Gerald Wade Shipkey
Position: LB-FB-DB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 213 lbs.
Born: October 31, 1925 in Fullerton, CA
Died: November 28, 2009 in Dana Point, CA
College: USC, UCLA (school history)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 8th round (58th overall) of the 1947 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 49 (1614th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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| All-Time Rank: #1321. Dave Rowe… #1322. Darrin Smith… #1323. Art Hunter… #1324. JERRY SHIPKEY… #1325. Garland Boyette… #1326. John Martinkovic… #1327. Woodley Lewis… |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1948 | 23 | PIT | FB | 12 | 4 | 64 | 199 | 8 | 16 | 3.1 | 16.6 | 5.3 | 10 | 106 | 10.6 | 0 | 43 | 0.8 | 8.8 | 305 | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1949 | 24 | PIT | lb | 12 | 4 | 26 | 93 | 5 | 14 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 2.2 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 21 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 125 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1950* | 25 | PIT | FB/LLB | 49 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||
| 1951*+ | 26 | PIT | RLB | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |||||||||
| 1952*+ | 27 | PIT | LLB | 33 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||
| 1953 | 28 | CHI | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Career | 66 | 8 | 109 | 310 | 16 | 16 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 12 | 138 | 11.5 | 0 | 43 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 448 | 16 | 8 | 51 | ||||
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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 |
| 1948 | 23 | PIT | FB | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1949 | 24 | PIT | lb | 12 | 4 | 3 | 76 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1950* | 25 | PIT | FB/LLB | 49 | 12 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1951*+ | 26 | PIT | RLB | 33 | 10 | 6 | 113 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1952*+ | 27 | PIT | LLB | 33 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Career | 66 | 8 | 13 | 238 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 0 | ||||||||
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1951 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1951 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1952 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1952 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1952 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |