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 St.
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 22nd round (265th overall) of the 1953 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 74 (496th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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| All-Time Rank: #441. Paul Hornung… #442. Jared Allen… #443. Lawrence McCutcheon… #444. PETE RETZLAFF… #445. Phil Villapiano… #446. Chuck Muncie… #447. Eugene Robinson… |
| Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | 13 |
| 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 | 9 |
| 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 | 9 | |||||||
| 1964* | 33 | PHI | TE | 44 | 12 | 0 | 51 | 855 | 16.8 | 8 | 44 | 4.3 | 71.3 | 855 | 8 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
| 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 | 9 | |||||||
| 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 | 95 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1959 | 28 | PHI | LE | 44 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1960* | 29 | PHI | SE | 44 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1963* | 32 | PHI | TE | 44 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1966 | 35 | PHI | TE | 44 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Career | 132 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 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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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1958 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1958 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1958 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1958 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1958 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1963 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 1964 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 1964 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1964 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1964 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1964 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1965 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 1965 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1965 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1965 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1965 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1966 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |