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Gale Sayers

Gale Eugene Sayers

Position: RB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 198 lbs.

Born: May 30, 1943 in Wichita, KS
College: Kansas   (school history)
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft.
Drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1965 AFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 63 (816th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler & 5-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1977

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Fine Details  · Last updated Nov 9, 2011 3:32PM
All-Time Rank: #42. Herb Adderley… #43. John Hannah… #44. Ed Reed… #45. GALE SAYERS… #46. Anthony Munoz… #47. Willie Davis… #48. Fran Tarkenton… 

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
1965*+ 22 CHI PR/KR/HB 40 14 0 166 867 14 61 5.2 61.9 11.9 29 507 17.5 6 80 2.1 36.2 1374 20 9 19
1966*+ 23 CHI KR/HB 40 14 0 229 1231 8 58 5.4 87.9 16.4 34 447 13.1 2 80 2.4 31.9 1678 10 2 18
1967*+ 24 CHI KR/HB 40 13 0 186 880 7 70 4.7 67.7 14.3 16 126 7.9 1 32 1.2 9.7 1006 8 8 13
1968+ 25 CHI HB 40 9 0 138 856 2 63 6.2 95.1 15.3 15 117 7.8 0 21 1.7 13.0 973 2 7 8
1969*+ 26 CHI KR/HB 40 14 0 236 1032 8 28 4.4 73.7 16.9 17 116 6.8 0 25 1.2 8.3 1148 8 7 10
1970 27 CHI 40 2 0 23 52 0 15 2.3 26.0 11.5 1 -6 -6.0 0 -6 0.5 -3.0 46 0 1 0
1971 28 CHI 40 2 0 13 38 0 9 2.9 19.0 6.5 38 0 0 0
Career 68 0 991 4956 39 70 5.0 72.9 14.6 112 1307 11.7 9 80 1.6 19.2 6263 48 34 68

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
1965*+ 22 CHI PR/KR/HB 40 14 0 16 238 1 85 14.9 21 660 1 96 31.4 2272
1966*+ 23 CHI KR/HB 40 14 0 6 44 0 27 7.3 23 718 2 93 31.2 2440
1967*+ 24 CHI KR/HB 40 13 0 3 80 1 58 26.7 16 603 3 103 37.7 1689
1968+ 25 CHI HB 40 9 0 2 29 0 18 14.5 17 461 0 48 27.1 1463
1969*+ 26 CHI KR/HB 40 14 0 14 339 0 52 24.2 1487
Career 68 0 27 391 2 85 14.5 91 2781 6 103 30.6 9435

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec 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% 4QC GWD
1965*+ 22 CHI PR/KR/HB 40 14 0 2 3 66.7 53 1 33.3 1 33.3 27 17.7 9.3 26.5 3.8 109.7
1966*+ 23 CHI KR/HB 40 14 0 2 6 33.3 58 0 0.0 1 16.7 39 9.7 2.2 29.0 4.1 30.6
1967*+ 24 CHI KR/HB 40 13 0 0 5 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1968+ 25 CHI HB 40 9 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1969*+ 26 CHI KR/HB 40 14 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 1 3 -1.0 -1.0 33.3
Career 68 0 4 18 22.2 111 1 5.6 2 11.1 39 6.2 2.3 27.8 1.6 31.7 1 3 5.7 2.0 5.3

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
1965*+ 22 CHI PR/KR/HB 40 14 0 0 9 4 0 0
1966*+ 23 CHI KR/HB 40 14 0 0 2 3 0 0
1967*+ 24 CHI KR/HB 40 13 0 0 8 4 0 0
1968+ 25 CHI HB 40 9 0 0 7 0 0 0
1969*+ 26 CHI KR/HB 40 14 0 0 7 2 0 0
1970 27 CHI 40 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Career 68 0 0 34 13 0 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1965*+ 22 CHI PR/KR/HB 40 14 0 14 6 1 1 22 132
1966*+ 23 CHI KR/HB 40 14 0 8 2 2 12 72
1967*+ 24 CHI KR/HB 40 13 0 7 1 1 3 12 72
1968+ 25 CHI HB 40 9 0 2 2 12
1969*+ 26 CHI KR/HB 40 14 0 8 8 48
Career 68 0 39 9 2 6 56 336

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

All-Pro Teams

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 27 2 RB 5 122
1971 28 2 RB 4 120
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