JOHNNY BRIGHTBright, 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 |
| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1952 CAL WIFU | 43 | FB | 13 | |
| 1953 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1953 CAL WIFU | 43 | FB | 9 | |
| 1954 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1954 CAL WIFU | 43 | FB | 1 | |
| 1954 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1954 EDM WIFU | 84 | LB | 11 | |
| 1954 Year (WIFU)1954 Year WIFU | 12 | |||
| 1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1955 EDM WIFU | 84 | FB | 12 | |
| 1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1956 EDM WIFU | 84 | FB-LB | 9 | |
| 1957 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1957 EDM WIFU | 84 | FB-LB | 16 | |
| 1958 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1958 EDM WIFU | 84 | FB | 16 | |
| 1959 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1959 EDM WIFU | 24 | FB | 16 | |
| 1960 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1960 EDM WIFU | 24 | FB | 16 | |
| 1961 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1961 EDM CFL | 24 | FB | 16 | |
| 1962 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1962 EDM CFL | 24 | FB | 11 | |
| 1963 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1963 EDM CFL | 24 | FB | 13 | |
| 1964 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1964 EDM CFL | 24 | FB | 16 | |
| 13 Years (CFL)13 Years CFL | 175 |
| Transaction | Date | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | 1/17/1952 | 1952 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1952 PHI NFL |
| Signed | 3/7/1952 | 1952 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1952 CAL WIFU |
| Released | 8/26/1954 | 1954 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1954 CAL WIFU |
| Signed | 1954 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1954 EDM WIFU | |
| Released | 1964 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1964 EDM CFL |
| AWARDS |
|---|
| 1959 Official CFL Most Oustanding Player of the Year |
| 1970 CANADIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | X1% | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | FG% | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1952 CAL WIFU | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1955 EDM WIFU | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1956 EDM WIFU | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| 1957 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1957 EDM WIFU | 16 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||
| 1958 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1958 EDM WIFU | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| 1959 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1959 EDM WIFU | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| 1960 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1960 EDM WIFU | 14 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||
| 1961 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1961 EDM CFL | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| 1962 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1962 EDM CFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 422 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1952 CAL WIFU | 144 | 815 | 5.7 | 75 | 2 | ||||
| 1953 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1953 CAL WIFU | 38 | 128 | 3.4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1954 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1954 CAL WIFU | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 0 | |||||
| 1954 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1954 EDM WIFU | 37 | 184 | 5.0 | 0 | |||||
| 1954 Year (WIFU)1954 Year WIFU | 45 | 214 | 4.8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1955 EDM WIFU | 107 | 643 | 6.0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1956 EDM WIFU | 93 | 573 | 6.2 | 22 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 1957 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1957 EDM WIFU | 259 | 1679 | 6.5 | 27 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 1958 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1958 EDM WIFU | 296 | 1722 | 5.8 | 90 | 8 | ||||
| 1959 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1959 EDM WIFU | 231 | 1340 | 5.8 | 53 | 11 | ||||
| 1960 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1960 EDM WIFU | 251 | 1268 | 5.1 | 28 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 1961 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1961 EDM CFL | 236 | 1350 | 5.7 | 81 | 11 | ||||
| 1962 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1962 EDM CFL | 142 | 650 | 4.6 | 23 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1963 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1963 EDM CFL | 83 | 324 | 3.9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1964 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1964 EDM CFL | 44 | 203 | 4.6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | COM% | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | SK | YL | FD | 20+ | 40+ | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1952 CAL WIFU | 56 | 29 | 51.8 | 22 | 494 | 8.8 | 17.0 | 54 | 2 | 3.6 | 5 | 8.9 | 56.7 | |||||
| 1953 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1953 CAL WIFU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||||
| 1957 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1957 EDM 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)1958 EDM 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)1959 EDM WIFU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Career Totals (CFL)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 | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1952 CAL WIFU | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1953 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1953 CAL WIFU | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1954 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1954 CAL WIFU | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1954 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1954 EDM WIFU | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | |||||||
| 1954 Year (WIFU)1954 Year WIFU | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1955 EDM WIFU | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1956 EDM WIFU | 9 | 151 | 16.8 | 28 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1957 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1957 EDM WIFU | 18 | 300 | 16.7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1958 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1958 EDM WIFU | 19 | 265 | 13.9 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1959 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1959 EDM WIFU | 23 | 274 | 11.9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1960 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1960 EDM WIFU | 10 | 139 | 13.9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1961 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1961 EDM CFL | 13 | 219 | 16.8 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1962 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1962 EDM CFL | 7 | 70 | 10.0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1963 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1963 EDM CFL | 11 | 111 | 10.1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1964 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1964 EDM CFL | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL | 132 | 1826 | 13.8 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1953 CAL WIFU | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 20 | 0 |
| 1954 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1954 EDM WIFU | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 25 | 0 |
| 1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1955 EDM WIFU | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1956 EDM WIFU | 0 | 9 | 9L | 0 | |
| Career Totals (CFL)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)1952 CAL WIFU | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 | - | ||||||
| Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1952 CAL WIFU | 2 | - | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1953 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1953 CAL WIFU | 5 | - | 60 | 12.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL | 7 | 67 | 9.6 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1952 CAL WIFU | 5 | - | 117 | 23.4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1953 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1953 CAL WIFU | 2 | - | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | ||||
| 1954 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1954 CAL WIFU | 1 | - | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1954 Year (WIFU)1954 Year WIFU | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1955 EDM WIFU | 1 | - | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1956 EDM WIFU | 1 | - | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1957 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1957 EDM WIFU | 2 | - | 32 | 16.0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1958 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1958 EDM WIFU | 7 | - | 83 | 11.9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1959 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1959 EDM WIFU | 3 | - | 40 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1961 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1961 EDM CFL | 3 | - | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1962 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1962 EDM CFL | 3 | - | 41 | 13.7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1964 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1964 EDM CFL | 1 | - | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL | 29 | 424 | 14.6 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1954 CAL WIFU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1954 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1954 EDM WIFU | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1954 Year (WIFU)1954 Year WIFU | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1955 EDM WIFU | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1956 EDM WIFU | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1957 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1957 EDM WIFU | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1958 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1958 EDM WIFU | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1960 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1960 EDM WIFU | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1961 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1961 EDM CFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1962 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1962 EDM CFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1963 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1963 EDM CFL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1964 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)1964 EDM CFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL | 41 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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