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Lionel Taylor

Lionel Thomas Taylor

Position: E-WR-FL
Height: 6-2    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: August 15, 1935 in Kansas City, MO
College: New Mexico Highlands

Career AV: 35 (2510th overall since 1950)

3-time Pro Bowler & 4-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

32 87 87

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
1959 24 CHI 32 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 1
1960+ 25 DEN SE 87 12 0 92 1235 13.4 12 80 7.7 102.9 2 -6 0 -2 -3.0 -0.5 0.2 1229 12 2 5
1961*+ 26 DEN SE 87 14 0 100 1176 11.8 4 52 7.1 84.0 1176 4 0 4
1962*+ 27 DEN SE 87 14 0 77 908 11.8 4 45 5.5 64.9 2 26 0 18 13.0 1.9 0.1 934 4 3 8
1963 28 DEN SE 87 14 0 78 1101 14.1 10 72 5.6 78.6 1101 10 0 4
1964 29 DEN SE 87 14 0 76 873 11.5 7 57 5.4 62.4 873 7 2 3
1965*+ 30 DEN SE 87 14 0 85 1131 13.3 6 63 6.1 80.8 1131 6 0 10
1966 31 DEN SE 87 14 0 35 448 12.8 1 29 2.5 32.0 448 1 0 3
1967 32 HOU 87 8 0 18 233 12.9 1 23 2.3 29.1 233 1 0 1
1968 33 HOU 87 9 0 6 90 15.0 0 35 0.7 10.0 90 0 0 1
Career 121 0 567 7195 12.7 45 80 4.7 59.5 4 20 0 18 5.0 0.2 0.0 7215 45 7 40
7 yrs DEN 96 0 543 6872 12.7 44 80 5.7 71.6 4 20 0 18 5.0 0.2 0.0 6892 44 7 37
2 yrs OTI 17 0 24 323 13.5 1 35 1.4 19.0 323 1 0 2

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%
1961*+ 26 DEN SE 87 14 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0
1962*+ 27 DEN SE 87 14 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1963 28 DEN SE 87 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1964 29 DEN SE 87 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Career 121 0 0 6 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 33.3 0 0.0 -15.0 0.0 0.0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1960+ 25 DEN SE 87 12 0 12 12 72
1961*+ 26 DEN SE 87 14 0 4 4 24
1962*+ 27 DEN SE 87 14 0 4 4 24
1963 28 DEN SE 87 14 0 10 10 60
1964 29 DEN SE 87 14 0 7 7 42
1965*+ 30 DEN SE 87 14 0 6 6 36
1966 31 DEN SE 87 14 0 1 1 6
1967 32 HOU 87 8 0 1 1 6
Career 121 0 45 45 270
7 yrs DEN 96 0 44 44 264
2 yrs OTI 17 0 1 1 6

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1961
1962
1965

First-Team All-Pro

1960
1961
1962
1965

Receptions

1960 AFL 92 (1)

1961 AFL 100 (1/51)

1962 AFL 77 (1)

1963 AFL 78 (1)

1964 AFL 76 (2)
1965 AFL 85 (1)

Career 567 (67)

Receiving Yds

1960 AFL 1235 (3)
1961 AFL 1176 (2)
1962 AFL 908 (3)
1963 AFL 1101 (3)
1964 AFL 873 (8)
1965 AFL 1131 (3)
Career 7195 (97)

Receiving TD

1960 AFL 12 (2/77)
1963 AFL 10 (3)
1964 AFL 7 (9)
1965 AFL 6 (7)
Career 45 (130)

Long Reception

1960 AFL 80 (3)

Receiving Yds/Game

1960 AFL 102.9 (2/18)
1961 AFL 84.0 (2)
1962 AFL 64.9 (3)
1963 AFL 78.6 (3)
1964 AFL 62.4 (8)
1965 AFL 80.8 (3)
Career 59.5 (50)

Touchdowns

1960 AFL 12 (2)
1963 AFL 10 (4)

Points Scored

1960 AFL 72 (7)
1963 AFL 60 (10)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1960 AFL 12 (2)
1963 AFL 10 (4)

Yds From Scrimmage

1960 AFL 1229 (5)
1961 AFL 1176 (5)
1962 AFL 934 (10)
1963 AFL 1101 (8)
1965 AFL 1131 (7)

All-Purpose Yds

1960 AFL 1229 (10)
1961 AFL 1176 (8)
1965 AFL 1131 (8)

Yds/Touch

1960 AFL 13.1 (2)
1961 AFL 11.8 (2)
Career 12.6 (185)

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

All-Pro Teams

1960AFL: 1st Team All-AFL
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-AFL
1961AFL: 1st Team All-AFL
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-AFL
1962Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-AFL
1963UPI: 2nd Team All-AFL
1965AFL: 1st Team All-AFL
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-AFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-AFL