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Gary Ballman

Gary John Ballman

Position: FL-TE-SE-WR

6-1, 215lb (185cm, 97kg)

Born: July 6, 1940 in Detroit, MI

Died: May 20, 2004 in Aurora, CO

College: Michigan St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 48 (1829th overall since 1960)

High School: East Detroit (MI)

Draft: Pittsburgh Steelers in the 8th round (104th overall) of the 1962 NFL Draft., Denver Broncos in the 16th round (122nd overall) of the 1962 AFL Draft.

2x Pro Bowl

SUMMARY

Career

131

Rec

323

Yds

5366

Y/R

16.6

FantPt

794.8

Receiving & Rushing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1962	22	PIT	FL	48	3	2				0				3	7	0	3	2.3	2.3	1.0	3	2.3	7	0	0	0
1963	23	PIT	WR	85	14	4	26	492	18.9	5	67	1.9	35.1	8	59	0	18	7.4	4.2	0.6	34	16.2	551	5	2	7
1964*	24	PIT	FL/LE	85	13	13	47	935	19.9	7	47	3.6	71.9	11	43	0	11	3.9	3.3	0.8	58	16.9	978	7	2	11	PB
1965*	25	PIT	FL	85	14	12	40	859	21.5	5	87	2.9	61.4	17	46	3	11	2.7	3.3	1.2	57	15.9	905	8	2	7	PB
1966	26	PIT	LE	85	13	13	41	663	16.2	5	79	3.2	51.0			0					41	16.2	663	5	2	7
1967	27	PHI	LE	85	12	12	36	524	14.6	6	67	3.0	43.7	1	17	1	17	17.0	1.4	0.1	37	14.6	541	7	2	6
1968	28	PHI	LE	85	12	12	30	341	11.4	4	55	2.5	28.4	1	30	0	30	30.0	2.5	0.1	31	12.0	371	4	0	4
1969	29	PHI	TE	85	14	13	31	492	15.9	2	80	2.2	35.1			0					31	15.9	492	2	0	5
1970	30	PHI	TE/WR	85	14	13	47	601	12.8	3	26	3.4	42.9			0					47	12.8	601	3	1	7
1971	31	PHI	TE	85	6	6	13	238	18.3	0	57	2.2	39.7			0					13	18.3	238	0	1	2
1972	32	PHI	TE	85	8	4	9	183	20.3	0	43	1.1	22.9			0					9	20.3	183	0	0	1
1973	33	2TM	TE		8	0	3	38	12.7	0	16	0.4	4.8			0					3	12.7	38	0	0	0
		MIN	TE	85	5	0	2	22	11.0	0	12	0.4	4.4			0					2	11.0	22	0	0	0
		NYG	TE	82	3	0	1	16	16.0	0	16	0.3	5.3			0					1	16.0	16	0	0	0
Career					131	104	323	5366	16.6	37	87	2.5	41.0	41	202	4	30	4.9	1.5	0.3	364	15.3	5568	41	12	57
6 yrs		PHI			66	60	166	2379	14.3	15	80	2.5	36.0	2	47	1	30	23.5	0.7	0.0	168	14.4	2426	16	4	25
5 yrs		PIT			57	44	154	2949	19.1	22	87	2.7	51.7	39	155	3	18	4.0	2.7	0.7	193	16.1	3104	25	8	32
1 yr		MIN			5	0	2	22	11.0	0	12	0.4	4.4			0					2	11.0	22	0		0
1 yr		NYG			3	0	1	16	16.0	0	16	0.3	5.3			0					1	16.0	16	0		0

Receiving & Rushing Table
				Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1973	33	MIN	FL	1	0

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1963	23	PIT	WR	85	14	4			0			22	698	1	93	31.7	1249
1964*	24	PIT	FL/LE	85	13	13			0			14	386	0	80	27.6	1364
1965*	25	PIT	FL	85	14	12			0			8	150	0	25	18.8	1055
1966	26	PIT	LE	85	13	13			0			20	477	0	70	23.9	1140
1967	27	PHI	LE	85	12	12			0			2	43	0	27	21.5	584
Career					131	104			0			66	1754	1	93	26.6	7322
6 yrs		PHI			66	60			0			2	43	0	27	21.5	2469
5 yrs		PIT			57	44			0			64	1711	1	93	26.7	4815
1 yr		MIN			5	0			0					0			22
1 yr		NYG			3	0			0					0			16

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1963	23	PIT	WR	85	14	4			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
1964*	24	PIT	FL/LE	85	13	13			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
1965*	25	PIT	FL	85	14	12			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
1966	26	PIT	LE	85	13	13			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
1967	27	PHI	LE	85	12	12			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
1969	29	PHI	TE	85	14	13			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
1970	30	PHI	TE/WR	85	14	13			0				1	2	0	0	0.0
1971	31	PHI	TE	85	6	6			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1972	32	PHI	TE	85	8	4			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
Career					131	104			0				12	6	0	0	0.0
6 yrs		PHI			66	60			0				4	4	0	0	0.0
5 yrs		PIT			57	44			0				8	2	0	0	0.0
1 yr		MIN			5	0			0							0	0.0
1 yr		NYG			3	0			0							0	0.0

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1964*	24	PIT	FL/LE	85	13	13	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
1970	30	PHI	TE/WR	85	14	13	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
Career					131	104	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	-22.5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-22.50
6 yrs		PHI			66	60	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
5 yrs		PIT			57	44	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0	0.0	0.0	0	0
1 yr		MIN			5	0
1 yr		NYG			3	0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1963	23	PIT	WR	85	14	4		5	1	6		36	2.6
1964*	24	PIT	FL/LE	85	13	13		7		7		42	3.2
1965*	25	PIT	FL	85	14	12	3	5		8		48	3.4
1966	26	PIT	LE	85	13	13		5		5		30	2.3
1967	27	PHI	LE	85	12	12	1	6		7		42	3.5
1968	28	PHI	LE	85	12	12		4		4		24	2.0
1969	29	PHI	TE	85	14	13		2		2		12	0.9
1970	30	PHI	TE/WR	85	14	13		3		3		18	1.3
Career					131	104	4	37	1	42	0	252	1.9
6 yrs		PHI			66	60	1	15		16	0	96	1.5
5 yrs		PIT			57	44	3	22	1	26	0	156	2.7
1 yr		MIN			5	0					0	0	0.0
1 yr		NYG			3	0					0	0	0.0

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