Ernie Steele

Ernest Raymond Steele

Position: HB-DB

6-0, 187lb (183cm, 84kg)

Born: November 2, 1917 in Bothell, WA

Died: October 16, 2006 in Seattle, WA

College: Washington

High School: Highline (WA)

Draft: Pittsburgh Steelers in the 10th round (81st overall) of the 1942 NFL Draft.

1x NFL Champ

SUMMARY

Career

Rush

258

Yds

1337

Y/A

5.2

FantPt

271.2

Rushing & Receiving

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

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
1942	25	PHI		37	10	1	24	124	0	55	5.2	12.4	2.4	7	114	16.3	1	36	0.7	11.4	31	7.7	238	1	0
1943	26	PHI	lh	37	10	1	85	409	4	47	4.8	40.9	8.5	9	168	18.7	2	60	0.9	16.8	94	6.1	577	6	0
1944	27	PHI		37	9	2	59	247	5	56	4.2	27.4	6.6	1	22	22.0	0	22	0.1	2.4	60	4.5	269	5	0
1945	28	PHI		37	7	1	20	212	1	46	10.6	30.3	2.9	3	42	14.0	0	31	0.4	6.0	23	11.0	254	1	2
1946	29	PHI		37	9	4	31	108	1	43	3.5	12.0	3.4	5	69	13.8	0	24	0.6	7.7	36	4.9	177	1	4
1947	30	PHI	lh	37	12	5	26	138	1	49	5.3	11.5	2.2	4	62	15.5	0	44	0.3	5.2	30	6.7	200	1	3
1948	31	PHI		37	12	2	13	99	1	56	7.6	8.3	1.1	2	43	21.5	1	32	0.2	3.6	15	9.5	142	2	3
Career					69	16	258	1337	13	56	5.2	19.4	3.7	31	520	16.8	4	60	0.4	7.5	289	6.4	1857	17	12

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
1947	30	PHI		2	0	7	34	0	19	4.9	17.0	3.5								7	4.9	34	0	0
1948	31	PHI		1	1				0											0				0
Career				3	1	7	34	0	19	4.9	11.3	2.3								7	4.9	34	0	0

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Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

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
1942	25	PHI		37	10	1	2	49	0	29
1944	27	PHI		37	9	2	6	113	0	62
1945	28	PHI		37	7	1	1	15	0	15			2	1	0	0
1946	29	PHI		37	9	4	3	69	0	30			4	4	10	0
1947	30	PHI	lh	37	12	5	6	103	0	43			3	2	-4	0
1948	31	PHI		37	12	2	6	55	0	33			3	1	0	0
Career					69	16	24	404	0	62			12	8	6	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
1948	31	PHI		1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Career				3	1	1	0	0	0	0

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
1942	25	PHI		37	10	1	9	184	0	0	20.4	6	140	0	36	23.3	611
1943	26	PHI	lh	37	10	1	12	152	0	19	12.7	11	236	0	28	21.5	965
1944	27	PHI		37	9	2	11	181	0	25	16.5	5	128	0	51	25.6	691
1945	28	PHI		37	7	1	2	22	0	12	11.0	3	72	0	27	24.0	363
1946	29	PHI		37	9	4	9	82	0	18	9.1	8	120	0	51	15.0	458
1947	30	PHI	lh	37	12	5	11	183	0	42	16.6	2	17	0	14	8.5	499
1948	31	PHI		37	12	2	1	5	0	5	5.0	2	30	0	20	15.0	232
Career					69	16	55	809	0	42	14.7	37	743	0	51	20.1	3819

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
1947	30	PHI		2	0	2	10	0	0	5.0	1	21	0	21	21.0	31
Career				3		2	10	0	0	5.0	1	21	0	21	21.0	65

Kicking & Punting

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

Regular Season

Kicking & Punting Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs					Punting
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	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1942	25	PHI		37	10	1															1	1	100.0%						2	61	51	1	30.5
Career					69	16															1	1	100.0%						2	61	51	1	30.5

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	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	4QC	GWD
1943	26	PHI	lh	37	10	1	0	1	0	0	1	100	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0
1945	28	PHI		37	7	1	1	2	50	12	1	50	12	6.0	-16.5	12.0	1.7	29.2	0	0
1948	31	PHI		37	12	2	0	1	0	0	1	100	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0
Career					69	16	1	4	25	12	3	75	12	3.0	-30.8	12.0	0.2	0.0	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	OthTD	AllTD	D2P	XPM	XPA	Pts	Pts/G
1942	25	PHI		37	10	1		1	1	2		1	1	13	1.3
1943	26	PHI	lh	37	10	1	4	2		6				36	3.6
1944	27	PHI		37	9	2	5			5				30	3.3
1945	28	PHI		37	7	1	1			1				12	1.7
1946	29	PHI		37	9	4	1			1				6	0.7
1947	30	PHI	lh	37	12	5	1			1				6	0.5
1948	31	PHI		37	12	2	1	1		2				12	1.0
Career					69	16	13	4	1	18	0	1	1	115	1.7

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