Billy Cannon

William Abb Cannon

Position: TE-HB-FB

6-1, 207lb (185cm, 93kg)

Born: August 2, 1937 in Philadelphia, MS

Died: May 20, 2018 in St. Francisville, LA

College: LSU (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 53 (1433rd overall since 1960)

High School: Istrouma (LA)

Draft: Los Angeles Rams in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1960 NFL Draft.

Relatives: Son Billy Cannon

SUMMARY

Career

133

Rush

602

Yds

2455

Y/A

4.1

FantPt

985.9

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
1960	23	HOU	LHB	20	14	14	152	644	1	39	4.2	46.0	10.9	15	187	12.5	5	53	1.1	13.4	167	5.0	831	6	3	8
1961*+	24	HOU	HB	20	14	13	200	948	6	61	4.7	67.7	14.3	43	586	13.6	9	78	3.1	41.9	243	6.3	1534	15	5	16	AP1, PB
1962	25	HOU	HB	20	14	11	147	474	7	64	3.2	33.9	10.5	32	451	14.1	6	60	2.3	32.2	179	5.2	925	13	5	9
1963	26	HOU		20	6	2	13	45	0	12	3.5	7.5	2.2	5	39	7.8	0	12	0.8	6.5	18	4.7	84	0	2	1
1964	27	OAK	FB	33	14	13	89	338	3	34	3.8	24.1	6.4	37	454	12.3	5	40	2.6	32.4	126	6.3	792	8	5	6
1965	28	OAK		33	10	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	127	18.1	0	36	0.7	12.7	7	18.1	127	0	0	1
1966	29	OAK	TE	33	14	7	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	14	436	31.1	2	75	1.0	31.1	14	31.1	436	2	0	4
1967+	30	OAK	TE	33	14	14	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	32	629	19.7	10	64	2.3	44.9	32	19.7	629	10	1	8	AP1
1968	31	OAK	TE	33	14	13	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	23	360	15.7	6	48	1.6	25.7	23	15.7	360	6	0	4
1969*	32	OAK	TE	33	13	11	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	21	262	12.5	2	53	1.6	20.2	21	12.5	262	2	0	3	PB
1970	33	KAN		80	6	4	1	6	0	6	6.0	1.0	0.2	7	125	17.9	2	45	1.2	20.8	8	16.4	131	2	0	2
Career					133	103	602	2455	17	64	4.1	18.5	4.5	236	3656	15.5	47	78	1.8	27.5	838	7.3	6111	64	21	62
6 yrs		OAK			79	59	89	338	3	34	3.8	4.3	1.1	134	2268	16.9	25	75	1.7	28.7	223	11.7	2606	28	6	26
4 yrs		HOU			48	40	512	2111	14	64	4.1	44.0	10.7	95	1263	13.3	20	78	2.0	26.3	607	5.6	3374	34	15	34
1 yr		KAN			6	4	1	6	0	6	6.0	1.0	0.2	7	125	17.9	2	45	1.2	20.8	8	16.4	131	2	0	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
1960	23	HOU		1	1	18	50	0	6	2.8	50.0	18.0	3	128	42.7	1	88	3.0	128.0	21	8.5	178	1	0
1961*+	24	HOU		1	1	15	48	0	22	3.2	48.0	15.0	5	53	10.6	1	35	5.0	53.0	20	5.1	101	1	0
1962	25	HOU		1	1	11	37	0	7	3.4	37.0	11.0	6	54	9.0	0	21	6.0	54.0	17	5.4	91	0	0
1967+	30	OAK		2	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	56	14.0	0	21	2.0	28.0	4	14.0	56	0	0
1968	31	OAK		2	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	6	84	14.0	0	36	3.0	42.0	6	14.0	84	0	0
1969*	32	OAK		2	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	25	8.3	1	12	1.5	12.5	3	8.3	25	1	0
Career				9	9	44	135	0	22	3.1	15.0	4.9	27	400	14.8	3	88	3.0	44.4	71	7.5	535	3	0
3 yrs		HOU		3	3	44	135	0	22	3.1	45.0	14.7	14	235	16.8	2	88	4.7	78.3	58	6.4	370	2	0
3 yrs		OAK		6	6	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	13	165	12.7	1	36	2.2	27.5	13	12.7	165	1	0

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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
1960	23	HOU	LHB	20	14	14	4	96	0	51	24.0	8	266	1	88	33.3	1193
1961*+	24	HOU	HB	20	14	13	9	70	0	20	7.8	18	439	0	47	24.4	2043
1962	25	HOU	HB	20	14	11						18	442	0	38	24.6	1367
1963	26	HOU		20	6	2						2	39	0	20	19.5	123
1964	27	OAK	FB	33	14	13						21	518	0	45	24.7	1310
1966	29	OAK	TE	33	14	7	1	12	0	12	12.0						448
Career					133	103	14	178	0	51	12.7	67	1704	1	88	25.4	7993
6 yrs		OAK			79	59	1	12	0	12	12.0	21	518	0	45	24.7	3136
4 yrs		HOU			48	40	13	166	0	51	12.8	46	1186	1	88	25.8	4726
1 yr		KAN			6	4											131

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
1960	23	HOU		1	1						3	81	0	42	27.0	259
Career				9	9						3	81	0	42	27.0	616
3 yrs		HOU		3	3						3	81	0	42	27.0	451
3 yrs		OAK		6	6											165

Passing

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

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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	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1960	23	HOU	LHB	20	14	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1961*+	24	HOU	HB	20	14	13	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	20	0	0.0	-9.0		0.0	0.0
1962	25	HOU	HB	20	14	11	2	3	66.7	46	1	33.3	0	0	40	15.3	22.0	23.0	3.3	149.3
1963	26	HOU		20	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Career					133	103	2	12	16.7	46	1	8.3	1	8.3	40	3.8	1.8	23.0	0.3	36.1	0	0	0	3.83	1.75
6 yrs		OAK			79	59	0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		0	0
4 yrs		HOU			48	40	2	12	16.7	46	1	8.3	1	8.3	40	3.8	1.8	23.0	1.0	36.1
1 yr		KAN			6	4	0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		0	0

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Cmp%	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AY/A	Rate	Sk	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1960	23	HOU	1	1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00
Career			9	9	0-0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00
3 yrs		HOU	3	3	0-0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00
3 yrs		OAK	6	6	0-0	0

Defense & Fumbles

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

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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
1960	23	HOU	LHB	20	14	14							3	0	0	0	0.0
1961*+	24	HOU	HB	20	14	13							5	0	0	0	0.0
1962	25	HOU	HB	20	14	11							5	0	0	0	0.0
1963	26	HOU		20	6	2							2	0	0	0	0.0
1964	27	OAK	FB	33	14	13							5	0	0	0	0.0
1967+	30	OAK	TE	33	14	14							1	0	0	0	0.0
1968	31	OAK	TE	33	14	13							0	1	0	0	0.0
Career					133	103							21	1	0	0	0.0
6 yrs		OAK			79	59							6	1	0	0	0.0
4 yrs		HOU			48	40							15	0	0	0	0.0
1 yr		KAN			6	4											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	2PM	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1960	23	HOU	LHB	20	14	14	1	5	1	7			42	3.0
1961*+	24	HOU	HB	20	14	13	6	9		15			90	6.4
1962	25	HOU	HB	20	14	11	7	6		13	1		80	5.7
1964	27	OAK	FB	33	14	13	3	5		8			48	3.4
1966	29	OAK	TE	33	14	7		2		2			12	0.9
1967+	30	OAK	TE	33	14	14		10		10			60	4.3
1968	31	OAK	TE	33	14	13		6		6			36	2.6
1969*	32	OAK	TE	33	13	11		2		2			12	0.9
1970	33	KAN		80	6	4		2		2			12	2.0
Career					133	103	17	47	1	65	1	0	392	2.9
6 yrs		OAK			79	59	3	25		28		0	168	2.1
4 yrs		HOU			48	40	14	20	1	35	1	0	212	4.4
1 yr		KAN			6	4		2		2		0	12	2.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1960	23	HOU	1	1	1	1	6	6.0
1961*+	24	HOU	1	1	1	1	6	6.0
1969*	32	OAK	2	2	1	1	6	3.0
Career			9	9	3	3	18	2.0
3 yrs		HOU	3	3	2	2	12	4.0
3 yrs		OAK	6	6	1	1	6	1.0

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