1969 AFL Defense

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Defense

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Defense Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1	Chuck Allen	SDG	30	LB	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
2	Dick Anderson	MIA	23	FS	14	14	3	106	0	40			1	3	0	0	0.0
3	Houston Antwine	BOS	30	RDT	14	14			0								4.0
4	Al Atkinson	NYJ	26	MLB	10	10	2	4	0	4						0	1.5
5	George Atkinson*	OAK	22	SS	14	12	2	38	1	22						0	0.0
6	Hank Autry	HOU	22	C	14	0			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
7	Ken Avery	CIN	25	LB	14	3			0				0	2	0	0	0.0
8	Marty Baccaglio	CIN	25	DE	14	4			0								1.0
9	Bill Baird	NYJ	30	FS	14	14	5	10	0	7						0	0.0
10	Ralph Baker	NYJ	27	LLB	11	7	1	0	0	0						0	0.0
11	Pete Banaszak	OAK	25	RB	12	4			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
12	Pete Barnes	SDG	24	RLB	14	10	5	64	0	25			0	1	0	0	3.5
13	Mike Battle	NYJ	23	DB	14	0	1	25	0	25			3	0	0	0	0.0
14	Al Beauchamp	CIN	25	LLB	13	13	1	8	0	8			0	1	36	0	2.0
15	Tom Beier	MIA	24	SS	14	7	1	7	0	7			1	1	0	0	0.0
16	Bobby Bell*+	KAN	29	LLB	14	14			0				0	3	0	0	5.0
17	Ceasar Belser	KAN	25	DB	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
18	Al Bemiller	BUF	31	C	14	14			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
19	Duane Benson	OAK	24	LB	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	1.0
20	Ron Berger	BOS	26	DE	7	1			0				0	1	0	0	2.0
21	Bill Bergey*	CIN	24	MLB	14	14	2	62	0	58						0	0.0
22	Royce Berry	CIN	23	LDE	13	12			0				0	1	0	0	2.0
23	Elvin Bethea*	HOU	23	RDE	14	14			0							0	14.5						1
24	Randy Beverly	NYJ	25	RCB	13	7	2	37	0	37						0	0.0
25	Verlon Biggs	NYJ	26	RDE	12	12			0				0	3	0	0	10.0
26	Ron Billingsley	SDG	24	RDT	9	9			0								2.0
27	Sonny Bishop	HOU	30	RG	14	13			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
28	George Blanda	OAK	42	QB	14	0			0				1	1	-7	0	0.0
29	Sid Blanks	BOS	29	RB	14	0			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
30	Emerson Boozer	NYJ	26	RB	14	13			0				3	1	0	0	0.0
31	Garland Boyette*	HOU	29	MLB	14	14			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
32	John Bramlett	BOS	28	RLB	12	12	1	26	0	26					17	0	0.0
33	Bob Briggs	SDG	24	LDE	14	13			0				0	1	0	1	4.0
34	Marlin Briscoe	BUF	24	WR	13	8			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
35	Aaron Brown	KAN	26	RDE	14	14			0				0	3	12	0	14.0
36	Willie Brown*+	OAK	29	RCB	14	14	5	111	0	30						0	0.0
37	Bob Bruggers	SDG	25	LB	12	6	1	5	0	5						0	0.0
38	Buck Buchanan*+	KAN	30	RDT	14	14			0								6.5
39	Drew Buie	OAK	22	WR	14	0			0							0	1.0
40	Nick Buoniconti*+	MIA	29	MLB	13	13	3	27	0	24			0	1	0	0	2.0
41	George Burrell	DEN	21	FS	14	7	2	65	1	38						0	0.0
42	Butch Byrd*+	BUF	28	RCB	14	14	7	95	1	32			1	1	26	0	0.0
43	Jim Campbell	SDG	23	LB	1	0	1	0	0	0						0	0.0
44	Woody Campbell	HOU	25	RB	4	2			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
45	Levert Carr	SDG	25	DE	7	0			0								1.0
46	Larry Carwell	BOS	25	LCB	13	13	4	114	0	38						0	1.0
47	Grady Cavness	DEN	22	LCB	14	14	2	30	0	29			0	2	17	0	0.0
48	Edgar Chandler	BUF	23	LLB	14	6			0				0	1	0	0	1.0
49	John Charles	BOS	25	SS	13	13	4	46	1	25			0	1	0	0	0.0
50	Jim Cheyunski	BOS	24	MLB	14	14	1	37	0	37			0	3	21	0	1.5
51	Al Coleman	CIN	25	SS	14	13			0				0	3	0	0	0.0
52	Dan Conners	OAK	28	MLB	14	14	1	75	1	75			0	3	31	1	3.0
53	Dave Costa*	DEN	28	RDT	14	14			0								11.5
54	Paul Crane	NYJ	25	LLB	14	8	3	63	1	27			0	1	0	0	1.0
55	Hilton Crawford	BUF	24	DB	7	0			0				1	1	7	0	0.0
56	Curley Culp*	KAN	23	LDT	14	14			0								8.5
57	Carl Cunningham	DEN	25	LLB	14	14	2	10	0	5						0	3.0
58	George Daney	KAN	23	G	14	3			0				0	2	5	1	0.0
59	Ben Davidson	OAK	29	RDE	14	14			0								9.5
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
60	Steve DeLong*	SDG	26	RDE	14	14			0								15.5
61	Wallace Dickey	DEN	28	T	12	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
62	Hewritt Dixon	OAK	29	RB	11	10			0				4	2	3	0	0.0
63	John Dockery	NYJ	25	LCB	14	10	5	98	0	35						0	0.0
64	Marty Domres	SDG	22	QB	10	4			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
65	Tom Domres	HOU	23	RDT	14	14			0				0	1	38	1	3.0
66	Al Dotson	OAK	26	DT	13	1			0							0	3.0						1
67	Elbert Drungo	HOU	26	T	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
68	Jim Dunaway	BUF	28	LDT	14	14			0								0.5
69	Speedy Duncan	SDG	27	RCB	14	10	6	118	1	72			4	1	0	0	0.0
70	Pete Duranko	DEN	26	RDE	14	14			0				0	3	0	0	7.0
71	Booker Edgerson	BUF	30	LCB	14	14	1	0	0	0			0	4	39	1	0.0
72	Randy Edmunds	MIA	23	LLB	14	14			0				0	1	0	0	5.0
73	Lloyd Edwards	OAK	23	TE	14	0			0				0	2	0	0	0.0
74	Mike Eischeid	OAK	29	P	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
75	Larry Eisenhauer	BOS	29	RDE	14	13			0								3.0
76	John Elliott*+	NYJ	25	RDT	14	13			0				0	1	0	0	10.0
77	Frank Emanuel	MIA	27	LB	14	1			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
78	Miller Farr*	HOU	26	LCB	14	14	6	48	0	35						0	0.0
79	Manny Fernandez	MIA	23	LDT	14	13			0				0	1	0	0	4.0
80	Carl Garrett*	BOS	22	RB	14	9			0				6	2	0	0	0.0
81	Jack Gehrke	CIN	23	WR	10	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
82	Tom Goode*	MIA	31	C	14	14			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
83	Cornell Gordon	NYJ	28	RCB	14	9	4	23	0	20			1	0	0	0	0.0
84	Kenny Graham*	SDG	28	SS	14	14	4	112	2	65			4	4	2	0	0.0
85	Larry Grantham*	NYJ	31	RLB	14	14			0				0	2	0	0	1.5
86	Dave Grayson*+	OAK	30	FS	14	14	8	132	1	76			0	1	15	0	0.0
87	Charlie Greer	DEN	23	SS	12	9	2	13	0	13			0	1	0	0	0.0
88	Bob Griese	MIA	24	QB	9	9			0				5	2	0	0	0.0
89	Paul Guidry	BUF	25	LLB	8	8	2	39	0	39						0	1.0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
90	John Guillory	CIN	24	RCB	11	5	1	0	0	0			2	1	0	0	0.0
91	Harry Gunner	CIN	25	DE	14	3	1	70	1	70			1	0	0	0	2.5
92	John Hadl*	SDG	29	QB	14	10			0				3	2	-7	0	0.0
93	James Harris	BUF	22	QB	4	1			0				3	1	0	0	0.0
94	Waddey Harvey	BUF	22	DT	14	0			0							0	1.0
95	Wendell Hayes	KAN	29	RB	14	0			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
96	Karl Henke	BOS	24	LDE	10	7			0								1.0
97	W.K. Hicks	HOU	27	FS	14	9	4	36	0	20						0	0.0
98	Jim Hill	SDG	23	FS	14	14	7	92	0	42			0	2	0	0	0.0
99	Gus Hollomon	DEN	24	SS	14	5	1	0	0	0			2	2	6	0	0.0
100	Pat Holmes	HOU	29	LDE	14	14			0								6.0
101	Robert Holmes*	KAN	24	RB	14	14			0				9	2	0	0	0.0
102	Ken Houston*	HOU	25	SS	14	14	4	87	1	51			1	3	7	0	0.0
103	Bob Howard	SDG	25	LCB	14	13	6	50	0	19			1	2	0	0	0.0
104	John Huard	DEN	25	MLB	14	14	2	18	0	18						0	0.0
105	Marv Hubbard	OAK	23	RB	14	0			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
106	Brad Hubbert	SDG	28	RB	14	9			0				5	3	0	0	0.0
107	Jim Hudson	NYJ	26	SS	4	4	2	22	0	22						0	0.0
108	Bobby Hunt	CIN	29	FS	14	14	4	66	0	27			0	1	0	0	0.0
109	Jim Lee Hunt*	BOS	31	LDT	14	14			0				0	1	0	0	2.5
110	Jerry Inman	DEN	29	LDT	14	11			0				0	1	0	0	2.0
111	Rich Jackson*+	DEN	28	LDE	14	14			0				0	1	0	0	12.5
112	Harry Jacobs*	BUF	32	MLB	14	14	2	13	0	12			0	1	0	0	1.0
113	Ray Jacobs	BOS	31	LDE	8	5			0				0	2	0	0	1.0
114	Robert James	BUF	22	DB	14	0			0				0	2	0	0	0.0
115	Tom Janik	BOS	29	DB	14	1	1	8	0	8						0	0.0
116	Pete Jaquess	DEN	29	DB	7	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
117	Daryl Johnson	BOS	23	RCB	14	14	2	23	0	23			0	1	32	1	0.0						1
118	Ezell Jones	BOS	22	T	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0						1
119	Jimmie Jones	NYJ	22	DE	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
120	Jim Kearney	KAN	26	SS	14	14	5	143	1	60			2	0	0	0	0.0
121	Tom Keating	OAK	27	RDT	14	13			0				0	1	0	0	12.0
122	Jack Kemp*	BUF	34	QB	14	11			0				8	5	0	0	0.0
123	Jim Kiick*	MIA	23	RB	14	14			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
124	Ron Lamb	CIN	26	RB	14	0			0				0	1	34	0	0.0
125	Willie Lanier*	KAN	24	MLB	14	14	4	70	0	44			0	1	5	0	1.0
126	Bill Laskey	OAK	26	LLB	12	8	3	66	0	32						0	0.0
127	Ike Lassiter	OAK	29	LDE	14	14			0				0	2	3	0	15.0
128	Cecil Leonard	NYJ	23	DB	8	2			0				0	1	13	0	0.0
129	Jerry LeVias*	HOU	23	WR	14	7			0				5	2	0	0	0.0
130	Mike Livingston*	KAN	24	QB	9	6			0				4	2	0	0	0.0
131	Charley Long	BOS	31	G	13	3			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
132	Angelo Loukas	BUF	22	G	13	2			0				0	1	5	0	0.0
133	Jim Lynch	KAN	24	RLB	14	14	3	18	0	14			0	1	0	0	2.0
134	Bobby Maples	HOU	27	C	14	14			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
135	Jim Marsalis*	KAN	24	LCB	14	14	2	33	0	28						0	1.0
136	Jerry Mays	KAN	30	LDE	14	14			0								11.0
137	Mike McBath	BUF	23	RDE	14	14			0				0	1	10	0	3.0
138	Dale McCullers	MIA	22	LB	14	0			0				1	2	0	0	1.0
139	Ron McDole	BUF	30	LDE	14	14			0								5.0
140	Warren McVea	KAN	23	RB	11	0			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
141	Gene Milton	MIA	25	WR	14	6			0				2	2	1	1	0.0
142	Rex Mirich	DEN	28	DT	7	2			0								2.0
143	Willie Mitchell	KAN	29	DB	14	0	1	27	0	27			4	3	1	0	0.0
144	Zeke Moore*	HOU	26	RCB	13	9	4	71	1	51			0	2	0	0	0.0
145	Haven Moses*	BUF	23	WR	14	14			0				0	1	11	0	0.0
146	Lloyd Mumphord	MIA	23	RCB	11	9	5	102	0	51			0	2	0	0	0.0
147	Chip Myrtle	DEN	24	RLB	12	9			0				0	1	0	0	2.0
148	Joe Namath*	NYJ	26	QB	14	14			0				3	1	-13	0	0.0
149	John Neidert	NYJ	23	MLB	14	4			0				0	2	0	0	0.0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
150	Rick Norton	MIA	26	QB	7	5			0				6	3	-27	0	0.0
151	Julian Nunamaker	BUF	23	DE	10	0			0				0	1	33	0	0.0
152	Carleton Oats	OAK	27	LDT	13	13			0				0	1	0	0	3.5
153	Tom Oberg	DEN	24	FS	7	7			0				0	1	7	0	0.0
154	Dave Ogas	BUF	23	LB	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
155	Chip Oliver	OAK	25	LLB	14	6	1	29	1	29			0	2	0	0	0.0
156	Gus Otto*	OAK	26	RLB	14	14	2	4	0	4						0	0.0
157	Ernie Park	CIN	29	LG	11	8			0				0	2	0	0	0.0
158	Willie Parker	HOU	24	DT	12	2			0				0	1	0	0	3.0
159	Wayne Patrick	BUF	23	RB	14	10			0				6	1	0	0	0.0
160	Johnny Peacock	HOU	22	FS	14	5	2	56	0	39			0	1	27	1	0.0
161	Willie Pearson	MIA	22	DB	5	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
162	Bill Peterson	CIN	24	RLB	14	12	4	23	0	17						0	0.0
163	Bob Petrella	MIA	25	SS	14	8	1	33	0	33			0	1	0	0	0.0
164	Gerry Philbin*+	NYJ	28	LDE	13	13	1	18	0	18			0	3	0	0	12.0
165	Jess Phillips	CIN	22	RB	14	12			0				4	1	0	0	0.0
166	Ed Philpott	BOS	24	LLB	14	14	4	37	0	16			0	1	0	0	1.0
167	John Pitts	BUF	24	SS	14	14	2	40	0	38			0	1	17	0	0.0
168	Jesse Powell	MIA	22	LB	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
169	Ron Pritchard	HOU	22	LB	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	1.0
170	Barry Pryor	MIA	23	RB	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
171	Rick Redman	SDG	26	MLB	14	14	1	3	0	3			0	1	0	0	0.0
172	Andy Rice	CIN	29	LDT	14	14			0				0	2	0	0	6.0
173	George Rice	HOU	25	DT	7	0			0								1.0
174	Jim Richards	NYJ	23	SS	14	9	3	48	0	37						0	0.0
175	John Richardson	MIA	24	RDT	14	14			0				0	1	0	0	3.0
176	Pete Richardson	BUF	23	FS	14	6	2	17	0	17			1	2	0	0	1.0
177	Tom Richardson	BOS	25	WR	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
178	Mike Richey	BUF	22	LT	14	5			0				0	2	0	0	0.0
179	Frank Richter	DEN	25	RLB	14	5			0								2.0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
180	Houston Ridge	SDG	25	RDT	5	5			0								1.5
181	Jim Riley	MIA	24	LDE	14	14			0								3.0
182	Ken Riley	CIN	22	RCB	14	9	4	66	0	66			1	2	0	0	0.0
183	Johnny Robinson+	KAN	31	FS	14	14	8	158	0	33						0	0.0
184	George Saimes	BUF	28	FS	8	8	3	47	0	28						0	2.0
185	Marty Schottenheimer	BOS	26	LB	11	1	1	3	0	3						0	0.0
186	Clarence Scott	BOS	25	DB	14	0			0				1	2	0	0	0.0
187	Goldie Sellers	KAN	27	DB	14	0			0				1	2	19	1	0.0
188	Billy Shaw*	BUF	31	LG	13	12			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
189	Rod Sherman	OAK	25	WR	14	0			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
190	Tommie Smiley	DEN	25	RB	14	9			0				3	1	0	0	0.0
191	Fletcher Smith	CIN	26	LCB	14	13	4	67	0	29						0	0.0
192	Paul Smith	DEN	24	DT	14	1			0				0	1	0	0	3.0
193	Matt Snell*+	NYJ	28	RB	14	13			0				5	1	0	0	0.0
194	Jeff Staggs	SDG	25	LLB	13	11			0				0	1	21	0	3.0
195	Bill Staley	CIN	23	RDT	11	11			0								0.5
196	Bill Stanfill*	MIA	22	RDE	13	13	2	32	2	17						0	8.0
197	Bob Stein	KAN	21	LB	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
198	Wayne Stewart	NYJ	22	TE	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
199	Carel Stith	HOU	24	LDT	14	12			0				0	1	0	0	1.0
200	Mike Stratton	BUF	28	RLB	14	14			0				0	1	0	0	5.5
201	Walt Suggs	HOU	30	LT	14	14			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
202	Bob Svihus	OAK	26	LT	13	13			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
203	Bob Tatarek	BUF	23	RDT	14	14			0								6.0
204	Otis Taylor	KAN	27	WR	11	7			0				1	1	8	0	0.0
205	Steve Tensi	DEN	27	QB	13	12			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
206	Emmitt Thomas	KAN	26	RCB	14	14	9	146	1	45			0	2	0	0	0.0
207	Bill Thompson	DEN	23	RCB	14	14	3	92	1	57			4	3	0	0	0.0
208	Steve Thompson	NYJ	24	LDT	14	14			0				0	1	0	0	5.0
209	Art Thoms	OAK	23	DT	12	1			0								1.0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
210	Bubba Thornton	BUF	22	WR	14	6			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
211	Larry Todd	OAK	27	RB	11	0			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
212	Bob Trumpy*+	CIN	24	TE	14	14			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
213	Clem Turner	CIN	24	RB	14	2			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
214	Jim Turner*	NYJ	28	K	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
215	Olen Underwood	HOU	27	RLB	14	14	1	2	0	2			0	1	0	0	1.0
216	Gene Upshaw+	OAK	24	LG	14	14			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
217	Russ Washington	SDG	23	LDT	14	13			0								1.0
218	Don Webb*	BOS	30	FS	14	14	2	32	0	32						0	0.0
219	George Webster*+	HOU	24	LLB	14	14	2	35	0	26			0	1	0	0	1.5
220	Ed Weisacosky	MIA	25	RLB	14	14	3	10	0	7						0	2.0
221	Warren Wells	OAK	27	WR	14	14			0				3	1	0	0	0.0
222	Howie Williams	OAK	33	SS	14	4	2	4	0	2			0	1	4	0	0.0
223	J.R. Williamson	BOS	28	LB	14	1			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
224	Nemiah Wilson	OAK	26	LCB	14	12	2	25	0	22			0	1	0	0	0.0
225	Mel Witt	BOS	24	DE	6	1			0								1.0
226	Glenn Woods	HOU	23	DE	7	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0

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