFL 4.7 (4)
1958 NFL 6.1 (3-- 27)
Career 5.0 (24)

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 (88)

Touchdowns

1948 AAFC 12 (4)
1949 AAFC 11 (2)
1952 NFL 8 (8)
1953 NFL 13 (1)
1954 NFL 8 (8)
Career 84 (41)

Points Scored

1948 AAFC 72 (7)
1949 AAFC 66 (2)
1953 NFL 78 (5)
1954 NFL 57 (10)
Career 513 (144)

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 (42)

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 (45)

All-Purpose Yds

1949 AAFC 1266 (2)
1953 NFL 1230 (3)
1954 NFL 1252 (2)
Career 12502 (57)

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 (34)

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-- 57)
Career 1 (106)

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 (56)

Fumbles Recovered

1950 NFL 5 (1)

Long Intercep. Return

1948 AAFC 24 (9)

     

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1949 - AAFC: 1st team all-AAFC
1949 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-AAFC
1949 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-AAFC
1949 - UPI: 1st team all-AAFC
1953 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1953 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1953 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1954 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1954 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1954 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1954 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL