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Dan Towler
Daniel Lee Towler
Position: FB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: March 6, 1928 in Donora, PA
College: Washington & Jefferson
4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 25th round (324th overall) of the 1950 Draft
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View Details For: 44 Regular Season and 2 Playoff TDs Scored
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1950 | 22 | RAM | 12 | 0 | 46 | 130 | 6 | 34 | 2.8 | 10.8 | 3.8 | 8 | 63 | 7.9 | 0 | 17 | 0.7 | 5.3 | 193 | 6 | 3 | |
| 1951* | 23 | RAM | fb | 12 | 0 | 126 | 854 | 6 | 79 | 6.8 | 71.2 | 10.5 | 16 | 257 | 16.1 | 0 | 46 | 1.3 | 21.4 | 1111 | 6 | 7 |
| 1952*+ | 24 | RAM | FB | 12 | 0 | 156 | 894 | 10 | 44 | 5.7 | 74.5 | 13.0 | 11 | 68 | 6.2 | 0 | 13 | 0.9 | 5.7 | 962 | 10 | 4 |
| 1953* | 25 | RAM | FB | 12 | 0 | 152 | 879 | 7 | 73 | 5.8 | 73.3 | 12.7 | 11 | 125 | 11.4 | 1 | 49 | 0.9 | 10.4 | 1004 | 8 | 6 |
| 1954* | 26 | RAM | FB | 12 | 0 | 149 | 599 | 11 | 24 | 4.0 | 49.9 | 12.4 | 10 | 127 | 12.7 | 0 | 36 | 0.8 | 10.6 | 726 | 11 | 5 |
| 1955 | 27 | RAM | 7 | 0 | 43 | 137 | 3 | 14 | 3.2 | 19.6 | 6.1 | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | 11 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 162 | 3 | 2 | |
| Career | 67 | 0 | 672 | 3493 | 43 | 79 | 5.2 | 52.1 | 10.0 | 62 | 665 | 10.7 | 1 | 49 | 0.9 | 9.9 | 4158 | 44 | 27 | |||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1950 | 22 | RAM | 12 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 15 | 9.4 | 240 | ||||||
| 1951* | 23 | RAM | fb | 12 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 1121 | |||||
| 1952*+ | 24 | RAM | FB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 971 |
| Career | 67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 66 | 0 | 15 | 9.4 | 4224 | |||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1950 | 22 | RAM | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1951* | 23 | RAM | fb | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1952*+ | 24 | RAM | FB | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1953* | 25 | RAM | FB | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1954* | 26 | RAM | FB | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1955 | 27 | RAM | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 67 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1950 | 22 | RAM | 12 | 0 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||||
| 1951* | 23 | RAM | fb | 12 | 0 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 1952*+ | 24 | RAM | FB | 12 | 0 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| 1953* | 25 | RAM | FB | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 48 | |||||||||
| 1954* | 26 | RAM | FB | 12 | 0 | 11 | 66 | ||||||||||
| 1955 | 27 | RAM | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Career | 67 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 264 |
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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)
All-Pro Teams
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1951 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL 1951 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL 1952 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1952 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL 1952 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL 1953 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL 1953 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL 1954 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL |