Phil Villapiano

Philip James Villapiano

Position: LB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 225 lbs.

Born: February 26, 1949 in Long Branch, NJ
College: Bowling Green (school history)
Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 2nd round (45th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 77 (434th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated Nov 9, 2011 3:32PM

All-Time Rank: #442. Jared Allen… #443. Lawrence McCutcheon… #444. Pete Retzlaff… #445. PHIL VILLAPIANO… #446. Chuck Muncie… #447. Eugene Robinson… #448. Everson Walls…

All-Time Rank: #442. Jared Allen… #443. Lawrence McCutcheon… #444. Pete Retzlaff… #445. PHIL VILLAPIANO… #446. Chuck Muncie… #447. Eugene Robinson… #448. Everson Walls…

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	AV
1971	22	OAK	LLB	41	14	14		2	25	0	14	0	0	0	2	0	0				8
1972	23	OAK	LLB	41	14	14		3	97	1	82	0	0	0	2	0	0				11
1973*	24	OAK	LLB	41	14	14		1	6	0	6	0	0	0	3	52	0				16
1974*	25	OAK	LLB	41	14	14							0	0	1	27	0				10
1975*	26	OAK	LLB	41	14	13		2	32	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	0				15
1976*	27	OAK	LOLB	41	14	14		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				10
1977	28	OAK		41	2	2															1
1978	29	OAK	ROLB	41	16	16		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0			1	9
1979	30	OAK	RILB	41	16	16							0	0	4	0	0				8
1980	31	BUF		41	16	0															1
1981	32	BUF		41	16	4							0	0	1	0	0				3
1982	33	BUF		41	9	0															1
1983	34	BUF		41	4	0															0
Career					163	121		11	160	1	82	0	0	0	18	79	0			1	93
9 yrs		OAK			118	117		11	160	1	82	0	0	0	17	79	0			1	88
4 yrs		BUF			45	4							0	0	1	0	0				5

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	IntTD	AllTD	Sfty	Pts
1972	23	OAK	LLB	41	14	14	1	1		6
1978	29	OAK	ROLB	41	16	16			1	2
Career					163	121	1	1	1	8

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What does "similar" mean?

NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
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4	Chip Banks, Willie Lanier*, Lofa Tatupu, Fredd Young, DeMarcus Ware, LaVar Arrington, Junior Seau, Dale Dodrill, Chris Spielman, Wayne Robinson
5	Willie Lanier, DeMarcus Ware, Joe Schmidt, Chip Banks, Dale Dodrill, Bill George, Junior Seau, Rickey Jackson, Jeff Siemon, Lance Briggs
6	Bobby Bell, Willie Lanier, Lance Briggs, Jeff Siemon, Dale Dodrill, Maxie Baughan, Rickey Jackson, Chip Banks, Cornelius Bennett, Nick Buoniconti
7	Jim Lynch, Maxie Baughan, Joey Porter, Tom Jackson, Cornelius Bennett, Dave Robinson, Chad Brown, Levon Kirkland, Les Richter*, Randy Gradishar
8	Jim Lynch, Levon Kirkland, Joey Porter, Bill Bergey, Tom Jackson, Chris Hanburger, Cornelius Bennett, Lance Briggs, Dave Wilcox, Les Richter*
9	Levon Kirkland, Tom Jackson, Jim Lynch, Dave Wilcox*, Dale Dodrill, Cornelius Bennett, Chad Brown, Joey Porter, Al Wilson, Joe Fortunato
10	Wayne H. Walker, Jessie Armstead, Ken Norton, Dave Robinson, Dale Dodrill, Fred Carr, Jason Gildon, Levon Kirkland, Jim Lynch, Al Wilson
11	Jessie Armstead, Wayne H. Walker, Dale Dodrill, Fred Carr, Jack Reynolds, Jason Gildon, Ken Norton, Myron Pottios, Kevin Greene, Tom Jackson
12	Jessie Armstead, Dale Dodrill, Jack Reynolds, Fred Carr, Jason Gildon, Wally Hilgenberg, Tom Jackson, Jim Lynch, Wayne H. Walker, Ken Norton
13	Jessie Armstead, Dale Dodrill, Fred Carr, Jason Gildon, Jim Lynch, Jack Reynolds, Matt Blair, Al Wilson, Les Richter*, Tom Jackson
Career	Jessie Armstead, Dale Dodrill, Fred Carr, Jason Gildon, Jim Lynch, Matt Blair, Al Wilson, Charles Haley, Les Richter*, Joey Porter

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1973 1974 1975 1976	Non-Offensive TDs 1972 NFL 1 (7)	Fumbles Recovered Career 18 (129)	Fumble Return Yds 1973 NFL 52 (7)
Intercept. Ret. TD 1972 NFL 1 (4)	Long Intercep. Return 1972 NFL 82 (2)	Safeties 1978 NFL 1 (1) Career 1 (72)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1972	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1973	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1974	1st Team	All-Conf.	Associated Press
1974	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1974	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1975	1st Team	All-Conf.	Associated Press
1975	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1975	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1975	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1975	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1976	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1976	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.

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