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Bill Smith

William Arley Smith

Position: E-DE
Height: 6-1    Weight: 198 lbs.
Born: January 13, 1912 in Seattle, WA
College: Washington

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

Receiving & Rushing

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
1934 22 CRD 11 3 6 103 17.2 1 21 0.5 9.4 13 56 2 0 4.3 5.1 1.2 159 3 0
1935+ 23 CRD LE 11 10 24 318 13.3 2 46 2.2 28.9 8 33 0 0 4.1 3.0 0.7 351 2 0
1936 24 CRD le 11 6 20 414 20.7 1 38 1.8 37.6 2 13 0 0 6.5 1.2 0.2 427 1 0
1937 25 CRD 9 2 3 52 17.3 0 0 0.3 5.8 52 0 0
1938 26 CRD RE 11 11 18 338 18.8 1 0 1.6 30.7 338 1 0
1939* 27 CRD RE 11 9 21 387 18.4 4 60 1.9 35.2 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.3 0.1 390 4 0
Career 64 41 92 1612 17.5 9 60 1.4 25.2 24 105 2 3 4.4 1.6 0.4 1717 11 0

Kicking & Punting

0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1934 22 CRD 11 3 1 4
1935+ 23 CRD LE 11 10 6 5
1936 24 CRD le 11 6 1 2
1937 25 CRD 9 2 3
1938 26 CRD RE 11 11 2 2 100.0% 5 4 80.0%
1939* 27 CRD RE 11 9 8 2 25.0% 8 6 75.0% 1 36 36 0 36.0
Career 64 41 10 12 120.0% 13 24 184.6% 1 36 36 0 36.0

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%
1934 22 CRD 11 3 1 1 100.0 9 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 9.0 9.0 9.0 0.8 104.2
1936 24 CRD le 11 6 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Career 64 41 1 2 50.0 9 0 0.0 1 50.0 9 4.5 -18.0 9.0 0.1 22.9

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1934 22 CRD 11 3 2 1 3 4 1 25
1935+ 23 CRD LE 11 10 2 2 5 6 35
1936 24 CRD le 11 6 1 1 2 1 11
1937 25 CRD 9 2 1 1 3 9
1938 26 CRD RE 11 11 1 1 4 2 16
1939* 27 CRD RE 11 9 4 4 6 2 36
Career 64 41 2 9 1 12 24 12 132

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1939

First-Team All-Pro

1935

Receptions

1935 NFL 24 (3)
1936 NFL 20 (2)
1938 NFL 18 (7)
1939 NFL 21 (7)

Receiving Yds

1935 NFL 318 (5)
1936 NFL 414 (2)
1938 NFL 338 (5)
1939 NFL 387 (7)

Receiving TD

1935 NFL 2 (8)
1939 NFL 4 (4)

Long Reception

1935 NFL 46 (7)
1936 NFL 38 (9)
1939 NFL 60 (7)

Yds/Reception

1935 NFL 13.3 (3)
1939 NFL 18.4 (3)

Receiving Yds/Game

1935 NFL 28.9 (5)
1936 NFL 37.6 (2)
1938 NFL 30.7 (5)
1939 NFL 35.2 (7)

Points Scored

1935 NFL 35 (6)
1939 NFL 36 (10)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1939 NFL 4 (10)

Non-Offensive TDs

1937 NFL 1 (2)

Extra Pt Made

1934 NFL 4 (9)
1935 NFL 5 (7)
1939 NFL 6 (10)

Extra Pt Att

1939 NFL 8 (8)

Total Field Goals Made

1934 NFL 1 (10)
1935 NFL 6 (1)

1936 NFL 1 (10)
1938 NFL 2 (6)
1939 NFL 2 (10)

Field Goals Att

1939 NFL 8 (4)

Fumble Return TD

1937 NFL 1 (2)

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

All-Pro Teams

1934GB Press-Gazette: 2nd Team All-NFL
1935Chicago Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 Collyers Eye Mag.: 1st Team All-NFL
 GB Press-Gazette: 1st Team All-NFL
 NFL: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1936NFL: 2nd Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1938Collyers Eye Mag.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1939Collyers Eye Mag.: 1st Team All-NFL