Billy Wade
[edit] Biography
Billy Wade (William James Wade) was born on October 4, 1930 in Nashville, Tennessee. After going to high school at Montgomery Bell Academy (Nashville, TN), Wade attended Vanderbilt Universtiy. Wade made his professional debut in the NFL in 1954 with the Los Angeles Rams. He played for the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears over the course of his 13 year career.
Most people believe that 1962 was Billy Wade's best year, as he threw for 3172 yards, tossed 18 TDs and ran in 5 TDs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Passing Stats
| 1954
| LAM
| NFL
| 10
| 59
| 31
| 52.5
| 509
| 8.63
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 86.1
|
| 1955
| LAM
| NFL
| 7
| 71
| 31
| 43.7
| 316
| 4.45
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 44.1
|
| 1956
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 178
| 91
| 51.1
| 1461
| 8.21
| 10
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 67.2
|
| 1957
| LAM
| NFL
| 5
| 24
| 10
| 41.7
| 116
| 4.83
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 53.5
|
| 1958
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 341
| 181
| 53.1
| 2875
| 8.43
| 18
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 72.2
|
| 1959
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 261
| 153
| 58.6
| 2001
| 7.67
| 12
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 71.1
|
| 1960
| LAM
| NFL
| 11
| 182
| 106
| 58.2
| 1294
| 7.11
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 77
|
| 1961
| CHI
| NFL
| 13
| 250
| 139
| 55.6
| 2258
| 9.03
| 22
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 93.7
|
| 1962
| CHI
| NFL
| 14
| 412
| 225
| 54.6
| 3172
| 7.7
| 18
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 70
|
| 1963
| CHI
| NFL
| 14
| 356
| 192
| 53.9
| 2301
| 6.46
| 15
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 74
|
| 1964
| CHI
| NFL
| 11
| 327
| 182
| 55.7
| 1944
| 5.94
| 13
| 14
| 23
| 157
| 68.6
|
| 1965
| CHI
| NFL
| 5
| 41
| 20
| 48.8
| 204
| 4.98
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 40
| 43.1
|
| 1966
| CHI
| NFL
| 2
| 21
| 9
| 42.9
| 79
| 3.76
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 33.6
|
| 13 year NFL career
| 128
| 2523
| 1370
| 54.3
| 18530
| 7.34
| 124
| 134
| 28
| 197
| 72.2
|
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1954
| LAM
| NFL
| 10
| 28
| 190
| 6.8
| 1
| 35
|
| 1955
| LAM
| NFL
| 7
| 11
| 43
| 3.9
| 0
| 14
|
| 1956
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 26
| 93
| 3.6
| 3
| 33
|
| 1957
| LAM
| NFL
| 5
| 1
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 5
|
| 1958
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 42
| 90
| 2.1
| 2
| 22
|
| 1959
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 25
| 95
| 3.8
| 2
| 17
|
| 1960
| LAM
| NFL
| 11
| 26
| 171
| 6.6
| 2
| 66t
|
| 1961
| CHI
| NFL
| 13
| 45
| 255
| 5.7
| 2
| 29
|
| 1962
| CHI
| NFL
| 14
| 40
| 146
| 3.7
| 5
| 21
|
| 1963
| CHI
| NFL
| 14
| 45
| 132
| 2.9
| 6
| 17
|
| 1964
| CHI
| NFL
| 11
| 24
| 96
| 4
| 1
| 31
|
| 1965
| CHI
| NFL
| 5
| 5
| 18
| 3.6
| 0
| 16
|
| 1966
| CHI
| NFL
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 13 year NFL career
| 128
| 318
| 1334
| 4.2
| 24
| 0
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1954
| LAM
| NFL
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| LAM
| NFL
| 7
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| LAM
| NFL
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| LAM
| NFL
| 11
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| CHI
| NFL
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| CHI
| NFL
| 14
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| CHI
| NFL
| 14
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| CHI
| NFL
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| CHI
| NFL
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| CHI
| NFL
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 13 year NFL career
| 128
| 57
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
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