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JOHN LAND

Land, John William
Position: RB
Height: 5-9 Weight: 195
Born: January 25, 1944 Chicago, IL
Died: November 22, 2017 Wilmington, DE
High School:

Year	College	Status
1963	Delaware State
1964	Delaware State	Roster
1965	Delaware State	Roster
1966	Delaware State	Roster

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1966 Wilmington Clippers (ACFL)1966 WIL ACFL		HB
1967 Wilmington Clippers (ACFL)1967 WIL ACFL		FL
1968 Harrisburg Capitol Colts (ACFL)1968 HARR ACFL	24	HB
1969 Pottstown Firebirds (ACFL)1969 POT ACFL	26	HB
1970 Pennsylvania Firebirds (ACFL)1970 PEN ACFL	26	HB
1971 Norfolk Neptunes (ACFL)1971 NOR ACFL	26	HB
1974 Philadelphia Bell (WFL)1974 PHI WFL	20	FB
1975 Philadelphia Bell (WFL)1975 PHI WFL	20	HB	11

Transaction	Date	Team
Signed		1966 Wilmington Clippers (ACFL)1966 WIL ACFL
Free Agent		1967 Wilmington Clippers (ACFL)1967 WIL ACFL
Signed		1968 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1968 BAL NFL
Released		1968 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1968 BAL NFL
Signed		1968 Harrisburg Capitol Colts (ACFL)1968 HARR ACFL
Free Agent		1968 Harrisburg Capitol Colts (ACFL)1968 HARR ACFL
Signed		1969 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1969 BAL NFL
Released		1969 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1969 BAL NFL
Signed		1969 Pottstown Firebirds (ACFL)1969 POT ACFL
Free Agent		1970 Pennsylvania Firebirds (ACFL)1970 PEN ACFL
Signed		1971 Norfolk Neptunes (ACFL)1971 NOR ACFL
Free Agent		1971 Norfolk Neptunes (ACFL)1971 NOR ACFL
Signed		1974 Philadelphia Bell (WFL)1974 PHI WFL
Free Agent		1974 Philadelphia Bell (WFL)1974 PHI WFL
Signed	7/2/1975	1975 Philadelphia Bell (WFL)1975 PHI WFL
Free Agent	10/22/1975	1975 Philadelphia Bell (WFL)1975 PHI WFL

AWARDS
1969 Official All-ACFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1966 Wilmington Clippers (ACFL)1966 WIL ACFL	5	0			-	-	-	0			-	0	30
1967 Wilmington Clippers (ACFL)1967 WIL ACFL	5	0			-	-	-	0			-	0	30
1968 Harrisburg Capitol Colts (ACFL)1968 HARR ACFL	9	0			-	-	-	0			-	0	54
1969 Pottstown Firebirds (ACFL)1969 POT ACFL	7	0			-	-	-	0			-	0	42
1970 Pennsylvania Firebirds (ACFL)1970 PEN ACFL	9	0			-	-	-	0			-	0	54
1971 Norfolk Neptunes (ACFL)1971 NOR ACFL	9	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	54
1974 Philadelphia Bell (WFL)1974 PHI WFL	13	10					-	0	0		-	0	101
1975 Philadelphia Bell (WFL)1975 PHI WFL	2	3					-	0	0		-	0	17

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1966 Wilmington Clippers (ACFL)1966 WIL ACFL	116	499	4.3		2
1967 Wilmington Clippers (ACFL)1967 WIL ACFL	118	415	3.5	32	3			0
1968 Harrisburg Capitol Colts (ACFL)1968 HARR ACFL	139	546	3.9	72	7
1969 Pottstown Firebirds (ACFL)1969 POT ACFL	146	685	4.7	33	4			0
1970 Pennsylvania Firebirds (ACFL)1970 PEN ACFL	119	548	4.6	69	6
1971 Norfolk Neptunes (ACFL)1971 NOR ACFL	114	424	3.7	23	8			0
1974 Philadelphia Bell (WFL)1974 PHI WFL	243	1136	4.7	46t	9
1975 Philadelphia Bell (WFL)1975 PHI WFL	160	646	4.0	40	2

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1970 Pennsylvania Firebirds (ACFL)1970 PEN ACFL	3	1	33.3	1	50	16.7	50.0	50	0	0.0	1	33.3				1	1	42.4
1974 Philadelphia Bell (WFL)1974 PHI WFL	4	1	25.0	3	46	11.5	46.0	46	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0		1	1	75.0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1966 Wilmington Clippers (ACFL)1966 WIL ACFL		35		472	13.5		3
1967 Wilmington Clippers (ACFL)1967 WIL ACFL		26		341	13.1		2
1968 Harrisburg Capitol Colts (ACFL)1968 HARR ACFL							2
1969 Pottstown Firebirds (ACFL)1969 POT ACFL							3
1970 Pennsylvania Firebirds (ACFL)1970 PEN ACFL		33		461	14.0	58	3
1971 Norfolk Neptunes (ACFL)1971 NOR ACFL							1
1974 Philadelphia Bell (WFL)1974 PHI WFL		54		621	11.5	74t	4
1975 Philadelphia Bell (WFL)1975 PHI WFL		32		193	6.0	23	0			0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1970 Pennsylvania Firebirds (ACFL)1970 PEN ACFL	2		52	26.0	32	0	2	0

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