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Jerry Norton

Jerry Ray Norton

Position: DB-HB

5-11, 195lb (180cm, 88kg)

Born: May 17, 1931 in Gilmer, TX

Died: January 14, 2020

College: SMU

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 43 (2253rd overall since 1960)

High School: Texas (TX)

Draft: Philadelphia Eagles in the 7th round (81st overall) of the 1954 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

131

Pnt

358

Yds

15671

Lng

Punting

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

Regular Season

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck	AV	Awards
1954	23	PHI	FS	41	12	12	0	0		0	0		UPI RoY-6
1955	24	PHI	LH	41	12	4	0	0		0	0
1956	25	PHI	DB	41	6	6	0	0		0	0
1957*	26	PHI	SS	41	12	12	68	2798	41.1	63	1		PB
1958*	27	PHI	SS	41	9	8	0	0		0	0		PB
1959*	28	CRD	SS	25	12	9	59	2650	44.9	60	0		PB
1960*+	29	STL	SS	25	12	9	39	1777	45.6	62	0	19	AP1, PB
1961*	30	STL	SS	25	14	13	85	3802	44.7	78	1	15	PB
1962	31	DAL	SS	25	14	14	0	0		0	0	6
1963	32	GNB	P	23	14	0	51	2279	44.7	61	0	3
1964	33	GNB	P	23	14	0	56	2365	42.2	61	0	2
Career					131	87	358	15671	43.8	78	2	45
5 yrs		PHI			51	42	68	2798	41.1	63	1
3 yrs		CRD-STL			38	31	183	8229	45.0	78	1	34
2 yrs		GNB			28	0	107	4644	43.4	61	0	5
1 yr		DAL			14	14	0	0		0	0	6

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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
1954	23	PHI	FS	41	12	12	5	110	1	69			2	4	0	0
1955	24	PHI	LH	41	12	4	1	0	0	0			6	2	0	0
1956	25	PHI	DB	41	6	6	2	34	0	23			0	0	0	0
1957*	26	PHI	SS	41	12	12	4	155	1	99			0	5	4	0
1958*	27	PHI	SS	41	9	8	1	0	0	0			0	0	0	0
1959*	28	CRD	SS	25	12	9	3	35	0	30			0	1	11	0
1960*+	29	STL	SS	25	12	9	10	96	0	26			0	2	0	0	0.0
1961*	30	STL	SS	25	14	13	7	136	2	47			0	2	0	0	0.0
1962	31	DAL	SS	25	14	14	2	21	0	21			0	4	11	0	0.0
Career					131	87	35	587	4	99			8	20	26	0	0.0
5 yrs		PHI			51	42	13	299	2	99			8	11	4	0	0.0
3 yrs		CRD-STL			38	31	20	267	2	47			0	5	11	0	0.0
2 yrs		GNB			28	0			0							0	0.0
1 yr		DAL			14	14	2	21	0	21			0	4	11	0	0.0

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
1954	23	PHI	FS	41	12	12	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.3	0.1				0				1	-3.0	-3	0	2
1955	24	PHI	LH	41	12	4	36	144	1	23	4.0	12.0	3.0	11	125	11.4	1	36	0.9	10.4	47	5.7	269	2	6
1957*	26	PHI	SS	41	12	12	2	73	0	61	36.5	6.1	0.2				0				2	36.5	73	0	0
1959*	28	CRD	SS	25	12	9	2	41	0	24	20.5	3.4	0.2				0				2	20.5	41	0	0
1960*+	29	STL	SS	25	12	9	2	47	0	26	23.5	3.9	0.2				0				2	23.5	47	0	0
1961*	30	STL	SS	25	14	13	1	15	0	15	15.0	1.1	0.1				0				1	15.0	15	0	0
1963	32	GNB	P	23	14	0	2	0	0	4	0.0	0.0	0.1				0				2	0.0		0	0
1964	33	GNB	P	23	14	0	1	24	0	24	24.0	1.7	0.1				0				1	24.0	24	0	0
Career					131	87	47	341	1	61	7.3	2.6	0.4	11	125	11.4	1	36	0.1	1.0	58	8.0	466	2	8
5 yrs		PHI			51	42	39	214	1	61	5.5	4.2	0.8	11	125	11.4	1	36	0.2	2.5	50	6.8	339	2	8
3 yrs		CRD-STL			38	31	5	103	0	26	20.6	2.7	0.1				0				5	20.6	103	0
2 yrs		GNB			28	0	3	24	0	24	8.0	0.9	0.1				0				3	8.0	24	0
1 yr		DAL			14	14			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
1954	23	PHI	FS	41	12	12	21	89	0	18	4.2			0			196
1955	24	PHI	LH	41	12	4	20	33	0	13	1.7	8	281	1	96	35.1	583
1956	25	PHI	DB	41	6	6			0			1	31	0	31	31.0	65
1957*	26	PHI	SS	41	12	12	1	13	0	13	13.0	2	33	0	18	16.5	278
1958*	27	PHI	SS	41	9	8	1	8	0	8	8.0			0			8
1959*	28	CRD	SS	25	12	9	3	4	0	4	1.3	3	70	0	25	23.3	161
Career					131	87	46	147	0	18	3.2	14	415	1	96	29.6	1641
5 yrs		PHI			51	42	43	143	0	18	3.3	11	345	1	96	31.4	1130
3 yrs		CRD-STL			38	31	3	4	0	4	1.3	3	70	0	25	23.3	455
2 yrs		GNB			28	0			0					0			24
1 yr		DAL			14	14			0					0			32

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
1955	24	PHI	LH	41	12	4	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6
1957*	26	PHI	SS	41	12	12	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6
Career					131	87	0	2	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		PHI			51	42	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6
3 yrs		CRD-STL			38	31
2 yrs		GNB			28	0
1 yr		DAL			14	14

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	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1954	23	PHI	FS	41	12	12				1		1		6	0.5
1955	24	PHI	LH	41	12	4	1	1	1			3		18	1.5
1957*	26	PHI	SS	41	12	12				1		1		6	0.5
1961*	30	STL	SS	25	14	13				2		2		12	0.9
1962	31	DAL	SS	25	14	14					1	1		6	0.4
Career					131	87	1	1	1	4	1	8	0	48	.4
5 yrs		PHI			51	42	1	1	1	2		5	0	30	.6
3 yrs		CRD-STL			38	31				2		2	0	12	.3
2 yrs		GNB			28	0							0	0	0.0
1 yr		DAL			14	14					1	1	0	6	.4

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