Dick James

Richard Alwin James

Position: HB-DB

5-9, 179lb (175cm, 81kg)

Born: May 22, 1934 in Grants Pass, OR

Died: June 28, 2000 in Medford, OR

College: Oregon

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 22 (4973rd overall since 1960)

High School: Grants Pass (OR)

Draft: Washington Redskins in the 8th round (94th overall) of the 1956 NFL Draft.

1x Pro Bowl

SUMMARY

Career

117

Rush

502

Yds

1930

Y/A

3.8

FantPt

529.5

Rushing & Receiving

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

Regular Season

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
1956	22	WAS	RH	47	10	4	58	280	1	41	4.8	28.0	5.8	7	127	18.1	2	34	0.7	12.7	65	6.3	407	3	0
1957	23	WAS	DB	47	11	5	7	19	0	8	2.7	1.7	0.6								7	2.7	19	0	1
1958	24	WAS	FS	47	12	12	24	88	1	14	3.7	7.3	2.0	2	33	16.5	0	18	0.2	2.8	26	4.7	121	1	0
1959	25	WAS	RH	47	12	9	100	384	3	39	3.8	32.0	8.3	13	192	14.8	1	41	1.1	16.0	113	5.1	576	4	7
1960	26	WAS	LHB	47	12	10	73	199	4	27	2.7	16.6	6.1	16	243	15.2	2	49	1.3	20.3	89	5.0	442	6	8	5
1961*	27	WAS	RHB/LHB	47	14	11	71	374	3	39	5.3	26.7	5.1	20	298	14.9	2	44	1.4	21.3	91	7.4	672	5	0	4	PB
1962	28	WAS	RCB	47	14	6	9	13	0	7	1.4	0.9	0.6	19	373	19.6	5	49	1.4	26.6	28	13.8	386	5	4	7
1963	29	WAS	HB	47	14	9	105	384	4	15	3.7	27.4	7.5	15	302	20.1	2	77	1.1	21.6	120	5.7	686	6	6	6
1964	30	NYG	HB	47	14	9	55	189	3	18	3.4	13.5	3.9	12	101	8.4	1	34	0.9	7.2	67	4.3	290	4	7	2
1965	31	MIN	DB	47	4	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	1	0
Career					117	75	502	1930	19	41	3.8	16.5	4.3	104	1669	16.0	15	77	0.9	14.3	606	5.9	3599	34	34	24
8 yrs		WAS			99	66	447	1741	16	41	3.9	17.6	4.5	92	1568	17.0	14	77	0.9	15.8	539	6.1	3309	30	26	22
1 yr		MIN			4	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	1	0
1 yr		NYG			14	9	55	189	3	18	3.4	13.5	3.9	12	101	8.4	1	34	0.9	7.2	67	4.3	290	4	7	2

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

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
1956	22	WAS	RH	47	10	4	6	84	0	24	14.0	9	181	0	27	20.1	672
1957	23	WAS	DB	47	11	5	11	83	0	27	7.5	12	259	0	38	21.6	364
1958	24	WAS	FS	47	12	12	6	37	0	21	6.2	9	212	0	39	23.6	413
1959	25	WAS	RH	47	12	9	21	95	0	26	4.5	23	503	0	38	21.9	1221
1960	26	WAS	LHB	47	12	10	7	46	0	20	6.6	19	458	0	48	24.1	946
1961*	27	WAS	RHB/LHB	47	14	11	12	90	0	18	7.5	21	617	0	48	29.4	1407
1962	28	WAS	RCB	47	14	6	19	145	0	33	7.6	32	889	0	72	27.8	1420
1963	29	WAS	HB	47	14	9	16	214	0	39	13.4	30	830	0	48	27.7	1751
1964	30	NYG	HB	47	14	9	21	153	0	31	7.3	23	515	0	30	22.4	958
1965	31	MIN	DB	47	4	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	11	212	0	28	19.3	217
Career					117	75	120	952	0	39	7.9	189	4676	0	72	24.7	9369
8 yrs		WAS			99	66	98	794	0	39	8.1	155	3949	0	72	25.5	8194
1 yr		MIN			4	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	11	212	0	28	19.3	217
1 yr		NYG			14	9	21	153	0	31	7.3	23	515	0	30	22.4	958

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
1957	23	WAS	DB	47	11	5	2	3	0	3			1	2	0	0
1958	24	WAS	FS	47	12	12	4	43	0	23			0	2	0	0
1959	25	WAS	RH	47	12	9	3	47	0	25			7	1	0	0
1960	26	WAS	LHB	47	12	10							8	3	0	0	0.0
1961*	27	WAS	RHB/LHB	47	14	11	1	28	0	28							0.0
1962	28	WAS	RCB	47	14	6							4	1	0	0	0.0
1963	29	WAS	HB	47	14	9	2	21	0	21			6	2	0	0	0.0
1964	30	NYG	HB	47	14	9							7	1	0	0	0.0
1965	31	MIN	DB	47	4	0							1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					117	75	12	142	0	28			34	12	0	0	0.0
8 yrs		WAS			99	66	12	142	0	28			26	11	0	0	0.0
1 yr		MIN			4	0							1	0	0	0	0.0
1 yr		NYG			14	9							7	1	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	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1960	26	WAS	LHB	47	12	10	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1961*	27	WAS	RHB/LHB	47	14	11	1	4	25.0	15	0.0	0	0.0	15	3.8	3.8	15.0	1.1	42.7
1963	29	WAS	HB	47	14	9	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
1964	30	NYG	HB	47	14	9	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
Career					117	75	1	7	14.3	15	0.0	1	14.3	15	2.1	-4.3	15.0	0.1	0.0	0	0	0.0	2.14	-4.29
8 yrs		WAS			99	66	1	6	16.7	15	0.0	0	0.0	15	2.5	2.5	15.0	0.2	39.6	0	0
1 yr		MIN			4	0	0	0		0		0		0				0.0		0	0
1 yr		NYG			14	9	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00

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
1961*	27	WAS	RHB/LHB	47	14	11																							6	210	51	0	35.0
1964	30	NYG	HB	47	14	9																							1	35	35	0	35.0
Career					117	75																							7	245	51	0	35.0
8 yrs		WAS			99	66																							6	210	51	0	35.0
1 yr		MIN			4	0
1 yr		NYG			14	9																							1	35	35	0	35.0

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
1956	22	WAS	RH	47	10	4	1	2	3		18	1.8
1958	24	WAS	FS	47	12	12	1		1		6	0.5
1959	25	WAS	RH	47	12	9	3	1	4		24	2.0
1960	26	WAS	LHB	47	12	10	4	2	6		36	3.0
1961*	27	WAS	RHB/LHB	47	14	11	3	2	5		30	2.1
1962	28	WAS	RCB	47	14	6		5	5		30	2.1
1963	29	WAS	HB	47	14	9	4	2	6		36	2.6
1964	30	NYG	HB	47	14	9	3	1	4		24	1.7
Career					117	75	19	15	34	0	204	1.7
8 yrs		WAS			99	66	16	14	30	0	180	1.8
1 yr		MIN			4	0				0	0	0.0
1 yr		NYG			14	9	3	1	4	0	24	1.7

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