Sonny Jurgensen

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Full Name: Christian Adolph Jurgensen, III	Primary Position: QB
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/202	College: Duke University
Birthdate: August 23, 1934	High School: New Hanover (Wilmington, NC)
Birthplace: Wilmington, North Carolina
Pro Experience: 18 years
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[edit] Biography

Sonny Jurgensen (Christian Adolph Jurgensen, III) was born on August 23, 1934 in Wilmington, North Carolina. After going to high school at New Hanover (Wilmington, NC), Jurgensen attended Duke University. Jurgensen made his professional debut in the NFL in 1957 with the Philadelphia Eagles. He played for the Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles over the course of his 18 year career.

Most people believe that 1967 was Sonny Jurgensen's best year, as he threw for 3747 yards, tossed 31 TDs and put up a 87.3 passer rating.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Passing Stats

year	team	league	games	ATT	CMP	PCT	YDS	YPA	TD	INT	SKD	SKY	RAT
1957	PHI	NFL	10	70	33	47.1	470	6.71	5	8	0	88	53.6
1958	PHI	NFL	12	22	12	54.5	259	11.77	0	1	0	29	77.7
1959	PHI	NFL	12	5	3	60	27	5.4	1	0	0	0	114.2
1960	PHI	NFL	12	44	24	54.5	486	11.05	5	1	0	45	122
1961	PHI	NFL	14	416	235	56.5	3723	8.95	32	24	0	211	88.1
1962	PHI	NFL	14	366	196	53.6	3261	8.91	22	26	0	212	74.3
1963	PHI	NFL	9	184	99	53.8	1413	7.68	11	13	13	111	69.4
1964	WAS	NFL	14	385	207	53.8	2934	7.62	24	13	0	0	85.4
1965	WAS	NFL	13	356	190	53.4	2367	6.65	15	16	0	0	69.6
1966	WAS	NFL	14	436	254	58.3	3209	7.36	28	19	26	210	84.5
1967	WAS	NFL	14	508	288	56.7	3747	7.38	31	16	19	157	87.3
1968	WAS	NFL	12	292	167	57.2	1980	6.78	17	11	21	183	81.7
1969	WAS	NFL	13	442	274	62	3102	7.02	22	15	40	322	85.4
1970	WAS	NFL	14	337	202	59.9	2354	6.99	23	10	25	214	91.5
1971	WAS	NFL	5	28	16	57.1	170	6.07	0	2	1	8	45.2
1972	WAS	NFL	7	59	39	66.1	633	10.73	2	4	2	21	84.9
1973	WAS	NFL	14	145	87	60	904	6.23	6	5	16	114	77.5
1974	WAS	NFL	14	167	107	64.1	1185	7.1	11	5	10	69	94.5
18 year NFL career			217	4262	2433	57.1	32224	7.56	255	189	173	1994	82.6

[edit] Rushing Stats

year	team	league	games	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
1957	PHI	NFL	10	10	-3	-0.3	2	8
1958	PHI	NFL	12	1	1	1	0	1
1959	PHI	NFL	12	0	0	0	0	0
1960	PHI	NFL	12	4	5	1.3	0	9
1961	PHI	NFL	14	20	27	1.4	0	14
1962	PHI	NFL	14	17	44	2.6	2	30
1963	PHI	NFL	9	13	38	2.9	1	13
1964	WAS	NFL	14	27	57	2.1	3	24
1965	WAS	NFL	13	17	23	1.4	2	27t
1966	WAS	NFL	14	12	14	1.2	0	16
1967	WAS	NFL	14	15	46	3.1	2	21
1968	WAS	NFL	12	8	21	2.6	1	11
1969	WAS	NFL	13	17	156	9.2	1	33
1970	WAS	NFL	14	6	39	6.5	1	14
1971	WAS	NFL	5	3	29	9.7	0	11
1972	WAS	NFL	7	4	-5	-1.3	0	0
1973	WAS	NFL	14	3	7	2.3	0	7
1974	WAS	NFL	14	4	-6	-1.5	0	0
18 year NFL career			217	181	493	2.7	15	0

[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats

year	team	league	games	TOT	OWR	OPR	YDS	TD
1957	PHI	NFL	10	0	1	0	0	0
1958	PHI	NFL	12	1	1	0	0	0
1959	PHI	NFL	12	0	0	0	0	0
1960	PHI	NFL	12	3	2	0	0	0
1961	PHI	NFL	14	6	2	0	0	0
1962	PHI	NFL	14	4	2	0	0	0
1963	PHI	NFL	9	1	1	0	0	0
1964	WAS	NFL	14	3	0	0	0	0
1965	WAS	NFL	13	6	3	0	0	0
1966	WAS	NFL	14	5	1	0	0	0
1967	WAS	NFL	14	5	0	0	0	0
1968	WAS	NFL	12	2	1	0	0	0
1969	WAS	NFL	13	2	1	0	0	0
1970	WAS	NFL	14	4	1	0	0	0
1971	WAS	NFL	5	1	0	0	0	0
1972	WAS	NFL	7	4	0	0	-9	0
1973	WAS	NFL	14	1	0	0	0	0
1974	WAS	NFL	14	2	2	0	-11	0
18 year NFL career			217	50	18	0	-20	0

[edit] Receiving Stats

year	team	league	games	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
1957	PHI	NFL	10	0	0	0	0	0
1958	PHI	NFL	12	0	0	0	0	0
1959	PHI	NFL	12	0	0	0	0	0
1960	PHI	NFL	12	0	0	0	0	0
1961	PHI	NFL	14	0	0	0	0	0
1962	PHI	NFL	14	0	0	0	0	0
1963	PHI	NFL	9	0	0	0	0	0
1964	WAS	NFL	14	0	0	0	0	0
1965	WAS	NFL	13	0	0	0	0	0
1966	WAS	NFL	14	0	0	0	0	0
1967	WAS	NFL	14	0	0	0	0	0
1968	WAS	NFL	12	0	0	0	0	0
1969	WAS	NFL	13	0	0	0	0	0
1970	WAS	NFL	14	0	0	0	0	0
1971	WAS	NFL	5	0	0	0	0	0
1972	WAS	NFL	7	0	0	0	0	0
1973	WAS	NFL	14	1	-3	-3	0	-3
1974	WAS	NFL	14	0	0	0	0	0
18 year NFL career			217	1	-3	-3	0	0

[edit] Trivia

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