Jim Butler
[edit] Biography
Jim Butler (James Butler) was born on May 4, 1943 in Quincy, Florida. After going to high school at Carver (Delray Beach, FL), Butler attended Edward Waters College. Butler made his professional debut in the NFL in 1965 with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played for the Atlanta Falcons, Pittsburgh Steelers and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 8 year career.
Most people believe that 1969 was Jim Butler's best year, as he ran for 655 yards and had 405 kick return yards.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1965
| PIT
| NFL
| 14
| 46
| 108
| 2.3
| 0
| 12
|
| 1966
| PIT
| NFL
| 14
| 46
| 114
| 2.5
| 2
| 19
|
| 1967
| PIT
| NFL
| 11
| 90
| 293
| 3.3
| 0
| 24
|
| 1968
| ATL
| NFL
| 12
| 94
| 365
| 3.9
| 2
| 60t
|
| 1969
| ATL
| NFL
| 14
| 163
| 655
| 4
| 3
| 39
|
| 1970
| ATL
| NFL
| 14
| 166
| 636
| 3.8
| 0
| 33
|
| 1971
| ATL
| NFL
| 14
| 186
| 594
| 3.2
| 2
| 19
|
| 1972
| SLC
| NFL
| 5
| 6
| 3
| 0.5
| 0
| 5
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 98
| 797
| 2768
| 3.5
| 9
| 0
|
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1965
| PIT
| NFL
| 14
| 9
| 117
| 13
| 1
| 43t
|
| 1966
| PIT
| NFL
| 14
| 4
| 93
| 23.3
| 1
| 66t
|
| 1967
| PIT
| NFL
| 11
| 4
| 23
| 5.8
| 0
| 13
|
| 1968
| ATL
| NFL
| 12
| 15
| 127
| 8.5
| 0
| 31
|
| 1969
| ATL
| NFL
| 14
| 17
| 297
| 17.5
| 2
| 65t
|
| 1970
| ATL
| NFL
| 14
| 24
| 151
| 6.3
| 1
| 25
|
| 1971
| ATL
| NFL
| 14
| 15
| 143
| 9.5
| 2
| 27t
|
| 1972
| SLC
| NFL
| 5
| 1
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 8
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 98
| 89
| 959
| 10.8
| 7
| 0
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1965
| PIT
| NFL
| 14
| 25
| 509
| 20.4
| 36
| 0
|
| 1966
| PIT
| NFL
| 14
| 17
| 454
| 26.7
| 93t
| 1
|
| 1967
| PIT
| NFL
| 11
| 10
| 223
| 22.3
| 32
| 0
|
| 1968
| ATL
| NFL
| 12
| 37
| 799
| 21.6
| 42
| 0
|
| 1969
| ATL
| NFL
| 14
| 13
| 405
| 31.2
| 61
| 0
|
| 1970
| ATL
| NFL
| 14
| 14
| 284
| 20.3
| 29
| 0
|
| 1971
| ATL
| NFL
| 14
| 13
| 372
| 28.6
| 82
| 0
|
| 1972
| SLC
| NFL
| 5
| 4
| 85
| 21.3
| 27
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 98
| 133
| 3131
| 23.5
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1965
| PIT
| NFL
| 14
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| PIT
| NFL
| 14
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| PIT
| NFL
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| ATL
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| ATL
| NFL
| 14
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| ATL
| NFL
| 14
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| ATL
| NFL
| 14
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| SLC
| NFL
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 98
| 34
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
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