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Tom Tracy

John Thomas Tracy (The Bomb)

Position: HB-FB Throws: Right

5-9, 205lb (175cm, 92kg)

Born: September 7, 1934 in Birmingham, MI

Died: January 24, 1996 in Madison Heights, MI

College: Tennessee

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 17 (6174th overall since 1960)

High School: Birmingham (MI)

Draft: Detroit Lions in the 5th round (50th overall) of the 1956 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

Rush

808

Yds

2912

Y/A

3.6

FantPt

656.2

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	Awards
1956	22	DET	FB	30	4	1	12	32	0	9	2.7	8.0	3.0	3	6	2.0	0	5	0.8	1.5	15	2.5	38	0	1
1957	23	DET	FB	30	9	4	16	46	0	17	2.9	5.1	1.8	6	24	4.0	0	7	0.7	2.7	22	3.2	70	0	1
1958*	24	PIT	RH	30	12	8	169	714	5	64	4.2	59.5	14.1	32	535	16.7	4	56	2.7	44.6	201	6.2	1249	9	10		PB
1959	25	PIT	LH/FB	30	12	12	199	794	3	51	4.0	66.2	16.6	23	273	11.9	5	45	1.9	22.8	222	4.8	1067	8	7
1960*	26	PIT	HB	30	12	12	192	680	5	28	3.5	56.7	16.0	24	349	14.5	4	65	2.0	29.1	216	4.8	1029	9	6	11	AP2, PB
1961	27	PIT	HB	30	14	14	147	402	2	26	2.7	28.7	10.5	14	133	9.5	1	38	1.0	9.5	161	3.3	535	3	1	4
1962	28	PIT	HB	30	4	0	20	116	0	35	5.8	29.0	5.0	2	11	5.5	0	6	0.5	2.8	22	5.8	127	0	0	1
1963	29	2TM	HB		8	0	29	61	1	9	2.1	7.6	3.6	7	112	16.0	0	34	0.9	14.0	36	4.8	173	1	1	1
		PIT	HB	30	6	0	10	11	0	5	1.1	1.8	1.7	1	21	21.0	0	21	0.2	3.5	11	2.9	32	0	0	0
		WAS	HB	36	2	0	19	50	1	9	2.6	25.0	9.5	6	91	15.2	0	34	3.0	45.5	25	5.6	141	1	1	1
1964	30	WAS	HB	36	14	1	24	67	1	16	2.8	4.8	1.7	2	25	12.5	0	24	0.1	1.8	26	3.5	92	1	2	1
Career					89	52	808	2912	17	64	3.6	32.7	9.1	113	1468	13.0	14	65	1.3	16.5	921	4.8	4380	31	29	18
6 yrs		PIT			60	46	737	2717	15	64	3.7	45.3	12.3	96	1322	13.8	14	65	1.6	22.0	833	4.8	4039	29	24	16
2 yrs		DET			13	5	28	78	0	17	2.8	6.0	2.2	9	30	3.3	0	7	0.7	2.3	37	2.9	108	0	2
2 yrs		WAS			16	1	43	117	2	16	2.7	7.3	2.7	8	116	14.5	0	34	0.5	7.3	51	4.6	233	2	3	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
1957	23	DET		2	0	11	86	2	58	7.8	43.0	5.5	2	23	11.5	0	16	1.0	11.5	13	8.4	109	2	1
Career				2		11	86	2	58	7.8	43.0	5.5	2	23	11.5	0	16	1.0	11.5	13	8.4	109	2	1

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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	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1958*	24	PIT	RH	30	12	8	6	16	37.5	270	2	12.5	2	12.5	72	16.9	13.8	45.0	22.5	85.4
1959	25	PIT	LH/FB	30	12	12	3	12	25.0	159	0	0.0	2	16.7	68	13.3	5.8	53.0	13.3	39.6
1960*	26	PIT	HB	30	12	12	9	22	40.9	322	4	18.2	1	4.5	70	14.6	16.2	35.8	26.8	108.9	1	10	4.3	13.57	15.09
1961	27	PIT	HB	30	14	14	4	12	33.3	73	0	0.0	0	0.0	38	6.1	6.1	18.3	5.2	55.2
1962	28	PIT	HB	30	4	0	1	1	100.0	7	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	7.0	7.0	7.0	1.8	95.8
1963	29	2TM	HB		8	0	1	4	25.0	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	5.8	5.8	23.0	2.9	51.0	0	0	0.0	5.75	5.75
		PIT	HB	30	6	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
		WAS	HB	36	2	0	1	3	33.3	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	7.7	7.7	23.0	11.5	61.8	0	0	0.0	7.67	7.67
Career					89	52	24	67	35.8	854	6	9.0	5	7.5	72	12.7	11.2	35.6	9.6	82.8	1	10	1.5	12.41	10.87
6 yrs		PIT			60	46	23	64	35.9	831	6	9.4	5	7.8	72	13.0	11.3	36.1	13.9	82.8	1	10
2 yrs		DET			13	5					0
2 yrs		WAS			16	1	1	3	33.3	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	7.7	7.7	23.0	1.4	61.8	0	0	0.0	7.67	7.67

Kicking

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

Regular Season

Kicking Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs
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
1960*	26	PIT	HB	30	12	12			1		4	3	1				6	3	37	50.0%
1961	27	PIT	HB	30	14	14							1				1			0.0%	2	2	100.0%
1963	29	2TM	HB		8	0															2	2	100.0%
		PIT	HB	30	6	0															2	2	100.0%
Career					89	52			1		4	3	2				7	3	37	42.9%	4	4	100.0%
6 yrs		PIT			60	46			1		4	3	2				7	3	37	42.9%	4	4	100.0%
2 yrs		DET			13	5
2 yrs		WAS			16	1

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
1959	25	PIT	LH/FB	30	12	12	4	5	0	5	1.3	7	145	0	27	20.7	1217
1960*	26	PIT	HB	30	12	12			0			1	30	0	30	30.0	1059
Career					89	52	4	5	0	5	1.3	8	175	0	30	21.9	4560
6 yrs		PIT			60	46	4	5	0	5	1.3	8	175	0	30	21.9	4219
2 yrs		DET			13	5			0					0			108
2 yrs		WAS			16	1			0					0			233

Defense & Fumbles

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

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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
1956	22	DET	FB	30	4	1			0				1	0	0	0
1957	23	DET	FB	30	9	4			0				1	0	0	0
1958*	24	PIT	RH	30	12	8			0				10	1	0	0
1959	25	PIT	LH/FB	30	12	12			0				7	0	0	0
1960*	26	PIT	HB	30	12	12			0				6	1	0	0	0.0
1961	27	PIT	HB	30	14	14			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1963	29	2TM	HB		8	0			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
		WAS	HB	36	2	0			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1964	30	WAS	HB	36	14	1			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
Career					89	52			0				29	3	0	0	0.0
6 yrs		PIT			60	46			0				24	2	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		DET			13	5			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		WAS			16	1			0				3	1	0	0	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
1957	23	DET		2	0						0	1	0	0	0
Career				2							0	1	0	0	0

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1958*	24	PIT	RH	30	12	8	5	4	9						54	4.5
1959	25	PIT	LH/FB	30	12	12	3	5	8						48	4.0
1960*	26	PIT	HB	30	12	12	5	4	9				3	6	63	5.3
1961	27	PIT	HB	30	14	14	2	1	3		2	2		1	20	1.4
1963	29	2TM	HB		8	0	1		1	0	2	2			8	1.0
		PIT	HB	30	6	0					2	2			2	0.3
		WAS	HB	36	2	0	1		1						6	3.0
1964	30	WAS	HB	36	14	1	1		1						6	0.4
Career					89	52	17	14	31	0	4	4	3	7	199	2.2
6 yrs		PIT			60	46	15	14	29	0	4	4	3	7	187	3.1
2 yrs		DET			13	5				0					0	0.0
2 yrs		WAS			16	1	2		2	0					12	.8

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
1957	23	DET		2	0	2							2			0						12	6.0
Career				2		2							2			0						12	6.0

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