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1957 Pittsburgh Steelers
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Record: 6-6-0, Finished 3rd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 161 points (13.4/g), 12th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 178 points (14.8/g), 2nd.
Differential of -17 points (-1.4/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 5.3-6.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.8/g), 1st.
Coached by Buddy Parker (6-6-0)
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1957 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Earl Morrall* | 23 | 1 | 11 | 139 for 289, 1,900 yards, 11 td, 12 int, & 41 rushes for 81 yards and 2 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1956 |
| FB | Fran Rogel | 30 | 7 | 0 | 68 rushes for 232 yards, 1 td, & 20 catches for 128 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 100th pick / 1950 |
| LH | Billy Wells | 26 | 3 | 0 | 154 rushes for 532 yards, 0 td, & 14 catches for 89 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 5th / 56th pick / 1954 |
| RH | Elbie Nickel | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 10 catches for 115 yards and 1 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 17th / 149th pick / 1947 |
| LE | Jug Girard | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 catches for 419 yards, 4 td, & 2 rushes for -5 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1948 |
| LT | Willie McClung | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| LT | Herman Lee | 26 | Rook | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 23rd / 270th pick / 1954 |
| LG | Mike Sandusky | 22 | Rook | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 46th pick / 1957 |
| C | Ed Beatty | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 10th pick / 1954 |
| RG | John Nisby | 21 | Rook | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 70th pick / 1957 |
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| RT | Frank Varrichione* | 25 | 2 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 6th pick / 1955 |
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| RE | Ray Mathews | 28 | 6 | 0 | 15 catches for 369 yards, 4 td, & 3 rushes for -1 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 81st pick / 1951 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bob O'Neil | 26 | 1 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 15th / 173rd pick / 1953 |
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| LDT | Joe Krupa | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 17th pick / 1956 |
| RDT | Ernie Stautner* | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1950 |
| RDE | Bill McPeak | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 16th / 142nd pick / 1948 |
| LLB | John Reger | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 5 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Dale Dodrill* | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 67th pick / 1951 |
| RLB | Aubrey Rozzell | 25 | Rook | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LDH | Gary Glick | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 5 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 1st pick / 1956 |
| RDH | Dick Alban | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 9th / 103rd pick / 1952 |
| LS | Jack Butler*+ | 30 | 6 | 0 | 10 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RS | Fred Bruney | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 35th pick / 1953 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Gary Glick | 27 | 1 | 0 | 5 of 18 field goals & 10 of 12 extra points | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 1st pick / 1956 |
| P | Jug Girard | 30 | 9 | 0 | 68 punts for a 40.5 average, 0 blocked | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1948 |
| PR | Billy Wells | 26 | 3 | 0 | 21 punt returns for a 6.8 average and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 5th / 56th pick / 1954 |
| KR | Billy Wells | 26 | 3 | 0 | 11 kick returns for a 27.8 average and 1 td | Washington Redskins / 5th / 56th pick / 1954 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Dick Alban | 28 | DB | 12 | 0 | 193 | 6-0 | Northwestern | 1/17/1929 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 9th / 103rd pick / 1952 |
| Ed Beatty | 25 | C-LB | 12 | 0 | 229 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 4/6/1932 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 10th pick / 1954 |
| Bill Bowman | 26 | FB | 5 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | William & Mary | 9/22/1931 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 37th pick / 1954 |
| Fred Bruney | 26 | DB | 12 | 0 | 184 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 12/30/1931 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 35th pick / 1953 |
| Jack Butler*+ | 30 | DB | 12 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | St. Bonaventure | 11/12/1927 | 6 | |
| Chick Cichowski | 23 | DB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Indiana | 5/20/1934 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 21st / 246th pick / 1957 |
| Len Dawson | 22 | QB | 3 | 1 | 190 | 6-0 | Purdue | 6/20/1935 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1957 |
| Dean Derby | 22 | DB | 8 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Washington | 6/11/1935 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 51st pick / 1957 |
| Dale Dodrill* | 31 | MG-LB | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Colorado State | 2/27/1926 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 67th pick / 1951 |
| Sid Fournet | 25 | G-LB-DB | 2 | 0 | 235 | 6-0 | LSU | 8/27/1932 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 20th pick / 1955 |
| Jug Girard | 30 | E-HB-QB-DB | 12 | 0 | 176 | 5-11 | Wisconsin | 1/25/1927 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1948 |
| Gary Glick | 27 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Colorado State | 5/14/1930 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 1st pick / 1956 |
| Bob Gunderman | 23 | E | 1 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Virginia | 10/8/1934 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 19th / 227th pick / 1957 |
| Dick Hughes | 25 | HB | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | Tulsa | 9/26/1932 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 11th / 127th pick / 1957 |
| Jack Kemp | 22 | QB | 4 | 0 | 201 | 6-1 | Occidental | 7/13/1935 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 17th / 203rd pick / 1957 |
| Joe Krupa | 24 | DT | 12 | 0 | 232 | 6-2 | Purdue | 7/6/1933 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 17th pick / 1956 |
| Jerry Leahy | 23 | T | 1 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Colorado | 10/15/1934 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 7th / 83rd pick / 1957 |
| Herman Lee | 26 | T-G | 8 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | Florida A&M | 8/29/1931 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 23rd / 270th pick / 1954 |
| Dave Liddick | 22 | DT | 4 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | George Washington | 12/10/1935 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 8th / 95th pick / 1957 |
| Ray Mathews | 28 | HB-E | 12 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Clemson | 2/26/1929 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 81st pick / 1951 |
| Richie McCabe | 24 | DB | 2 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Pittsburgh | 3/12/1933 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 22nd / 258th pick / 1955 |
| Jack McClairen* | 26 | E | 12 | 0 | 213 | 6-4 | Bethune-Cookman | 3/2/1931 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 26th / 306th pick / 1953 |
| Willie McClung | 27 | T-DT | 12 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Florida A&M | 5/9/1930 | 2 | |
| Bill McPeak | 31 | DE | 12 | 0 | 208 | 6-1 | Notre Dame,Pittsburgh | 7/24/1926 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 16th / 142nd pick / 1948 |
| Bill Michael | 22 | G | 3 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 12/24/1935 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1957 |
| Earl Morrall* | 23 | QB | 12 | 11 | 205 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 5/17/1934 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1956 |
| Elbie Nickel | 35 | E-DE | 12 | 0 | 196 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 12/28/1922 | 10 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 17th / 149th pick / 1947 |
| John Nisby | 21 | G | 11 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Pacific | 9/9/1936 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 70th pick / 1957 |
| Bob O'Neil | 26 | G-DE-LB | 12 | 0 | 229 | 6-1 | Duquesne,Notre Dame | 2/21/1931 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 15th / 173rd pick / 1953 |
| Bill Priatko | 26 | LB | 2 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 10/16/1931 | Rook | |
| John Reger | 26 | LB-G | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 9/11/1931 | 2 | |
| Perry Richards | 23 | E | 7 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Detroit Mercy | 1/14/1934 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 55th pick / 1957 |
| Fran Rogel | 30 | FB | 12 | 0 | 203 | 5-11 | California (PA),Penn State | 12/12/1927 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 100th pick / 1950 |
| Aubrey Rozzell | 25 | LB | 7 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Delta State | 11/2/1932 | Rook | |
| Mike Sandusky | 22 | G | 12 | 0 | 231 | 6-0 | Maryland | 3/14/1935 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 46th pick / 1957 |
| Ernie Stautner* | 32 | DT-DE-G | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Boston College | 4/20/1925 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1950 |
| George Tarasovic | 27 | DE-LB-C | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Boston College,LSU | 5/6/1930 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 18th pick / 1952 |
| Frank Varrichione* | 25 | T | 12 | 0 | 234 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 1/14/1932 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 6th pick / 1955 |
| Sid Watson | 25 | HB | 11 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | Northeastern | 5/4/1932 | 2 | |
| Billy Wells | 26 | HB | 10 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | Michigan State | 12/7/1931 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 5th / 56th pick / 1954 |
| Dick Young | 27 | FB-HB | 11 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 8/25/1930 | 2 | Chicago Cardinals / 18th / 206th pick / 1954 |
| Team Total | 25.8 | 12 | 211.8 | 6-0.9 | 2.5 |