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Dan Towler
Daniel Lee Towler
Position: FB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: March 6, 1928 in Donora, PA
Died: August 1, 2001 in Pasadena, CA
College: Washington & Jefferson (school history)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 25th round (324th overall) of the 1950 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 50 (1542nd overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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| All-Time Rank: #666. Larry Eisenhauer… #667. Tony Hill… #668. Hanford Dixon… #669. DAN TOWLER… #670. Paul Naumoff… #671. Jim Zorn… #672. Spider Lockhart… |
| 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 | ||||||
| 1950 | 22 | RAM | 32 | 12 | 46 | 130 | 6 | 34 | 2.8 | 10.8 | 3.8 | 8 | 63 | 7.9 | 0 | 17 | 0.7 | 5.3 | 193 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1951* | 23 | RAM | 32 | 12 | 126 | 854 | 6 | 79 | 6.8 | 71.2 | 10.5 | 16 | 257 | 16.1 | 0 | 46 | 1.3 | 21.4 | 1111 | 6 | 7 | 9 | ||
| 1952*+ | 24 | RAM | FB | 32 | 12 | 156 | 894 | 10 | 44 | 5.7 | 74.5 | 13.0 | 11 | 68 | 6.2 | 0 | 13 | 0.9 | 5.7 | 962 | 10 | 4 | 16 | |
| 1953* | 25 | RAM | FB | 32 | 12 | 152 | 879 | 7 | 73 | 5.8 | 73.3 | 12.7 | 11 | 125 | 11.4 | 1 | 49 | 0.9 | 10.4 | 1004 | 8 | 6 | 12 | |
| 1954* | 26 | RAM | FB | 32 | 12 | 149 | 599 | 11 | 24 | 4.0 | 49.9 | 12.4 | 10 | 127 | 12.7 | 0 | 36 | 0.8 | 10.6 | 726 | 11 | 5 | 14 | |
| 1955 | 27 | RAM | 32 | 7 | 43 | 137 | 3 | 14 | 3.2 | 19.6 | 6.1 | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | 11 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 162 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Career | 67 | 672 | 3493 | 43 | 79 | 5.2 | 52.1 | 10.0 | 62 | 665 | 10.7 | 1 | 49 | 0.9 | 9.9 | 4158 | 44 | 27 | 54 | |||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1950 | 22 | RAM | 32 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1951* | 23 | RAM | 32 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1952*+ | 24 | RAM | FB | 32 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1953* | 25 | RAM | FB | 32 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1954* | 26 | RAM | FB | 32 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1955 | 27 | RAM | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 67 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors
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First-Team All-Pro
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Fumbles
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All-Pro Teams
| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1951 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1951 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1952 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1952 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1952 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1953 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1953 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1954 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
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