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Pete Retzlaff

Palmer Edward Retzlaff

Position: E-HB-TE
Height: 6-1    Weight: 211 lbs.
Born: August 21, 1931 in Ellendale, ND
College: North Dakota-Ellendale, South Dakota State

Career AV: 71 (553rd overall since 1950)

5-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 22nd round (265th overall) of the 1953 NFL Draft.

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Receiving & Rushing

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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 AV
1956 25 PHI RH 25 10 0 12 159 13.3 0 20 1.2 15.9 159 0 0 4
1957 26 PHI RH 44 12 0 10 120 12.0 0 28 0.8 10.0 120 0 0 5
1958* 27 PHI RH 44 12 0 56 766 13.7 2 49 4.7 63.8 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 762 2 0 11
1959 28 PHI LE 44 10 0 34 595 17.5 1 45 3.4 59.5 2 -11 0 -5 -5.5 -1.1 0.2 584 1 1 7
1960* 29 PHI SE 44 12 0 46 826 18.0 5 57 3.8 68.8 2 3 0 7 1.5 0.3 0.2 829 5 1 11
1961 30 PHI SE 44 14 0 50 769 15.4 8 61 3.6 54.9 1 8 0 8 8.0 0.6 0.1 777 8 0 8
1962 31 PHI SE 44 8 0 30 584 19.5 3 84 3.8 73.0 584 3 0 6
1963* 32 PHI TE 44 14 0 57 895 15.7 4 46 4.1 63.9 895 4 2 8
1964* 33 PHI TE 44 12 0 51 855 16.8 8 44 4.3 71.3 855 8 0 10
1965*+ 34 PHI TE 44 14 0 66 1190 18.0 10 78 4.7 85.0 1190 10 0 13
1966 35 PHI TE 44 14 0 40 653 16.3 6 40 2.9 46.6 653 6 0 6
Career 132 0 452 7412 16.4 47 84 3.4 56.2 6 -4 0 8 -0.7 0.0 0.0 7408 47 4 89

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
1958* 27 PHI RH 44 12 0 0 1 0 0
1959 28 PHI LE 44 10 0 1 0 0 0
1960* 29 PHI SE 44 12 0 1 0 0 0
1963* 32 PHI TE 44 14 0 2 0 0 0
1966 35 PHI TE 44 14 0 0 2 0 0
Career 132 0 4 3 0 0

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
1958* 27 PHI RH 44 12 0 2 2 12
1959 28 PHI LE 44 10 0 1 1 6
1960* 29 PHI SE 44 12 0 5 5 30
1961 30 PHI SE 44 14 0 8 8 48
1962 31 PHI SE 44 8 0 3 3 18
1963* 32 PHI TE 44 14 0 4 4 24
1964* 33 PHI TE 44 12 0 8 8 48
1965*+ 34 PHI TE 44 14 0 10 10 60
1966 35 PHI TE 44 14 0 6 6 36
Career 132 0 47 47 282

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1965 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)

Pro Bowls

1958
1960
1963
1964
1965

First-Team All-Pro

1965

Receptions

1958 NFL 56 (1)
1960 NFL 46 (5)
1963 NFL 57 (7)
1964 NFL 51 (10)
1965 NFL 66 (3)
Career 452 (133)

Receiving Yds

1958 NFL 766 (5)
1960 NFL 826 (6)
1963 NFL 895 (9)
1964 NFL 855 (9)
1965 NFL 1190 (2)
Career 7412 (92)

Receiving TD

1960 NFL 5 (10)
1961 NFL 8 (8)
1964 NFL 8 (7)
1965 NFL 10 (3)
1966 NFL 6 (10)
Career 47 (121)

Long Reception

1962 NFL 84 (5)
1965 NFL 78 (10)

Yds/Reception

1959 NFL 17.5 (9)
1960 NFL 18.0 (10)
1962 NFL 19.5 (8)
1964 NFL 16.8 (10)
1965 NFL 18.0 (7)
Career 16.4 (123)

Receiving Yds/Game

1958 NFL 63.8 (6)
1959 NFL 59.5 (9)
1960 NFL 68.8 (6)
1962 NFL 73.0 (6)
1963 NFL 63.9 (10)
1964 NFL 71.3 (5)
1965 NFL 85.0 (2)
Career 56.2 (72)

Touchdowns

1965 NFL 10 (6)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1965 NFL 10 (6)

Yds From Scrimmage

1965 NFL 1190 (6)
Career 7408 (190)

All-Purpose Yds

1965 NFL 1190 (7)

Yds/Touch

Career 16.2 (41)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1958Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1963Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
1964Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1965Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1966NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL