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JOHNNY BRIGHT

Bright, John D.
Height: 6-1 Weight: 215
Born: June 11, 1930 Fort Wayne, IN
Died: December 14, 1983 Edmonton, AB
High School: Central (Fort Wayne, IN)

Year	College	Status
1948	Drake	Freshmen Team
1949	Drake	Played
1950	Drake	Played
1951	Drake	Played

Draft: 1st round (5th overall) 1952 Philadelphia Eagles

NFL Transactions

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1952 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)	43	FB	13
1953 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)	43	FB	9
1954 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)	43	FB	1
1954 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	84	LB	11
1954 Year (WIFU)			12
1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	84	FB	12
1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	84	FB-LB	9
1957 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	84	FB-LB	16
1958 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	84	FB	16
1959 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	24	FB	16
1960 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	24	FB	16
1961 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)	24	FB	16
1962 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)	24	FB	11
1963 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)	24	FB	13
1964 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)	24	FB	16
13 Years (CFL)			164

AWARDS
1970 CANADIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1952 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)	2	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	10
1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	2	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	10
1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	5	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	30
1957 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	16	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	96
1958 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	8	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	48
1959 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	11	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	66
1960 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	14	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	84
1961 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)	11	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	66
1962 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)	2	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	12
Career Totals (CFL)	71	0	0					0	0		0	0	422

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
1952 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)	144	815	5.7	75	2
1953 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)	38	128	3.4	32	0			0
1954 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)	8	30	3.8		0
1954 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	37	184	5.0		0
1954 Year (WIFU)	45	214	4.8	14	0		0	0
1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	107	643	6.0	34	2			0
1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	93	573	6.2	22	4			0
1957 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	259	1679	6.5	27	16			0
1958 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	296	1722	5.8	90	8
1959 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	231	1340	5.8	53	11
1960 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	251	1268	5.1	28	14			0
1961 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)	236	1350	5.7	81	11
1962 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)	142	650	4.6	23	2			0
1963 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)	83	324	3.9	15	0		0	0
1964 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)	44	203	4.6	16	0		0	0
Career Totals (CFL)	1969	10909	5.5	90	70

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
1952 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)	56	29	51.8	22	494	8.8	17.0	54	2	3.6	5	8.9						56.7
1953 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0						39.6
1957 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	1	1	100.0	0	17	17.0	17.0	17	0	0.0	0	0.0				0	0	118.8
1958 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	6	2	33.3	3	60	10.0	30.0	44	0	0.0	1	16.7				1	1	31.9
1959 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0				39.6
Career Totals (CFL)	65	32	49.2	27	571	8.8	17.8	54	2	3.1	6	9.2	0	0		1	1	51.5

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
1952 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)		7		74	10.6	15	0		0	0
1953 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)		1		7	7.0	7	0		0	0
1954 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)		3		50	16.7	30	0			0
1954 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)		2		39	19.5		0
1954 Year (WIFU)		5		89	17.8	30	0			0
1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)		5		110	22.0	38	0			0
1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)		9		151	16.8	28	1			0
1957 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)		18		300	16.7	29	0			0
1958 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)		19		265	13.9	37	0			0
1959 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)		23		274	11.9	28	0			0
1960 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)		10		139	13.9	26	0			0
1961 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)		13		219	16.8	34	0			0
1962 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)		7		70	10.0	21	0			0
1963 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)		11		111	10.1	32	0			0
1964 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)		4		17	4.3	6	0		0	0
Career Totals (CFL)		132		1826	13.8	38	1			0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1953 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)	3	35	11.7	20	0
1954 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	3	43	14.3	25	0
1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	1	8	8.0	8	0
1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	0	9		9L	0
Career Totals (CFL)	7	95	13.6	25	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1952 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)	1	52	52.0	52	0	-
Career Totals (CFL)	1	52	52.0	52	0	-

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
1952 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)	2	-	7	3.5	7	0	0	0
1953 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)	5	-	60	12.0	35	0		0
Career Totals (CFL)	7	-	67	9.6	35	0		0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
1952 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)	5	-	117	23.4	34	0		0
1953 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)	2	-	23	11.5		0
1954 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)	1	-	24	24.0	24	0	1	0
1954 Year (WIFU)	1		24	24.0	24	0	1	0
1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	1	-	13	13.0	13	0	0	0
1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	1	-	15	15.0	15	0	0	0
1957 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	2	-	32	16.0	23	0	1	0
1958 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	7	-	83	11.9	23	0		0
1959 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	3	-	40	13.3	20	0		0
1961 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)	3	-	26	8.7	15	0	0	0
1962 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)	3	-	41	13.7	17	0	0	0
1964 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)	1	-	10	10.0	10	0	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)	29	-	424	14.6	34	0	2	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1954 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)	1			1	1	0	0
1954 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	1			2	2	0	0
1954 Year (WIFU)	2			3	3	0	0
1954 Year (WIFU)	2			3	3	0	0
1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	4					0	0
1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	3			0	0	0	0
1957 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	5			0	0	0	0
1958 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	11			0	0	0	0
1960 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)	4		1	0	1	0	0
1961 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)	5			0	0	0	0
1962 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)	1					0	0
1963 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)	5		1	0	1	0	0
1964 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)	1		0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)	41		2	3	5	0	0

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