1963 AFL Defense

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League Champion: San Diego Chargers

AP MVP: Tobin Rote

Passing Leader: George Blanda, 3003 Yds

Rushing Leader: Clem Daniels, 1099 Yds

Receiving Leader: Art Powell, 1304 Yds

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Defense

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Defense Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1	Ray Abruzzese	BUF	26	SS	14	12	2	0	0	0						0	0.0
2	Tom Addison*	BOS	27	LLB	14	14	4	27	0	17						0	2.5
3	Chuck Allen*	SDG	24	MLB	14	14	5	37	0	26						1	0.0
4	Dalva Allen	OAK	28	LDE	14	14			0								5.0
5	Houston Antwine*+	BOS	24	RDT	14	14			0								2.0
6	Gene Babb	HOU	29	MLB	14	8	2	24	0	18						0	0.0
7	Bill Baird	NYJ	24	SS	14	10	6	31	0	26						0	0.0
8	Tony Banfield*+	HOU	26	LCB	14	14	7	21	0	14						0	0.0
9	Bobby Bell	KAN	23	LDE	14	11	1	20	0	20						0	4.5
10	George Blair	SDG	25	SS	14	14	1	40	0	40						0	0.0
11	Danny Brabham	HOU	22	LB	14	1	1	1	0	1						0	0.0
12	Mel Branch*	KAN	26	RDE	14	14			0								6.5
13	Willie Brown	DEN	23	LCB	8	6	1	0	0	0						0	0.0
14	Buck Buchanan	KAN	24	LDT	14	11			0								5.0
15	Nick Buoniconti*	BOS	23	MLB	14	13	3	42	0	26						1	6.5
16	Doug Cline	HOU	25	LLB	14	13	3	16	0	9						0	0.5
17	Ed Cooke	NYJ	28	DE	9	2			0								3.5
18	Walt Corey*	KAN	25	RLB	12	12			0								1.0
19	Dave Costa*	OAK	22	RDT	14	10			0								7.0
20	Ed Culpepper	HOU	29	DT	14	0			0								4.0
21	Gary Cutsinger	HOU	23	LDE	14	14			0								5.0
22	Bob Dee*	BOS	30	LDE/RDE	14	14			0								4.0
23	Mike Dukes	HOU	27	RLB	14	14	1	4	0	4						0	1.5
24	Jim Dunaway	BUF	22	LDT	14	10			0								2.0
25	Booker Edgerson	BUF	24	RCB	14	13	1	0	0	0						0	0.0
26	Larry Eisenhauer*+	BOS	23	RDE/LDE	14	14	1	0	0	0						0	8.0
27	Tom Erlandson	DEN	23	LLB	11	5			0								1.0
28	Earl Faison*+	SDG	24	LDE	14	12			0							0	5.0
29	Dick Felt	BOS	30	FS	14	11	3	81	0	35						0	0.0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
30	Don Floyd	HOU	25	RDE	9	9			0								1.0
31	Jim Fraser*	DEN	27	RLB	14	14			0							0	1.5
32	Chuck Gavin	DEN	30	RDE	14	12			0								4.5
33	Claude Gibson	OAK	24	DB	14	5	3	18	0	18			1	0	0	0	0.0
34	Fred Glick*+	HOU	26	FS	14	14	12	180	1	45			3	0	0	0	0.0
35	Gary Glick	SDG	33	S	6	3	1	13	0	13						0	0.0
36	Goose Gonsoulin*	DEN	25	FS	14	14	6	64	1	42						0	0.0
37	Larry Grantham*+	NYJ	25	RLB	14	14	3	89	0	41						0	3.0
38	Dave Grayson*	KAN	24	RCB	14	13	5	17	0	11			2	0	0	0	0.0
39	George Gross	SDG	22	RDT	14	14			0								0.5
40	Dick Guesman	NYJ	25	LDT	14	10			0							0	2.0
41	Ron Hall*	BOS	26	LCB	14	13	3	24	0	14						0	2.0
42	Dick Harris	SDG	26	RCB	14	8	8	83	1	22						0	0.0
43	Sherrill Headrick	KAN	26	MLB	14	14	2	49	1	38						0	0.0
44	E.J. Holub+	KAN	25	LLB	14	13	5	60	0	24						0	1.0
45	Gordy Holz	DEN	30	RDT	14	12	1	0	0	0						0	0.5
46	Jerry Hopkins	DEN	22	LB	7	0	1	21	0	21						0	0.0
47	Bobby Hunt	KAN	23	SS	14	10	6	228	0	66						0	0.0
48	Jim Lee Hunt	BOS	25	DT	14	0	1	78	1	78						0	0.0
49	Ed Husmann*	HOU	32	RDT	14	14			0								5.0
50	Harry Jacobs	BUF	26	MLB/RLB	14	12	1	8	0	8						0	5.0
51	Bobby Jancik	HOU	23	RCB	14	11	3	31	0	19			3	0	0	0	0.0
52	Chuck Janerette	NYJ	25	RDT	14	10	1	6	0	6						0	1.0
53	Tom Janik	DEN	23	RCB/SS	14	10	2	32	0	31						0	0.0
54	Jon Jelacic	OAK	27	RDE	14	14	1	1	1	1						1	1.0
55	Mark Johnston	HOU	25	DB	14	3	1	90	1	90						0	0.0
56	Emil Karas*	SDG	30	LLB	14	12	2	30	0	30						0	1.5
57	Dick Klein	OAK	29	RT	14	10			0							0	1.0
58	Joe Krakoski	OAK	26	RCB/SS	14	14	4	39	0	30						0	2.0
59	Ernie Ladd*	SDG	25	DT	14	2			0								3.0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
60	Bobby Lane	SDG	24	LB	7	1			0								1.0
61	Ike Lassiter	DEN	23	LDE	7	7			0								3.5
62	Paul Maguire	SDG	25	RLB	14	10	4	47	0	38						0	0.0
63	Archie Matsos*+	OAK	29	MLB	14	14	4	39	0	19						0	1.0
64	Marv Matuszak	BUF	32	LB	14	4			0							0	2.0
65	Jerry Mays	KAN	24	RDT	14	10			0							1	4.5
66	Bob McAdams	NYJ	24	DT	12	5			0								1.0
67	Wahoo McDaniel	DEN	25	MLB	14	14	2	12	0	10						0	1.0
68	Bud McFadin*	DEN	35	LDT	14	12			0							1	3.5
69	Jim McMillin	OAK	24	FS	14	9	4	62	1	62						0	0.0
70	Chuck McMurtry	OAK	26	LDT	14	11			0								2.0
71	Charlie McNeil	SDG	27	FS	10	7	4	40	0	21						0	0.0
72	Charley Mitchell	DEN	23	RCB	14	11	1	0	0	0			2	0	0	0	0.0
73	Bob Mitinger	SDG	23	LB	14	4	3	26	0	18						0	0.0
74	Tommy Morrow+	OAK	25	SS	14	12	9	104	0	35			1	0	0	0	2.0
75	Ron Nery	2TM	29	DE	8	4			0								1.5
76	Jim Norton*	HOU	25	SS	14	14	6	86	0	37						0	0.0
77	Ross O'Hanley	BOS	24	SS	14	13	3	79	0	61						0	0.0
78	Clancy Osborne	OAK	29	RLB	14	14	2	64	0	48			1	0	0	0	6.0
79	Babe Parilli*	BOS	33	QB	14	13			0				7	6	0	0	0.0
80	Dainard Paulson	NYJ	26	RCB/SS	14	13	6	114	0	47						0	0.0
81	Anton Peters	DEN	22	DT	10	4			0								2.0
82	Bob Petrich	SDG	22	RDE	14	14			0								2.5
83	Jim Price	NYJ	23	LLB	14	11	1	15	0	15						0	0.0
84	Jess Richardson	BOS	33	LDT	14	13			0								1.0
85	Johnny Robinson*	KAN	25	FS	14	12	3	41	0	19						0	0.0
86	Paul Rochester	2TM	25	DT-LDT	13	9			0								1.0
87	Jack Rudolph	BOS	25	RLB	14	13			0								6.0
88	George Saimes	BUF	22	FS	14	11	4	29	0	16						0	1.0
89	Henry Schmidt	SDG	28	LDT	14	13			0								2.0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
90	Tom Sestak*+	BUF	27	RDT/LDT	14	14			0								7.5
91	Chuck Shonta	BOS	26	RCB	13	12	3	15	0	12						0	0.0
92	Jackie Simpson	OAK	27	LLB	14	10	2	19	0	12						0	1.0
93	Thomas Stephens	BOS	28	DB	14	1	1	22	0	22			1	0	0	0	0.0
94	Smokey Stover	KAN	25	LB	14	3			0							0	3.5
95	Mike Stratton*	BUF	22	RLB	14	11	3	31	1	26						0	2.5
96	Tony Stricker	NYJ	23	LCB	12	9	1	6	0	6			1	0	0	0	0.0
97	George Strugar	NYJ	29	DT	8	5			0								1.5
98	Bob Suci	BOS	24	FS	14	5	7	277	2	98			2	0	0	0	0.0
99	Walt Sweeney	SDG	22	G	14	0			0							0	0.5
100	LaVerne Torczon	NYJ	27	RDE	14	13	1	2	0	2						0	5.0
101	John Tracey	BUF	30	LLB	14	14	5	22	0	15						0	3.0
102	Charley Warner	KAN	23	CB	14	1	1	12	0	12						0	0.0
103	Clyde Washington	NYJ	25	FS/RCB	14	11	2	2	0	2						0	0.0
104	Bob Watters	NYJ	28	LDE	12	11			0								3.0
105	Bucky Wegener	HOU	24	RDE	14	5			0								2.0
106	Willie West*	BUF	25	LCB	14	14	5	57	0	23			1	0	0	0	0.0
107	Bud Whitehead	SDG	24	LCB	14	14	1	0	0	0						0	0.0
108	Fred Williamson*+	OAK	26	LCB	14	14	6	44	0	17						0	0.0
109	Duane Wood*	KAN	26	LCB	14	14	3	23	0	23						0	0.0
110	Mack Yoho	BUF	27	RDE/LDE	14	14			0							0	4.5
111	Sid Youngelman	BUF	32	LDE/LDT	14	14			0								5.0
112	Bob Zeman	DEN	26	SS	14	10	1	23	0	23			1	0	0	0	0.0

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