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Jim Whalen

James Francis Whalen Jr.

Position: TE
Height: 6-2    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: May 20, 1943 in Cambridge, MA
College: Boston College

Career AV: 34 (2593rd overall since 1950)

1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Boston Patriots in the 3rd round (23rd overall) of the 1965 AFL Draft.
Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 4th round (51st overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft.

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Receiving & Rushing

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Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
1965 22 BOS TE 82 14 0 22 381 17.3 0 67 1.6 27.2 381 0 0 5
1966 23 BOS TE 82 14 0 29 502 17.3 4 45 2.1 35.9 502 4 0 5
1967 24 BOS TE 82 14 0 39 651 16.7 5 41 2.8 46.5 651 5 1 5
1968+ 25 BOS TE 82 14 13 47 718 15.3 7 87 3.4 51.3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 718 7 0 8
1969 26 BOS TE 82 14 11 16 235 14.7 1 47 1.1 16.8 235 1 0 6
1970 27 DEN TE 83 14 13 36 503 14.0 3 34 2.6 35.9 503 3 1 8
1971 28 2TM 5 2 8 165 20.6 0 41 1.6 33.0 165 0 0 2
PHI 81 2 0 1 41 41.0 0 41 0.5 20.5 41 0 0 1
DEN 83 3 2 7 124 17.7 0 41 2.3 41.3 124 0 0 1
Career 89 39 197 3155 16.0 20 87 2.2 35.4 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3155 20 2 39
5 yrs NWE 70 24 153 2487 16.3 17 87 2.2 35.5 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2487 17 1 29
2 yrs DEN 17 15 43 627 14.6 3 41 2.5 36.9 627 3 1 9
1 yr PHI 2 0 1 41 41.0 0 41 0.5 20.5 41 0 0 1

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1966 23 BOS TE 82 14 0 4 4 24
1967 24 BOS TE 82 14 0 5 5 30
1968+ 25 BOS TE 82 14 13 7 7 42
1969 26 BOS TE 82 14 11 1 1 6
1970 27 DEN TE 83 14 13 3 3 18
Career 89 39 20 20 120
5 yrs NWE 70 24 17 17 102
2 yrs DEN 17 15 3 3 18

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

First-Team All-Pro

1968

Receptions

1968 AFL 47 (8)

Receiving Yds

1968 AFL 718 (9)

Receiving TD

1967 AFL 5 (10)
1968 AFL 7 (7)

Long Reception

1968 AFL 87 (4)

Yds/Reception

1966 AFL 17.3 (7)
1967 AFL 16.7 (9)
Career 16.0 (157)

Receiving Yds/Game

1968 AFL 51.3 (10)

Touchdowns

1968 AFL 7 (8)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1968 AFL 7 (8)

     
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

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1968Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-AFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-AFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-AFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 27 14 TE 68 8 10 68
1971 28 5 TE 17 31
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