William Allen Thompson
Position: DB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 201 lbs.
Born: October 10, 1946 in Greenville, SC
College: Md-Eastern Shore
Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 3rd round (61st overall) of the 1969 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 81 (240th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | AV | ||
| 1969 | 23 | DEN | PR/RCB | 36 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 288 | 0 | 40 | 11.5 | 18 | 513 | 0 | 63 | 28.5 | 801 | 9 |
| 1970 | 24 | DEN | PR/RCB | 36 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 233 | 0 | 45 | 10.1 | 9 | 188 | 0 | 29 | 20.9 | 421 | 5 |
| 1971 | 25 | DEN | PR/RCB | 36 | 14 | 14 | 29 | 274 | 0 | 28 | 9.4 | 5 | 105 | 0 | 30 | 21.0 | 379 | 8 |
| 1972 | 26 | DEN | rcb | 36 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 82 | 0 | 59 | 20.5 | 82 | 3 | |||||
| 1973 | 27 | DEN | PR/SS | 36 | 14 | 14 | 30 | 366 | 0 | 53 | 12.2 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 391 | 7 |
| 1974 | 28 | DEN | PR/SS | 36 | 14 | 14 | 26 | 350 | 0 | 60 | 13.5 | 13 | 325 | 0 | 37 | 25.0 | 675 | 8 |
| 1975 | 29 | DEN | SS | 36 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 158 | 0 | 24 | 12.2 | 158 | 6 | |||||
| 1976 | 30 | DEN | SS | 36 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 60 | 8 | |||||
| 1977*+ | 31 | DEN | SS | 36 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 1978* | 32 | DEN | SS | 36 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 9 | |||||
| 1979 | 33 | DEN | SS | 36 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 1980 | 34 | DEN | SS | 36 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 1981* | 35 | DEN | SS | 36 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Career | 179 | 179 | 157 | 1814 | 0 | 60 | 11.6 | 46 | 1156 | 0 | 63 | 25.1 | 2970 | 106 | ||||
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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 |
| 1969 | 23 | DEN | PR/RCB | 36 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 92 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1970 | 24 | DEN | PR/RCB | 36 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1971 | 25 | DEN | PR/RCB | 36 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 83 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 1972 | 26 | DEN | rcb | 36 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1973 | 27 | DEN | PR/SS | 36 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 96 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 80 | 1 | ||||
| 1974 | 28 | DEN | PR/SS | 36 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 105 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1975 | 29 | DEN | SS | 36 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 97 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1977*+ | 31 | DEN | SS | 36 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 122 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 1978* | 32 | DEN | SS | 36 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 1979 | 33 | DEN | SS | 36 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 1 | ||||
| 1980 | 34 | DEN | SS | 36 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 1 | ||||
| 1981* | 35 | DEN | SS | 36 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career | 179 | 179 | 40 | 784 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 | 175 | 4 | ||||||||
| 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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| 1969 | 23 | DEN | PR/RCB | 36 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1973 | 27 | DEN | PR/SS | 36 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1974 | 28 | DEN | PR/SS | 36 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1978* | 32 | DEN | SS | 36 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1979 | 33 | DEN | SS | 36 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1980 | 34 | DEN | SS | 36 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Career | 179 | 179 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 42 |
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1969 | 2nd Team | All-AFL | Associated Press |
| 1969 | 2nd Team | All-AFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1977 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1977 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 1977 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1977 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1978 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1978 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 1978 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1979 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1979 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1981 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |