Dan Towler

Daniel Lee Towler

Position: FB

6-2, 225lb (188cm, 102kg)

Born: March 6, 1928 in Donora, PA

Died: August 1, 2001 in Pasadena, CA

College: Washington & Jefferson

High School: Washington & Jefferson (PA)

Draft: Los Angeles Rams in the 25th round (324th overall) of the 1950 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

G

67

AV

Rush

672

Yds

3493

Y/A

5.2

TD

43

FantPt

652.8

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
1950	22	RAM		32	12	1	46	130	6	34	2.8	10.8	3.8	8	63	7.9	0	17	0.7	5.3	54	3.6	193	6	3
1951*	23	RAM	fb	32	12	5	126	854	6	79	6.8	71.2	10.5	16	257	16.1	0	46	1.3	21.4	142	7.8	1111	6	7
1952*+	24	RAM	FB	32	12	11	156	894	10	44	5.7	74.5	13.0	11	68	6.2	0	13	0.9	5.7	167	5.8	962	10	4
1953*	25	RAM	FB	32	12	9	152	879	7	73	5.8	73.3	12.7	11	125	11.4	1	49	0.9	10.4	163	6.2	1004	8	6
1954*	26	RAM	FB	32	12	7	149	599	11	24	4.0	49.9	12.4	10	127	12.7	0	36	0.8	10.6	159	4.6	726	11	5
1955	27	RAM		32	7	3	43	137	3	14	3.2	19.6	6.1	6	25	4.2	0	11	0.9	3.6	49	3.3	162	3	2
Career					67	36	672	3493	43	79	5.2	52.1	10.0	62	665	10.7	1	49	0.9	9.9	734	5.7	4158	44	27

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
1950	22	RAM	FB	2	0	2	2	0	2	1.0	1.0	1.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.5	3.5	3	3.0	9	0	0
1951*	23	RAM		1	1	16	36	1	9	2.3	36.0	16.0								16	2.3	36	1	1
1952*+	24	RAM		1	1	13	54	1	17	4.2	54.0	13.0	1	21	21.0	0	21	1.0	21.0	14	5.4	75	1	0
1955	27	RAM		1	1	14	64	0	15	4.6	64.0	14.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	1.0	7.0	15	4.7	71	0	0
Career				5	0	45	156	2	17	3.5	31.2	9.0	3	35	11.7	0	21	0.6	7.0	48	4.0	191	2	1

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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
1950	22	RAM		32	12	1						5	47	0	15	9.4	240
1951*	23	RAM	fb	32	12	5						1	10	0	10	10.0	1121
1952*+	24	RAM	FB	32	12	11	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	9	0	9	9.0	971
Career					67	36	1	0	0	0	0.0	7	66	0	15	9.4	4224

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
1950	22	RAM		32	12	1							3	2	0	0
1951*	23	RAM	fb	32	12	5							7	0	0	0
1952*+	24	RAM	FB	32	12	11							4	0	0	0
1953*	25	RAM	FB	32	12	9							6	2	0	0
1954*	26	RAM	FB	32	12	7							5	1	0	0
1955	27	RAM		32	7	3							2	0	0	0
Career					67	36							27	5	0	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
1951*	23	RAM		1	1						0	1	0	0	0
Career				5	0						0	1	0	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	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1950	22	RAM		32	12	1	6							6								36
1951*	23	RAM	fb	32	12	5	6							6								36
1952*+	24	RAM	FB	32	12	11	10							10								60
1953*	25	RAM	FB	32	12	9	7	1						8								48
1954*	26	RAM	FB	32	12	7	11							11								66
1955	27	RAM		32	7	3	3							3								18
Career					67	36	43	1						44								264

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1951*	23	RAM		1	1	1							1								6
1952*+	24	RAM		1	1	1							1								6
Career				5	0	2							2								12

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