Leon Campbell
Leon L. Campbell
Born: July 1, 1927
Bauxite, AR USA
Deceased: September 2, 2002
Little Rock, AR
Position: FB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 199
College: Arkansas
High School: Bauxite (AR)
Career: 1950-1955
Drafted: 1950 in Round 2, #15 overall by the Baltimore Colts
Leon Campbell played from 1950 to 1955 during his career with the Baltimore Colts, Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Steelers. Campbell ran for 379 yards in his career on 102 attempts, scoring 0 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 20 passes for 156 yards.
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 20 | 93 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 24 | 76 | 3.2 | 18 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 22 | 130 | 5.9 | 39 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Bears | 18 | 38 | 2.1 | 24 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 18 | 42 | 2.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Totals | 102 | 379 | 3.7 | 39 | 0 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 47 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 156 | 7.8 | 47 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 106 | 53.0 | 86 | 1 |
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 19 | 455 | 23.9 | 41 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 33 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 133 | 33.2 | 55 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 771 | 27.5 | 86 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1955 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 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 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 3 | 2 |
| 1952 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 8 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 6 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 0 |
