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Ernie Steele

Ernest Raymond Steele

Position: HB-DB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 187 lbs.
Born: November 2, 1917 in Bothell, WA
College: Washington

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 10th round (81st overall) of the 1942 NFL Draft.

Rushing & Receiving

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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
1942 25 PHI 10 1 24 124 0 55 5.2 12.4 2.4 7 114 16.3 1 36 0.7 11.4 238 1 0
1943 26 PHI lh 10 1 85 409 4 47 4.8 40.9 8.5 9 168 18.7 2 60 0.9 16.8 577 6 0
1944 27 PHI 9 2 59 247 5 56 4.2 27.4 6.6 1 22 22.0 0 22 0.1 2.4 269 5 0
1945 28 PHI 7 1 20 212 2 46 10.6 30.3 2.9 3 42 14.0 0 31 0.4 6.0 254 2 2
1946 29 PHI 9 4 31 108 1 43 3.5 12.0 3.4 5 69 13.8 0 24 0.6 7.7 177 1 4
1947 30 PHI lh 12 5 26 138 1 49 5.3 11.5 2.2 4 62 15.5 0 44 0.3 5.2 200 1 3
1948 31 PHI 12 2 13 99 1 56 7.6 8.3 1.1 2 43 21.5 1 32 0.2 3.6 142 2 3
Career 69 16 258 1337 14 56 5.2 19.4 3.7 31 520 16.8 4 60 0.4 7.5 1857 18 12

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1942 25 PHI 10 1 9 184 0 0 20.4 6 140 0 36 23.3 562
1943 26 PHI lh 10 1 12 152 0 19 12.7 11 236 0 28 21.5 965
1944 27 PHI 9 2 11 181 0 25 16.5 5 128 0 51 25.6 578
1945 28 PHI 7 1 2 22 0 12 11.0 3 72 0 27 24.0 348
1946 29 PHI 9 4 9 82 0 18 9.1 8 120 0 51 15.0 379
1947 30 PHI lh 12 5 11 183 0 42 16.6 2 17 0 14 8.5 400
1948 31 PHI 12 2 1 5 0 5 5.0 2 30 0 20 15.0 177
Career 69 16 55 809 0 42 14.7 37 743 0 51 20.1 3409

Defense & Fumbles

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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
1942 25 PHI 10 1 2 49 0 29
1944 27 PHI 9 2 6 113 0 62
1945 28 PHI 7 1 1 15 0 15 2 1 0 0
1946 29 PHI 9 4 3 69 0 30 4 4 10 0
1947 30 PHI lh 12 5 6 103 0 43 3 2 -4 0
1948 31 PHI 12 2 6 55 0 33 3 1 0 0
Career 69 16 24 404 0 62 12 8 6 0

Passing

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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%
1943 26 PHI lh 10 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
1945 28 PHI 7 1 1 2 50.0 12 0 0.0 1 50.0 12 6.0 -16.5 12.0 1.7 29.2
1948 31 PHI 12 2 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Career 69 16 1 4 25.0 12 0 0.0 3 75.0 12 3.0 -30.8 12.0 0.2 0.0

Kicking & Punting

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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
1942 25 PHI 10 1 1 1 100.0% 2 61 51 1 30.5
Career 69 16 1 1 100.0% 2 61 51 1 30.5

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1942 25 PHI 10 1 1 1 2 1 13
1943 26 PHI lh 10 1 4 2 6 36
1944 27 PHI 9 2 5 5 30
1945 28 PHI 7 1 2 2 12
1946 29 PHI 9 4 1 1 6
1947 30 PHI lh 12 5 1 1 6
1948 31 PHI 12 2 1 1 2 12
Career 69 16 14 4 1 19 1 115

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Rushing Att

1943 NFL 85 (10)

Rushing Yds

1943 NFL 409 (6)

Rushing TD

1943 NFL 4 (4)
1944 NFL 5 (3)

Long Rush

1942 NFL 55 (7)
1943 NFL 47 (8)
1947 NFL 49 (5)
1948 NFL 56 (8)

Yds/Rushing Att

1943 NFL 4.8 (5)
1944 NFL 4.2 (9)

Rushing Yds/Game

1943 NFL 40.9 (6)

Long Reception

1943 NFL 60 (10)

Touchdowns

1943 NFL 6 (8)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1943 NFL 6 (7)
1944 NFL 5 (10)

Non-Offensive TDs

1942 NFL 1 (5)

Yds From Scrimmage

1943 NFL 577 (5)

All-Purpose Yds

1943 NFL 965 (3)

Touches

1943 NFL 117 (6)

Yds/Touch

1943 NFL 8.2 (9)
1944 NFL 7.6 (9)

Kick Returns

1943 NFL 11 (3)
1946 NFL 8 (9)

Kick Return Yds

1943 NFL 236 (6)

Long Kick Return

1944 NFL 51 (7)
1946 NFL 51 (10)

Yds/Kick Return

1943 NFL 21.5 (5)

Punt Returns

1943 NFL 12 (4)
1944 NFL 11 (4)
1946 NFL 9 (9)
1947 NFL 11 (10)

Punt Return Yds

1942 NFL 184 (5)
1943 NFL 152 (5)
1944 NFL 181 (3)
1947 NFL 183 (8)
Career 809 (177)

Long Punt Return

1944 NFL 25 (10)
1947 NFL 42 (8)

Yds/Punt Return

1943 NFL 12.7 (6)
1944 NFL 16.5 (1)

Kick & Punt Returns

1943 NFL 23 (3)
1946 NFL 17 (9)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1942 NFL 324 (6)
1943 NFL 388 (4)
1944 NFL 309 (9)

Punts Blocked

1942 NFL 1 (2)

Interceptions

1944 NFL 6 (3)
1947 NFL 6 (6)
1948 NFL 6 (8)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1944 NFL 113 (5)
1947 NFL 103 (8)

Long Intercep. Return

1944 NFL 62 (4)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1943UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL