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Bill Thompson

William Allen Thompson

Position: DB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 201 lbs.
Born: October 10, 1946 in Greenville, SC
College: Md-Eastern Shore

3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 3rd round (61st overall) of the 1969 Draft

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1969 23 DEN RCB 14 14 25 288 0 40 11.5 18 513 0 63 28.5 801
1970 24 DEN RCB 9 9 23 233 0 45 10.1 9 188 0 29 20.9 421
1971 25 DEN RCB 14 14 29 274 0 28 9.4 5 105 0 30 21.0 379
1972 26 DEN rcb 8 8 4 82 0 59 20.5 82
1973 27 DEN SS 14 14 30 366 0 53 12.2 1 25 0 25 25.0 391
1974 28 DEN SS 14 14 26 350 0 60 13.5 13 325 0 37 25.0 675
1975 29 DEN SS 14 14 13 158 0 24 12.2 158
1976 30 DEN SS 14 14 6 60 0 20 10.0 60
1977*+ 31 DEN SS 14 14 0
1978* 32 DEN SS 16 16 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
1979 33 DEN SS 16 16 0
1980 34 DEN SS 16 16 0
1981* 35 DEN SS 16 16 0
Career 179 179 157 1814 0 60 11.6 46 1156 0 63 25.1 2970

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1969 23 DEN RCB 14 14 3 92 1 57 4 3 0 0
1970 24 DEN RCB 9 9 2 65 0 33 1 1 0 0
1971 25 DEN RCB 14 14 5 83 0 42 5 2 15 0
1972 26 DEN rcb 8 8 1 4 0 4
1973 27 DEN SS 14 14 3 96 1 59 2 2 80 1
1974 28 DEN SS 14 14 5 105 1 38 1 2 0 0
1975 29 DEN SS 14 14 2 97 0 49 1 0 0 0
1977*+ 31 DEN SS 14 14 5 122 0 38 0 3 16 0
1978* 32 DEN SS 16 16 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 1
1979 33 DEN SS 16 16 4 57 0 28 0 2 28 1
1980 34 DEN SS 16 16 2 49 0 36 0 2 32 1
1981* 35 DEN SS 16 16 4 14 0 14 0 2 0 0
Career 179 179 40 784 3 59 14 21 175 4

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1969 23 DEN RCB 14 14 1 6
1973 27 DEN SS 14 14 1 1 12
1974 28 DEN SS 14 14 1 6
1978* 32 DEN SS 16 16 1 6
1979 33 DEN SS 16 16 1 6
1980 34 DEN SS 16 16 1 6
Career 179 179 4 3 42

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1977
1978
1981

1st-team All-Pro

1977

Non-Offensive TDs

1969 AFL 1 (5)
1973 NFL 2 (1)
1974 NFL 1 (9)
1978 NFL 1 (6)
1979 NFL 1 (6)
1980 NFL 1 (6)
Career 7 (41)

Kick Returns

1969 AFL 18 (9)

Kick Return Yds

1969 AFL 513 (9)

Long Kick Return

1969 AFL 63 (5)

Yds/Kick Return

1969 AFL 28.5 (1-- 91)

Punt Returns

1969 AFL 25 (4)
1971 NFL 29 (6)
1973 NFL 30 (5)
Career 157 (62)

Punt Return Yds

1969 AFL 288 (2)
1970 NFL 233 (7)
1971 NFL 274 (3)
1973 NFL 366 (1)
1974 NFL 350 (7)
Career 1814 (36)

Long Punt Return

1969 AFL 40 (6)
1972 NFL 59 (8)
1973 NFL 53 (9)

Yds/Punt Return

1969 AFL 11.5 (1)
1970 NFL 10.1 (7)
1971 NFL 9.4 (5)
1973 NFL 12.2 (3)
1974 NFL 13.5 (8)
Career 11.6 (15)

Kick & Punt Returns

1969 AFL 43 (5)
Career 203 (115)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1969 AFL 801 (6)
Career 2970 (155)

Games Started

Career 179 (125)

Fumbles Recovered

1969 AFL 3 (4)
Career 21 (77)

Fumble Return Yds

1973 NFL 80 (1-- 72)
Career 175 (9)

Fumble Return TD

1973 NFL 1 (1)
1978 NFL 1 (2)
1979 NFL 1 (1)
1980 NFL 1 (1)
Career 4 (3)

Interceptions

Career 40 (71)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1974 NFL 105 (8)
Career 784 (30)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1969 AFL 1 (3)
1973 NFL 1 (3)
1974 NFL 1 (4)
Career 3 (103)

Long Intercep. Return

1969 AFL 57 (9)

     

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1969 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-AFL
1969 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-AFL
1977 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1977 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1977 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1977 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1978 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1978 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1979 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1979 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1981 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.