Curley Johnson

John Curley Johnson

Position: RB-P-TE

6-0, 215lb (183cm, 97kg)

Born: July 2, 1935 in Anna, TX

Died: June 12, 2016 in Granbury, TX

College: Houston

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 20 (5500th overall since 1960)

High School: Woodrow Wilson (TX)

Draft: Pittsburgh Steelers in the 7th round (77th overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

129

Pnt

559

Yds

23651

Lng

Punting

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck	AV	Awards
1960	25	DTX	HB	33	14	0	3	110	36.7	58	0	2
1961	26	NYT	HB	20	12	0	66	2821	42.7	70	0	3
1962	27	NYT	RB	20	14	3	50	1998	40.0	63	0	2
1963	28	NYJ	P	33	14	0	72	3034	42.1	64	1	2
1964	29	NYJ	FB	33	14	0	79	3261	41.3	61	2	1
1965*	30	NYJ	P	33	14	0	72	3260	45.3	73	0	4	PB
1966	31	NYJ	TE	33	14	0	62	2633	42.5	63	0	3
1967	32	NYJ	FB	33	14	0	65	2734	42.1	60	0	3
1968	33	NYJ	P	33	14	1	68	2977	43.8	65	1	4
1969	34	NYG	P	33	5	0	22	823	37.4	66	2	0
Career					129	4	559	23651	42.3	73	6	24
8 yrs		NYJ-NYT			110	4	534	22718	42.5	73	4	22
1 yr		DTX			14	0	3	110	36.7	58	0	2
1 yr		NYG			5	0	22	823	37.4	66	2	0

Punting Table
				Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck
1968	33	NYJ		2	0	14	570	40.7	63	0
Career				2		14	570	40.7	63	0

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Rushing & Receiving

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

Regular Season

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1960	25	DTX	HB	33	14	0	23	43	1	8	1.9	3.1	1.6	10	174	17.4	1	36	0.7	12.4	33	6.6	217	2	1
1961	26	NYT	HB	20	12	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.3	0.1	1	32	32.0	0	32	0.1	2.7	2	17.5	35	0	0
1962	27	NYT	RB	20	14	3	26	114	0	25	4.4	8.1	1.9	14	62	4.4	0	12	1.0	4.4	40	4.4	176	0	3
1963	28	NYJ	P	33	14	0	2	6	0	5	3.0	0.4	0.1				0				2	3.0	6	0	1
1964	29	NYJ	FB	33	14	0	6	22	0	8	3.7	1.6	0.4				0				6	3.7	22	0	0
1965*	30	NYJ	P	33	14	0	2	3	0	2	1.5	0.2	0.1	1	6	6.0	1	6	0.1	0.4	3	3.0	9	1	0
1966	31	NYJ	TE	33	14	0	2	24	0	20	12.0	1.7	0.1	1	18	18.0	1	18	0.1	1.3	3	14.0	42	1	2
1968	33	NYJ	P	33	14	1	2	-6	0	0	-3.0	-0.4	0.1	5	78	15.6	0	18	0.4	5.6	7	10.3	72	0	1
Career					129	4	64	209	1	25	3.3	1.6	0.5	32	370	11.6	3	36	0.2	2.9	96	6.0	579	4	8
8 yrs		NYJ-NYT			110	4	41	166	0	25	4.0	1.5	0.4	22	196	8.9	2	32	0.2	1.8	63	5.7	362	2	7
1 yr		DTX			14	0	23	43	1	8	1.9	3.1	1.6	10	174	17.4	1	36	0.7	12.4	33	6.6	217	2	1
1 yr		NYG			5	0			0								0							0

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
1960	25	DTX	HB	33	14	0			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	230
1961	26	NYT	HB	20	12	0			0			5	84	0	21	16.8	119
1962	27	NYT	RB	20	14	3			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	190
1963	28	NYJ	P	33	14	0			0			6	77	0	17	12.8	83
1964	29	NYJ	FB	33	14	0			0			4	62	0	19	15.5	84
1966	31	NYJ	TE	33	14	0			0			1	4	0	4	4.0	46
Career					129	4			0			18	254	0	21	14.1	833
8 yrs		NYJ-NYT			110	4			0			17	241	0	21	14.2	603
1 yr		DTX			14	0			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	230
1 yr		NYG			5	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	29	NYJ	FB	33	14	0	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6
Career					129		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
8 yrs		NYJ-NYT			110	4	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6
1 yr		DTX			14	0
1 yr		NYG			5	0

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
1960	25	DTX	HB	33	14	0			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1962	27	NYT	RB	20	14	3			0				3	0	0	0	0.0
1963	28	NYJ	P	33	14	0			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1966	31	NYJ	TE	33	14	0			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
1968	33	NYJ	P	33	14	1			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
1969	34	NYG	P	33	5	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
Career					129	4			0				8	2	0	0	0.0
8 yrs		NYJ-NYT			110	4			0				7	1	0	0	0.0
1 yr		DTX			14	0			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1 yr		NYG			5	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0

Kicking

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

Regular Season

Kicking Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg
1960	25	DTX	HB	33	14	0					1						1			0.0%
Career					129						1						1			0.0%
8 yrs		NYJ-NYT			110	4
1 yr		DTX			14	0					1						1			0.0%
1 yr		NYG			5	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	AllTD	2PM	D2P	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1960	25	DTX	HB	33	14	0	1	1	2	1		1	14	1.0
1965*	30	NYJ	P	33	14	0		1	1				6	0.4
1966	31	NYJ	TE	33	14	0		1	1				6	0.4
Career					129		1	3	4	1	0	1	26	.2
8 yrs		NYJ-NYT			110	4		2	2		0		12	.1
1 yr		DTX			14	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	14	1.0
1 yr		NYG			5	0					0		0	0.0

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