Leon Hart
Leon Joseph Hart
Born: November 2, 1928
Pittsburgh, PA USA
Deceased: September 24, 2002
South Bend, IN
Position: E-FB-DE
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 257
College: Notre Dame
High School: Turtle Creek (PA)
Career: 1950-1957
Drafted: 1950 in Round 1, #1 overall by the Detroit Lions
Leon Hart played from 1950 to 1957 during his career with the Detroit Lions. Hart ran for 612 yards in his career on 143 attempts, scoring 5 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 174 passes for 2,499 yards and 26 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | -6 | -1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 35 | 159 | 4.5 | 21 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 76 | 348 | 4.6 | 46 | 5 |
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 24 | 99 | 4.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 143 | 612 | 4.3 | 46 | 5 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 31 | 505 | 16.3 | 66 | 1 |
| 1951 | NFL Detroit Lions | 35 | 544 | 15.5 | 33 | 12 |
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 32 | 376 | 11.8 | 24 | 4 |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 25 | 472 | 18.9 | 49 | 7 |
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 24 | 377 | 15.7 | 40 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 14 | 1 |
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 14 | 116 | 8.3 | 29 | 1 |
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Totals | 174 | 2499 | 14.4 | 66 | 26 |
Kick Returns:
Interceptions:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1951 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Totals | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 11 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 11 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 11 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 11 | 0 |
Honors
1951 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1951 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1951 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1954 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1956 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
