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Norm Van Brocklin

Norman Mack Van Brocklin

Position: QB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: March 15, 1926 in Eagle Butte, SD
College: Oregon

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1971

9-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 4th round (37th overall) of the 1949 Draft

Coaching Record

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1949 23 RAM 8 0 32 58 55.2 601 6 10.3 2 3.4 51 10.4 9.8 18.8 75.1 111.4
1950* 24 RAM QB 12 6 127 233 54.5 2061 18 7.7 14 6.0 58 8.8 6.9 16.2 171.8 85.1
1951* 25 RAM qb 12 2 100 194 51.5 1725 13 6.7 11 5.7 81 8.9 7.0 17.3 143.8 80.8
1952* 26 RAM QB 12 6 113 205 55.1 1736 14 6.8 17 8.3 84 8.5 5.4 15.4 144.7 71.5
1953* 27 RAM QB 12 12 156 286 54.5 2393 19 6.6 14 4.9 70 8.4 6.8 15.3 199.4 84.1
1954* 28 RAM QB 12 11 139 260 53.5 2637 13 5.0 21 8.1 80 10.1 7.0 19.0 219.8 71.9
1955* 29 RAM QB 12 12 144 272 52.9 1890 8 2.9 15 5.5 74 6.9 4.8 13.1 157.5 62.0
1956 30 RAM qb 12 4 68 124 54.8 966 7 5.6 12 9.7 58 7.8 4.0 14.2 80.5 59.5
1957 31 RAM QB 12 12 132 265 49.8 2105 20 7.5 21 7.9 70 7.9 5.1 15.9 175.4 68.8
1958* 32 PHI QB 12 12 2-9-1 198 374 52.9 2409 15 4.0 20 5.3 91 6.4 4.4 12.2 200.8 64.1
1959* 33 PHI QB 12 12 7-5-0 191 340 56.2 2617 16 4.7 14 4.1 71 7.7 6.3 13.7 218.1 79.5
1960*+ 34 PHI QB 12 12 10-2-0 153 284 53.9 2471 24 8.5 17 6.0 64 8.7 6.9 16.2 205.9 86.5
Career 140 101 19-16-1 1553 2895 53.6 23611 173 6.0 178 6.1 91 8.2 6.0 15.2 168.7 75.1
9 yrs STL 104 65 1011 1897 53.3 16114 118 6.2 127 6.7 84 8.5 6.1 15.9 154.9 74.7
3 yrs PHI 36 36 19-16-1 542 998 54.3 7497 55 5.5 51 5.1 91 7.5 5.8 13.8 208.3 75.7

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1949 23 RAM 8 0 2 91 46 0 45.5
1950* 24 RAM QB 12 6 11 466 51 0 42.4
1951* 25 RAM qb 12 2 48 1992 62 1 41.5
1952* 26 RAM QB 12 6 29 1250 66 0 43.1
1953* 27 RAM QB 12 12 60 2529 57 0 42.2
1954* 28 RAM QB 12 11 44 1874 61 0 42.6
1955* 29 RAM QB 12 12 60 2676 61 0 44.6
1956 30 RAM qb 12 4 48 2070 72 0 43.1
1957 31 RAM QB 12 12 54 2392 71 0 44.3
1958* 32 PHI QB 12 12 54 2225 58 1 41.2
1959* 33 PHI QB 12 12 53 2263 59 1 42.7
1960*+ 34 PHI QB 12 12 60 2585 70 0 43.1
Career 140 101 523 22413 72 3 42.9
9 yrs STL 104 65 356 15340 72 1 43.1
3 yrs PHI 36 36 167 7073 70 2 42.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1949 23 RAM 8 0 4 -1 0 2 -0.3 -0.1 0.5 -1 0 2
1950* 24 RAM QB 12 6 15 22 1 16 1.5 1.8 1.3 22 1 6
1951* 25 RAM qb 12 2 7 2 2 4 0.3 0.2 0.6 2 2 3
1952* 26 RAM QB 12 6 7 -10 0 9 -1.4 -0.8 0.6 -10 0 5
1953* 27 RAM QB 12 12 8 11 0 6 1.4 0.9 0.7 11 0 3
1954* 28 RAM QB 12 11 6 -10 0 5 -1.7 -0.8 0.5 -10 0 3
1955* 29 RAM QB 12 12 11 24 0 9 2.2 2.0 0.9 24 0 3
1956 30 RAM qb 12 4 4 1 1 1 0.3 0.1 0.3 1 1 2
1957 31 RAM QB 12 12 10 -4 4 3 -0.4 -0.3 0.8 -4 4 4
1958* 32 PHI QB 12 12 8 5 1 2 0.6 0.4 0.7 5 1 3
1959* 33 PHI QB 12 12 11 13 2 12 1.2 1.1 0.9 13 2 4
1960*+ 34 PHI QB 12 12 11 -13 0 1 -1.2 -1.1 0.9 -13 0 7
Career 140 101 102 40 11 16 0.4 0.3 0.7 40 11 45
9 yrs STL 104 65 72 35 8 16 0.5 0.3 0.7 35 8 31
3 yrs PHI 36 36 30 5 3 12 0.2 0.1 0.8 5 3 14

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1949 23 RAM 8 0 2 1 0 0
1950* 24 RAM QB 12 6 6 2 0 0
1951* 25 RAM qb 12 2 3 0 0 0
1952* 26 RAM QB 12 6 5 2 0 0
1953* 27 RAM QB 12 12 3 1 0 0
1954* 28 RAM QB 12 11 3 0 0 0
1955* 29 RAM QB 12 12 3 2 0 0
1956 30 RAM qb 12 4 2 1 0 0
1957 31 RAM QB 12 12 4 0 0 0
1958* 32 PHI QB 12 12 3 1 0 0
1959* 33 PHI QB 12 12 4 5 0 0
1960*+ 34 PHI QB 12 12 7 2 0 0
Career 140 101 45 17 0 0
9 yrs STL 104 65 31 9 0 0
3 yrs PHI 36 36 14 8 0 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1950* 24 RAM QB 12 6 1 6
1951* 25 RAM qb 12 2 2 12
1956 30 RAM qb 12 4 1 6
1957 31 RAM QB 12 12 4 24
1958* 32 PHI QB 12 12 1 6
1959* 33 PHI QB 12 12 2 12
Career 140 101 11 66
9 yrs STL 104 65 8 48
3 yrs PHI 36 36 3 18

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1960 NFL AP MVP
1960 NFL UPI MVP
1960 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1960 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)

Pro Bowls

1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1958
1959
1960

1st-team All-Pro

1960

Passes Completed

1950 NFL 127 (6)
1951 NFL 100 (6)
1952 NFL 113 (4)
1953 NFL 156 (4)
1954 NFL 139 (5)
1955 NFL 144 (4)
1957 NFL 132 (4)
1958 NFL 198 (1)
1959 NFL 191 (2)
1960 NFL 153 (2)
Career 1553 (88)

Pass Attempts

1950 NFL 233 (9)
1951 NFL 194 (7)
1952 NFL 205 (6)
1953 NFL 286 (5)
1954 NFL 260 (5)
1955 NFL 272 (4)
1957 NFL 265 (4)
1958 NFL 374 (1)
1959 NFL 340 (2)
1960 NFL 284 (2)
Career 2895 (88)

Passing Yds

1950 NFL 2061 (3)
1951 NFL 1725 (4)
1952 NFL 1736 (4)
1953 NFL 2393 (3)
1954 NFL 2637 (1)
1955 NFL 1890 (4)
1957 NFL 2105 (3)
1958 NFL 2409 (3)
1959 NFL 2617 (2)
1960 NFL 2471 (2)
Career 23611 (66)

Passing TD

1949 NFL 6 (10)
1950 NFL 18 (2)
1951 NFL 13 (5)
1952 NFL 14 (4)
1953 NFL 19 (3)
1954 NFL 13 (7)
1956 NFL 7 (10)
1957 NFL 20 (2)
1958 NFL 15 (3)
1959 NFL 16 (3)
1960 NFL 24 (2)
Career 173 (48)

Passer Rating

1950 NFL 85.1 (1)
1951 NFL 80.8 (2)
1952 NFL 71.5 (1)
1953 NFL 84.1 (2)
1954 NFL 71.9 (6)
1955 NFL 62.0 (4)
1957 NFL 68.8 (5)
1958 NFL 64.1 (8)
1959 NFL 79.5 (4)
1960 NFL 86.5 (2)
Career 75.1 (89)

Long Pass

1951 NFL 81 (3)
1952 NFL 84 (2)
1953 NFL 70 (9)
1954 NFL 80 (4)
1955 NFL 74 (6)
1957 NFL 70 (8)
1958 NFL 91 (2-- 68)
1959 NFL 71 (9)

Passes Intercepted

1951 NFL 11 (10)
1952 NFL 17 (4)
1953 NFL 14 (10)
1954 NFL 21 (2)
1955 NFL 15 (8)
1956 NFL 12 (6)
1957 NFL 21 (1)
1958 NFL 20 (2)
1959 NFL 14 (5)
1960 NFL 17 (7)
Career 178 (36)

Passing Yds/Game

1949 NFL 75.1 (9)
1950 NFL 171.8 (3)
1951 NFL 143.8 (4)
1952 NFL 144.7 (4)
1953 NFL 199.4 (3)
1954 NFL 219.8 (2)
1955 NFL 157.5 (4)
1957 NFL 175.4 (3)
1958 NFL 200.8 (3)
1959 NFL 218.1 (2)
1960 NFL 205.9 (2)
Career 168.7 (77)

Yds/Pass Att

1950 NFL 8.8 (1-- 34)
1951 NFL 8.9 (1)
1952 NFL 8.5 (1-- 62)
1953 NFL 8.4 (2-- 77)
1954 NFL 10.1 (1-- 4)
1955 NFL 6.9 (5)
1957 NFL 7.9 (2)
1959 NFL 7.7 (3)
1960 NFL 8.7 (2-- 40)
Career 8.2 (3)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1950 NFL 16.2 (1-- 44)
1951 NFL 17.3 (3)
1952 NFL 15.4 (3-- 90)
1953 NFL 15.3 (3-- 95)
1954 NFL 19.0 (1-- 3)
1955 NFL 13.1 (9)
1957 NFL 15.9 (2-- 60)
1958 NFL 12.2 (10)
1959 NFL 13.7 (6)
1960 NFL 16.2 (4-- 44)
Career 15.2 (7)

Pass Attempts/Game

1950 NFL 19.4 (9)
1951 NFL 16.2 (8)
1952 NFL 17.1 (6)
1953 NFL 23.8 (5)
1954 NFL 21.7 (5)
1955 NFL 22.7 (4)
1957 NFL 22.1 (4)
1958 NFL 31.2 (1)
1959 NFL 28.3 (2)
1960 NFL 23.7 (3)
Career 20.7 (136)

Punts

1951 NFL 48 (9)
1953 NFL 60 (5)
1955 NFL 60 (6)
1956 NFL 48 (5)
1957 NFL 54 (7)
1958 NFL 54 (5)
1959 NFL 53 (7)
1960 NFL 60 (4)
Career 523 (75)

Punting Yds

1951 NFL 1992 (9)
1953 NFL 2529 (4)
1954 NFL 1874 (10)
1955 NFL 2676 (2)
1956 NFL 2070 (5)
1957 NFL 2392 (7)
1958 NFL 2225 (4)
1959 NFL 2263 (7)
1960 NFL 2585 (4)
Career 22413 (72)

Long Punt

1951 NFL 62 (10)
1952 NFL 66 (6)
1954 NFL 61 (8)
1955 NFL 61 (6)
1956 NFL 72 (1)
1957 NFL 71 (2)
1960 NFL 70 (3)

Punts Blocked

1951 NFL 1 (1)
1958 NFL 1 (1)
1959 NFL 1 (1)
Career 3 (100)

Yds/Punt

1951 NFL 41.5 (6)
1952 NFL 43.1 (4)
1953 NFL 42.2 (6)
1954 NFL 42.6 (3)
1955 NFL 44.6 (1)
1956 NFL 43.1 (2)
1957 NFL 44.3 (3)
1958 NFL 41.2 (7)
1959 NFL 42.7 (6)
1960 NFL 43.1 (5)
Career 42.9 (44)

Fumbles

1960 NFL 7 (6)
Career 45 (136)

Fumbles Recovered

1959 NFL 5 (1)
Career 17 (149)

Passes Completed/Game

1950 NFL 10.6 (6)
1951 NFL 8.3 (6)
1952 NFL 9.4 (4)
1953 NFL 13.0 (5)
1954 NFL 11.6 (7)
1955 NFL 12.0 (4)
1957 NFL 11.0 (4)
1958 NFL 16.5 (1)
1959 NFL 15.9 (2)
1960 NFL 12.8 (2)
Career 11.1 (138)

Pass Completion %

1950 NFL 54.5% (2)
1951 NFL 51.5% (3)
1952 NFL 55.1% (1)
1953 NFL 54.5% (3)
1954 NFL 53.5% (6)
1955 NFL 52.9% (3)
1957 NFL 49.8% (5)
1958 NFL 52.9% (6)
1959 NFL 56.2% (4)
1960 NFL 53.9% (5)
Career 53.6% (137)

Pass Intercept. %

1950 NFL 6.0% (2)
1951 NFL 5.7% (3)
1952 NFL 8.3% (9)
1953 NFL 4.9% (3)
1955 NFL 5.5% (3)
1957 NFL 7.9% (9)
1958 NFL 5.3% (5)
1959 NFL 4.1% (5)
1960 NFL 6.0% (4)
Career 6.1% (187)

Passing TD %

1950 NFL 7.7% (1-- 47)
1951 NFL 6.7% (3)
1952 NFL 6.8% (4)
1953 NFL 6.6% (3)
1954 NFL 5.0% (6)
1957 NFL 7.5% (2-- 58)
1959 NFL 4.7% (7)
1960 NFL 8.5% (2-- 21)
Career 6.0% (13)

     

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1952 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1954 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1954 - Sporting News: 2nd team all-NFL
1955 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1955 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1960 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL