Nick Pietrosante
[edit] Biography
Nick Pietrosante (Nicholas Vincent Pietrosante) was born on September 10, 1937 in Derby, Connecticut. After going to high school at Notre Dame (West Haven, CT), Pietrosante attended the University of Notre Dame. Pietrosante made his professional debut in the NFL in 1959 with the Detroit Lions. He played for the Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns over the course of his 9 year career.
Most people believe that 1960 was Nick Pietrosante's best year, as he ran for 872 yards, ran in 8 TDs and ran for an average of 5.4 yards per carry.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 76
| 447
| 5.9
| 3
| 37
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 161
| 872
| 5.4
| 8
| 57
|
| 1961
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 201
| 841
| 4.2
| 5
| 42
|
| 1962
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 134
| 445
| 3.3
| 2
| 22t
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 112
| 418
| 3.7
| 5
| 22
|
| 1964
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 147
| 536
| 3.6
| 4
| 21
|
| 1965
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 107
| 374
| 3.5
| 1
| 12
|
| 1966
| CLE
| NFL
| 13
| 7
| 20
| 2.9
| 0
| 8
|
| 1967
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 10
| 73
| 7.3
| 0
| 31
|
| 9 year NFL career
| 116
| 955
| 4026
| 4.2
| 28
| 0
|
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 16
| 140
| 8.8
| 0
| 20
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 13
| 129
| 9.9
| 0
| 28
|
| 1961
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 26
| 315
| 12.1
| 0
| 76
|
| 1962
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 26
| 251
| 9.7
| 2
| 26
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 16
| 173
| 10.8
| 0
| 24
|
| 1964
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 19
| 152
| 8
| 0
| 20
|
| 1965
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 18
| 163
| 9.1
| 0
| 54
|
| 1966
| CLE
| NFL
| 13
| 1
| 12
| 12
| 0
| 12
|
| 1967
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 6
| 56
| 9.3
| 0
| 23
|
| 9 year NFL career
| 116
| 141
| 1391
| 9.9
| 2
| 0
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 5
| 98
| 19.6
| 24
| 0
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 58
| 29
| 36
| 0
|
| 1961
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| CLE
| NFL
| 13
| 2
| 9
| 4.5
| 8
| 0
|
| 1967
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 9 year NFL career
| 116
| 9
| 165
| 18.3
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 12
| 0
|
| 1961
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| CLE
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 9 year NFL career
| 116
| 29
| 5
| 0
| 12
| 0
|
[edit] Passing Stats
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 100
| 37
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 118.8
|
| 1964
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| CLE
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| CLE
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 9 year NFL career
| 116
| 2
| 1
| 50
| 37
| 18.5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 56.3
|
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