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Wally Triplett
Wallace Triplett III
Position: HB-DB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: April 18, 1926 in La Mott, PA
College: Penn State
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 19th round (182nd overall) of the 1949 Draft
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View Details For: 4 Regular Season TDs Scored
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1949 | 23 | DET | RH | 11 | 5 | 53 | 221 | 1 | 80 | 4.2 | 20.1 | 4.8 | 8 | 90 | 11.3 | 0 | 32 | 0.7 | 8.2 | 311 | 1 | 3 |
| 1950 | 24 | DET | 7 | 0 | 14 | 92 | 0 | 14 | 6.6 | 13.1 | 2.0 | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 0 | 18 | 0.9 | 10.0 | 162 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1952 | 26 | CRD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1953 | 27 | CRD | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 23 | 0 | 1 | |
| Career | 24 | 5 | 70 | 321 | 1 | 80 | 4.6 | 13.4 | 2.9 | 17 | 175 | 10.3 | 0 | 32 | 0.7 | 7.3 | 496 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 2 yrs | ARI | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 23 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2 yrs | DET | 18 | 5 | 67 | 313 | 1 | 80 | 4.7 | 17.4 | 3.7 | 14 | 160 | 11.4 | 0 | 32 | 0.8 | 8.9 | 473 | 1 | 4 | ||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1949 | 23 | DET | RH | 11 | 5 | 21 | 281 | 1 | 62 | 13.4 | 592 | |||||
| 1950 | 24 | DET | 7 | 0 | 11 | 94 | 0 | 19 | 8.5 | 8 | 411 | 1 | 97 | 51.4 | 667 | |
| 1952 | 26 | CRD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 13.0 | 26 | ||||||
| 1953 | 27 | CRD | 4 | 0 | 10 | 253 | 0 | 48 | 25.3 | 276 | ||||||
| Career | 24 | 5 | 34 | 401 | 1 | 62 | 11.8 | 18 | 664 | 1 | 97 | 36.9 | 1561 | |||
| 2 yrs | ARI | 6 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 13.0 | 10 | 253 | 0 | 48 | 25.3 | 302 | ||
| 2 yrs | DET | 18 | 5 | 32 | 375 | 1 | 62 | 11.7 | 8 | 411 | 1 | 97 | 51.4 | 1259 | ||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1949 | 23 | DET | RH | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1950 | 24 | DET | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1953 | 27 | CRD | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 24 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 yrs | ARI | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 yrs | DET | 18 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1949 | 23 | DET | RH | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1950 | 24 | DET | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Career | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
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