Johnny Bright
John D. Bright
Born: June 11, 1930
Fort Wayne, IN
Deceased: December 14, 1983
Edmonton, AB
Position: FB,HB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 217
College: Drake
High School: Central (Fort Wayne, IN)
Career: 1952-1964
Johnny Bright played from 1952 to 1964 during his career with the Calgary Stampeders and Edmonton Eskimos. Bright ran for 10,909 yards in his career on 1,969 attempts, scoring 70 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 132 passes for 1,826 yards and 1 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 56 | 29 | 51.8 | 494 | 8.8 | 2 | 3.6 | 5 | 8.9 | 64 | 56.7 |
| 1953 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1957 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 118.8 |
| 1958 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 60 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 44 | 31.9 |
| 1959 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 65 | 32 | 49.2 | 571 | 8.8 | 2 | 3.1 | 6 | 9.2 | 64 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 144 | 815 | 5.7 | 75 | 2 |
| 1953 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 38 | 128 | 3.4 | 32 | 0 |
| 1954 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 37 | 184 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| 1954 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 |
| 1955 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 107 | 643 | 6.0 | 34 | 2 |
| 1956 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 93 | 573 | 6.2 | 22 | 4 |
| 1957 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 259 | 1679 | 6.5 | 27 | 16 |
| 1958 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 296 | 1722 | 5.8 | 90 | 8 |
| 1959 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 231 | 1340 | 5.8 | 53 | 11 |
| 1960 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 251 | 1268 | 5.1 | 28 | 14 |
| 1961 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 236 | 1350 | 5.7 | 81 | 11 |
| 1962 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 142 | 650 | 4.6 | 23 | 2 |
| 1963 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 83 | 324 | 3.9 | 15 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 44 | 203 | 4.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals | 1969 | 10909 | 5.5 | 90 | 70 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 23 | 0 |
| 1953 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1954 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 30 | 0 |
| 1955 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 38 | 0 |
| 1956 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 9 | 151 | 16.8 | 28 | 1 |
| 1957 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 18 | 300 | 16.7 | 29 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 19 | 265 | 13.9 | 37 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 23 | 274 | 11.9 | 28 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 10 | 139 | 13.9 | 26 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 13 | 219 | 16.8 | 34 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 7 | 70 | 10.0 | 21 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 11 | 111 | 10.1 | 32 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 132 | 1826 | 13.8 | 38 | 1 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 |
| Totals | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| 1953 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Totals | 7 | 67 | 9.6 | 21 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 34 | 0 |
| 1953 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| 1954 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| 1955 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| 1956 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| 1957 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 23 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 7 | 83 | 11.9 | 23 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 17 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 424 | 14.6 | 34 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 35 | 0 |
| 1954 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 25 | 0 |
| 1955 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1956 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
| Totals | 7 | 95 | 13.6 | 35 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1954 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1952 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| 1955 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| 1956 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| 1957 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | |||||||
| 1958 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| 1959 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||
| 1960 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||
| 1961 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||
| 1962 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Totals | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 426 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 13 | 0 |
| 1953 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 9 | 0 |
| 1954 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 11 | |
| 1954 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 1 | |
| 1955 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 12 | |
| 1956 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 9 | |
| 1957 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | |
| 1961 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | |
| 1962 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 11 | |
| 1963 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 13 | |
| 1964 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 16 |
Awards
1959 - CFL Most Outstanding Player
Honors
1952 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1955 - CFL Ted Reeves All-Star
1957 - CFL Coaches All-Star
1957 - CFL Ted Reeves All-Star
1957 - CFL Shrine West All-Star
1957 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1958 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1958 - CFL Shrine West All-Star
1958 - CFL Ted Reeves All-Star
1958 - CFL Coaches All-Star
1959 - CFL Ted Reeves All-Star
1959 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1960 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1961 - CFL CFL West All-Star
