Bill Stits
[edit] Biography
Bill Stits (William David Stits) was born on July 26, 1931 in Lomita, California. After going to high school at Narbonne (Lomita, CA), Stits attended the University of California - Los Angeles. Stits made his professional debut in the NFL in 1954 with the Detroit Lions. He played for the Detroit Lions, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins over the course of his 8 year career.
Most people believe that 1955 was Bill Stits's best year, as he picked off 3 passes and ran back an interception for a touchdown.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Interception Stats
| 1954
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 6
| 73
| 23
| 0
|
| 1955
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 3
| 7
| 7t
| 1
|
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 11
| 11
| 0
|
| 1957
| SFO
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 28
| 20
| 0
|
| 1958
| SFO
| NFL
| 12
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 0
|
| 1959
| WAS
| NFL
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 92
| 15
| 122
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1954
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 46
| 165
| 3.6
| 0
| 15
|
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1957
| SFO
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| SFO
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| WAS
| NFL
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 92
| 49
| 165
| 3.4
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Punt Return Stats
| 1954
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| SFO
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| SFO
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| WAS
| NFL
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 18
| 166
| 9.2
| 1
| 38
| 0
|
| 1961
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 17
| 132
| 7.8
| 2
| 30
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 92
| 40
| 305
| 7.6
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1954
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 3
| 48
| 16
| 19
| 0
|
| 1957
| SFO
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| SFO
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| WAS
| NFL
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 20
| 486
| 24.3
| 39
| 0
|
| 1961
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 4
| 87
| 21.8
| 30
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 92
| 27
| 621
| 23
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1954
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 5
| 17
| 3.4
| 0
| 14
|
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 3
| 52
| 17.3
| 0
| 27
|
| 1957
| SFO
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| SFO
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| WAS
| NFL
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 92
| 8
| 69
| 8.6
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Passing Stats
| 1954
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 2
| 100
| 62
| 31
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 158.3
|
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| SFO
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| SFO
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| WAS
| NFL
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 92
| 3
| 2
| 66.7
| 62
| 20.67
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 109.7
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1954
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 0
|
| 1955
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| SFO
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| SFO
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| WAS
| NFL
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 92
| 10
| 1
| 8
| 15
| 0
|
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