Dave Middleton
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Dave Middleton (David Hinton Middleton) was born on November 23, 1933 in Birmingham, Alabama. After going to high school at Ensley (Birmingham, AL), Middleton attended Auburn University. Middleton made his professional debut in the NFL in 1955 with the Detroit Lions. He played for the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings over the course of his 7 year career.
Most people believe that 1955 was Dave Middleton's best year, as he hauled in 44 receptions and had 663 receiving yards.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1955
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 44
| 663
| 15.1
| 3
| 77t
|
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 39
| 606
| 15.5
| 5
| 56t
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 8
| 18
| 294
| 16.3
| 2
| 56
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 29
| 506
| 17.4
| 3
| 46
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 18
| 402
| 22.3
| 2
| 79t
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 7
| 5
| 51
| 10.2
| 0
| 20
|
| 1961
| MIN
| NFL
| 12
| 30
| 444
| 14.8
| 2
| 57t
|
| 7 year NFL career
| 75
| 183
| 2966
| 16.2
| 17
| 0
|
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1955
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 59
| 201
| 3.4
| 2
| 16
|
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 3
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 10
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 0.5
| 0
| 2
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 7
| 3
| -1
| -0.3
| 0
| 1
|
| 1961
| MIN
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 7 year NFL career
| 75
| 67
| 210
| 3.1
| 2
| 0
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1955
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 11
| 188
| 17.1
| 25
| 0
|
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 15
| 15
| 15
| 0
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| MIN
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 7 year NFL career
| 75
| 12
| 203
| 16.9
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Punt Return Stats
| 1955
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 3
| 30
| 10
| 0
| 21
| 0
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| MIN
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 7 year NFL career
| 75
| 3
| 30
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
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