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Earl Lindley

Lindley, Earl Leishman
Position: HB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 208
Born: March 13, 1933 Wellsville, UT
Died: February 14, 2012 Smithfield, UT
High School: South Cache (Hyrum, UT)

Year	College	Status
1950	Utah State
1951	Utah State	Lettered
1952	Utah State	Lettered
1953	Utah State	Lettered

Draft: 16th round (186th overall) 1954 Chicago Bears

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1954 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1954 EDM WIFU	75	FW-E	16
1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1955 EDM WIFU	90	FB	12
1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1956 EDM WIFU	81	LB-OHB	14
1957 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1957 EDM WIFU	81	OHB-LB	2
4 Years (CFL)4 Years CFL			44

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	1/28/1954	1954 Chicago Bears (NFL)1954 CHIB NFL
Signed		1954 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1954 EDM WIFU
Free Agent		1957 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1957 EDM WIFU

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1954 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1954 EDM WIFU	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	10
1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1955 EDM WIFU	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	15
1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1956 EDM WIFU	8	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	48
1957 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1957 EDM WIFU	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	14	0	0					0	0		0	0	79

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1955 EDM WIFU	82	542	6.6	73	1
1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1956 EDM WIFU	57	357	6.3	24	2			0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1955 EDM WIFU	2	1	50.0	0	27	13.5	27.0	27	0	0.0	1	50.0				1	0	56.3
1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1956 EDM WIFU	4	1	25.0	3	17	4.3	17.0	17	0	0.0	0	0.0				0	0	44.8
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	6	2	33.3	3	44	7.3	22.0	27	0	0.0	1	16.7				1	0	20.8

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1954 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1954 EDM WIFU		12		135	11.3	18	0		0	0
1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1955 EDM WIFU		12		290	24.2	55	1
1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1956 EDM WIFU		17		312	18.4	51	4
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL		41		737	18.0	55	5		0	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1954 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1954 EDM WIFU	3	56	18.7	40	1
1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1955 EDM WIFU	3	32	10.7	26	1
1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1956 EDM WIFU	3	88	29.3	66	2
1957 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1957 EDM WIFU	1	34	34.0	34t	1
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	10	210	21.0	66	5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1954 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1954 EDM WIFU	1	-	0	0.0	0t	1	0	0
1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1956 EDM WIFU	1	-	13	13.0	13	0	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	2		13	6.5	13	1	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1954 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1954 EDM WIFU	1	-	9	9.0	9	0	0	0
1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1955 EDM WIFU	4	-	58	14.5	22	0		0
1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1956 EDM WIFU	14	-	284	20.3	43	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	19		351	18.5	43	0	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1955 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1955 EDM WIFU	4			1	1	4	0
1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)1956 EDM WIFU	2		3	0	3	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	6		3	1	4	4	0

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