Norm Van Brocklin

Norman Mack Van Brocklin (The Dutchman)

Position: QB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: March 15, 1926 in Eagle Butte, SD
Died: May 2, 1983 in Social Circle, GA
College: Oregon (school history)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 4th round (37th overall) of the 1949 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 106 (100th overall since 1950)
9-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1971, finalist in 1970

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All-Time Rank: #168. Len Ford… #169. Frank Gifford… #170. Art Donovan… #171. NORM VAN BROCKLIN… #172. Ozzie Newsome… #173. Jack Christiansen… #174. Dan Marino…

All-Time Rank: #168. Len Ford… #169. Frank Gifford… #170. Art Donovan… #171. NORM VAN BROCKLIN… #172. Ozzie Newsome… #173. Jack Christiansen… #174. Dan Marino…

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	4QC	GWD	AV
1949	23	RAM			8	0		32	58	55.2	601	6	10.3	2	3.4	51	10.4	10.9	18.8	75.1	111.4			0
1950*	24	RAM	QB	25	12	6	5-1-0	127	233	54.5	2061	18	7.7	14	6.0	58	8.8	7.7	16.2	171.8	85.1			15
1951*	25	RAM	P/qb	25	12	2	1-1-0	100	194	51.5	1725	13	6.7	11	5.7	81	8.9	7.7	17.3	143.8	80.8	0	1	11
1952*	26	RAM	QB	11	12	6	6-0-0	113	205	55.1	1736	14	6.8	17	8.3	84	8.5	6.1	15.4	144.7	71.5			14
1953*	27	RAM	P/QB	11	12	12	8-3-1	156	286	54.5	2393	19	6.6	14	4.9	70	8.4	7.5	15.3	199.4	84.1	0	0	16
1954*	28	RAM	P/QB	11	12	11	6-4-1	139	260	53.5	2637	13	5.0	21	8.1	80	10.1	7.5	19.0	219.8	71.9	0	0	15
1955*	29	RAM	P/QB	11	12	12	8-3-1	144	272	52.9	1890	8	2.9	15	5.5	74	6.9	5.1	13.1	157.5	62.0			11
1956	30	RAM	P/qb	11	12	4	2-2-0	68	124	54.8	966	7	5.6	12	9.7	58	7.8	4.6	14.2	80.5	59.5	0	0	4
1957	31	RAM	P/QB	11	12	12	6-6-0	132	265	49.8	2105	20	7.5	21	7.9	70	7.9	5.9	15.9	175.4	68.8	0	0	10
1958*	32	PHI	P/QB	11	12	12	2-9-1	198	374	52.9	2409	15	4.0	20	5.3	91	6.4	4.8	12.2	200.8	64.1	0	0	11
1959*	33	PHI	P/QB	11	12	12	7-5-0	191	340	56.2	2617	16	4.7	14	4.1	71	7.7	6.8	13.7	218.1	79.5	0	0	13
1960*+	34	PHI	P/QB	11	12	12	10-2-0	153	284	53.9	2471	24	8.5	17	6.0	64	8.7	7.7	16.2	205.9	86.5	6	5	14
Career					140	101	61-36-4	1553	2895	53.6	23611	173	6.0	178	6.1	91	8.2	6.6	15.2	168.7	75.1	6	6	134
9 yrs		RAM			104	65	42-20-3	1011	1897	53.3	16114	118	6.2	127	6.7	84	8.5	6.7	15.9	154.9	74.7	0	1	96
3 yrs		PHI			36	36	19-16-1	542	998	54.3	7497	55	5.5	51	5.1	91	7.5	6.3	13.8	208.3	75.7	6	5	38

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1950 (1-0), 1952 (0-1), 1955 (0-1), 1960 (1-0)
Playoff Comebacks: 1960 (1)
Playoff Game-Winning Drives: 1951 (1),1960 (1)

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Advanced Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1949	23	RAM			8	0		58	152		151		120	135	132		144
1950*	24	RAM	QB	25	12	6	5-1-0	233	131		129		121	123	113		129
1951*	25	RAM	P/qb	25	12	2	1-1-0	194	132		131		116	114	115		129
1952*	26	RAM	QB	11	12	6	6-0-0	205	121		114		122	119	91		116
1953*	27	RAM	P/QB	11	12	12	8-3-1	286	118		127		116	115	121		127
1954*	28	RAM	P/QB	11	12	11	6-4-1	260	140		124		112	103	89		113
1955*	29	RAM	P/QB	11	12	12	8-3-1	272	100		102		110	83	113		102
1956	30	RAM	P/qb	11	12	4	2-2-0	124	112		97		115	109	73		99
1957	31	RAM	P/QB	11	12	12	6-6-0	265	113		109		98	129	86		108
1958*	32	PHI	P/QB	11	12	12	2-9-1	374	84		93		108	87	108		99
1959*	33	PHI	P/QB	11	12	12	7-5-0	340	107		111		119	95	113		113
1960*+	34	PHI	P/QB	11	12	12	10-2-0	284	120		117		109	124	102		117
Career					140	101	61-36-4	2895	115	0	114	0	113	108	105	0	114

Kicking & Punting

							0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1949	23	RAM			8	0																	2	91	46	0	45.5
1950*	24	RAM	QB	25	12	6																	11	466	51	0	42.4
1951*	25	RAM	P/qb	25	12	2																	48	1992	62	1	41.5
1952*	26	RAM	QB	11	12	6																	29	1250	66	0	43.1
1953*	27	RAM	P/QB	11	12	12																	60	2529	57	0	42.2
1954*	28	RAM	P/QB	11	12	11																	44	1874	61	0	42.6
1955*	29	RAM	P/QB	11	12	12																	60	2676	61	0	44.6
1956	30	RAM	P/qb	11	12	4																	48	2070	72	0	43.1
1957	31	RAM	P/QB	11	12	12																	54	2392	71	0	44.3
1958*	32	PHI	P/QB	11	12	12																	54	2225	58	1	41.2
1959*	33	PHI	P/QB	11	12	12																	53	2263	59	1	42.7
1960*+	34	PHI	P/QB	11	12	12																	60	2585	70	0	43.1
Career					140	101																	523	22413	72	3	42.9
9 yrs		RAM			104	65																	356	15340	72	1	43.1
3 yrs		PHI			36	36																	167	7073	70	2	42.4

Rushing & Receiving

							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	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
1949	23	RAM			8	0	4	-1	0	2	-0.3	-0.1	0.5								-1	0	2
1950*	24	RAM	QB	25	12	6	15	22	1	16	1.5	1.8	1.3								22	1	6
1951*	25	RAM	P/qb	25	12	2	7	2	2	4	0.3	0.2	0.6								2	2	3
1952*	26	RAM	QB	11	12	6	7	-10	0	9	-1.4	-0.8	0.6								-10	0	5
1953*	27	RAM	P/QB	11	12	12	8	11	0	6	1.4	0.9	0.7								11	0	3
1954*	28	RAM	P/QB	11	12	11	6	-10	0	5	-1.7	-0.8	0.5								-10	0	3
1955*	29	RAM	P/QB	11	12	12	11	24	0	9	2.2	2.0	0.9								24	0	3
1956	30	RAM	P/qb	11	12	4	4	1	1	1	0.3	0.1	0.3								1	1	2
1957	31	RAM	P/QB	11	12	12	10	-4	4	3	-0.4	-0.3	0.8								-4	4	4
1958*	32	PHI	P/QB	11	12	12	8	5	1	2	0.6	0.4	0.7								5	1	3
1959*	33	PHI	P/QB	11	12	12	11	13	2	12	1.2	1.1	0.9								13	2	4
1960*+	34	PHI	P/QB	11	12	12	11	-13	0	1	-1.2	-1.1	0.9								-13	0	7
Career					140	101	102	40	11	16	0.4	0.3	0.7								40	11	45
9 yrs		RAM			104	65	72	35	8	16	0.5	0.3	0.7								35	8	31
3 yrs		PHI			36	36	30	5	3	12	0.2	0.1	0.8								5	3	14

Defense & Fumbles

								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
1949	23	RAM			8	0							0	2	1	0	0
1950*	24	RAM	QB	25	12	6							0	6	2	0	0
1951*	25	RAM	P/qb	25	12	2							0	3	0	0	0
1952*	26	RAM	QB	11	12	6							0	5	2	0	0
1953*	27	RAM	P/QB	11	12	12							0	3	1	0	0
1954*	28	RAM	P/QB	11	12	11							0	3	0	0	0
1955*	29	RAM	P/QB	11	12	12							0	3	2	0	0
1956	30	RAM	P/qb	11	12	4							0	2	1	0	0
1957	31	RAM	P/QB	11	12	12							0	4	0	0	0
1958*	32	PHI	P/QB	11	12	12							0	3	1	0	0
1959*	33	PHI	P/QB	11	12	12							0	4	5	0	0
1960*+	34	PHI	P/QB	11	12	12							0	7	2	0	0
Career					140	101							0	45	17	0	0
9 yrs		RAM			104	65							0	31	9	0	0
3 yrs		PHI			36	36							0	14	8	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts
1950*	24	RAM	QB	25	12	6	1	1	6
1951*	25	RAM	P/qb	25	12	2	2	2	12
1956	30	RAM	P/qb	11	12	4	1	1	6
1957	31	RAM	P/QB	11	12	12	4	4	24
1958*	32	PHI	P/QB	11	12	12	1	1	6
1959*	33	PHI	P/QB	11	12	12	2	2	12
Career					140	101	11	11	66
9 yrs		RAM			104	65	8	8	48
3 yrs		PHI			36	36	3	3	18

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Awards 1960 NFL AP MVP 1960 NFL UPI MVP 1960 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP 1960 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)	Pro Bowls 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1958 1959 1960	First-Team All-Pro 1960	Approximate Value 1952 NFL 14 (10) Career 134 (134)
Approximate Value (Weighted) Career 106 (100)	Passes Completed 1950 NFL 127 (6) 1951 NFL 100 (6) 1952 NFL 113 (4) 1953 NFL 156 (4) 1954 NFL 139 (5) 1955 NFL 144 (4) 1957 NFL 132 (4) 1958 NFL 198 (1) 1959 NFL 191 (2) 1960 NFL 153 (2) Career 1553 (99)	Pass Attempts 1950 NFL 233 (9) 1951 NFL 194 (7) 1952 NFL 205 (6) 1953 NFL 286 (5) 1954 NFL 260 (5) 1955 NFL 272 (4) 1957 NFL 265 (4) 1958 NFL 374 (1) 1959 NFL 340 (2) 1960 NFL 284 (2) Career 2895 (95)	Passing Yds 1950 NFL 2061 (3) 1951 NFL 1725 (4) 1952 NFL 1736 (4) 1953 NFL 2393 (3) 1954 NFL 2637 (1) 1955 NFL 1890 (4) 1957 NFL 2105 (3) 1958 NFL 2409 (3) 1959 NFL 2617 (2) 1960 NFL 2471 (2) Career 23611 (73)
Passing TD 1949 NFL 6 (10) 1950 NFL 18 (2) 1951 NFL 13 (5) 1952 NFL 14 (4) 1953 NFL 19 (3) 1954 NFL 13 (7) 1956 NFL 7 (10) 1957 NFL 20 (2) 1958 NFL 15 (3) 1959 NFL 16 (3) 1960 NFL 24 (2) Career 173 (55)	Passer Rating 1950 NFL 85.1 (1) 1951 NFL 80.8 (2) 1952 NFL 71.5 (1) 1953 NFL 84.1 (2) 1954 NFL 71.9 (6) 1955 NFL 62.0 (4) 1957 NFL 68.8 (5) 1958 NFL 64.1 (8) 1959 NFL 79.5 (4) 1960 NFL 86.5 (2) Career 75.1 (105)	Long Pass 1951 NFL 81 (3) 1952 NFL 84 (2) 1953 NFL 70 (9) 1954 NFL 80 (4) 1955 NFL 74 (6) 1957 NFL 70 (8) 1958 NFL 91 (2/75) 1959 NFL 71 (9)	Passes Intercepted 1951 NFL 11 (10) 1952 NFL 17 (4) 1953 NFL 14 (10) 1954 NFL 21 (2) 1955 NFL 15 (8) 1956 NFL 12 (6) 1957 NFL 21 (1) 1958 NFL 20 (2) 1959 NFL 14 (5) 1960 NFL 17 (7) Career 178 (37)
Passing Yds/Game 1949 NFL 75.1 (9) 1950 NFL 171.8 (3) 1951 NFL 143.8 (4) 1952 NFL 144.7 (4) 1953 NFL 199.4 (3) 1954 NFL 219.8 (2) 1955 NFL 157.5 (4) 1957 NFL 175.4 (3) 1958 NFL 200.8 (3) 1959 NFL 218.1 (2) 1960 NFL 205.9 (2) Career 168.7 (93)	Yds/Pass Att 1950 NFL 8.8 (1/35) 1951 NFL 8.9 (1) 1952 NFL 8.5 (1/67) 1953 NFL 8.4 (2/84) 1954 NFL 10.1 (1/4) 1955 NFL 6.9 (5) 1957 NFL 7.9 (2) 1959 NFL 7.7 (3) 1960 NFL 8.7 (2/42) Career 8.2 (3)	Yds/Pass Cmp 1950 NFL 16.2 (1/44) 1951 NFL 17.3 (3) 1952 NFL 15.4 (3/90) 1953 NFL 15.3 (3/95) 1954 NFL 19.0 (1/3) 1955 NFL 13.1 (9) 1957 NFL 15.9 (2/60) 1958 NFL 12.2 (10) 1959 NFL 13.7 (6) 1960 NFL 16.2 (4/44) Career 15.2 (7)	Pass Attempts/Game 1950 NFL 19.4 (9) 1951 NFL 16.2 (8) 1952 NFL 17.1 (6) 1953 NFL 23.8 (5) 1954 NFL 21.7 (5) 1955 NFL 22.7 (4) 1957 NFL 22.1 (4) 1958 NFL 31.2 (1) 1959 NFL 28.3 (2) 1960 NFL 23.7 (3) Career 20.7 (154)
Passes Completed/Game 1950 NFL 10.6 (6) 1951 NFL 8.3 (6) 1952 NFL 9.4 (4) 1953 NFL 13.0 (5) 1954 NFL 11.6 (7) 1955 NFL 12.0 (4) 1957 NFL 11.0 (4) 1958 NFL 16.5 (1) 1959 NFL 15.9 (2) 1960 NFL 12.8 (2) Career 11.1 (155)	Pass Completion % 1950 NFL 54.5% (2) 1951 NFL 51.5% (3) 1952 NFL 55.1% (1) 1953 NFL 54.5% (3) 1954 NFL 53.5% (6) 1955 NFL 52.9% (3) 1957 NFL 49.8% (5) 1958 NFL 52.9% (6) 1959 NFL 56.2% (4) 1960 NFL 53.9% (5) Career 53.6% (154)	Pass Intercept. % 1950 NFL 6.0% (2) 1951 NFL 5.7% (3) 1952 NFL 8.3% (9) 1953 NFL 4.9% (3) 1955 NFL 5.5% (3) 1957 NFL 7.9% (9) 1958 NFL 5.3% (5) 1959 NFL 4.1% (5) 1960 NFL 6.0% (4)	Passing TD % 1950 NFL 7.7% (1/48) 1951 NFL 6.7% (3) 1952 NFL 6.8% (4) 1953 NFL 6.6% (3) 1954 NFL 5.0% (6) 1957 NFL 7.5% (2/59) 1959 NFL 4.7% (7) 1960 NFL 8.5% (2/22) Career 6.0% (13)
Game-Winning Drives 1951 NFL 1 (1) 1960 NFL 5 (1/29) Career 6 (172)	Comebacks 1960 NFL 6 (1/3) Career 6 (145)	Punts 1951 NFL 48 (9) 1953 NFL 60 (5) 1955 NFL 60 (6) 1956 NFL 48 (5) 1957 NFL 54 (7) 1958 NFL 54 (5) 1959 NFL 53 (7) 1960 NFL 60 (4) Career 523 (85)	Punting Yds 1951 NFL 1992 (9) 1953 NFL 2529 (4) 1954 NFL 1874 (10) 1955 NFL 2676 (2) 1956 NFL 2070 (5) 1957 NFL 2392 (7) 1958 NFL 2225 (4) 1959 NFL 2263 (7) 1960 NFL 2585 (4) Career 22413 (82)
Long Punt 1951 NFL 62 (10) 1952 NFL 66 (6) 1954 NFL 61 (8) 1955 NFL 61 (6) 1956 NFL 72 (1) 1957 NFL 71 (2) 1960 NFL 70 (3)	Punts Blocked 1951 NFL 1 (1) 1958 NFL 1 (1) 1959 NFL 1 (1) Career 3 (106)	Yds/Punt 1951 NFL 41.5 (6) 1952 NFL 43.1 (4) 1953 NFL 42.2 (6) 1954 NFL 42.6 (3) 1955 NFL 44.6 (1) 1956 NFL 43.1 (2) 1957 NFL 44.3 (3) 1958 NFL 41.2 (7) 1959 NFL 42.7 (6) 1960 NFL 43.1 (5) Career 42.9 (63)	Fumbles 1960 NFL 7 (6) Career 45 (146)
Fumbles Recovered 1959 NFL 5 (1) Career 17 (163)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1952	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1954	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1954	2nd Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1955	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1955	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1960	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1960	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1960	1st Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1960	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1960	1st Team	All-NFL	UPI

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