1962 NFL Defense

Defense

Defense Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Sacks & Tackles
Rk		Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1	Herb Adderley+	GNB	23	KR/LCB	14		7	132	1	50	0		2	4	15	0
2	Grady Alderman	MIN	24	LT	14	14							0	1	0	0
3	Art Anderson	CHI	26	RT	14								0	1	0	0
4	Taz Anderson	STL	24	TE	14								0	1	0	0
5	George Andrie	DAL	22	RDE	14	14							0	2	0	0
6	Doug Atkins*	CHI	32	RDE	14								0	2	0	0
7	Pervis Atkins	RAM	27	FL/KR/PR	14								4	2	0	0
8	John Baker	PHI	27	LDE	7								0	1	3	0
9	Billy Ray Barnes	WAS	27	LH	10								4	1	0	0
10	Erich Barnes*	NYG	27	LCB	14		6	61	0	22	0
11	Dick Bass*	RAM	25	FB	14								7	4	0	0
12	Maxie Baughan	PHI	24	RLB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	7	0
13	Chuck Bednarik	PHI	37	MLB	14								0	1	0	0
14	Tom Bettis	PIT	29		11								0	1	0	0
15	Don Bishop*	DAL	28	RCB	14	14	6	134	0	44	0		0	2	84	1
16	Jim Boeke	RAM	24		14								0	1	0	0
17	Bookie Bolin	NYG	22		9								0	1	0	0
18	Bruce Bosley	SFO	29	C	13	9							0	1	0	0
19	Don Bosseler	WAS	26	FB	14								3	2	0	0
20	Bobby Boyd	BAL	25	LCB	14		7	163	0	38	0		1	4	16	0
21	Ordell Braase	BAL	30	RDE	14								0	2	10	1
22	Rod Breedlove*	WAS	24	RLB	14		3	27	0	12	0		0	3	0	0
23	Carl Brettschneider	DET	31	LLB	14		2	15	0	11	0		0	3	0	0
24	Charley Britt	RAM	24	RS	11		3	50	0	28	0
25	Bill Brown	MIN	24		14								1	1	0	0
26	Jim Brown*	CLE	26	FB	14	14							9	1	0	0
27	Roger Brown*+	DET	25	RDT	14								0	3	4	0				2
28	Timmy Brown*	PHI	25	HB/KR/PR	14								7	4	0	0
29	Ronnie Bull	CHI	22	HB	14								5	3	21	0
Rk		Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
30	Amos Bullocks	DAL	23		11								3	4	0	0
31	Mike Bundra	DET	23		12								0	1	0	0
32	Jackie Burkett	BAL	26	MLB	14	9	2	21	0	12	0		0	1	0	0
33	Don Burroughs	PHI	31	RS	12		7	96	0	28	0		0	3	0	0
34	Bill Butler	MIN	25	KR/PR/RS	14	12	5	80	1	39	0		3	3	7	0
35	J.C. Caroline	CHI	29	LCB	14		2	21	0	21	0
36	Lew Carpenter	GNB	30		14								0	1	0	0
37	Jimmy Carr	PHI	29	LS	14		3	59	0	25	0		0	1	0	0
38	Pete Case	PHI	22		14								0	2	0	0
39	Howard Cassady	2TM	28		10								1	1	0	0
40	Don Chandler	NYG	28	K/P	14								0	1	0	0
41	Jim Christopherson	MIN	24	K	14		1	32	0	32	0
42	Bob Clemens	BAL	23		9								0	1	0	0
43	Gail Cogdill*	DET	25	SE	14								2	1	7	1
44	Daniel Colchico	SFO	27	LDE	14	14							0	1	0	0
45	Jim Colvin	BAL	25	LDT	14	14							0	2	0	0
46	Bobby Joe Conrad	STL	27	FL	14								1	3	0	0
47	Vince Costello	CLE	30	MLB	13		3	40	0	22	0		0	1	21	1
48	Johnny Counts	NYG	23	KR/PR	14								4	2	0	0
49	Claude Crabb	WAS	22	LCB	13		6	30	0	13	0		0	3	13	0
50	Irv Cross	PHI	23	RCB	14		5	46	0	22	0		0	1	0	0
51	John David Crow*	STL	27	HB	14	14							14	3	14	0
52	Lindon Crow	RAM	29	LS	14		5	100	1	65	0
53	Dan Currie+	GNB	27	LLB	14								0	1	0	0
54	Andy Cvercko	DAL	25	LG	14	14							0	1	0	0
55	Willie Daniel	PIT	25	RS	13		5	85	1	49	0
56	Willie Davis+	GNB	28	LDE	14								0	3	0	1
57	Bob Denton	MIN	28		14								0	1	0	0
58	Dean Derby	MIN	27	LCB	11	11	4	0	0	0	0
59	Paul Dickson	MIN	25	RDT	14	14							0	1	0	0
Rk		Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
60	John Diehl	BAL	26		14								1	2	0	0
61	Mike Ditka*	CHI	23	TE	14	14							4	3	0	1
62	Leon Donohue	SFO	23		14	3							0	2	0	0
63	Eddie Dove	SFO	25	RS	14	10	1	0	0	0	0		1	3	15	0
64	Mike Dowdle	DAL	25	LLB	14	14	1	7	0	7	0		0	2	0	0
65	Paul Dudley	NYG	23		11								2	1	0	0
66	Doug Elmore	WAS	24	P	14		2	28	0	24	0		1	1	0	0
67	Sam Etcheverry	STL	32	P/qb	14	4							6	2	0	0
68	Bob Ferguson	PIT	23		13								3	1	0	0
69	Ross Fichtner	CLE	24	LS	14		7	76	0	31	0
70	Pat Fischer	STL	22		12		3	41	0	25	0
71	Galen Fiss*	CLE	31	LLB	14		4	81	0	40	0		0	4	0	0
72	Don Fleming	CLE	25		12		2	13	0	13	0		0	1	0	0
73	Bill Forester*+	GNB	30	RLB	14								0	2	0	0
74	Joe Fortunato*	CHI	32	LLB	14		3	44	0	36	0
75	Tom Franckhauser	MIN	25		14		4	27	0	24	0		0	2	0	0
76	Bobby Franklin	CLE	26	RS	9		1	10	0	10	0
77	Bobby Freeman	WAS	30		14		3	48	0	40	0		1	0	0	0
78	Bob Fry	DAL	32	LT	14	14							0	1	0	0
79	Mike Gaechter	DAL	22	LCB	14	9	5	136	1	100	0		2	0	0	0
80	Bob Gain*	CLE	33	LDT	14								0	1	0	0
81	Bob Gaiters	2TM	24		11	1							1	1	0	0
82	Prentice Gautt	STL	24		13								1	2	0	0
83	Bill George	CHI	33	MLB	13		2	26	0	15	0
84	Ernie Green	CLE	24	KR	13								2	3	9	0
85	Hank Gremminger	GNB	29	LS	14		5	88	0	35	0		0	1	0	0
86	Rosey Grier	NYG	30	RDT	13								0	2	5	0
87	Earl Gros	GNB	22		14								1	1	0	0
88	Dale Hackbart	WAS	24	RS	14		3	49	0	23	0		0	4	14	0
89	Dick Haley	PIT	25	LCB	14		4	26	0	18	0
Rk		Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
90	Alvin Hall	RAM	28		14		1	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0
91	Dave Hanner	GNB	32	LDT	14		1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0
92	Wendell Harris	BAL	22	RCB	14	9	2	52	0	38	0		4	2	9	0
93	Bob Harrison	PHI	25	LLB	13		2	14	0	12	0
94	Rip Hawkins	MIN	23	MLB	14	11	1	3	0	3	0		1	0	0	0				1
95	Matt Hazeltine*	SFO	29	RLB	14	14	2	24	0	12	0		0	1	3	0
96	Mike Henry	RAM	26	MLB	14		1	10	0	10	0		0	1	0	0
97	Jimmy Hill*	STL	34	RCB	14		2	15	0	15	0		0	1	0	0
98	Dick Hoak	PIT	23	FL	14								3	3	4	0
99	Roy Hord	2TM	28		14	0							0	1	0	0
100	Chuck Howley	DAL	26	RLB	14	14	2	33	0	21	0		0	1	0	0
101	Sam Huff	NYG	28	MLB	14		1	4	0	4	0
102	Jerry Huth	MIN	29	LG	14	12							0	1	0	0
103	Ken Iman	GNB	23		14								0	1	0	0
104	George Izo	WAS	25		1								2	2	0	0
105	Leroy Jackson	WAS	23		10								2	1	0	0
106	Roland Jackson	STL	22		5								0	1	2	0
107	Dick James	WAS	28	KR/PR	14								4	1	0	0
108	Bill Jobko	RAM	27		13								0	1	0	0
109	Charley Johnson	STL	24	QB	11	10							5	2	0	0
110	Deacon Jones	RAM	24	LDE	14								0	1	0	0
111	Stan Jones	CHI	31	LG	14								0	2	0	0
112	Henry Jordan+	GNB	27	RDT	14		1	0	0	0	0		0	1	7	0
113	Sonny Jurgensen	PHI	28	QB	14	13							4	2	0	0
114	Carl Kammerer	SFO	25	mlb	14	7	1	13	0	13	0		0	2	0	0
115	Alex Karras*	DET	27	LDT	14		1	28	0	28	0		0	1	0	0				1
116	Jim Katcavage*	NYG	28	LDE	14		1	4	0	4	0		0	1	0	0
117	Gorden Kelley	WAS	24	LLB	11		2	11	0	11	0
118	Jim Kerr	WAS	23	LS	11		1	12	0	12	0
119	Brady Keys	PIT	26	KR/RCB	14		3	16	0	13	0
Rk		Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
120	Ed Khayat	WAS	27	LDE	14								0	1	0	0
121	Bob Kilcullen	CHI	26	LDT	14								0	2	0	0
122	Phil King	NYG	26	LH	14								3	2	0	0
123	Bill Kirchiro	BAL	22		8								0	1	0	0
124	Ken Kirk	PIT	24		14								0	1	0	0
125	Bill Koman*	STL	28	RLB	14		1	6	0	6	0		0	1	0	0
126	Jerry Kramer*+	GNB	26	K/RG	14								0	2	13	0
127	Rich Kreitling	CLE	26	SE	14								0	1	10	0
128	Joe Krupa	PIT	29	RDT	14								0	1	0	0
129	Chuck Lamson	MIN	23	LS	14	14	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0
130	Night Train Lane*+	DET	34	LCB	14		4	16	0	13	0		1	1	15	0
131	Dan LaRose	DET	23	RT	14								0	1	0	0
132	Yale Lary*+	DET	32	P/RS	14		8	51	0	32	0		0	3	38	0
133	Bobby Layne	PIT	36	QB	13	11							7	2	0	0
134	Dick LeBeau	DET	25	RCB	14		4	67	1	31	0		0	1	26	1
135	Earl Leggett	CHI	29	RDT	14								0	4	5	0
136	Ray Lemek	PIT	28	RG	14								0	1	0	0
137	Jim Leo	MIN	25	LDE	14	14														1
138	Dan Lewis	DET	26	LH	12								5	1	0	0
139	Bob Lilly*	DAL	23	LDE	14	14							0	1	0	0
140	Gene Lipscomb*	PIT	31	LDT	14								0	1	3	0
141	Cliff Livingston	MIN	32	LLB	12	11							0	2	0	0
142	J.W. Lockett	DAL	25	PR	14								4	3	0	0
143	Gary Lowe	DET	28	LS	13		2	20	0	20	0		0	2	0	0
144	Lamar Lundy	RAM	27	RDE	14								0	1	0	0
145	Dick Lynch	NYG	26	RCB	13		5	90	0	27	0
146	Joe Marconi	CHI	28	FB	13								0	1	0	0
147	Jim Marshall	MIN	25	RDE	14	14							0	2	0	0
148	Billy Martin	CHI	24	KR	14								3	3	0	0
149	Tommy Mason*	MIN	23	HB	14	11							9	3	0	0
Rk		Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
150	Tom Matte	BAL	23	KR	14								2	1	0	0
151	Riley Mattson	WAS	24	LT	14	14							0	1	0	0
152	Doug Mayberry	MIN	25	FB	13	10							5	1	0	0
153	Mike McClellan	PHI	23		14		3	2	0	2	0		0	2	0	0
154	Darris McCord	DET	29	LDE	14								0	2	0	0				1
155	Jim McCusker	PHI	26	LT	14	14							0	1	0	0
156	Hugh McElhenny	MIN	34		11								3	1	0	0
157	Max McGee	GNB	30	SE	14								2	3	16	0
158	Mike McGee	STL	24	LG	13								0	1	0	0
159	Marlin McKeever	RAM	22	LLB	14		2	1	0	1	0		0	3	0	0
160	Ernie McMillan	STL	24	RT	14								0	1	0	0
161	Bennie McRae	CHI	23		14		1	47	0	47	0		0	1	0	0
162	Eddie Meador	RAM	25	LCB	14		1	0	0	0	0		0	2	3	0
163	Dale Meinert	STL	29		5		1	12	0	12	0
164	Dale Memmelaar	DAL	25	RG	14	14							1	1	0	0
165	Don Meredith	DAL	24	qb	13	8							10	2	0	0
166	Jerry Mertens	SFO	28	LCB	14	12	2	0	0	0	0
167	Dale Messer	SFO	25		13	4	1	35	0	35	0		2	3	0	0
168	John Meyers	DAL	22	RDT	14	14							0	1	0	0
169	Al Miller	WAS	22		14								1	2	0	0
170	Lenny Moore*	BAL	29	HB	10								1	1	0	0
171	Tom Moore*	GNB	24		14								4	2	0	0
172	Larry Morris	CHI	29	RLB	14		2	9	0	9	0		0	2	0	0
173	Don Mullins	CHI	23		9								0	1	0	0
174	Andy Nelson	BAL	29	LS	14		4	20	0	10	0		1	0	0	0
175	Jim Ninowski	CLE	26	qb	7	7							2	1	0	0
176	Ray Nitschke	GNB	26	MLB	14		4	56	0	28	0		1	4	0	0
177	John Nocera	PHI	28		14		1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0
178	Dick Nolan	DAL	30	RS	11	11							0	1	0	0
179	Leo Nomellini	SFO	38	LDT	14	14							0	1	0	0
Rk		Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
180	Pettis Norman	DAL	23		14								1	1	0	0
181	Jerry Norton	DAL	31	LS	14	14	2	21	0	21	0		0	4	11	0
182	Ed O'Bradovich	CHI	22	LDE	14								0	5	0	0
183	Merlin Olsen*	RAM	22	LDT	12	12	1	20	1	20	0		0	2	0	0
184	Jimmy Orr	BAL	27	FL	14								0	1	0	0
185	Clancy Osborne	MIN	28	RLB	14	11							0	2	0	0
186	Don Owens	STL	30	LDT	14								0	2	5	0
187	John Paluck	WAS	27		14								0	2	0	0
188	Jack Pardee	RAM	26	RLB	14								0	1	32	1				1
189	Bernie Parrish	CLE	26	LCB	13		2	37	0	37	0
190	Jimmy Patton*+	NYG	29	RS	14		7	125	0	45	0		1	3	0	0
191	Clarence Peaks	PHI	27	FB	14								9	1	0	0
192	Bob Pellegrini	WAS	28	MLB	9		4	43	0	16	0		0	1	0	0
193	Bill Pellington	BAL	35	LLB	14		2	29	0	21	0		0	1	0	0
194	Art Perkins	RAM	22		13								5	2	0	0
195	Dick Pesonen	NYG	24		13		2	24	0	17	0
196	Floyd Peters	CLE	26	RDT	14		1	9	0	9	0		0	1	0	0
197	Richie Petitbon*	CHI	24	LS	14		6	212	1	101	0		1	1	23	0
198	Ed Pine	SFO	22	LLB	14	12	2	16	0	13	0		0	1	18	0
199	Milt Plum	DET	27	QB	14	14							2	1	0	0
200	George Preas	BAL	29	RT	14								0	1	1	0
201	Jim Prestel	MIN	25	LDT	14	14							1	1	0	0
202	Vince Promuto	WAS	24	RG	14	14							0	2	0	0
203	Mike Pyle	CHI	23	C	14	14							0	1	0	0
204	Palmer Pyle	BAL	25	lg	6	6							0	1	0	0
205	Bill Quinlan	GNB	30	RDE	14		1	4	0	4	0		1	1	0	0
206	Mike Rabold	MIN	25	RG	14	14							0	1	0	0
207	Guy Reese	DAL	23	LDT	14	14							0	1	0	0
208	John Reger	PIT	31	RLB	9		1	0	0	0	0		0	3	0	0
209	Les Richter	RAM	32		14								0	1	0	0
Rk		Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
210	Jimmy Ridlon	SFO	28	ls	9	6	1	8	0	8	0		0	1	4	0
211	Jim Ringo*+	GNB	31	C	14	14							0	1	0	0
212	Joe Robb	STL	25	LDE	14								0	2	14	0
213	Andy Robustelli	NYG	37	RDE	14								0	2	0	0
214	Karl Rubke	SFO	27		14	5							0	1	0	0
215	Marion Rushing	STL	26	LLB	13								0	1	0	0
216	Joe Rutgens	WAS	23	RDT	14	14							0	1	25	0
217	Mike Sandusky	PIT	27	LG	14								0	3	0	0
218	Bill Saul	BAL	22		14															1
219	Charlie Scales	CLE	24		14								1	1	0	0
220	Joe Schmidt*+	DET	30	MLB	14		1	3	0	3	0		0	1	0	0
221	Bob Schmitz	PIT	24	MLB	9		3	65	1	24	0
222	Jim Schrader	PHI	30	C	13								0	1	0	0
223	Tom Scott	NYG	32	RLB	14		1	0	0	0	0		0	2	12	0
224	Ben Scotti	PHI	25	LCB	14	14	4	72	0	39	0
225	Carver Shannon	RAM	24	RCB	12		4	33	0	20	0		0	1	0	0
226	Ed Sharockman	MIN	23	RCB	14	14	6	92	0	32	0		2	2	88	1
227	Don Shinnick	BAL	27	RLB	14		5	16	0	7	0		0	1	0	0
228	Jim Shofner	CLE	27	PR/RCB	14		4	86	0	35	0		1	4	0	0
229	Bob Simms	2TM	24		8	0							0	1	0	0
230	Billy Ray Smith	BAL	27	RDT	13								0	2	0	0
231	Bobby Smith	RAM	24		14		1	47	0	47	0
232	Gordie Smith	MIN	23		5								0	1	0	0
233	Norm Snead*	WAS	23	QB	14	14							5	1	0	0
234	Billy Stacy	STL	26	LCB	13		6	72	0	53	0		1	3	3	0
235	Bart Starr*	GNB	28	QB	14	14							8	1	0	0
236	Ernie Stautner	PIT	37	RDE	14		1	2	0	2	0		0	2	0	0				1
237	Jim Steffen	WAS	26	RCB	14		4	37	0	36	0		1	3	39	1
238	Larry Stephens	RAM	24		14								0	1	0	0
239	Jack Stroud	NYG	34	RT	14								0	1	0	0
Rk		Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
240	Pat Studstill	DET	24	KR/PR/RH	14								2	3	0	0
241	Andy Stynchula	WAS	23	RDE	13	13							0	2	0	0
242	Charlie Sumner	MIN	32		14		3	46	0	32	0		0	1	0	0
243	George Tarasovic	PIT	32	LLB	14		4	55	0	37	0
244	Fran Tarkenton	MIN	22	QB	14	14							5	2	0	0
245	Jim Taylor*+	GNB	27	FB	14								5	1	0	0
246	Rosey Taylor	CHI	25	RS	14		2	64	1	43	0		1	1	6	0
247	Clendon Thomas	PIT	27	LS	14		7	48	0	15	0
248	John Thomas	SFO	27	lt/MLB	14	13							0	1	0	0
249	Mick Tingelhoff	MIN	22	C	14	14							0	1	0	0
250	Y.A. Tittle*+	NYG	36	QB	14	14							6	2	0	0
251	Bill Triplett	STL	22	KR	14		1	24	0	24	0		1	3	20	0
252	Jerry Tubbs*	DAL	27	MLB	14	14	4	35	0	21	0		0	1	0	0
253	Frank Varrichione*	RAM	30	RT	12								0	2	0	0
254	Jim Vollenweider	SFO	23		14	1							0	1	0	0
255	Billy Wade	CHI	32	QB	14	14							7	2	0	0
256	Wayne Walker	DET	26	K/RLB	14		1	47	0	47	0		1	1	0	0
257	Paul Ward	DET	25		6								0	1	0	0
258	Tom Watkins	DET	25		13								5	2	0	0
259	Allan Webb	NYG	29	LS	14		3	24	0	21	0		0	1	0	0
260	Alex Webster	NYG	31	FB	14								4	2	0	0
261	Jim Welch	BAL	24	RS	13		1	30	0	30	0		0	2	0	0
262	Bob Wetoska	CHI	25		14								0	1	0	0
263	Dave Whitsell	CHI	26	RCB	14		5	45	0	26	0
264	Jesse Whittenton	GNB	28	RCB	14		3	40	0	36	0		0	2	0	0
265	Paul Wiggin	CLE	28	LDE	14								0	1	0	0
266	Fred Williams	CHI	33		14								0	1	0	0
267	Sam Williams	DET	31	RDE	13		1	22	1	22	0		0	2	6	1
268	Larry Wilson*	STL	24	RS	14	14	2	59	1	57	0		0	1	0	0
269	Lloyd Winston	SFO	23		2								1	1	0	0
Rk		Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
270	Willie Wood*	GNB	26	PR/RS	14		9	132	0	37	0
271	Abe Woodson*	SFO	28	KR/PR/RCB	14	14	2	31	0	31	0		2	2	37	1
272	Mike Woulfe	PHI	23		13								0	1	0	0

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