Tommy McDonald

Thomas Franklin McDonald

Position: FL-HB-SE-WR

5-9, 178lb (175cm, 80kg)

Born: July 26, 1934 in Roy, NM

Died: September 24, 2018 in Audubon, PA

College: Oklahoma (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 63 (900th overall since 1960)

High School: Roy (NM), Highland (NM)

Draft: Philadelphia Eagles in the 3rd round (31st overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1998 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

152

Rec

495

Yds

8410

Y/R

17.0

FantPt

1334.0

Receiving & Rushing

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1957	23	PHI		25	12	3	9	228	25.3	3	61	0.8	19.0	12	36	0	22	3.0	3.0	1.0	21	12.6	264	3	5
1958*	24	PHI	fl	25	10	3	29	603	20.8	9	91	2.9	60.3	3	-4	0	5	-1.3	-0.4	0.3	32	18.7	599	9	4		PB
1959*	25	PHI	FL	25	12	12	47	846	18.0	10	71	3.9	70.5	2	-10	0	-4	-5.0	-0.8	0.2	49	17.1	836	10	4		AP2, PB
1960*	26	PHI	RHB	25	12	12	39	801	20.5	13	64	3.3	66.8								39	20.5	801	13	1	12	PB
1961*	27	PHI	FL	25	14	14	64	1144	17.9	13	66	4.6	81.7								64	17.9	1144	13	1	14	PB
1962*	28	PHI	FL	25	14	14	58	1146	19.8	10	60	4.1	81.9								58	19.8	1146	10	1	11	AP2, PB
1963	29	PHI	FL	25	14	14	41	731	17.8	8	75	2.9	52.2								41	17.8	731	8	3	7
1964	30	DAL	FL	25	14	13	46	612	13.3	2	48	3.3	43.7								46	13.3	612	2	1	6
1965*	31	RAM	FL	29	14	14	67	1036	15.5	9	51	4.8	74.0								67	15.5	1036	9	2	10	AP CPoY-2, PB
1966	32	RAM	FL	29	13	12	55	714	13.0	2	62	4.2	54.9								55	13.0	714	2	2	7
1967	33	ATL	FL	8	14	11	33	436	13.2	4	75	2.4	31.1								33	13.2	436	4	0	4
1968	34	CLE		29	9	2	7	113	16.1	1	42	0.8	12.6								7	16.1	113	1	0	2
Career					152	124	495	8410	17.0	84	91	3.3	55.3	17	22	0	22	1.3	0.1	0.1	512	16.5	8432	84	24	73
7 yrs		PHI			88	72	287	5499	19.2	66	91	3.3	62.5	17	22	0	22	1.3	0.3	0.2	304	18.2	5521	66	19	44
2 yrs		RAM			27	26	122	1750	14.3	11	62	4.5	64.8								122	14.3	1750	11	4	17
1 yr		ATL			14	11	33	436	13.2	4	75	2.4	31.1								33	13.2	436	4	0	4
1 yr		CLE			9	2	7	113	16.1	1	42	0.8	12.6								7	16.1	113	1	0	2
1 yr		DAL			14	13	46	612	13.3	2	48	3.3	43.7								46	13.3	612	2	1	6

Receiving & Rushing Table
				Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1960*	26	PHI		1	1	3	90	30.0	1	35	3.0	90.0								3	30.0	90	1	0
1968	34	CLE	FL	2	0	0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
Career				3	1	3	90	30.0	1	35	1.0	30.0								3	30.0	90	1	0
1 yr		CLE		2	0	0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
1 yr		PHI		1	1	3	90	30.0	1	35	3.0	90.0								3	30.0	90	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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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
1957	23	PHI		25	12	3	26	127	0	28	4.9	11	304	0	50	27.6	695
1958*	24	PHI	fl	25	10	3	18	135	0	35	7.5	14	262	0	32	18.7	996
1959*	25	PHI	FL	25	12	12	21	115	1	81	5.5	24	444	0	36	18.5	1395
1960*	26	PHI	RHB	25	12	12	1	2	0	2	2.0	2	45	0	26	22.5	848
1962*	28	PHI	FL	25	14	14	5	8	0	6	1.6						1154
1964	30	DAL	FL	25	14	13	2	17	0	9	8.5						629
Career					152	124	73	404	1	81	5.5	51	1055	0	50	20.7	9896
7 yrs		PHI			88	72	71	387	1	81	5.5	51	1055	0	50	20.7	6968
2 yrs		RAM			27	26											1750
1 yr		ATL			14	11											436
1 yr		CLE			9	2											113
1 yr		DAL			14	13	2	17	0	9	8.5						629

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
1968	34	CLE		2	0	2	6	0	3	3.0						6
Career				3		2	6	0	3	3.0						96
1 yr		CLE		2	0	2	6	0	3	3.0						6
1 yr		PHI		1	1											90

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	PHI		25	12	3							5	3	0	0
1958*	24	PHI	fl	25	10	3							4	1	0	0
1959*	25	PHI	FL	25	12	12							4	2	0	0
1960*	26	PHI	RHB	25	12	12							1	0	0	0	0.0
1961*	27	PHI	FL	25	14	14							1	0	0	0	0.0
1962*	28	PHI	FL	25	14	14							1	0	0	0	0.0
1963	29	PHI	FL	25	14	14							3	2	5	0	0.0
1964	30	DAL	FL	25	14	13							1	0	0	0	0.0
1965*	31	RAM	FL	29	14	14							2	1	0	0	0.0
1966	32	RAM	FL	29	13	12							2	0	0	0	0.0
Career					152	124							24	9	5	0	0.0
7 yrs		PHI			88	72							19	8	5	0	0.0
2 yrs		RAM			27	26							4	1	0	0	0.0
1 yr		ATL			14	11											0.0
1 yr		CLE			9	2											0.0
1 yr		DAL			14	13							1	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	TD%	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate
1957	23	PHI		25	12	3	1	1	100	11	0	0	0	11	11.0	11.0	11.0	0.9	112.5
1962*	28	PHI	FL	25	14	14	1	1	100	10	1	100	0	10	10.0	30.0	10.0	0.7	147.9
Career					152	124	2	2	100	21	1	50	0	11	10.5	20.5	10.5	0.1	150.0
7 yrs		PHI			88	72	2	2	100	21	1	50	0	11	10.5	20.5	10.5	0.2	150.0
2 yrs		RAM			27	26	0	0		0	0			0				0.0
1 yr		ATL			14	11	0	0		0	0			0				0.0
1 yr		CLE			9	2	0	0		0	0			0				0.0
1 yr		DAL			14	13	0	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	RecTD	PR TD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1957	23	PHI		25	12	3	3		3		18	1.5
1958*	24	PHI	fl	25	10	3	9		9		54	5.4
1959*	25	PHI	FL	25	12	12	10	1	11		66	5.5
1960*	26	PHI	RHB	25	12	12	13		13		78	6.5
1961*	27	PHI	FL	25	14	14	13		13		78	5.6
1962*	28	PHI	FL	25	14	14	10		10		60	4.3
1963	29	PHI	FL	25	14	14	8		8		48	3.4
1964	30	DAL	FL	25	14	13	2		2		12	0.9
1965*	31	RAM	FL	29	14	14	9		9		54	3.9
1966	32	RAM	FL	29	13	12	2		2		12	0.9
1967	33	ATL	FL	8	14	11	4		4		24	1.7
1968	34	CLE		29	9	2	1		1		6	0.7
Career					152	124	84	1	85	0	510	3.4
7 yrs		PHI			88	72	66	1	67	0	402	4.6
2 yrs		RAM			27	26	11		11	0	66	2.4
1 yr		ATL			14	11	4		4	0	24	1.7
1 yr		CLE			9	2	1		1	0	6	.7
1 yr		DAL			14	13	2		2	0	12	.9

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1960*	26	PHI	1	1	1	1	6	6.0
Career			3	1	1	1	6	2.0
1 yr		CLE	2	0			0	0.0
1 yr		PHI	1	1	1	1	6	6.0

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