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DON JONAS

Jonas, Donald Walter
Height: 5-11 Weight: 195
Born: December 3, 1938 Scranton, PA
High School: West (Scranton, PA)

Year	College	Status
1957	Penn State
1958	Penn State	Lettered
1960	Penn State	Lettered
1961	Penn State	Lettered

Draft: 13th round (182nd overall) 1961 Philadelphia Eagles; 32nd round (253rd overall) 1962 New York Titans

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1962 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1962 PHI NFL	33	HB	1	0
1963 Harrisburg Capitols (ACFL)1963 HARR ACFL	14	QB-HB-K	12
1964 Harrisburg Capitols (ACFL)1964 HARR ACFL		HB-QB-K
1965 Newark Bears (COFL)1965 NEW COFL	13	QB
1966 Orlando Panthers (COFL)1966 ORL COFL	13	QB-K	14
1967 Orlando Panthers (COFL)1967 ORL COFL	13	QB-K
1968 Orlando Panthers (COFL)1968 ORL COFL	13	QB-K
1969 Orlando Panthers (COFL)1969 ORL COFL	13	QB-K
1970 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1970 TOR CFL	13	QB	14
1971 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1971 WPG CFL	7	QB	16
1972 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1972 WPG CFL	7	QB	16
1973 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1973 WPG CFL	7	QB	16
1974 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1974 WPG CFL	7	QB	6
1974 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1974 HAM CFL	7	QB	9
1974 Year (CFL)1974 Year CFL			15
1 Year (NFL)1 Year NFL			1	0
5 Years (CFL)5 Years CFL			77

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	12/28/1960	1961 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1961 PHI NFL
Draft	12/16/1961	1962 New York Titans (AFL)1962 NY AFL
Signed	6/22/1962	1962 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1962 PHI NFL
Released	9/21/1962	1962 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1962 PHI NFL
Signed		1963 Harrisburg Capitols (ACFL)1963 HARR ACFL
Traded	8/12/1965	1965 Newark Bears (COFL)1965 NEW COFL
Free Agent		1969 Orlando Panthers (COFL)1969 ORL COFL
Signed	3/26/1970	1970 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1970 TOR CFL
Free Agent		1970 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1970 TOR CFL
Signed		1971 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1971 WPG CFL
Free Agent		1973 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1973 WPG CFL
Signed	3/23/1974	1974 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1974 WPG CFL
Traded	9/4/1974	1974 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1974 HAM CFL
Free Agent		1974 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1974 HAM CFL

AWARDS
1963 Official ACFL Offensive Most Valuable Player
1963 Official ACFL Most Valuable Offensive Player of the Year
1963 Official All-ACFL
1966 Official COFL Most Valuable Player
1968 Official COFL Most Valuable Player
1971 Official CFL Most Oustanding Player of the Year
1971 Official All-CFL
1972 Official All-CFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1963 Harrisburg Capitols (ACFL)1963 HARR ACFL	11	37			-	-	-	11	22	50.0	-	0	136
1964 Harrisburg Capitols (ACFL)1964 HARR ACFL	0	17			-	-	-	2			-	0	23
1965 Newark Bears (COFL)1965 NEW COFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1966 Orlando Panthers (COFL)1966 ORL COFL	6	62	65	95.4	-	-	-	11	27	40.7	-	0	131
1967 Orlando Panthers (COFL)1967 ORL COFL	3	48	48	100.0	-	-	-	12	21	57.1	-	0	102
1968 Orlando Panthers (COFL)1968 ORL COFL	1	50	51	98.0	-	-	-	6	12	50.0	-	0	74
1969 Orlando Panthers (COFL)1969 ORL COFL	0	42	43	97.7	-	-	-	8	21	38.1	-	0	66
1974 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1974 WPG CFL	0	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		1	0	1
1974 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1974 HAM CFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	12
1974 Year (CFL)1974 Year CFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		1	0	13
1970 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1970 TOR CFL	3	33	38	86.8	-	-	-	15	26	57.7	4	0	100
1971 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1971 WPG CFL	4	40	44	90.9	-	-	-	15	36	41.7	12	0	121
1972 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1972 WPG CFL	1	45	48	93.8	-	-	-	14	21	66.7	4	0	97
1973 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1973 WPG CFL	2	12	14	85.7	-	-	-	9	17	52.9	3	0	54
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	12	130	144	90.3				53	100	53.0	24	0	385

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1963 Harrisburg Capitols (ACFL)1963 HARR ACFL	76	455	6.0		6
1965 Newark Bears (COFL)1965 NEW COFL	22	70	3.2	17	1		0	0
1966 Orlando Panthers (COFL)1966 ORL COFL	32	165	5.2	48	6
1967 Orlando Panthers (COFL)1967 ORL COFL	34	159	4.7	28	3			0
1968 Orlando Panthers (COFL)1968 ORL COFL	13	30	2.3	7	1		0	0
1969 Orlando Panthers (COFL)1969 ORL COFL	8	22	2.8	13	0		0	0
1970 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1970 TOR CFL	30	142	4.7	19	3		0	0
1971 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1971 WPG CFL	20	80	4.0	25	4			0
1972 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1972 WPG CFL	18	81	4.5	21	1			0
1973 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1973 WPG CFL	27	73	2.7	11	2		0	0
1974 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1974 WPG CFL	8	11	1.4	9	0		0	0
1974 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1974 HAM CFL	18	39	2.2	15	2		0	0
1974 Year (CFL)1974 Year CFL	26	50	1.9	15	2		0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1963 Harrisburg Capitols (ACFL)1963 HARR ACFL	233	112	48.1	107	1649	7.1	14.7		15	6.4	14	6.0						68.1
1964 Harrisburg Capitols (ACFL)1964 HARR ACFL	204	94	46.1	94	1264	6.2	13.4		9	4.4	16	7.8						48.3
1965 Newark Bears (COFL)1965 NEW COFL	437	206	47.1	200	3268	7.5	15.9	83	26	5.9	31	7.1						62.8
1966 Orlando Panthers (COFL)1966 ORL COFL	257	129	50.2	112	2512	9.8	19.5	79	25	9.7	16	6.2		108				91.1
1967 Orlando Panthers (COFL)1967 ORL COFL	407	203	49.9	183	3446	8.5	17.0	80	41	10.1	21	5.2						91.0
1968 Orlando Panthers (COFL)1968 ORL COFL	275	151	54.9	110	2636	9.6	17.5	99	28	10.2	14	5.1						100.5
1969 Orlando Panthers (COFL)1969 ORL COFL	272	137	50.4	117	2408	8.9	17.6	77	23	8.5	18	6.6						81.6
1970 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1970 TOR CFL	256	124	48.4	107	2041	8.0	16.5	69	17	6.6	25	9.8						58.2
1971 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1971 WPG CFL	485	253	52.2	201	4036	8.3	16.0	94	27	5.6	31	6.4						72.2
1972 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1972 WPG CFL	447	252	56.4	169	3583	8.0	14.2	97	27	6.0	26	5.8						78.4
1973 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1973 WPG CFL	452	226	50.0	197	3363	7.4	14.9	103	15	3.3	29	6.4						59.1
1974 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1974 WPG CFL	169	90	53.3	70	1309	7.7	14.5	57	8	4.7	9	5.3						72.3
1974 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1974 HAM CFL	121	52	43.0	59	732	6.0	14.1	51	4	3.3	10	8.3						39.7
1974 Year (CFL)1974 Year CFL	290	142	49.0	129	2041	7.0	14.4	47	12	4.1	19	6.6						58.7
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	1930	997	51.7	803	15064	7.8	15.1	103	98	5.1	130	6.7						66.5

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1963 Harrisburg Capitols (ACFL)1963 HARR ACFL		22		433	19.7	44	5
1970 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1970 TOR CFL		1		5	5.0	5	0		0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL		1		5	5.0	5	0		0	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1971 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1971 WPG CFL	1	29	29.0	29		-
1973 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1973 WPG CFL	1	42	42.0	42		-
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	2	71	35.5	42

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1962 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1962 PHI NFL	0	2	0			0	0	0	0
1974 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1974 WPG CFL	1	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
1974 Year (CFL)1974 Year CFL	1	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	0	2	0			0	0	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	1		0	0.0	0	0	0	0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	OB	RET	RETY	TD	OSA	OSR
1971 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1971 WPG CFL	9	521	57.9	-
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	9	521	57.9

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1970 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1970 TOR CFL	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
1971 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1971 WPG CFL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1973 WPG CFL	5	2	2	0	2	0	0
1974 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1974 WPG CFL	2	0	2	0	2	0	0
1974 Year (CFL)1974 Year CFL	2	0	2	0	2	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	12	4	4	0	4	0	0

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