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
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View Details For: 7 Regular Season TDs Scored
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | |||
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| 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 | |||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 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 |
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1st-team All-Pro |
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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)
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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. |