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Emlen Tunnell

Emlen Lewis Tunnell

Position: DB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 187 lbs.
Born: March 29, 1925 in Bryn Mawr, PA
College: Iowa, Toledo

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1967

9-time Pro Bowler & 4-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1948 23 NYG RET 10 3 12 115 0 25 9.6 1 21 0 21 21.0 211
1949 24 NYG RET 12 3 26 315 1 67 12.1 2 26 0 23 13.0 348
1950* 25 NYG LDH 12 0 31 305 0 43 9.8 305
1951*+ 26 NYG LDH 12 0 34 489 3 81 14.4 6 227 1 100 37.8 716
1952*+ 27 NYG LS 12 0 30 411 0 60 13.7 15 364 0 39 24.3 775
1953* 28 NYG LS 12 0 38 223 0 37 5.9 17 479 0 86 28.2 702
1954* 29 NYG LS 12 0 21 70 0 12 3.3 5 98 0 25 19.6 168
1955*+ 30 NYG LS 12 0 25 98 1 66 3.9 98
1956*+ 31 NYG LS 12 0 22 120 0 14 5.5 120
1957* 32 NYG LS 12 0 12 60 0 23 5.0 60
1958 33 NYG 12 0 6 0 0 0 0.0 0
1959* 34 GNB LS 12 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
1960 35 GNB LS 13 0 0
1961 36 GNB 12 0 0
Career 167 6 258 2209 5 81 8.6 46 1215 1 100 26.4 3506
11 yrs NYG 130 6 257 2206 5 81 8.6 46 1215 1 100 26.4 3503
3 yrs GNB 37 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1948 23 NYG RET 10 3 7 116 1 43 3 0 0 0
1949 24 NYG RET 12 3 10 251 2 55
1950* 25 NYG LDH 12 0 7 167 0 35 1 1 0 0
1951*+ 26 NYG LDH 12 0 9 74 0 30 2 1 7 0
1952*+ 27 NYG LS 12 0 7 149 0 40 4 6 3 0
1953* 28 NYG LS 12 0 6 117 0 44
1954* 29 NYG LS 12 0 8 108 0 43 1 4 0 0
1955*+ 30 NYG LS 12 0 7 76 0 26 1 1 0 0
1956*+ 31 NYG LS 12 0 6 87 0 23 0 1 0 0
1957* 32 NYG LS 12 0 6 87 1 52 0 1 0 0
1958 33 NYG 12 0 1 8 0 8
1959* 34 GNB LS 12 0 2 20 0 18
1960 35 GNB LS 13 0 3 22 0 22 0 1 0 0
Career 167 6 79 1282 4 55 12 16 10 0
11 yrs NYG 130 6 74 1240 4 55 12 15 10 0
3 yrs GNB 37 0 5 42 0 22 0 1 0 0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1948 23 NYG RET 10 3 17 43 0 15 2.5 4.3 1.7 4 32 8.0 0 14 0.4 3.2 75 0 3
1949 24 NYG RET 12 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.6 7 0 0
Career 167 6 17 43 0 15 2.5 0.3 0.1 5 39 7.8 0 14 0.0 0.2 82 0 12

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1948 23 NYG RET 10 3 1 2 50.0 23 0 0.0 0 0.0 23 11.5 11.5 23.0 2.3 91.7
Career 167 6 1 2 50.0 23 0 0.0 0 0.0 23 11.5 11.5 23.0 0.1 91.7

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1948 23 NYG RET 10 3 1 6
1949 24 NYG RET 12 3 1 2 18
1951*+ 26 NYG LDH 12 0 3 1 24
1955*+ 30 NYG LS 12 0 1 6
1957* 32 NYG LS 12 0 1 6
Career 167 6 5 1 4 60

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1959

1st-team All-Pro

1951
1952
1955
1956

Non-Offensive TDs

1948 NFL 1 (10)
1949 NFL 3 (1-- 23)
1951 NFL 4 (1-- 4)
1955 NFL 1 (6)
1957 NFL 1 (4)
Career 10 (14)

Kick Returns

1953 NFL 17 (5)

Kick Return Yds

1953 NFL 479 (5)

Kick Return TD

1951 NFL 1 (1-- 57)
Career 1 (106)

Long Kick Return

1951 NFL 100 (1-- 66)
1953 NFL 86 (3)

Yds/Kick Return

1953 NFL 28.2 (4)

Punt Returns

1948 NFL 12 (10)
1949 NFL 26 (2)
1950 NFL 31 (2)
1951 NFL 34 (1)
1952 NFL 30 (2)
1953 NFL 38 (1)
1954 NFL 21 (9)
1955 NFL 25 (3)
1956 NFL 22 (3)
Career 258 (14)

Punt Return Yds

1949 NFL 315 (2)
1950 NFL 305 (2)
1951 NFL 489 (1-- 69)
1952 NFL 411 (1)
1953 NFL 223 (3)
1956 NFL 120 (8)
Career 2209 (22)

Punt Return TD

1949 NFL 1 (2)
1951 NFL 3 (2-- 4)
1955 NFL 1 (2)
Career 5 (13)

Long Punt Return

1949 NFL 67 (4)
1950 NFL 43 (7)
1951 NFL 81 (2)
1952 NFL 60 (8)
1955 NFL 66 (3)

Yds/Punt Return

1948 NFL 9.6 (9)
1949 NFL 12.1 (6)
1951 NFL 14.4 (4-- 74)
1952 NFL 13.7 (6-- 97)
1953 NFL 5.9 (10)
1957 NFL 5.0 (8)
Career 8.6 (171)

Kick & Punt Returns

1949 NFL 28 (6)
1950 NFL 31 (6)
1951 NFL 40 (2)
1952 NFL 45 (1)
1953 NFL 55 (2)
Career 304 (51)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1951 NFL 716 (2)
1952 NFL 775 (2)
1953 NFL 702 (4)
Career 3424 (113)

Fumbles Recovered

1952 NFL 6 (1-- 43)
1954 NFL 4 (4)
Career 16 (191)

Interceptions

1948 NFL 7 (4)
1949 NFL 10 (3-- 28)
1950 NFL 7 (10)
1951 NFL 9 (3-- 76)
1952 NFL 7 (7)
1954 NFL 8 (3)
1955 NFL 7 (5)
1956 NFL 6 (9)
1957 NFL 6 (7)
Career 79 (2)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1948 NFL 116 (7)
1949 NFL 251 (2-- 14)
1950 NFL 167 (4)
1952 NFL 149 (5)
1953 NFL 117 (10)
1954 NFL 108 (9)
1955 NFL 76 (10)
1957 NFL 87 (9)
Career 1282 (3)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1948 NFL 1 (4)
1949 NFL 2 (1-- 23)
1957 NFL 1 (2)
Career 4 (46)

Long Intercep. Return

1948 NFL 43 (10)
1949 NFL 55 (6)
1957 NFL 52 (8)

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

Glossary
1949 - Int. News Service: 1st team all-NFL/AAFC
1950 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1951 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
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
1954 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1954 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1955 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1955 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1955 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1955 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1955 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1956 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1956 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1956 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1956 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1957 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1957 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1957 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL