William Albert Thornton
Position: FB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: September 20, 1939 in Toledo, OH
College: Nebraska
Career AV: 4 (8720th overall since 1950)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 5th round (58th overall) of the 1963 NFL Draft.
Drafted by the New York Jets in the 22nd round (171st overall) of the 1963 AFL Draft.
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| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1963 | 24 | STL | 36 | 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 | 1 | |
| 1964 | 25 | STL | 36 | 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 | 1 | |
| 1965 | 26 | STL | 36 | 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 | 1 | |
| 1967 | 28 | STL | 36 | 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 | 1 | |
| 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 | 4 | ||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1963 | 24 | STL | 36 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 70 | 0 | 25 | 17.5 | 191 | ||||||
| 1964 | 25 | STL | 36 | 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 | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1963 | 24 | STL | 36 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1964 | 25 | STL | 36 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 47 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 24 | STL | 36 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1964 | 25 | STL | 36 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Career | 47 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |