1966 AFL Defense

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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	NYJ	29	SS/RCB	14	11	2	9	0	9						0	0.0
2	Tom Addison	BOS	30	LLB	14	12			0								2.0
3	Chuck Allen	SDG	27	MLB	5	5	1	8	0	8						0	0.0
4	Houston Antwine*	BOS	27	RDT	14	14			0								1.5
5	Scott Appleton	HOU	24	RDT	14	5			0								2.5
6	Al Atkinson	NYJ	23	MLB	14	14	4	48	0	26						0	0.0
7	Bill Baird	NYJ	27	RCB/FS	14	12	5	76	1	39						0	0.0
8	Johnny Baker	HOU	25	LLB/LDE	14	14	1	0	0	0						0	0.0
9	Joe Beauchamp	SDG	22	DB	8	2	2	24	0	21			1	0	0	0	0.0
10	Bobby Bell*+	KAN	26	LLB	14	14	2	14	0	13						1	2.5
11	Verlon Biggs*	NYJ	23	RDE	14	13			0							0	12.5						1
12	Rodger Bird	OAK	23	FS	14	7	4	48	0	23						0	0.0
13	Dan Birdwell	OAK	26	LDT	14	14	1	2	0	2						0	10.0
14	John Bramlett*	DEN	25	RLB	14	14	1	12	0	12						0	9.5
15	Mel Branch	MIA	29	DE	14	1			0							0	2.5
16	Aaron Brown	KAN	23	DE	14	1			0							0	1.0
17	Willie Brown	DEN	26	LCB	14	14	3	37	0	31						0	0.0
18	Buck Buchanan*+	KAN	27	RDT	14	14			0								2.5
19	Frank Buncom	SDG	27	RLB	14	13			0								1.0
20	Nick Buoniconti*+	BOS	26	MLB	14	14	4	43	0	41						0	0.0
21	Butch Byrd*+	BUF	25	RCB	14	14	6	110	1	60			3	0	0	0	0.0
22	Ronnie Caveness	HOU	23	MLB	14	6	1	6	0	6						0	1.0
23	Hagood Clarke	BUF	24	SS	14	13	5	118	1	66			1	0	0	0	0.0
24	Doug Cline	2TM	28	LB-MLB	11	8	1	23	0	23						1	0.0
25	Dan Conners*	OAK	25	MLB	14	8	2	55	1	32						0	2.0
26	Ed Cooke*	MIA	31	LDE	14	13			0								3.5
27	Dave Costa	BUF	25	DT	14	0			0							0	1.0
28	Larry Cox	DEN	23	LDT	11	6			0								0.5
29	Paul Crane	NYJ	22	LB	14	3			0				1	0	0	0	2.5
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	Gary Cutsinger	HOU	26	LDE	14	14			0								5.5
31	Ben Davidson*	OAK	26	RDE	14	14			0								7.0
32	Tom Day	BUF	31	RDE	14	14			0								2.0
33	Bob Dee	BOS	33	LDE	14	14			0								2.5
34	Dick Degen	SDG	24	LB	10	3	1	7	0	7						0	1.0
35	Steve DeLong	SDG	23	RDT	14	12			0								3.0
36	Al Dotson	MIA	23	RDT	9	7			0								1.0
37	Jim Dunaway*+	BUF	25	LDT	14	14			0							0	3.5
38	Speedy Duncan*	SDG	24	RCB	14	13	7	67	0	31			3	0	0	0	0.0
39	Larry Eisenhauer*	BOS	26	RDE	14	14			0								4.5
40	Frank Emanuel	MIA	24	MLB	14	10	1	14	0	14						0	0.5
41	Tom Erlandson*	MIA	26	LLB	14	14	3	31	1	26						0	1.0
42	Earl Faison	2TM	27	DE	9	4	1	26	0	26			1	0	0	1	2.0
43	Lonnie Farmer	BOS	26	RLB	14	12			0								2.0
44	Miller Farr	SDG	23	LCB	14	13	3	68	0	35						0	0.0
45	Dick Felt	BOS	33	DB	14	2	2	35	0	32						0	0.0
46	Don Floyd	HOU	28	RDE	6	4			0								2.5
47	Jim Fraser	BOS	30	P	14	3	1	3	0	3						0	1.5
48	Fred Glick	HOU	29	FS	10	9	4	57	0	41			1	0	0	0	1.0
49	Goose Gonsoulin*	DEN	28	FS	10	10			0								1.0
50	Kenny Graham+	SDG	25	SS	13	11	5	70	1	32						0	0.0
51	Larry Grantham*	NYJ	28	RLB	14	13	1	14	0	14			1	0	0	0	2.5
52	White Graves	BOS	24	FS	14	6	1	0	0	0						0	0.0
53	Dave Grayson*	OAK	27	RCB	14	14	3	64	0	24						0	0.0
54	Jim Griffin	SDG	24	LDT	14	6			0								1.0
55	George Gross	SDG	25	LDT	14	10			0								4.0
56	Ron Hall	BOS	29	SS/RCB	14	14	6	159	0	87						0	0.0
57	Jim Harris	NYJ	23	RDT	14	12			0								2.5
58	Sherrill Headrick*	KAN	29	MLB	14	14	2	22	0	15						0	0.0
59	Tom Hennessey	BOS	24	LCB	14	14	6	99	0	33			2	0	0	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
60	W.K. Hicks*	HOU	24	RCB	14	12	3	12	0	12						0	0.0
61	Pat Holmes	HOU	26	LDT	14	14			0								4.5
62	E.J. Holub*	KAN	28	RLB	14	13			0								4.0
63	Jerry Hopkins	DEN	25	LLB/RLB	14	13	2	9	0	9						0	1.5
64	Jim Hudson	NYJ	23	FS	14	9	3	39	0	18						0	1.0
65	Bobby Hunt	KAN	26	SS	14	14	10	113	0	33						0	0.0
66	Jim Lee Hunt*	BOS	28	LDT	14	14			0							1	9.0
67	Chuck Hurston	KAN	24	RDE	14	13			0								5.5
68	Harry Jacobs	BUF	29	MLB	14	13	2	15	0	15						0	1.0
69	Ray Jacobs	DEN	28	LDT	11	7			0								2.0
70	Bobby Jancik	HOU	26	DB	14	8	2	36	0	35			1	0	0	0	0.0
71	Tom Janik	BUF	26	LCB	14	11	8	136	2	37						0	1.0
72	Pete Jaquess	MIA	26	FS	14	10	3	27	1	27			2	0	0	0	0.0
73	Gene Jeter	DEN	24	LLB	14	7			0								1.5
74	Bill Keating	DEN	22	RDT	14	10			0								4.0
75	Tom Keating*	OAK	24	RDT	14	14			0								6.5
76	Howard Kindig	SDG	25	LDE	14	10	1	0	0	0						0	1.0
77	Charlie King	BUF	23	DB	14	0	1	0	0	0						0	0.0
78	Ernie Ladd	HOU	28	RDT	14	8			0								3.5
79	Dan LaRose	DEN	27	LDE	11	11			0								5.0
80	Bill Laskey	OAK	23	LB	14	3			0								1.5
81	Ike Lassiter*	OAK	26	LDE	14	14	1	10	0	10						0	10.0
82	Max Leetzow	DEN	23	RDE	14	14			0								3.0
83	Ed Lothamer	KAN	24	LDT	7	7			0								1.0
84	Archie Matsos	2TM	32	LB-MLB	13	11	3	16	0	6						0	0.0
85	Jerry Mays*+	KAN	27	LDE	14	14			0								5.5
86	Kent McCloughan*+	OAK	26	LCB	14	14	4	62	0	58						0	0.0
87	Wahoo McDaniel	MIA	28	RLB	12	9	2	20	0	20						0	1.5
88	Ron McDole+	BUF	27	LDE	14	14	1	4	0	4						0	6.5
89	John McGeever	MIA	27	FS	12	4	2	15	0	15						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
90	John Meyer	HOU	24	RLB	14	4			0								1.0
91	John Milks	SDG	23	LB	3	3	1	13	0	13						0	0.0
92	Willie Mitchell	KAN	26	RCB	14	14	3	97	1	60						0	0.0
93	Bob Mitinger	SDG	26	LB	2	0			0								2.0
94	Bob Neff	MIA	22	DB	14	0	1	22	0	22			3	0	0	0	0.0
95	Tom Nomina	MIA	25	LDT	11	11			0								1.5
96	Jim Norton	HOU	28	SS	14	12	4	125	0	56			1	0	0	0	0.0
97	Dainard Paulson	NYJ	29	FS/SS	14	10			0								0.5
98	Bob Petrich	SDG	25	RDE	14	12			0								3.0
99	Gerry Philbin	NYJ	25	LDE	14	14			0								10.5
100	Bobby Ply	KAN	26	DB	14	0	1	0	0	0						0	0.0
101	Warren Powers	OAK	25	SS	14	12	5	88	0	35						0	0.0
102	Rick Redman	SDG	23	LLB	14	14	2	7	0	7						1	0.0
103	Andy Rice	KAN	26	LDT	14	7			0								1.5
104	Johnny Robinson*+	KAN	28	FS	14	14	10	136	1	29						0	0.0
105	Paul Rochester	NYJ	28	LDT	12	12			0								1.5
106	Jack Rudolph	MIA	28	LB	11	4	1	3	0	3						0	0.0
107	George Saimes*	BUF	25	FS	14	13	1	32	0	32						0	0.0
108	Johnny Sample	NYJ	30	LCB	13	13	6	32	0	21						0	0.0
109	John Schmitt	NYJ	24	C	14	14			0								1.0
110	Marty Schottenheimer	BUF	23	LB	14	0	1	20	0	20						0	2.0
111	Goldie Sellers	DEN	24	SS	14	7	3	24	0	24			4	0	0	0	0.0
112	Tom Sestak	BUF	30	RDT	14	13			0								5.0
113	Chuck Shonta*	BOS	29	FS	14	7	1	9	0	9						0	0.0
114	Mark Smolinski	NYJ	27	FB	14	2			0							0	0.5
115	Smokey Stover	KAN	28	LB	14	1	1	6	0	6						0	0.0
116	Mike Stratton*+	BUF	25	RLB	14	14	3	37	0	23						1	3.0
117	George Tarasovic	DEN	36	RDT	6	4			0								1.0
118	Jim Tolbert	SDG	22	DB	1	0	1	0	0	0						0	0.0
119	LaVerne Torczon	MIA	30	RDE	14	13			0								1.5
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
120	John Tracey*	BUF	33	LLB	14	14	1	0	0	0						0	3.0
121	Jimmy Warren*	MIA	27	LCB	14	14	5	198	1	70			1	0	0	0	0.0
122	Don Webb	BOS	27	RCB	14	12	1	0	0	0						0	0.0
123	Willie West*	MIA	28	SS	14	13	8	62	0	31						0	1.0
124	Dick Westmoreland	MIA	25	RCB	14	14	4	104	1	42						0	0.0
125	Bud Whitehead	SDG	27	FS	14	10	2	89	0	61						0	0.0
126	Bert Wilder	NYJ	27	DE	14	2			0							0	1.0
127	Howie Williams	OAK	30	FS	14	7	3	51	0	36						0	0.0
128	Fred Williamson	KAN	29	LCB	12	11	4	20	0	19						0	0.0
129	J.R. Williamson	OAK	25	LLB	13	11			0								1.5
130	Nemiah Wilson	DEN	23	RCB	14	6	1	2	0	2			3	0	0	0	0.0
131	Lonnie Wright	DEN	21	SS	14	7	1	15	0	15						0	0.0
132	Rich Zecher	MIA	23	RDT	14	10			0								1.0

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