Bill Brown

William Dorsey Brown (Boom Boom)

Position: RB

5-11, 228lb (180cm, 103kg)

Born: June 29, 1938 in Mendota, IL

Died: November 4, 2018 in MN

College: Illinois (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 72 (589th overall since 1960)

High School: Mendota Twp. (IL)

Draft: Chicago Bears in the 2nd round (20th overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft., New York Titans in the 6th round (42nd overall) of the 1961 AFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

194

Rush

1649

Yds

5838

Y/A

3.5

FantPt

1302.2

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
1961	23	CHI		38	14	3	22	81	0	20	3.7	5.8	1.6	2	6	3.0	0	13	0.1	0.4	24	3.6	87	0	2	1
1962	24	MIN		30	14	2	34	103	0	15	3.0	7.4	2.4	10	124	12.4	1	29	0.7	8.9	44	5.2	227	1	1	2
1963	25	MIN	FB	30	14	13	128	445	5	21	3.5	31.8	9.1	17	109	6.4	2	30	1.2	7.8	145	3.8	554	7	7	6
1964*	26	MIN	FB	30	14	14	226	866	7	48	3.8	61.9	16.1	48	703	14.6	9	64	3.4	50.2	274	5.7	1569	16	9	16	AP2, PB
1965*	27	MIN	FB	30	14	13	160	699	6	40	4.4	49.9	11.4	41	503	12.3	1	47	2.9	35.9	201	6.0	1202	7	9	12	PB
1966	28	MIN	FB	30	14	14	251	829	6	33	3.3	59.2	17.9	37	359	9.7	0	56	2.6	25.6	288	4.1	1188	6	4	9
1967*	29	MIN	FB	30	14	14	185	610	5	29	3.3	43.6	13.2	22	263	12.0	0	43	1.6	18.8	207	4.2	873	5	3	7	PB
1968*	30	MIN	FB	30	14	14	222	805	11	32	3.6	57.5	15.9	31	329	10.6	3	57	2.2	23.5	253	4.5	1134	14	6	12	AP2, PB
1969	31	MIN	FB	30	12	12	126	430	3	30	3.4	35.8	10.5	21	183	8.7	0	27	1.8	15.3	147	4.2	613	3	3	7
1970	32	MIN	FB	30	14	7	101	324	0	18	3.2	23.1	7.2	15	149	9.9	2	17	1.1	10.6	116	4.1	473	2	3	6
1971	33	MIN	fb	30	14	6	46	136	2	23	3.0	9.7	3.3	10	94	9.4	0	36	0.7	6.7	56	4.1	230	2	0	2
1972	34	MIN		30	14	0	82	263	4	19	3.2	18.8	5.9	22	298	13.5	4	76	1.6	21.3	104	5.4	561	8	4	5
1973	35	MIN		30	14	2	47	206	3	21	4.4	14.7	3.4	5	22	4.4	1	7	0.4	1.6	52	4.4	228	4	2	2
1974	36	MIN		30	14	0	19	41	0	11	2.2	2.9	1.4	5	41	8.2	0	21	0.4	2.9	24	3.4	82	0	3	1
Career					194	114	1649	5838	52	48	3.5	30.1	8.5	286	3183	11.1	23	76	1.5	16.4	1935	4.7	9021	75	56	88
13 yrs		MIN			180	111	1627	5757	52	48	3.5	32.0	9.0	284	3177	11.2	23	76	1.6	17.7	1911	4.7	8934	75	54	87
1 yr		CHI			14	3	22	81	0	20	3.7	5.8	1.6	2	6	3.0	0	13	0.1	0.4	24	3.6	87	0	2	1

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
1968*	30	MIN		1	1	10	30	0	14	3.0	30.0	10.0	8	82	10.3	1	14	8.0	82.0	18	6.2	112	1	0
1969	31	MIN		3	3	26	91	0	10	3.5	30.3	8.7	6	51	8.5	0	20	2.0	17.0	32	4.4	142	0	1
1970	32	MIN		1	0	2	5	0	3	2.5	5.0	2.0								2	2.5	5	0	0
1971	33	MIN		1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
1973	35	MIN		3	0	4	13	1	5	3.3	4.3	1.3	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.3	3.0	5	4.4	22	1	0
1974	36	MIN	RB	3	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	1
Career				12	4	42	139	1	14	3.3	11.6	3.5	15	142	9.5	1	20	1.3	11.8	57	4.9	281	2	2

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

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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
1961	23	CHI		38	14	3						4	54	0	19	13.5	141
1963	25	MIN	FB	30	14	13						3	105	1	78	35.0	659
1964*	26	MIN	FB	30	14	14						5	68	0	23	13.6	1637
1972	34	MIN		30	14	0						3	37	0	27	12.3	598
1973	35	MIN		30	14	2						3	35	0	18	11.7	263
1974	36	MIN		30	14	0						3	19	0	19	6.3	101
Career					194	114						21	318	1	78	15.1	9339
13 yrs		MIN			180	111						17	264	1	78	15.5	9198
1 yr		CHI			14	3						4	54	0	19	13.5	141

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
1970	32	MIN		1	0						1	23	0	23	23.0	28
1971	33	MIN		1	0						1	17	0	17	17.0	17
1974	36	MIN		3	0						1	2	0	2	2.0	2
Career				12							3	42	0	23	14.0	323

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
1961	23	CHI		38	14	3							2	1	0	0	0.0
1962	24	MIN		30	14	2							1	1	0	0	0.0
1963	25	MIN	FB	30	14	13							7	2	0	0	0.0
1964*	26	MIN	FB	30	14	14							9	4	0	0	0.0
1965*	27	MIN	FB	30	14	13							9	3	0	0	0.0
1966	28	MIN	FB	30	14	14							4	1	0	0	0.0
1967*	29	MIN	FB	30	14	14							3	1	0	0	0.0
1968*	30	MIN	FB	30	14	14							6	2	0	0	0.0
1969	31	MIN	FB	30	12	12							3	1	0	0	0.0
1970	32	MIN	FB	30	14	7							3	0	0	0	0.0
1972	34	MIN		30	14	0							4	0	0	0	0.0
1973	35	MIN		30	14	2							2	0	0	0	0.0
1974	36	MIN		30	14	0							3	1	0	0	0.0
Career					194	114							56	17	0	0	0.0
13 yrs		MIN			180	111							54	16	0	0	0.0
1 yr		CHI			14	3							2	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
1969	31	MIN		3	3						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1974	36	MIN		3	0						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				12	4						0	2	0	0	0	0.0

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%	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1966	28	MIN	FB	30	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
1968*	30	MIN	FB	30	14	14	1	1	100	3	0	0	3	3.0	3.0	3.0	0.2	79.2	0	0	0	3.00	3.00
Career					194	114	1	2	50	3	0	0	3	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.0	56.2	0	0	0	1.50	1.50
13 yrs		MIN			180	111	1	2	50	3	0	0	3	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.0	56.2	0	0	0	1.50	1.50
1 yr		CHI			14	3	0	0		0			0				0.0

Scoring Summary

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

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Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1962	24	MIN		30	14	2		1		1		6	0.4
1963	25	MIN	FB	30	14	13	5	2	1	8		48	3.4
1964*	26	MIN	FB	30	14	14	7	9		16		96	6.9
1965*	27	MIN	FB	30	14	13	6	1		7		42	3.0
1966	28	MIN	FB	30	14	14	6			6		36	2.6
1967*	29	MIN	FB	30	14	14	5			5		30	2.1
1968*	30	MIN	FB	30	14	14	11	3		14		84	6.0
1969	31	MIN	FB	30	12	12	3			3		18	1.5
1970	32	MIN	FB	30	14	7		2		2		12	0.9
1971	33	MIN	fb	30	14	6	2			2		12	0.9
1972	34	MIN		30	14	0	4	4		8		48	3.4
1973	35	MIN		30	14	2	3	1		4		24	1.7
Career					194	114	52	23	1	76	0	456	2.4
13 yrs		MIN			180	111	52	23	1	76	0	456	2.5
1 yr		CHI			14	3					0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1968*	30	MIN	1	1		1	1	6	6.0
1973	35	MIN	3	0	1		1	6	2.0
Career			12	4	1	1	2	12	1.0

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