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Joe Laws

Joseph Ray Laws (Tiger)

Position: HB

5-9, 186lb (175cm, 84kg)

Born: June 16, 1911 in Colfax, IA

Died: August 22, 1979 in Green Bay, WI

College: Iowa

High School: Colfax (IA)

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SUMMARY

Career

G

120

AV

Rush

470

Yds

1932

Y/A

4.1

TD

9

FantPt

415.8

Rushing & Receiving

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

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	AV
1934	23	GNB	HB	38	13	7	46	155	1	0	3.4	11.9	3.5	9	165	18.3	1	61	0.7	12.7	55	5.8	320	2	0
1935	24	GNB		29	11	4	24	63	1	0	2.6	5.7	2.2	4	82	20.5	0	41	0.4	7.5	28	5.2	145	1	0
1936	25	GNB		29	11	4	50	296	1	41	5.9	26.9	4.5	10	132	13.2	2	0	0.9	12.0	60	7.1	428	3	0
1937	26	GNB	HB	24	11	9	74	310	1	0	4.2	28.2	6.7	10	121	12.1	0	19	0.9	11.0	84	5.1	431	1	0
1938	27	GNB	HB	24	10	7	60	253	0	0	4.2	25.3	6.0	6	55	9.2	1	17	0.6	5.5	66	4.7	308	1	0
1939*	28	GNB		24	10	3	55	162	2	0	2.9	16.2	5.5	11	177	16.1	1	31	1.1	17.7	66	5.1	339	3	0
1940	29	GNB		24	3	2	7	21	0	0	3.0	7.0	2.3	5	60	12.0	1	24	1.7	20.0	12	6.8	81	1	0
1941	30	GNB		24	11	4	21	58	0	10	2.8	5.3	1.9	4	48	12.0	1	18	0.4	4.4	25	4.2	106	1	0
1942	31	GNB	HB	24	10	6	29	100	0	17	3.4	10.0	2.9	6	96	16.0	1	28	0.6	9.6	35	5.6	196	1	0
1943	32	GNB		24	10	2	43	232	0	31	5.4	23.2	4.3	5	33	6.6	0	22	0.5	3.3	48	5.5	265	0	0
1944	33	GNB		24	10	4	45	200	3	20	4.4	20.0	4.5	7	61	8.7	1	29	0.7	6.1	52	5.0	261	4	0
1945	34	GNB	HB	24	10	6	16	82	0	20	5.1	8.2	1.6	2	11	5.5	0	7	0.2	1.1	18	5.2	93	0	2
Career					120	58	470	1932	9	41	4.1	16.1	3.9	79	1041	13.2	9	61	0.7	8.7	549	5.4	2973	18	2

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	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
1936	25	GNB		1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	1
1938	27	GNB		1	1	4	22	0	10	5.5	22.0	4.0								4	5.5	22	0	0
1939*	28	GNB		1	1	3	20	0	14	6.7	20.0	3.0	1	31	31.0	1	31	1.0	31.0	4	12.8	51	1	0
1941	30	GNB	HB	1	0	0						0.0								0
1944	33	GNB		1	1	13	74	0	20	5.7	74.0	13.0								13	5.7	74	0	1
Career				5	0	20	116	0	20	5.8	23.2	4.0	1	31	31.0	1	31	0.2	6.2	21	7.0	147	1	2

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Defense & Fumbles

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

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
1941	30	GNB		24	11	4	2	36	0	36
1942	31	GNB	HB	24	10	6	3	67	0	38
1943	32	GNB		24	10	2	7	67	0	17
1944	33	GNB		24	10	4	3	36	0	16
1945	34	GNB	HB	24	10	6	3	60	0	35			2	1	2	0
Career					120	58	18	266	1	38			2	1	2	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1936	25	GNB		1	0						0	1	1	0	0
1939*	28	GNB		1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1944	33	GNB		1	1	3	19	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Career				5	0	4	19	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0

Kick & Punt Returns

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

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
1941	30	GNB		24	11	4	2	3	0	3	1.5	3	75	0	26	25.0	220
1942	31	GNB	HB	24	10	6	7	56	0	12	8.0	2	36	0	18	18.0	355
1943	32	GNB		24	10	2	10	84	0	19	8.4	2	47	0	24	23.5	463
1944	33	GNB		24	10	4	15	118	0	23	7.9	8	132	0	25	16.5	547
1945	34	GNB	HB	24	10	6	12	78	0	21	6.5	4	72	0	29	18.0	305
Career					120	58	46	339	1	23	7.4	19	362	0	29	19.1	3942

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1938	27	GNB		1	1						1	29	0	29	29.0	51
1939*	28	GNB		1	1	1	30	0	30	30.0						81
1944	33	GNB		1	1	3	37	0	14	12.3	1	12	0	12	12.0	142
Career				5	0	4	67	0	30	16.8	2	41	0	29	20.5	274

Passing

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

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1934	23	GNB	HB	38	13	7		0	4	0	0	0	0	1	25	0	0.0	-11.3		0.0	0.0						0	0
1935	24	GNB		29	11	4		1	1	100	8	0	0	0	0	8	8.0	8.0	8.0	0.7	100.0						0	0
1936	25	GNB		29	11	4		1	4	25	22	1	25	0	0	22	5.5	10.5	22.0	2.0	89.6
1937	26	GNB	HB	24	11	9		5	11	45.5	42	1	9.1	2	18.2	0	3.8	-2.5	8.4	3.8	46.6						0	0
1938	27	GNB	HB	24	10	7		0	5	0	0	0	0	2	40	0	0.0	-18.0		0.0	0.0
1939*	28	GNB		24	10	3		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1942	31	GNB	HB	24	10	6		2	3	66.7	76	1	33.3	0	0	62	25.3	32.0	38.0	7.6	149.3						0	0
1944	33	GNB		24	10	4		1	4	25	15	0	0	1	25	15	3.8	-7.5	15.0	1.5	3.1
Career					120	58		10	33	30.3	163	3	9.1	6	18.2	62	4.9	-1.4	16.3	1.4	38.6						0	0

Scoring Summary

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

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1934	23	GNB	HB	38	13	7	1	1						2									12
1935	24	GNB		29	11	4	1							1									6
1936	25	GNB		29	11	4	1	2						3									18
1937	26	GNB	HB	24	11	9	1						1	2									12
1938	27	GNB	HB	24	10	7		1				1		2									12
1939*	28	GNB		24	10	3	2	1	1					4									24
1940	29	GNB		24	3	2		1						1									6
1941	30	GNB		24	11	4		1						1									6
1942	31	GNB	HB	24	10	6		1						1									6
1944	33	GNB		24	10	4	3	1						4									24
Career					120	58	9	9	1			1	1	21			0						126

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1939*	28	GNB		1	1		1						1			0						6
Career				5	0		1						1			0						6

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