Ollie Matson
[edit] Biography
Ollie Matson (Ollie Genoa Matson) was born on May 1, 1930 in Trinity, Texas. After going to high school at George Washington (San Francisco, CA), Matson attended City College of San Francisco and the University of San Francisco. Matson made his professional debut in the NFL in 1952 with the Chicago Cardinals. He played for the Chicago Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles and Detroit Lions over the course of his 14 year career.
Most people believe that 1954 was Ollie Matson's best year, as he ran for 506 yards, ran in 4 TDs, had 611 receiving yards, ran back a punt for a touchdown, had 449 kick return yards and ran back a kickoff for a touchdown.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1952
| CHC
| NFL
| 11
| 96
| 344
| 3.6
| 3
| 25
|
| 1954
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 101
| 506
| 5
| 4
| 79t
|
| 1955
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 109
| 475
| 4.4
| 1
| 54
|
| 1956
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 192
| 924
| 4.8
| 5
| 79t
|
| 1957
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 134
| 577
| 4.3
| 6
| 56t
|
| 1958
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 129
| 505
| 3.9
| 5
| 55t
|
| 1959
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 161
| 863
| 5.4
| 6
| 50
|
| 1960
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 61
| 170
| 2.8
| 1
| 27
|
| 1961
| LAM
| NFL
| 14
| 24
| 181
| 7.5
| 2
| 69t
|
| 1962
| LAM
| NFL
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 8
| 13
| 20
| 1.5
| 0
| 9
|
| 1964
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 96
| 404
| 4.2
| 4
| 63
|
| 1965
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 22
| 103
| 4.7
| 2
| 22
|
| 1966
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 29
| 101
| 3.5
| 1
| 28
|
| 14 year NFL career
| 170
| 1170
| 5173
| 4.4
| 40
| 0
|
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1952
| CHC
| NFL
| 11
| 11
| 187
| 17
| 3
| 47t
|
| 1954
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 34
| 611
| 18
| 3
| 70
|
| 1955
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 17
| 237
| 13.9
| 2
| 70t
|
| 1956
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 15
| 199
| 13.3
| 2
| 45t
|
| 1957
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 20
| 451
| 22.6
| 3
| 75t
|
| 1958
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 33
| 465
| 14.1
| 3
| 59
|
| 1959
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 18
| 130
| 7.2
| 0
| 49
|
| 1960
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 15
| 98
| 6.5
| 0
| 24
|
| 1961
| LAM
| NFL
| 14
| 29
| 537
| 18.5
| 3
| 96t
|
| 1962
| LAM
| NFL
| 13
| 3
| 49
| 16.3
| 1
| 20t
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 8
| 2
| 20
| 10
| 0
| 17
|
| 1964
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 17
| 242
| 14.2
| 1
| 32
|
| 1965
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 2
| 29
| 14.5
| 1
| 20
|
| 1966
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 6
| 30
| 5
| 1
| 11
|
| 14 year NFL career
| 170
| 222
| 3285
| 14.8
| 23
| 0
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1952
| CHC
| NFL
| 11
| 20
| 624
| 31.2
| 100t
| 2
|
| 1954
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 17
| 449
| 26.4
| 91t
| 1
|
| 1955
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 15
| 368
| 24.5
| 37
| 0
|
| 1956
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 13
| 362
| 27.8
| 105t
| 1
|
| 1957
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 7
| 154
| 22
| 32
| 0
|
| 1958
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 14
| 497
| 35.5
| 101t
| 2
|
| 1959
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 16
| 367
| 22.9
| 48
| 0
|
| 1960
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 9
| 216
| 24
| 42
| 0
|
| 1961
| LAM
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| LAM
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 8
| 3
| 61
| 20.3
| 30
| 0
|
| 1964
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 3
| 104
| 34.7
| 43
| 0
|
| 1965
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 26
| 544
| 20.9
| 31
| 0
|
| 14 year NFL career
| 170
| 143
| 3746
| 26.2
| 0
| 6
|
[edit] Punt Return Stats
| 1952
| CHC
| NFL
| 11
| 9
| 86
| 9.6
| 0
| 23
| 0
|
| 1954
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 11
| 100
| 9.1
| 0
| 50t
| 1
|
| 1955
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 13
| 245
| 18.8
| 0
| 78t
| 2
|
| 1956
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 5
| 39
| 7.8
| 0
| 16
| 0
|
| 1957
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 10
| 54
| 5.4
| 0
| 28
| 0
|
| 1958
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 14
| 61
| 4.4
| 0
| 20
| 0
|
| 1960
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| LAM
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| LAM
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 9
| 0
|
| 1965
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 14 year NFL career
| 170
| 65
| 595
| 9.2
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
[edit] Interception Stats
| 1952
| CHC
| NFL
| 11
| 2
| 51
| 30
| 0
|
| 1954
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| LAM
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| LAM
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 14 year NFL career
| 170
| 3
| 51
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Passing Stats
| 1952
| CHC
| NFL
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1954
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 39.6
|
| 1955
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 100
| 43
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 118.8
|
| 1956
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 39.6
|
| 1957
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 5
| 2
| 40
| 59
| 11.8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 84.6
|
| 1958
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 50
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 56.3
|
| 1959
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| LAM
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| LAM
| NFL
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 100
| 13
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 118.8
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 14 year NFL career
| 170
| 15
| 5
| 33.3
| 119
| 7.93
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 17
| 35.1
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1952
| CHC
| NFL
| 11
| 8
| 2
| 2
| 34
| 1
|
| 1954
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| CHC
| NFL
| 12
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| LAM
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| LAM
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| PHI
| NFL
| 12
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| PHI
| NFL
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 14 year NFL career
| 170
| 66
| 12
| 3
| 34
| 1
|
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