William Albert Thornton
Position: FB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: September 20, 1939 in Toledo, OH
College: Nebraska
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 5th round (58th overall) of the 1963 Draft
Drafted by the New York Jets in the 22nd round (171st overall) of the AFL 1963 Draft
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View Details For: 2 Regular Season TDs Scored
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1963 | 24 | STL | 14 | 0 | 19 | 111 | 1 | 55 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 1.4 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 121 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1964 | 25 | STL | 13 | 0 | 39 | 236 | 1 | 62 | 6.1 | 18.2 | 3.0 | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 0 | 19 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 279 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1965 | 26 | STL | 14 | 0 | 31 | 188 | 0 | 38 | 6.1 | 13.4 | 2.2 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 194 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1967 | 28 | STL | 6 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career | 47 | 0 | 93 | 544 | 2 | 62 | 5.8 | 11.6 | 2.0 | 13 | 68 | 5.2 | 0 | 19 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 612 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1963 | 24 | STL | 14 | 0 | 4 | 70 | 0 | 25 | 17.5 | 191 | ||||||
| 1964 | 25 | STL | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 284 | ||||||
| Career | 47 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 0 | 25 | 15.0 | 687 | ||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1963 | 24 | STL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1964 | 25 | STL | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 47 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 24 | STL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1964 | 25 | STL | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Career | 47 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
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)