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WHIZZER WHITE

White, Byron Raymond
Height: 6-1 Weight: 187
Born: June 8, 1917 Fort Collins, CO
Died: April 15, 2002 Denver, CO
High School: Wellington (CO)

Year	College	Status
1934	Colorado
1935	Colorado	Lettered
1936	Colorado	Lettered
1937	Colorado	Lettered

Draft: 1st round (4th overall) 1938 Pittsburgh Steelers

Military Service: United States Navy

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1938 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)1938 PIT NFL	24	TB-LDH-WB-RDH	11	11
1940 Detroit Lions (NFL)1940 DET NFL	24	TB-S	11	9
1941 Detroit Lions (NFL)1941 DET NFL	44	TB-LDH	11	8
3 Years (NFL)3 Years NFL			33	28

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	12/12/1937	1938 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)1938 PIT NFL
Signed	7/30/1938	1938 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)1938 PIT NFL
Retired		1939 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)1939 PIT NFL
Purchased	8/7/1940	1940 Detroit Lions (NFL)1940 DET NFL
Free Agent		1941 Detroit Lions (NFL)1941 DET NFL

AWARDS
1938 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1938 United Press All-NFL
1938 International News Service All-NFL
1940 Associated Press All-NFL
1940 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1940 United Press All-NFL
1940 International News Service All-NFL
1940 International News Service All-NFL
1940 New York Daily News All-NFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1938 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)1938 PIT NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1940 Detroit Lions (NFL)1940 DET NFL	5	2	4	50.0	-	-	-	0	1	0.0	-	0	32
1941 Detroit Lions (NFL)1941 DET NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	13	2	4	50.0	-	-	-	0	1	0.0	-	0	80

FIELD GOALS	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG
1940 Detroit Lions (NFL)1940 DET NFL	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	0.0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	0.0	0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1938 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)1938 PIT NFL	152	567	3.7		4
1940 Detroit Lions (NFL)1940 DET NFL	146	514	3.5		5
1941 Detroit Lions (NFL)1941 DET NFL	89	240	2.7	20	2			0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	387	1321	3.4	20	11			0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1938 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)1938 PIT NFL	73	29	39.7	26	393	5.4	13.6		2	2.7	18	24.7						27.2
1940 Detroit Lions (NFL)1940 DET NFL	80	35	43.8	33	461	5.8	13.2	74	0	0.0	12	15.0						23.0
1941 Detroit Lions (NFL)1941 DET NFL	62	22	35.5	35	338	5.5	15.4	47	2	3.2	5	8.1						31.5
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	215	86	40.0	94	1192	5.5	13.9	74	4	1.9	35	16.3						25.1

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1938 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)1938 PIT NFL		7		88	12.6		0
1940 Detroit Lions (NFL)1940 DET NFL		4		55	13.8		0
1941 Detroit Lions (NFL)1941 DET NFL		5		158	31.6	71	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		16		301	18.8	71	1

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1940 Detroit Lions (NFL)1940 DET NFL	4	37	9.3	25	0
1941 Detroit Lions (NFL)1941 DET NFL	1	82	82.0	82t	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	5	119	23.8	82t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1940 Detroit Lions (NFL)1940 DET NFL	52	2132	41.0	61
1941 Detroit Lions (NFL)1941 DET NFL	48	1997	41.6	63	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	100	4129	41.3	63	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1941 Detroit Lions (NFL)1941 DET NFL	19		262	13.8	64	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	19		262	13.8	64	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1941 Detroit Lions (NFL)1941 DET NFL	11		285	25.9	41	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	11		285	25.9	41	0

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