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Bill Wightkin

William John Wightkin

Position: T-DE-E
Height: 6-3    Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: July 28, 1927 in Detroit, MI
College: Notre Dame

Career AV: 50 (1382nd overall since 1950)

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

Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 8th round (79th overall) of the 1949 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
1950 23 CHI LDE/le 53 12 0 3 24 8.0 0 17 0.3 2.0 24 0 1 9
1951 24 CHI LDE 53 10 0 1 47 47.0 0 47 0.1 4.7 47 0 0 7
1952 25 CHI LE 86 11 0 7 120 17.1 2 29 0.6 10.9 120 2 0 5
1953 26 CHI le 86 12 0 2 22 11.0 0 13 0.2 1.8 22 0 0 3
1954 27 CHI LT 72 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 7
1955*+ 28 CHI LT 72 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 14
1956 29 CHI LT 72 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 7
1957 30 CHI LT 72 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 5
Career 92 0 13 213 16.4 2 47 0.1 2.3 213 2 1 57

Defense & Fumbles

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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
1950 23 CHI LDE/le 53 12 0 1 4 0 0
1953 26 CHI le 86 12 0 0 1 0 1
1955*+ 28 CHI LT 72 12 0 0 2 0 0
1957 30 CHI LT 72 11 0 0 1 0 0
Career 92 0 1 8 0 1

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1951 24 CHI LDE 53 10 0 1 3 1 3 3.0 50
1953 26 CHI le 86 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 22
Career 92 0 1 3 1 3 3.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 216

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
1951 24 CHI LDE 53 10 0 1 1 6
1952 25 CHI LE 86 11 0 2 2 12
1953 26 CHI le 86 12 0 1 1 6
Career 92 0 2 1 1 4 24

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Pro Bowls

1955

First-Team All-Pro

1955

Non-Offensive TDs

1951 NFL 1 (9)
1953 NFL 1 (3)

Punt Return TD

1951 NFL 1 (3)
Career 1 (143)

Fumble Return TD

1953 NFL 1 (1)

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

All-Pro Teams

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1955Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
1956Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL