Bill Nelsen
[edit] Biography
Bill Nelsen (William Keith Nelsen) was born on January 29, 1941 in Los Angeles, California. After going to high school at El Rancho (Pico Rivera, CA), Nelsen attended El Cerritos JC and the University of Southern California. Nelsen made his professional debut in the NFL in 1963 with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played for the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers over the course of his 10 year career.
Most people believe that 1969 was Bill Nelsen's best year, as he threw for 2743 yards and tossed 23 TDs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Passing Stats
| 1963
| PIT
| NFL
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.6
|
| 1964
| PIT
| NFL
| 5
| 42
| 16
| 38.1
| 276
| 6.57
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 47.3
|
| 1965
| PIT
| NFL
| 12
| 270
| 121
| 44.8
| 1917
| 7.1
| 8
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 52.7
|
| 1966
| PIT
| NFL
| 5
| 112
| 63
| 56.3
| 1122
| 10.02
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 107.8
|
| 1967
| PIT
| NFL
| 8
| 165
| 74
| 44.8
| 1125
| 6.82
| 10
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 65.3
|
| 1968
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 293
| 152
| 51.9
| 2366
| 8.08
| 19
| 10
| 11
| 102
| 86.4
|
| 1969
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 352
| 190
| 54
| 2743
| 7.79
| 23
| 19
| 17
| 164
| 78.8
|
| 1970
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 313
| 159
| 50.8
| 2156
| 6.89
| 16
| 16
| 8
| 79
| 68.9
|
| 1971
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 325
| 174
| 53.5
| 2319
| 7.14
| 13
| 23
| 22
| 222
| 60.3
|
| 1972
| CLE
| NFL
| 4
| 31
| 14
| 45.2
| 141
| 4.55
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 29
| 19.1
|
| 10 year NFL career
| 90
| 1905
| 963
| 50.6
| 14165
| 7.44
| 98
| 101
| 61
| 596
| 70.2
|
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1963
| PIT
| NFL
| 2
| 1
| -6
| -6
| 0
| -6
|
| 1964
| PIT
| NFL
| 5
| 3
| 17
| 5.7
| 0
| 13
|
| 1965
| PIT
| NFL
| 12
| 26
| 84
| 3.2
| 1
| 21
|
| 1966
| PIT
| NFL
| 5
| 6
| 18
| 3
| 0
| 9
|
| 1967
| PIT
| NFL
| 8
| 9
| -19
| -2.1
| 0
| 11
|
| 1968
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 13
| 30
| 2.3
| 1
| 18
|
| 1969
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 5
| -11
| -2.2
| 0
| 3
|
| 1970
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 7
| -4
| -0.6
| 0
| 2
|
| 1971
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 13
| -18
| -1.4
| 0
| 1
|
| 1972
| CLE
| NFL
| 4
| 1
| -2
| -2
| 0
| -2
|
| 10 year NFL career
| 90
| 84
| 89
| 1.1
| 2
| 0
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1963
| PIT
| NFL
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| PIT
| NFL
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| PIT
| NFL
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| PIT
| NFL
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| PIT
| NFL
| 8
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1969
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 10
| 5
| 0
| -9
| 0
|
| 1972
| CLE
| NFL
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 10 year NFL career
| 90
| 41
| 17
| 0
| -8
| 0
|
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1963
| PIT
| NFL
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| PIT
| NFL
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| PIT
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| -5
| -5
| 0
| -5
|
| 1966
| PIT
| NFL
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| PIT
| NFL
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| CLE
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| CLE
| NFL
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 10 year NFL career
| 90
| 1
| -5
| -5
| 0
| 0
|
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