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Defense

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Rk Tm Age G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1 Dick Alban PIT 28 12 0 1 35 0 35 0 0 2 1 0 0
2 Charlie Ane DET 26 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
3 Jon Arnett* RAM 22 12 0 0 5 2 0 0
4 Doug Atkins* CHI 27 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 Gene Babb SFO 23 12 0 0 4 1 0 0
6 Sam Baker WAS 28 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
7 Billy Ray Barnes* PHI 22 12 0 0 8 3 0 0
8 Terry Barr DET 22 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
9 Ed Beatty PIT 25 12 0 0 0 4 0 0
10 Ray Beck NYG 26 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
11 Chuck Bednarik* PHI 32 11 0 3 51 0 37 0 0 0 2 0 0
12 Eddie Bell PHI 26 12 0 2 38 0 38 0 0 0 2 0 0
13 Frank Bernardi CRD 24 12 0 2 40 0 23 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 Tom Bettis GNB 24 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
15 Bill Bishop CHI 26 11 0 0 0 1 0 0
16 Johnny Bookman NYG 25 11 0 3 54 1 31 0
17 Nate Borden GNB 25 9 0 0 0 2 0 0
18 Don Bosseler WAS 21 12 0 0 3 1 0 0
19 Bob Boyd RAM 29 12 0 0 2 1 0 0
20 Max Boydston CRD 25 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
21 Zeke Bratkowski CHI 26 12 4 0 3 1 0 0
22 Alex Bravo RAM 27 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
23 Carl Brettschneider CRD 26 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 Pete Brewster CLE 27 12 0 0 0 1 1 0
25 Gene Brito*+ WAS 32 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 Tom Brookshier PHI 26 12 0 4 74 0 40 0
27 Ed Brown CHI 29 12 8 0 5 2 0 0
28 Jim Brown*+ CLE 21 12 12 0 7 1 0 0
29 Fred Bruney PIT 26 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Rk Tm Age G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
30 Don Burroughs RAM 26 12 0 3 29 0 24 0
31 Jack Butler*+ PIT 30 12 0 10 85 0 20 0 0 0 1 0 0
32 Jack Call BAL 22 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
33 Stan Campbell DET 27 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
34 Al Carmichael GNB 29 12 0 0 3 1 0 0
35 J.C. Caroline CHI 24 12 0 2 22 0 20 0 0 0 1 0 0
36 Preston Carpenter CLE 23 12 0 0 2 1 13 0
37 Howard Cassady DET 23 12 0 0 3 2 0 0
38 Joe Childress CRD 24 12 0 0 3 2 0 0
39 Jack Christiansen*+ DET 29 12 0 10 137 1 52 0
40 Don Colo CLE 32 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
41 Fred Cone GNB 31 12 0 0 2 1 0 0
42 Charlie Conerly NYG 36 12 8 0 11 5 0 0
43 Vince Costello CLE 25 12 0 2 19 0 12 0
44 Ed Crawford NYG 23 12 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0
45 Lou Creekmur*+ DET 30 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
46 Bobby Cross SFO 26 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
47 Lindon Crow* CRD 24 12 0 1 0 0 0 0
48 Ernie Danjean GNB 23 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
49 Dick Daugherty* RAM 28 9 0 1 32 1 32 0 1
50 Jim David* DET 30 12 0 3 20 0 17 0 0 0 2 6 0
51 Milt Davis+ BAL 28 12 0 10 219 2 75 0 0 0 1 0 0
52 Art DeCarlo 2TM 26 8 0 1 14 0 14 0
53 Bobby Dillon*+ GNB 27 12 0 9 180 1 55 0
54 Dale Dodrill* PIT 31 12 0 2 50 0 44 0 0 0 1 0 0
55 Art Donovan*+ BAL 32 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
56 Jim Doran DET 30 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
57 Bob Dougherty RAM 25 10 0 1 6 0 6 0
58 Chuck Drazenovich* WAS 30 12 12 2 6 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0
59 Doug Eggers BAL 27 11 0 0 0 1 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Rk Tm Age G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
60 Leo Elter WAS 28 12 0 0 2 1 0 0
61 Bobby Epps NYG 25 12 0 0 1 1 0 0
62 Ralph Felton WAS 25 12 0 1 6 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0
63 Gene Filipski NYG 26 12 0 0 2 1 0 0
64 Galen Fiss CLE 26 12 0 1 15 0 15 0
65 Len Ford CLE 31 11 0 0 0 1 4 0
66 Bill Forester GNB 25 12 0 4 79 0 37 0 0 1 4 45 0
67 Herschel Forester CLE 26 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
68 Joe Fortunato CHI 27 12 0 0 1 3 9 0
69 Bobby Freeman CLE 25 9 0 3 46 0 25 0
70 Bob Gain* CLE 28 12 0 0 0 4 0 0
71 Willie Galimore CHI 22 12 0 0 6 1 0 0
72 Gene Gedman DET 25 10 0 0 1 1 2 0
73 Bill George*+ CHI 28 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
74 Frank Gifford*+ NYG 27 12 0 0 9 1 0 0
75 Kline Gilbert* CHI 27 12 0 0 0 3 1 0
76 Gary Glick PIT 27 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 36 0
77 Hank Gremminger GNB 24 12 0 5 93 0 45 0 0 1 0 0 0
78 Bob Griffin RAM 28 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
79 Bob Gunderman PIT 23 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
80 Wayne Hansen CHI 29 12 0 1 34 0 34 0 0 0 1 0 0
81 Jimmy Harris PHI 23 12 0 3 99 1 65 0 0 0 1 2 0
82 Art Hauser RAM 28 12 0 0 0 3 53 1
83 Matt Hazeltine SFO 24 12 0 2 22 0 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
84 Norb Hecker WAS 30 8 0 3 39 0 22 0 0 0 1 0 0
85 Don Heinrich NYG 27 4 4 0 2 1 0 0
86 Jerry Helluin GNB 28 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
87 Ed Henke SFO 30 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
88 Bill Herchman SFO 24 12 0 1 54 1 54 0 0 0 2 0 0
89 Jimmy Hill CRD 29 10 0 3 53 0 31 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Rk Tm Age G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
90 Bob Holladay SFO 25 7 0 0 0 1 0 0
91 Bob Hudson PHI 27 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
92 Sam Huff NYG 23 12 0 1 6 0 6 0 0 0 1 3 0
93 Dick Hughes PIT 25 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
94 Ed Hughes NYG 30 8 0 0 1 1 0 0
95 Art Hunter CLE 24 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
96 Ken Jackson BAL 28 12 0 0 0 2 9 0
97 Dick James WAS 23 11 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0
98 Jack Johnson CHI 24 11 0 4 36 0 20 0 0 0 1 0 0
99 John Henry Johnson DET 28 12 0 0 9 1 0 0
100 Don Joyce BAL 28 12 0 1 0 0 0 0
101 Sonny Jurgensen PHI 23 10 5 0 0 1 0 0
102 Carl Karilivacz DET 27 12 0 5 54 0 30 0 0 1 2 16 0
103 Jim Katcavage NYG 23 10 0 0 0 3 0 0
104 Bob Kilcullen CHI 21 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
105 Billy Kinard GNB 24 12 0 0 2 1 3 0
106 Bill Koman PHI 23 11 11 0 0 1 0 0
107 Ken Konz CLE 29 12 0 4 20 0 16 0 0 1 1 0 0
108 Joe Krupa PIT 24 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
109 Warren Lahr CLE 34 11 0 2 12 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0
110 Night Train Lane CRD 30 8 0 2 47 0 33 0 0 0 2 5 0
111 Buck Lansford PHI 24 10 10 0 0 1 0 0
112 Yale Lary* DET 27 12 0 2 64 0 63 0 0 2 3 0 0
113 Larry Lauer GNB 30 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
114 Bobby Layne DET 31 11 8 0 3 2 0 0
115 Eddie LeBaron* WAS 27 12 12 0 7 4 0 0
116 Herman Lee PIT 26 8 0 0 0 1 0 0
117 Woodley Lewis CRD 32 12 0 2 34 0 30 0 0 2 1 0 0
118 Bob W. Long DET 23 12 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0
119 Gary Lowe 2TM 23 8 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Rk Tm Age G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
120 Dave Lunceford CRD 23 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
121 Lamar Lundy RAM 22 12 12 0 0 1 0 0
122 Ken MacAfee NYG 28 11 0 0 2 2 5 0
123 Gino Marchetti*+ BAL 30 12 0 0 0 3 0 1
124 Ted Marchibroda CRD 26 7 0 0 0 1 0 0
125 Jim Martin DET 33 12 0 1 22 0 22 0 0 0 2 0 0
126 John Martinkovic NYG 30 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
127 Norm Masters GNB 24 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
128 Ollie Matson*+ CRD 27 12 0 0 6 1 0 0
129 Marv Matuszak*+ SFO 26 12 0 0 0 4 17 0
130 Willie McClung PIT 27 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
131 Bill McColl CHI 27 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
132 Darris McCord* DET 24 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
133 Mike McCormack* CLE 27 12 0 0 0 2 5 0
134 Tommy McDonald PHI 23 12 0 0 5 3 0 0
135 Hugh McElhenny* SFO 29 12 0 0 8 3 0 0
136 Don McIlhenny GNB 23 12 0 0 4 1 0 0
137 Bill McPeak PIT 31 12 0 0 0 2 1 0 1
138 Steve Meilinger WAS 27 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
139 Walt Michaels* CLE 28 12 0 1 10 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0
140 Dave Middleton DET 24 8 0 0 0 1 0 0
141 Bob Miller DET 28 12 0 0 0 1 3 0
142 Paul Miller RAM 27 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
143 Dick Modzelewski NYG 26 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
144 Dicky Moegle SFO 23 12 0 8 107 0 40 0 0 0 2 0 0
145 Henry Moore BAL 23 11 0 1 0 0 0 0
146 Lenny Moore BAL 24 12 0 0 6 2 0 0
147 McNeil Moore CHI 24 12 0 2 28 0 20 0 0 0 1 0 0
148 Earl Morrall* PIT 23 12 11 0 12 6 -2 0
149 Larry Morris RAM 24 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Rk Tm Age G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
150 Steve Myhra BAL 23 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
151 Andy Nelson BAL 24 12 0 5 29 0 13 0
152 Dick Nolan NYG 25 11 0 1 12 0 12 0
153 Leo Nomellini*+ SFO 33 12 12 0 0 1 0 0 1
154 Jerry Norton* PHI 26 12 0 4 155 1 99 0 0 0 5 4 0
155 Johnny Olszewski CRD 27 11 0 0 5 1 0 0
156 Luke Owens BAL 24 11 0 0 0 1 0 0
157 Sam Palumbo GNB 25 9 0 1 11 0 11 0
158 Ken Panfil RAM 27 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
159 Jack Pardee RAM 21 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
160 Babe Parilli GNB 27 12 1 0 3 1 0 0
161 Jack Patera BAL 24 12 0 1 16 0 16 0
162 Jimmy Patton NYG 24 12 0 3 50 1 50 0 0 2 2 0 0
163 Don R. Paul* CLE 31 12 0 4 28 0 12 0 0 0 1 89 1
164 Clarence Peaks PHI 22 12 0 0 5 1 0 0
165 Gerry Perry DET 27 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
166 Johnny Petitbon GNB 26 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
167 Jim Podoley* WAS 24 12 0 0 5 1 0 0
168 Charley Powell SFO 25 12 0 0 0 1 3 0
169 George Preas BAL 24 10 0 0 0 2 0 0
170 Bill Priatko PIT 26 2 0 0 0 2 0 0
171 Frank Purnell GNB 24 9 0 0 1 1 0 0
172 Bert Rechichar* BAL 27 12 0 5 33 0 31 0 0 1 1 0 0
173 John Reger PIT 26 12 0 0 0 5 14 1
174 Billy Reynolds CLE 26 12 0 0 2 1 0 0
175 Perry Richards PIT 23 7 0 0 1 1 0 0
176 Les Richter* RAM 27 12 0 4 60 0 25 0 0 0 1 0 0
177 Fred Robinson CLE 27 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
178 Tom Roggeman CHI 26 12 0 0 0 1 5 0
179 Kyle Rote NYG 30 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Rk Tm Age G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
180 Aubrey Rozzell PIT 25 7 0 1 4 0 4 0
181 Karl Rubke SFO 22 12 0 1 16 0 16 0
182 Tommy Runnels WAS 23 10 0 0 3 2 0 0
183 Floyd Sagely CRD 25 10 0 1 7 0 7 0 0 0 1 2 0
184 Tom Saidock PHI 27 11 5 0 0 3 0 0
185 Jim Salsbury GNB 25 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
186 Alex Sandusky BAL 25 12 12 0 0 1 0 0
187 Mike Sandusky PIT 22 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
188 Leo Sanford* CRD 28 12 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
189 Joe Schmidt*+ DET 25 12 0 1 8 0 8 0 0 0 1 5 0
190 Tom Scott* PHI 27 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
191 Harley Sewell* DET 26 10 0 0 0 1 0 0
192 Will Sherman RAM 30 10 0 1 51 0 51 0 0 0 1 0 0
193 Don Shinnick BAL 22 12 0 2 31 0 22 0 0 0 2 0 0
194 Del Shofner RAM 23 12 0 2 27 0 15 0 0 0 1 0 0
195 Don Shula WAS 27 11 0 3 48 0 30 0
196 J.D. Smith SFO 25 12 0 2 17 0 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
197 Ray Gene Smith CHI 29 5 0 1 22 0 22 0 0 1 1 0 0
198 Ollie Spencer GNB 26 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
199 Dick Stanfel*+ WAS 30 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
200 Bart Starr GNB 23 12 11 0 4 1 0 0
201 Ernie Stautner* PIT 32 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
202 Red Stephens WAS 27 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
203 Bill Stits SFO 26 12 0 2 28 0 20 0 0 0 2 0 0
204 George Strugar RAM 23 9 0 0 0 1 0 0
205 Leo Sugar CRD 28 12 0 0 0 3 27 2
206 Pat Summerall CRD 27 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
207 Ed Sutton WAS 22 12 0 1 11 0 11 0 0 6 2 0 0
208 Harland Svare NYG 27 12 0 1 21 0 21 0 0 0 2 0 0
209 Bill Svoboda NYG 29 11 0 2 43 0 43 0 0 0 2 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Rk Tm Age G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
210 John Symank GNB 22 12 0 9 198 0 36 0 0 1 2 0 0
211 George Tarasovic PIT 27 12 0 2 21 0 11 0
212 Carl Taseff BAL 29 4 0 1 7 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0
213 Jim Temp GNB 24 12 0 0 0 2 4 0
214 Jesse Thomas BAL 29 10 0 1 0 0 0 0
215 Y.A. Tittle*+ SFO 31 12 11 0 0 1 0 0
216 LaVern Torgeson WAS 28 12 0 1 6 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0
217 Jerry Tubbs CRD 22 11 0 0 0 1 0 0
218 Emlen Tunnell* NYG 32 12 0 6 87 1 52 0 0 0 1 0 0
219 Johnny Unitas* BAL 24 12 12 0 7 1 0 0
220 Val Joe Walker SFO 27 12 0 2 20 0 12 0
221 Stan Wallace CHI 26 12 0 2 23 0 21 0 0 0 2 0 0
222 Ron Waller RAM 24 11 0 0 4 1 0 0
223 Joe Walton WAS 22 12 0 1 55 0 55 0
224 Jim Weatherall PHI 28 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
225 Chuck Weber CRD 27 12 0 0 0 1 30 0
226 Billy Wells 2TM 26 11 0 0 8 6 0 0
227 Jesse Whittenton RAM 23 12 0 1 31 0 31 0
228 Paul Wiggin CLE 23 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
229 Bill Wightkin CHI 30 11 0 0 0 1 0 0
230 Norm Willey PHI 30 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
231 Tommy Wilson* RAM 25 11 0 0 6 2 0 0
232 Junior Wren CLE 28 12 0 2 73 0 43 0
233 Frank Wydo PHI 33 12 0 1 25 0 25 0
234 Sid Youngelman PHI 26 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
235 Walt Yowarsky NYG 29 11 0 0 0 1 0 0
236 Bert Zagers WAS 24 11 0 2 29 0 22 0 0 1 3 0 0
237 Roger Zatkoff DET 26 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
238 Vic Zucco CHI 22 12 0 3 20 0 14 0 0 2 1 43 1