Joe Morrison

Joseph R. Morrison

Position: HB-FL-FB

6-1, 210lb (185cm, 95kg)

Born: August 21, 1937 in Lima, OH

Died: February 5, 1989 in Columbia, SC

College: Cincinnati (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 60 (1071st overall since 1960)

High School: South (OH)

Draft: New York Giants in the 3rd round (34th overall) of the 1959 NFL Draft.

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SUMMARY

Career

184

Rush

677

Yds

2474

Y/A

3.7

FantPt

1108.5

Rec

395

Yds

4993

Y/R

12.6

FantPt

1108.5

Rushing & Receiving

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Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
							Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Att	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	Awards
1959	22	NYG	NFL	HB	12	3	62	165	1	14	2.7	13.8	5.2	17	183	10.8	1	37	1.4	15.3	79	4.4	348	2	5
1960	23	NYG	NFL	RHB	12	10	103	346	2	19	3.4	28.8	8.6	29	367	12.7	3	51	2.4	30.6	132	5.4	713	5	7	7
1961	24	NYG	NFL	HB	13	7	33	48	1	14	1.5	3.7	2.5	11	67	6.1	1	16	0.8	5.2	44	2.6	115	2	4	1
1962	25	NYG	NFL	HB	14	0	35	146	1	21	4.2	10.4	2.5	6	107	17.8	2	36	0.4	7.6	41	6.2	253	3	1	3
1963	26	NYG	NFL	FB	14	7	119	568	3	70	4.8	40.6	8.5	31	284	9.2	7	57	2.2	20.3	150	5.7	852	10	3	9
1964	27	NYG	NFL	FB	14	12	45	138	1	15	3.1	9.9	3.2	40	505	12.6	2	70	2.9	36.1	85	7.6	643	3	2	5
1965	28	NYG	NFL	FL	13	9	3	20	1	11	6.7	1.5	0.2	41	574	14.0	4	46	3.2	44.2	44	13.5	594	5	1	7
1966	29	NYG	NFL	FL/HB	14	14	67	275	2	20	4.1	19.6	4.8	46	724	15.7	6	49	3.3	51.7	113	8.8	999	8	1	10
1967	30	NYG	NFL	FL	13	11	36	161	2	11	4.5	12.4	2.8	37	524	14.2	7	59	2.8	40.3	73	9.4	685	9	0	9
1968	31	NYG	NFL	FL	14	14	9	28	0	11	3.1	2.0	0.6	37	425	11.5	6	68	2.6	30.4	46	9.8	453	6	1	6
1969	32	NYG	NFL	RB	14	9	107	387	4	13	3.6	27.6	7.6	44	647	14.7	7	65	3.1	46.2	151	6.8	1034	11	0	11
1970	33	NYG	NFL	RB	10	3	11	25	0	7	2.3	2.5	1.1	11	136	12.4	0	25	1.1	13.6	22	7.3	161	0	1	2
1971	34	NYG	NFL	RB	13	3	38	131	0	20	3.4	10.1	2.9	40	411	10.3	1	45	3.1	31.6	78	6.9	542	1	1	4
1972	35	NYG	NFL	RB	14	0	9	36	0	45	4.0	2.6	0.6	5	39	7.8	0	13	0.4	2.8	14	5.4	75	0	1	1
14 Yrs					184	102	677	2474	18	70	3.7	13.4	3.7	395	4993	12.6	47	70	2.1	27.1	1072	7.0	7467	65	28	75
17 Game Avg					17	9	63	229	2	70	3.7	13.4	3.7	36	461	12.6	4	70	2.1	27.1	99	0.6	690	6	3

Rushing & Receiving Table
							Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Att	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	Awards
1959	22	NYG	NFL	HB	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0

1961	24	NYG	NFL	HB	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	0		0	0	1
1962	25	NYG	NFL	HB	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0		1.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
1963	26	NYG	NFL	FB	1	1	18	61	0	20	3.4	61.0	18.0	3	18	6.0	0	11	3.0	18.0	21	3.8	79	0	1
4 Yrs					4	2	18	61	0	20	3.4	15.3	4.5	4	18	4.5	0	11	1.0	4.5	22	3.6	79	0	2
17 Game Avg					17	9	77	259	0	20	3.4	15.3	4.5	17	77	4.5	0	11	1.0	4.5	94	15.3	336	0	9

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

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	AV	Awards
1959	22	NYG	HB	40	12	3	15	51	0	12	3.4	15	345	0	29	23.0	744		UPI RoY-8
1961	24	NYG	HB	40	13	7	3	6	0	5	2.0	2	32	0	21	16.0	183	1
1962	25	NYG	HB	40	14	0	5	22	0	10	4.4	5	113	0	28	22.6	388	3
1963	26	NYG	FB	40	14	7			0			4	75	0	23	18.8	927	9
1964	27	NYG	FB	40	14	12			0			4	75	0	22	18.8	718	5
Career					184	102	23	79	0	12	3.4	30	640	0	29	21.3	8216	75

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
1959	22	NYG	HB	1	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	2	55	0	33	27.5
1961	24	NYG	SS	1	1	2	7	0	5	3.5			0			7
1962	25	NYG	HB	1	0			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	17
Career				4	2	3	12	0	5	4.0	3	72	0	33	24.0	103

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
							Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1959	22	NYG	NFL	HB	12	3	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0
1960	23	NYG	NFL	RHB	12	10	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0.0	0
1961	24	NYG	NFL	HB	13	7	2	30	0	18	4	1	0	0	0.0	0

1963	26	NYG	NFL	FB	14	7	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
1964	27	NYG	NFL	FB	14	12	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0

1966	29	NYG	NFL	FL/HB	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0

1968	31	NYG	NFL	FL	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
1969	32	NYG	NFL	RB	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0

1971	34	NYG	NFL	RB	13	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
1972	35	NYG	NFL	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
14 Yrs					184	102	2	30	0	18	28	16	0	0	0.0	0
17 Game Avg					17	9	0	3	0	18	3	1	0	0	0.0	0

Passing

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Passing Table
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	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
1959	22	NYG	NFL	HB	12	3	1	2	50.0	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	14	7.0	7.00	14.0	1.2	72.9						0	0
1960	23	NYG	NFL	RHB	12	10	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0						0	0

1963	26	NYG	NFL	FB	14	7	1	2	50.0	18	0	0.0	0	0.0	18	9.0	9.00	18.0	1.3	81.2	0	0	0.00	9.00	9.00	0	0

1967	30	NYG	NFL	FL	13	11	1	1	100.0	12	0	0.0	0	0.0	12	12.0	12.00	12.0	0.9	116.7	0	0	0.00	12.00	12.00	0	0
14 Yrs					184	102	3	6	50.0	44	0	0.0	1	16.7	18	7.3	-0.17	14.7	0.2	34.7	0	0	0.00	7.33	10.00	0	0
17 Game Avg					17	9	0	1	50.0	4	0	0.0	0	16.7		7.3	-0.17	14.7	0.2	34.7						0	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	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1959	22	NYG	HB	40	12	3	1	1	2		12	1.0
1960	23	NYG	RHB	40	12	10	2	3	5		30	2.5
1961	24	NYG	HB	40	13	7	1	1	2		12	0.9
1962	25	NYG	HB	40	14	0	1	2	3		18	1.3
1963	26	NYG	FB	40	14	7	3	7	10		60	4.3
1964	27	NYG	FB	40	14	12	1	2	3		18	1.3
1965	28	NYG	FL	40	13	9	1	4	5		30	2.3
1966	29	NYG	FL/HB	40	14	14	2	6	8		48	3.4
1967	30	NYG	FL	40	13	11	2	7	9		54	4.2
1968	31	NYG	FL	40	14	14		6	6		36	2.6
1969	32	NYG	RB	40	14	9	4	7	11		66	4.7
1971	34	NYG	RB	40	13	3		1	1		6	0.5
Career					184	102	18	47	65	0	390	2.1

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Hall of Fame Monitor

PFR HOF Monitor: 27.73 (147th among RB, average HOF RB is 106.95)

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Joe Morrison born?

Joe Morrison was born on August 21, 1937.

Where was Joe Morrison born?

Joe Morrison was born in Lima, OH.

How tall was Joe Morrison?

Joe Morrison was 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Joe Morrison weigh when playing?

Joe Morrison weighed 210 lbs (95 kg) when playing.

Is Joe Morrison in the Hall of Fame?

Joe Morrison has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Joe Morrison play?

Joe Morrison played 184 games over his career.

How many rushing attempts did Joe Morrison have?

Joe Morrison had 677 rushing attempts over his career.

How many rushing yards did Joe Morrison have?

Joe Morrison had 2,474 rushing yards over his career.

When did Joe Morrison retire?

Joe Morrison last played in 1972.

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