Johnny Unitas

John Constantine Unitas
Born: May 7, 1933
Pittsburgh, PA USA
Deceased: September 11, 2002
Towson, MD
Position: QB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 194
College: Louisville
High School: St. Justin (Pittsburgh, PA)
Career: 1956-1973
Drafted: 1955 in Round 9, #102 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979

Johnny Unitas played from 1956 to 1973 during his career with the Baltimore Colts and San Diego Chargers. Unitas threw for 40,239 yards in his career, completing 2,830 of 5,186 passes with 290 touchdowns and 253 interceptions. He also ran for 1,777 yards in 450 attempts with 13 rushing touchdowns.


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Passing:

Year Team Att Comp Comp % Yds Yds/Att TDs TD % Ints Int % Long Sacked Yds Lost Rating
1956NFL Baltimore Colts19811055.614987.694.5105.154 74.0
1957NFL Baltimore Colts30117257.125508.5248.0175.682 88.0
1958NFL Baltimore Colts26313651.720077.6197.272.777 90.0
1959NFL Baltimore Colts36719352.628997.9328.7143.871 92.0
1960NFL Baltimore Colts37819050.330998.2256.6246.380 73.7
1961NFL Baltimore Colts42022954.529907.1163.8245.772 66.1
1962NFL Baltimore Colts38922257.129677.6235.9235.980 76.5
1963NFL Baltimore Colts41023757.834818.5204.9122.964 89.7
1964NFL Baltimore Colts30515851.828249.3196.262.074 96.4
1965NFL Baltimore Colts28216458.225309.0238.2124.361 97.4
1966NFL Baltimore Colts34819556.027487.9226.3246.989 74.0
1967NFL Baltimore Colts43625558.534287.9204.6163.788 83.6
1968NFL Baltimore Colts321134.41394.326.2412.537 30.1
1969NFL Baltimore Colts32717854.423427.2123.7206.152 129364.0
1970NFL Baltimore Colts32116651.722136.9144.4185.655 1915865.1
1971NFL Baltimore Colts1769252.39425.431.795.135 1512952.3
1972NFL Baltimore Colts1578856.111117.142.563.863 1411470.8
1973NFL San Diego Chargers763444.74716.233.979.251 149640.0
Totals5186283054.6402397.82905.62534.989 74590

Rushing:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1956NFL Baltimore Colts281555.534 1
1957NFL Baltimore Colts421714.124 1
1958NFL Baltimore Colts331394.228 3
1959NFL Baltimore Colts291455.021 2
1960NFL Baltimore Colts361955.427 0
1961NFL Baltimore Colts541903.518 2
1962NFL Baltimore Colts501372.725 0
1963NFL Baltimore Colts472244.826 0
1964NFL Baltimore Colts371624.420 2
1965NFL Baltimore Colts17684.018 1
1966NFL Baltimore Colts20442.216 1
1967NFL Baltimore Colts22894.013 0
1968NFL Baltimore Colts3-1-0.30
1969NFL Baltimore Colts11232.113 0
1970NFL Baltimore Colts9161.80
1971NFL Baltimore Colts950.60
1972NFL Baltimore Colts3155.00
Totals45017773.934 13

Receiving:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1956NFL Baltimore Colts111.00
Totals111.00

Defense and Fumbles:


Total Scoring:

Touchdowns Other Total
Year Team Rush Rec Punt Kick MFG Int Fum Other FG X/C Single 2Pt Saf Points
1956NFL Baltimore Colts100006
1957NFL Baltimore Colts10006
1958NFL Baltimore Colts300018
1959NFL Baltimore Colts200012
1961NFL Baltimore Colts200012
1964NFL Baltimore Colts200012
1965NFL Baltimore Colts10006
1966NFL Baltimore Colts10006
Totals1300000000000078


Playing Career:

Year League Team GP GS
1956NFLBaltimore Colts127
1957NFLBaltimore Colts1212
1958NFLBaltimore Colts1010
1959NFLBaltimore Colts1212
1960NFLBaltimore Colts1212
1961NFLBaltimore Colts1414
1962NFLBaltimore Colts1414
1963NFLBaltimore Colts1414
1964NFLBaltimore Colts1414
1965NFLBaltimore Colts1111
1966NFLBaltimore Colts1413
1967NFLBaltimore Colts1414
1968NFLBaltimore Colts50
1969NFLBaltimore Colts1312
1970NFLBaltimore Colts1413
1971NFLBaltimore Colts135
1972NFLBaltimore Colts85
1973NFLSan Diego Chargers54

Awards

- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1960s Team
1957 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1959 - UPI MVP
1959 - AP MVP
1959 - Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1964 - Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1964 - AP MVP
1964 - UPI MVP
1967 - Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1967 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1967 - AP MVP
1967 - UPI MVP
1970 - Walter Payton Man of the Year

Honors

1957 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1957 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1957 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1958 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1958 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1958 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1958 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1958 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1959 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1959 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1959 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1959 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1959 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1960 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1960 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1960 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1960 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1963 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1963 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1963 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1963 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1964 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1964 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1964 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1964 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1964 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1965 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1965 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1965 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1965 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1967 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1967 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1967 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1967 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1967 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1970 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)


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