1953 NFL Player Debuts

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1953 Player Debuts Table
			Misc					Passing					Rushing			Receiving
Player	Pos	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Solo	Int	Sk
John Alderton	DE	1953	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Anderson	DB-HB	1954	0	0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	0	3	33	0
Charlie Ane	T-C	1959	0	2	7	0	83	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Doug Atkins	DE	1969	1	8	15	78	205	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	94.5
Billy Autrey	C	1953	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Butch Avinger	FB	1953	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	0	2	8	0
Harry Babcock	E-DE	1955	0	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	181	0
Ken Bahnsen	FB	1953	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Sam Baker	K-FB	1969	0	4	0	47	195	1	2	58	1	0	49	234	2	7	59	0
Ed Barker	E	1954	0	0	2	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	525	4
Don Barton	HB	1953	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	7	40	0	2	51	1
Nick Bolkovac	DT-T	1954	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Boll	T-G	1960	0	0	7	3	92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monte Brethauer	DB-E	1955	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	133	0		1
Tom Brookshier	DB	1961	1	2	7	17	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		20
Pete Brown	C-LB	1954	0	0	0	0	24	1	1	19	0	0	1	-6	0	0	0	0		1
Rosey Brown	T	1965	6	9	13	55	162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Bruney	DB	1962	0	2	5	20	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15	1.0
Rudy Bukich	QB	1968	0	0	3	30	103	626	1190	8433	61	74	112	109	9	0	0	0
Al Carmichael	HB	1961	0	0	5	8	84	1	1	26	0	0	222	947	4	112	1633	8
Lew Carpenter	HB-FB	1963	0	0	1	4	123	0	0	0	0	0	468	2025	16	87	782	4		1
Willie Carter	HB-DB	1953	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0	0
Tom Catlin	LB-C	1959	0	0	2	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2
Nick Chickillo	LB-G	1953	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Curcillo	DB-HB	1953	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	8	29	0	0	0	0		2
Buddy Davis	T	1954	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gib Dawson	HB	1953	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	18	0	0	0	0
Art DeCarlo	DB-E	1960	0	0	3	3	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	126	0		7
Paul Dekker	E	1953	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	182	1
Jack Del Bello	QB	1953	0	0	0	0	5	27	61	229	1	5	14	14	0	0	0	0
Gene Donaldson	G	1953	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Everett Douglas	T	1953	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leo Elter	FB-HB	1959	0	1	1	0	73	0	0	0	0	0	371	1380	9	46	556	2
Mel Embree	E	1954	0	0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	292	1
Howie Ferguson	FB-HB	1960	0	1	4	6	79	0	2	0	0	0	670	2558	10	148	1247	3
George Figner	DB	1953	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Tom Finnin	DT	1957	0	0	4	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Flowers	QB	1953	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Forester	LB-MG-DT	1963	3	4	11	49	138	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		21	16.5
Bob Fry	T-G	1964	0	0	9	26	126	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Fuller	DT-T-G-C-DE	1963	0	1	7	22	95	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			15.5
Ed Fullerton	DB	1953	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arnie Galiffa	QB	1954	0	0	0	0	7	7	25	183	1	5	6	3	0	0	0	0
Bob Gambold	QB	1953	0	0	0	0	3	6	14	107	0	2	2	-2	0	0	0	0
Bob Gaona	T	1957	0	0	5	0	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	0
Gene Gedman	HB	1958	0	0	2	0	45	2	5	111	1	0	377	1221	17	53	504	4
Hal Giancanelli	HB	1956	0	0	2	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	216	711	4	69	1024	10
Kline Gilbert	T-G	1957	0	1	5	0	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Gilchrist	DT	1953	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sonny Grandelius	HB	1953	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	108	278	1	15	80	0
Bob Griffin	LB-C	1961	0	0	3	2	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Johnny Hatley	G-DT	1960	0	0	4	6	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2.5
Bill Hegarty	DE-T	1953	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Helwig	LB-DB-DE	1956	0	0	2	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3
Tom Higgins	T-G-DT	1955	0	0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Merwin Hodel	FB	1953	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	11	0	2	-15	0
Doug Hogland	G-T	1958	0	0	5	0	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	0
Ed Husmann	DT-G-DE-LB	1965	1	3	8	45	142	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			33.0
Willie Irvin	DE-E	1953	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Johnson	HB	1955	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	93	456	5	13	247	2
Carl Karilivacz	DB-HB	1960	0	0	5	3	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13
Ken Konz	DB	1959	0	1	5	0	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		30
John Kreamcheck	DT	1955	0	0	2	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chet Lagod	G	1953	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Ledyard	QB	1953	0	0	0	0	10	0	9	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0
Gene Lipscomb	DT	1962	2	3	7	22	112	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	30.5
Jack Little	T	1954	0	0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buford Long	DB-HB-E	1955	0	0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	52	164	1	33	462	4		3
Loyd Lowe	DB-HB	1954	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	34	0		1
Gil Mains	DT-DE	1961	0	0	4	3	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Manley	LB-C	1953	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Marchibroda	QB	1957	0	0	1	0	30	172	385	2169	16	29	50	176	3	0	0	0
Marv Matuszak	LB	1964	1	3	5	24	126	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14	10.5
Tom McCormick	HB	1956	0	0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	86	272	1	11	129	0
Marv McFadden	G	1956	0	0	2	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buck McPhail	FB-K	1953	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	53	138	0	10	38	0
Art Michalik	MG-LB-G	1956	0	1	1	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Michels	G	1953	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leo Miles	DB	1953	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Miller	T	1953	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Mioduszewski	QB-DB	1953	0	0	0	0	12	11	30	113	2	2	3	33	0	0	0	0		1
Billy Mixon	HB-DB	1954	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	32	195	1	1	7	0		2
Dick Modzelewski	DT	1966	0	1	13	41	180	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			32.5
John Morton	LB	1953	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2
George Mrkonic	T-DT	1953	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Myers	B-E	1958	0	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	55	180	3	8	38	0
Ray Nagel	QB	1953	0	0	0	0	4	30	62	192	0	5	4	8	0	0	0	0
Gern Nagler	E	1961	0	1	6	14	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	196	3119	28
Chuck Noll	LB-G-C	1959	0	0	5	0	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8
Tommy O'Connell	QB	1961	0	1	3	3	45	204	423	3261	21	34	61	72	4	0	0	0
Johnny Olszewski	FB-HB	1962	0	2	6	6	113	0	1	0	0	1	837	3320	16	104	988	3
Tom Palmer	DT	1954	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Pellington	LB	1964	0	0	11	37	141	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0		21	9.5
Bob Peviani	LB	1953	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rex Proctor	DB	1953	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Jim Psaltis	DB	1955	0	0	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6
Joe Ramona	G-DG	1953	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Reynolds	HB	1960	0	0	0	0	54	0	0	0	0	0	176	585	7	24	252	0
Jess Richardson	DT	1964	0	1	9	30	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	7.5
Jim Ringo	C	1967	6	10	14	80	187	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0
Jim Root	QB	1956	0	0	1	0	20	108	249	1482	11	16	43	57	3	0	0	0
Clive Rush	E	1953	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	-6	0	14	190	0
Jack Scarbath	QB	1956	0	0	1	0	29	101	279	1868	18	30	43	153	0	0	0	0
Joe Schmidt	LB	1965	8	10	13	55	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		24	15.0
Bob Schnelker	E	1961	0	2	6	11	105	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	211	3667	33
Tom Scott	DE-LB	1964	0	2	10	30	150	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	8.5
Harley Sewell	G-LB	1963	0	4	10	21	122	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Bob Smith	FB	1954	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	9	52	0	1	11	0
Ollie Spencer	T-G-C	1963	0	0	6	12	99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob St. Clair	T	1963	0	5	11	28	119	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Steinbrunner	T	1953	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Stroud	G-T	1964	0	3	6	32	132	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Suminski	G	1953	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harland Svare	LB-TB	1960	0	0	7	8	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	3.5
Lou Tepe	C-LB	1955	0	0	2	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3
Willie Thrower	QB	1953	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Van Doren	DE	1953	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Val Joe Walker	DB	1957	0	0	4	0	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17
Jerry Watford	G-E-DE	1954	0	0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Wietecha	C	1962	1	4	10	25	124	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Elmer Wingate	DE	1953	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Zatkoff	LB-DE	1958	1	3	5	0	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4

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