Tony Canadeo

Anthony Robert Canadeo (The Gray Ghost of Gonzaga)

Position: HB-TB-FB-DB Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: May 5, 1919 in Chicago, IL

Died: November 29, 2003 in Green Bay, WI

College: Gonzaga

High School: Steinmetz (IL)

Draft: Green Bay Packers in the 9th round (77th overall) of the 1941 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1974 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

116

Rush

1025

Yds

4197

Y/A

4.1

FantPt

729.4

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
1941	22	GNB		3	9	4	43	137	3	16	3.2	15.2	4.8								43	3.2	137	3	0
1942	23	GNB	tb	3	11	5	89	272	3	50	3.1	24.7	8.1	10	66	6.6	0	15	0.9	6.0	99	3.4	338	3	0
1943+	24	GNB	TB	3	10	8	94	489	3	35	5.2	48.9	9.4	3	31	10.3	2	13	0.3	3.1	97	5.4	520	5	0		AP1
1944	25	GNB		3	3	0	31	149	0	34	4.8	49.7	10.3	1	12	12.0	0	12	0.3	4.0	32	5.0	161	0	0
1946	27	GNB	TB	3	11	5	122	476	0	27	3.9	43.3	11.1	2	25	12.5	0	15	0.2	2.3	124	4.0	501	0	3
1947	28	GNB	LH	3	12	6	103	464	2	35	4.5	38.7	8.6								103	4.5	464	2	0
1948	29	GNB	LH	3	12	9	123	589	4	49	4.8	49.1	10.3	9	81	9.0	0	32	0.8	6.8	132	5.1	670	4	5
1949	30	GNB	LH	3	12	12	208	1052	4	54	5.1	87.7	17.3	3	-2	-0.7	0	3	0.3	-0.2	211	5.0	1050	4	6		AP2
1950	31	GNB	FB	3	12	7	93	247	4	15	2.7	20.6	7.8	10	54	5.4	0	20	0.8	4.5	103	2.9	301	4	4
1951	32	GNB	LH	3	12	12	54	131	1	15	2.4	10.9	4.5	22	226	10.3	2	46	1.8	18.8	76	4.7	357	3	2
1952	33	GNB	LH	3	12	12	65	191	2	35	2.9	15.9	5.4	9	86	9.6	1	21	0.8	7.2	74	3.7	277	3	4
Career					116	80	1025	4197	26	54	4.1	36.2	8.8	69	579	8.4	5	46	0.6	5.0	1094	4.4	4776	31	24

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
1941	22	GNB		1	0	5	7	0	16	1.4	7.0	5.0								5	1.4	7	0	0
Career				1		5	7	0	16	1.4	7.0	5.0								5	1.4	7	0	0

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Passing

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

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	4QC	GWD
1941	22	GNB		3	9	4	4	16	25	54	2	12.5	0	0	18	3.4	5.9	13.5	6.0	80.7
1942	23	GNB	tb	3	11	5	24	59	40.7	310	3	5.1	4	6.8	36	5.3	3.2	12.9	28.2	46.6	1	0
1943+	24	GNB	TB	3	10	8	56	129	43.4	875	9	7	12	9.3	51	6.8	4.0	15.6	87.5	51.0	1	1
1944	25	GNB		3	3	0	9	20	45	89	0	0	0	0	17	4.5	4.5	9.9	29.7	58.1	0	0
1946	27	GNB	TB	3	11	5	7	27	25.9	189	1	3.7	3	11.1	51	7.0	2.7	27.0	17.2	29.0	0	0
1947	28	GNB	LH	3	12	6	3	8	37.5	101	1	12.5	1	12.5	38	12.6	9.5	33.7	8.4	85.4	0	0
1948	29	GNB	LH	3	12	9	2	8	25	24	0	0	0	0	15	3.0	3.0	12.0	2.0	39.6	0	0
1952	33	GNB	LH	3	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Career					116	80	105	268	39.2	1642	16	6	20	7.5	51	6.1	4.0	15.6	14.2	49.1	2	1

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	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	4QC	GWD
1941	22	GNB		1	0	0-0	1	2	50	40	0	0	1	50	40	20.0	-2.5	40.0	40.0	56.2	0	0	0	20.00	-2.50
Career				1		0-0	1	2	50	40	0	0	1	50	40	20.0	-2.5	40.0	40.0	56.2	0	0	0	20.00	-2.50

Adjusted Passing

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

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Y/A+	AY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Rate+
1942	23	GNB	tb	3	11	5	59	91	102	88	100	124	102
1943+	24	GNB	TB	3	10	8	129	105	107	98	106	105	105
Career					116	80	268

Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

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
1941	22	GNB		3	9	4	4	26	0	10	6.5	4	110	0	55	27.5	303
1942	23	GNB	tb	3	11	5	7	76	0	26	10.9	6	137	0	35	22.8	586
1943+	24	GNB	TB	3	10	8	8	93	0	22	11.6	10	242	0	43	24.2	870
1944	25	GNB		3	3	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	1	12	0	12	12.0	177
1946	27	GNB	TB	3	11	5	6	76	0	22	12.7	6	163	0	38	27.2	763
1947	28	GNB	LH	3	12	6	10	111	0	24	11.1	15	312	0	35	20.8	889
1948	29	GNB	LH	3	12	9	4	55	0	20	13.8	9	166	0	28	18.4	917
1949	30	GNB	LH	3	12	12						2	20	0	12	10.0	1070
1950	31	GNB	FB	3	12	7	5	68	0	21	13.6	16	411	0	48	25.7	780
1951	32	GNB	LH	3	12	12						4	101	0	48	25.3	458
1952	33	GNB	LH	3	12	12	1	4	0	4	4.0	2	62	0	40	31.0	343
Career					116	80	46	513	0	26	11.2	75	1736	0	55	23.1	7156

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
1941	22	GNB		1	0	2	27	0	0	13.5						34
Career				1		2	27	0	0	13.5						34

Kicking & Punting

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

Regular Season

Kicking & Punting Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs					Punting
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	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1941	22	GNB		3	9	4																							10	405	62	0	40.5
1942	23	GNB	tb	3	11	5																							18	645	47	0	35.8
1943+	24	GNB	TB	3	10	8																							3	102	39	0	34.0
1944	25	GNB		3	3	0																							13	479	46	0	36.8
1948	29	GNB	LH	3	12	9																							1	38	38	0	38.0
Career					116	80																							45	1669	62	0	37.1

Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

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
1941	22	GNB		3	9	4	2	30	0	22
1942	23	GNB	tb	3	11	5	1	35	0	35
1943+	24	GNB	TB	3	10	8	2	15	0	15
1946	27	GNB	TB	3	11	5	1	23	0	23			3	0	0	0
1947	28	GNB	LH	3	12	6							0	1	2	0
1948	29	GNB	LH	3	12	9	3	26	0	25			5	0	0	0
1949	30	GNB	LH	3	12	12							6	1	0	0
1950	31	GNB	FB	3	12	7							4	2	0	0
1951	32	GNB	LH	3	12	12							2	0	0	0
1952	33	GNB	LH	3	12	12							4	1	0	0
Career					116	80	9	129	0	35			24	5	2	0

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1941	22	GNB		3	9	4	3		3		18	2.0
1942	23	GNB	tb	3	11	5	3		3		18	1.6
1943+	24	GNB	TB	3	10	8	3	2	5		30	3.0
1947	28	GNB	LH	3	12	6	2		2		12	1.0
1948	29	GNB	LH	3	12	9	4		4		24	2.0
1949	30	GNB	LH	3	12	12	4		4		24	2.0
1950	31	GNB	FB	3	12	7	4		4		24	2.0
1951	32	GNB	LH	3	12	12	1	2	3		18	1.5
1952	33	GNB	LH	3	12	12	2	1	3		18	1.5
Career					116	80	26	5	31	0	186	1.6

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