Gordon Leroy Soltau
Position: E
Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: January 25, 1925 in Duluth, MN
College: Minnesota (school history)
Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 3rd round (30th overall) of the 1950 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 56 (1182nd overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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| All-Time Rank: #1249. Pat Holmes… #1250. Aaron Thomas… #1251. Dewayne Washington… #1252. GORDIE SOLTAU… #1253. Mike Hegman… #1254. Mike Rucker… #1255. Bernie Casey… |
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | AV | |||
| 1950 | 25 | SFO | K/LE | 51 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 50.0% | 28 | 26 | 92.9% | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1951* | 26 | SFO | K/LE | 51 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 33.3% | 32 | 30 | 93.8% | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1952*+ | 27 | SFO | K/LE | 82 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 50.0% | 36 | 34 | 94.4% | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1953* | 28 | SFO | K/LE | 82 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 66.7% | 49 | 48 | 98.0% | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1954 | 29 | SFO | K/LE | 82 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 61.1% | 33 | 31 | 93.9% | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1955 | 30 | SFO | K/LE | 82 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 25.0% | 30 | 27 | 90.0% | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | 31 | SFO | K/LE | 82 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 65.0% | 28 | 26 | 92.9% | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1957 | 32 | SFO | K | 82 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 60.0% | 33 | 33 | 100.0% | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1958 | 33 | SFO | K | 82 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 38.1% | 34 | 29 | 85.3% | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Career | 107 | 139 | 70 | 50.4% | 303 | 284 | 93.7% | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Receiving | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1950 | 25 | SFO | K/LE | 51 | 12 | 14 | 170 | 12.1 | 1 | 28 | 1.2 | 14.2 | 170 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1951* | 26 | SFO | K/LE | 51 | 12 | 59 | 826 | 14.0 | 7 | 48 | 4.9 | 68.8 | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 822 | 7 | 3 | |
| 1952*+ | 27 | SFO | K/LE | 82 | 12 | 55 | 774 | 14.1 | 7 | 49 | 4.6 | 64.5 | 774 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1953* | 28 | SFO | K/LE | 82 | 12 | 43 | 620 | 14.4 | 6 | 54 | 3.6 | 51.7 | 620 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1954 | 29 | SFO | K/LE | 82 | 11 | 22 | 316 | 14.4 | 2 | 42 | 2.0 | 28.7 | 316 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1955 | 30 | SFO | K/LE | 82 | 12 | 26 | 358 | 13.8 | 1 | 36 | 2.2 | 29.8 | 358 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1956 | 31 | SFO | K/LE | 82 | 12 | 18 | 299 | 16.6 | 1 | 33 | 1.5 | 24.9 | 299 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1957 | 32 | SFO | K | 82 | 12 | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 0 | 18 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 47 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1958 | 33 | SFO | K | 82 | 12 | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 0 | 22 | 0.6 | 6.4 | 77 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Career | 107 | 249 | 3487 | 14.0 | 25 | 54 | 2.3 | 32.6 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | -4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3483 | 25 | 8 | |||||
| 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 |
| 1951* | 26 | SFO | K/LE | 51 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1952*+ | 27 | SFO | K/LE | 82 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1953* | 28 | SFO | K/LE | 82 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1954 | 29 | SFO | K/LE | 82 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1957 | 32 | SFO | K | 82 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1958 | 33 | SFO | K | 82 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 107 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 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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| 1950 | 25 | SFO | K/LE | 51 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 44 | |||||||||
| 1951* | 26 | SFO | K/LE | 51 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 90 | |||||||||
| 1952*+ | 27 | SFO | K/LE | 82 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 6 | 94 | |||||||||
| 1953* | 28 | SFO | K/LE | 82 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 10 | 114 | |||||||||
| 1954 | 29 | SFO | K/LE | 82 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 76 | |||||||||
| 1955 | 30 | SFO | K/LE | 82 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 42 | |||||||||
| 1956 | 31 | SFO | K/LE | 82 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 71 | |||||||||
| 1957 | 32 | SFO | K | 82 | 12 | 33 | 9 | 60 | |||||||||||
| 1958 | 33 | SFO | K | 82 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Career | 107 | 25 | 25 | 284 | 70 | 644 |
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1951 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1952 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1952 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1952 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1953 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |