Mike Stratton

David Michael Stratton

Position: LB
Height: 6-3 Weight: 224 lbs.

Born: April 10, 1941 in Vonore, TN
College: Tennessee (school history)
Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 13th round (100th overall) of the 1962 AFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 81 (348th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler & 3-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated Nov 9, 2011 3:32PM

All-Time Rank: #467. Winston Hill… #468. Albert Lewis… #469. Brian Westbrook… #470. MIKE STRATTON… #471. Gary Fencik… #472. Gene Lipscomb… #473. Jay Hilgenberg…

All-Time Rank: #467. Winston Hill… #468. Albert Lewis… #469. Brian Westbrook… #470. MIKE STRATTON… #471. Gary Fencik… #472. Gene Lipscomb… #473. Jay Hilgenberg…

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	AV
1962	21	BUF	RLB	58	12	0		6	99	0	18	0									9
1963*	22	BUF	RLB	58	14	0		3	31	1	26	0									11
1964*+	23	BUF	RLB	58	14	0		1	0	0	0	0								1	16
1965*+	24	BUF	RLB	58	14	0		2	19	0	19	0									15
1966*+	25	BUF	RLB	58	14	0		3	37	0	23	0									14
1967*	26	BUF	RLB	58	14	0		1	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	29	0				13
1968*	27	BUF	RLB	58	14	0		1	15	0	15	0									8
1969	28	BUF	RLB	58	14	0							0	0	1	0	0				6
1970	29	BUF	RLB	58	9	0															6
1971	30	BUF	RLB	58	13	0															4
1972	31	BUF	RLB	58	10	0		1	0	0	0	0									6
1973	32	SDG	LLB	58	14	10		3	46	0	23	0									5
Career					156	10		21	250	1	26	0	0	0	2	29	1			1	113
11 yrs		BUF			142	0		18	204	1	26	0	0	0	2	29	1			1	108
1 yr		SDG			14	10		3	46	0	23	0									5

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
1963*	22	BUF	RLB	58	14	0	1	19	19.0	0	19	0.1	1.4								19	0	0
Career					156	10	1	19	19.0	0	19	0.0	0.1								19	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	Sfty	Pts
1963*	22	BUF	RLB	58	14	0		1	1		6
1964*+	23	BUF	RLB	58	14	0				1	2
1966*+	25	BUF	RLB	58	14	0	1		1		6
Career					156	10	1	1	2	1	14

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
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4	Julian Peterson, Dave Wilcox, Cornelius Bennett, Nick Buoniconti, Willie McGinest, Paul Naumoff, Hugh Green, Joe Fortunato, Bobby Bell*, Terrell Suggs
5	Terrell Suggs, Rickey Jackson, Nick Buoniconti, Myron Pottios, LaVar Arrington, Hugh Green, Bobby Bell, Dave Wilcox, Cornelius Bennett, Shawne Merriman
6	Nick Buoniconti, Joey Porter, Les Richter, Terrell Suggs, Cornelius Bennett, Rickey Jackson, Bobby Bell, Jeff Siemon, Vaughan Johnson, Dave Wilcox*
7	Rickey Jackson, Joey Porter, Jeff Siemon, Harry Carson, Tom Jackson, Vaughan Johnson, Nick Buoniconti*, Terrell Suggs, Walt Michaels, Matt Blair
8	Tom Jackson, Walt Michaels, Harry Carson, Larry Grantham, Jeff Siemon, Vaughan Johnson, Rickey Jackson, Matt Blair, Chip Banks, Shane Conlan
9	Chuck Drazenovich, Seth Joyner, Jeff Siemon, Larry Grantham, Joey Porter, Julian Peterson, Tom Jackson, Shane Conlan, Donnie Edwards, Dexter Coakley
10	Willie McGinest, Chuck Drazenovich, Hardy Nickerson, Julian Peterson, Ken Harvey, Seth Joyner, Dexter Coakley, Tom Jackson, Chip Banks, Jeff Siemon
11	Willie McGinest, Seth Joyner, Ken Harvey, Clay Matthews, Chuck Drazenovich, Jeff Siemon, Jim Lynch, Roy Winston, Julian Peterson, Tom Jackson
12	Willie McGinest, Seth Joyner, Ken Harvey, Jim Lynch, Clay Matthews, Chuck Drazenovich, Jeff Siemon, Roy Winston, Julian Peterson, Chip Banks
Career	Ken Harvey, Chuck Drazenovich, Jeff Siemon, Jim Lynch, Julian Peterson, Chip Banks, Seth Joyner, Dexter Coakley, Dan Conners, Tedy Bruschi

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968	First-Team All-Pro 1964 1965 1966	Approximate Value 1964 AFL 16 (2) 1965 AFL 15 (6) 1966 AFL 14 (6)	Non-Offensive TDs 1963 AFL 1 (4) 1966 AFL 1 (4)
Fumble Return Yds 1967 AFL 29 (3)	Fumble Return TD 1966 AFL 1 (1)	Interceptions 1962 AFL 6 (10)	Intercept. Ret. TD 1963 AFL 1 (2)
Safeties 1964 AFL 1 (2) Career 1 (72)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1964	1st Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1964	2nd Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1964	1st Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1964	1st Team	All-AFL	UPI
1965	1st Team	All-AFL	AFL
1965	1st Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1965	1st Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1965	1st Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1965	1st Team	All-AFL	UPI
1966	1st Team	All-AFL	AFL
1966	1st Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1966	1st Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1966	1st Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1966	1st Team	All-AFL	UPI
1967	2nd Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1967	2nd Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1967	1st Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1967	2nd Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1968	2nd Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1968	2nd Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1968	2nd Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1969	2nd Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1969	2nd Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News

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