Don Bosseler
Donald John Bosseler
Born: January 24, 1936
Weathersfield, NY USA
Position: FB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 212
College: Miami (FL)
High School: Batavia (NY)
Career: 1957-1964
Drafted: 1957 in Round 1, #9 overall by the Washington Redskins
Don Bosseler played from 1957 to 1964 during his career with the Washington Redskins. Bosseler ran for 3,112 yards in his career on 775 attempts, scoring 22 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 136 passes for 1,083 yards and 1 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | NFL Washington Redskins | 167 | 673 | 4.0 | 28 | 7 |
| 1958 | NFL Washington Redskins | 109 | 475 | 4.4 | 23 | 4 |
| 1959 | NFL Washington Redskins | 119 | 644 | 5.4 | 41 | 3 |
| 1960 | NFL Washington Redskins | 109 | 428 | 3.9 | 29 | 2 |
| 1961 | NFL Washington Redskins | 77 | 220 | 2.9 | 16 | 2 |
| 1962 | NFL Washington Redskins | 93 | 336 | 3.6 | 15 | 2 |
| 1963 | NFL Washington Redskins | 79 | 290 | 3.7 | 18 | 2 |
| 1964 | NFL Washington Redskins | 22 | 46 | 2.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 775 | 3112 | 4.0 | 41 | 22 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | NFL Washington Redskins | 19 | 152 | 8.0 | 25 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Washington Redskins | 14 | 101 | 7.2 | 28 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL Washington Redskins | 11 | 47 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL Washington Redskins | 13 | 86 | 6.6 | 50 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL Washington Redskins | 16 | 94 | 5.9 | 18 | 1 |
| 1962 | NFL Washington Redskins | 32 | 258 | 8.1 | 35 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Washington Redskins | 25 | 289 | 11.6 | 61 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL Washington Redskins | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Totals | 136 | 1083 | 8.0 | 61 | 1 |
Punt Returns:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1959 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1963 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1957 | NFL Washington Redskins | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1958 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1959 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1960 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1961 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1962 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1963 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Totals | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 10 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 11 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 11 | 0 |
Honors
1957 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
