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Steve Van Buren

Stephen W. Van Buren

Position: HB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 200 lbs.

Born: December 28, 1920 in La Ceiba, Honduras
Died: August 25, 2012 in Lancaster, PA
College: LSU   (school history)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1944 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 10 (7339th overall since 1950)
5-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1965

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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 AV
1944+ 24 PHI KR/LH/PR 9 6 80 444 5 70 5.6 49.3 8.9 444 5 0 0
1945+ 25 PHI KR/LH/PR 10 9 143 832 15 69 5.8 83.2 14.3 10 123 12.3 2 44 1.0 12.3 955 17 7 0
1946 26 PHI KR/LH 9 8 116 529 5 58 4.6 58.8 12.9 6 75 12.5 0 33 0.7 8.3 604 5 8 0
1947+ 27 PHI KR/LH 12 7 217 1008 13 45 4.6 84.0 18.1 9 79 8.8 0 35 0.8 6.6 1087 13 4 0
1948+ 28 PHI KR/LH 11 8 201 945 10 29 4.7 85.9 18.3 10 96 9.6 0 34 0.9 8.7 1041 10 6 0
1949+ 29 PHI KR/LH 12 10 263 1146 11 41 4.4 95.5 21.9 4 88 22.0 1 50 0.3 7.3 1234 12 3 0
1950 30 PHI LH 15 10 188 629 4 41 3.3 62.9 18.8 2 34 17.0 0 29 0.2 3.4 663 4 3 6
1951 31 PHI LH 15 10 112 327 6 17 2.9 32.7 11.2 4 28 7.0 0 18 0.4 2.8 355 6 3 4
Career 83 48 1320 5860 69 70 4.4 70.6 15.9 45 523 11.6 3 50 0.5 6.3 6383 72 34 10

Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1944+ 24 PHI KR/LH/PR 9 6 15 230 1 55 15.3 8 266 1 97 33.3 940
1945+ 25 PHI KR/LH/PR 10 9 14 154 0 24 11.0 13 373 1 98 28.7 1482
1946 26 PHI KR/LH 9 8 5 89 1 50 17.8 11 319 0 63 29.0 1012
1947+ 27 PHI KR/LH 12 7 13 382 1 95 29.4 1469
1948+ 28 PHI KR/LH 11 8 14 292 0 34 20.9 1333
1949+ 29 PHI KR/LH 12 10 12 288 0 35 24.0 1522
1950 30 PHI LH 15 10 5 110 0 26 22.0 773
Career 83 48 34 473 2 55 13.9 76 2030 3 98 26.7 8886

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
1944+ 24 PHI KR/LH/PR 9 6 5 47 0 13 0
1945+ 25 PHI KR/LH/PR 10 9 1 2 0 2 0 0 7 2 -6 0
1946 26 PHI KR/LH 9 8 0 8 5 0 0
1947+ 27 PHI KR/LH 12 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 -4 0
1948+ 28 PHI KR/LH 11 8 2 32 0 20 0 0 6 4 0 0
1949+ 29 PHI KR/LH 12 10 0 3 0 0 0
1950 30 PHI LH 15 10 0 3 2 1 0
1951 31 PHI LH 15 10 0 3 0 0 0
Career 83 48 9 81 0 20 0 0 34 14 -9 0

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
1944+ 24 PHI KR/LH/PR 9 6 1 35 35 0 35.0
1945+ 25 PHI KR/LH/PR 10 9 2 2 100.0%
1946 26 PHI KR/LH 9 8 1 41 41 0 41.0
Career 83 48 2 2 100.0% 2 76 41 0 38.0

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 Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
1945+ 25 PHI KR/LH/PR 10 9 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
1946 26 PHI KR/LH 9 8 1 1 100.0 35 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 35.0 35.0 35.0 3.9 118.7 0 0
1948+ 28 PHI KR/LH 11 8 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Career 83 48 1 3 33.3 35 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 11.7 11.7 35.0 0.4 78.5 0 0

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

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1944+ 24 PHI KR/LH/PR 9 6 5 1 1 7 42
1945+ 25 PHI KR/LH/PR 10 9 15 2 1 18 2 110
1946 26 PHI KR/LH 9 8 5 1 6 36
1947+ 27 PHI KR/LH 12 7 13 1 14 84
1948+ 28 PHI KR/LH 11 8 10 10 60
1949+ 29 PHI KR/LH 12 10 11 1 12 72
1950 30 PHI LH 15 10 4 4 24
1951 31 PHI LH 15 10 6 6 36
Career 83 48 69 3 2 3 77 2 464

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards
Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1940s Team

First-Team All-Pro
1944
1945
1947
1948
1949

Rushing Att
1945 NFL 143 (2)
1946 NFL 116 (5)
1947 NFL 217 (1)
1948 NFL 201 (1)
1949 NFL 263 (1)
1950 NFL 188 (1)
1951 NFL 112 (10)
Career 1320 (100)

Rushing Yds
1944 NFL 444 (5)
1945 NFL 832 (1)
1946 NFL 529 (3)
1947 NFL 1008 (1)
1948 NFL 945 (1)
1949 NFL 1146 (1)
1950 NFL 629 (7)
Career 5860 (84)

Rushing TD
1944 NFL 5 (3)
1945 NFL 15 (1/40)
1946 NFL 5 (3)
1947 NFL 13 (1/90)
1948 NFL 10 (1)
1949 NFL 11 (1)
1951 NFL 6 (5)
Career 69 (29)

Long Rush
1944 NFL 70 (6)
1945 NFL 69 (5)
1946 NFL 58 (7)

Yds/Rushing Att
1944 NFL 5.6 (1)
1945 NFL 5.8 (3/51)
1946 NFL 4.6 (4)
1947 NFL 4.6 (3)
1948 NFL 4.7 (4)
1949 NFL 4.4 (5)
Career 4.4 (102)

Rushing Yds/Game
1944 NFL 49.3 (4)
1945 NFL 83.2 (1)
1946 NFL 58.8 (1)
1947 NFL 84.0 (1)
1948 NFL 85.9 (1)
1949 NFL 95.5 (1)
1950 NFL 62.9 (3)
Career 70.6 (36)

Touchdowns
1944 NFL 7 (4)
1945 NFL 18 (1/35)
1946 NFL 6 (4)
1947 NFL 14 (1)
1948 NFL 10 (3)
1949 NFL 12 (2)
Career 77 (59)

Points Scored
1944 NFL 42 (8)
1945 NFL 110 (1)
1947 NFL 84 (3)
1948 NFL 60 (6)
1949 NFL 72 (5)
Career 464 (188)

Rushing/Receiving TD
1944 NFL 5 (10)
1945 NFL 17 (1/51)
1946 NFL 5 (7)
1947 NFL 13 (1)
1948 NFL 10 (3)
1949 NFL 12 (2)
Career 72 (77)

Non-Offensive TDs
1944 NFL 2 (1)
1945 NFL 1 (3)
1946 NFL 1 (3)
1947 NFL 1 (6)
Career 5 (112)

Yds From Scrimmage
1945 NFL 955 (2)
1946 NFL 604 (8)
1947 NFL 1087 (1)
1948 NFL 1041 (1)
1949 NFL 1234 (2)

All-Purpose Yds
1944 NFL 940 (4)
1945 NFL 1482 (1)
1946 NFL 1012 (3)
1947 NFL 1469 (2)
1948 NFL 1333 (2)
1949 NFL 1522 (2)
Career 8886 (192)

Touches
1944 NFL 103 (10)
1945 NFL 180 (1)
1946 NFL 138 (4)
1947 NFL 239 (1)
1948 NFL 225 (1)
1949 NFL 279 (1)
1950 NFL 195 (2)
Career 1475 (129)

Yds/Touch
1944 NFL 9.1 (3)
1945 NFL 8.2 (4)
1946 NFL 7.3 (6)

Kick Returns
1945 NFL 13 (2)
1946 NFL 11 (6)
1947 NFL 13 (7)
1948 NFL 14 (7)

Kick Return Yds
1944 NFL 266 (6)
1945 NFL 373 (2)
1946 NFL 319 (5)
1947 NFL 382 (4)
1948 NFL 292 (8)

Kick Return TD
1944 NFL 1 (1/67)
1945 NFL 1 (1/67)
1947 NFL 1 (2/67)
Career 3 (29)

Long Kick Return
1944 NFL 97 (1)
1945 NFL 98 (1)
1946 NFL 63 (5)
1947 NFL 95 (1)

Yds/Kick Return
1945 NFL 28.7 (1)
1946 NFL 29.0 (2)
1947 NFL 29.4 (1)
1948 NFL 20.9 (8)
1949 NFL 24.0 (5)
Career 26.7 (14)

Punt Returns
1944 NFL 15 (2)
1945 NFL 14 (3)

Punt Return Yds
1944 NFL 230 (2)
1945 NFL 154 (4)

Punt Return TD
1944 NFL 1 (1)
1946 NFL 1 (1)
Career 2 (82)

Long Punt Return
1944 NFL 55 (2)
1946 NFL 50 (4)

Yds/Punt Return
1944 NFL 15.3 (2/52)
1945 NFL 11.0 (5)

Kick & Punt Returns
1944 NFL 23 (3)
1945 NFL 27 (3)
1946 NFL 16 (10)

Kick & Punt Return Yds
1944 NFL 496 (2)
1945 NFL 527 (2)
1946 NFL 408 (5)
1947 NFL 382 (9)

Fumbles
1945 NFL 7 (4)
1946 NFL 8 (2)
1948 NFL 6 (8)

Fumbles Recovered
1946 NFL 5 (4)
1948 NFL 4 (7)

Interceptions
1944 NFL 5 (6)

 

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19441st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19442nd TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19442nd TeamAll-NFLUPI
19451st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19451st TeamAll-NFLChicago Herald Am.
19451st TeamAll-NFLPro Foot. Illustrated
19451st TeamAll-NFLInt. News Service
19451st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19451st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19462nd TeamAll-NFLPro Foot. Illustrated
19461st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19462nd TeamAll-NFLUPI
19471st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19471st TeamAll-NFLPro Foot. Illustrated
19471st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19471st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19481st TeamAll-NFL/AAFCSporting News
19481st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19481st TeamAll-NFLPro Foot. Illustrated
19481st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19481st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19491st TeamAll-NFL/AAFCInt. News Service
19491st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19491st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19491st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19502nd TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19502nd TeamAll-NFLUPI