Bobby Layne
Robert Lawrence Layne "Blond Bomber"
Born: December 19, 1926
Santa Anna, TX USA
Deceased: December 1, 1986
Lubbock, TX
Position: QB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 201
College: Texas
High School: Highland Park (University Park, TX)
Career: 1948-1962
Drafted: 1948 in Round 1, #3 overall by the Chicago Rockets
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967
Bobby Layne played from 1948 to 1962 during his career with the Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, New York Bulldogs and Pittsburgh Steelers. Layne threw for 26,768 yards in his career, completing 1,814 of 3,700 passes with 196 touchdowns and 243 interceptions. He also ran for 2,451 yards in 611 attempts with 25 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL Chicago Bears | 52 | 16 | 30.8 | 232 | 4.5 | 3 | 5.8 | 2 | 3.8 | 35 | 49.5 |
| 1949 | NFL New York Bulldogs | 299 | 155 | 51.8 | 1796 | 6.0 | 9 | 3.0 | 18 | 6.0 | 69 | 55.3 |
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 336 | 152 | 45.2 | 2323 | 6.9 | 16 | 4.8 | 18 | 5.4 | 82 | 62.1 |
| 1951 | NFL Detroit Lions | 332 | 152 | 45.8 | 2403 | 7.2 | 26 | 7.8 | 23 | 6.9 | 63 | 67.6 |
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 287 | 139 | 48.4 | 1999 | 7.0 | 19 | 6.6 | 20 | 7.0 | 77 | 64.5 |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 273 | 125 | 45.8 | 2088 | 7.6 | 16 | 5.9 | 21 | 7.7 | 97 | 59.6 |
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 246 | 135 | 54.9 | 1818 | 7.4 | 14 | 5.7 | 12 | 4.9 | 55 | 77.3 |
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 270 | 143 | 53.0 | 1830 | 6.8 | 11 | 4.1 | 17 | 6.3 | 77 | 61.8 |
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 244 | 129 | 52.9 | 1909 | 7.8 | 9 | 3.7 | 17 | 7.0 | 70 | 62.0 |
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 179 | 87 | 48.6 | 1169 | 6.5 | 6 | 3.4 | 12 | 6.7 | 65 | 53.0 |
| 1958 | NFL Detroit Lions | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 171 | 6.6 | 1 | 3.8 | 2 | 7.7 | 0 | 48.7 |
| 1958 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 268 | 133 | 49.6 | 2339 | 8.7 | 13 | 4.9 | 10 | 3.7 | 78 | 80.4 |
| 1959 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 297 | 142 | 47.8 | 1986 | 6.7 | 20 | 6.7 | 21 | 7.1 | 48 | 62.8 |
| 1960 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 209 | 103 | 49.3 | 1814 | 8.7 | 13 | 6.2 | 17 | 8.1 | 70 | 66.2 |
| 1961 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 149 | 75 | 50.3 | 1205 | 8.1 | 11 | 7.4 | 16 | 10.7 | 53 | 62.8 |
| 1962 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 233 | 116 | 49.8 | 1686 | 7.2 | 9 | 3.9 | 17 | 7.3 | 62 | 56.2 |
| Totals | 3700 | 1814 | 49.0 | 26768 | 7.2 | 196 | 5.3 | 243 | 6.6 | 97 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL Chicago Bears | 13 | 80 | 6.2 | 18 | 1 |
| 1949 | NFL New York Bulldogs | 54 | 196 | 3.6 | 27 | 3 |
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 56 | 250 | 4.5 | 30 | 4 |
| 1951 | NFL Detroit Lions | 61 | 290 | 4.8 | 36 | 1 |
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 94 | 411 | 4.4 | 29 | 1 |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 87 | 343 | 3.9 | 23 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 30 | 119 | 4.0 | 34 | 2 |
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 31 | 111 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 46 | 169 | 3.7 | 20 | 5 |
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 24 | 99 | 4.1 | 21 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 37 | 153 | 4.1 | 21 | 3 |
| 1959 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 33 | 181 | 5.5 | 21 | 2 |
| 1960 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 19 | 12 | 0.6 | 13 | 2 |
| 1961 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 15 | 25 | 1.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Totals | 611 | 2451 | 4.0 | 36 | 25 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | |||
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | |||
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 15 | 12 | 80.0 | 69 |
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 43 |
| 1958 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | |||
| 1959 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 65 |
| 1960 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 22 | 21 | 95.5 | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 36 |
| 1961 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 124 | 120 | 96.8 | 50 | 34 | 68.0 | 222 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 |
| Totals | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1949 | NFL New York Bulldogs | 10 | 6 | -6 | 0 | |||
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1951 | NFL Detroit Lions | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1958 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1958 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1959 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 80 | 27 | -6 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1948 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1949 | NFL New York Bulldogs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | |||||||||
| 1951 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 0 | 12 | 33 | 0 | 99 | ||||||||
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 43 | ||||||||
| 1958 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1958 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1959 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 77 | ||||||||
| 1960 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| 1961 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1962 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 372 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 11 | 0 |
| 1949 | NFL | New York Bulldogs | 12 | 12 |
| 1950 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 12 |
| 1951 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 12 |
| 1952 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 11 |
| 1953 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 11 |
| 1954 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 8 |
| 1955 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 10 |
| 1956 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 12 |
| 1957 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 11 | 8 |
| 1958 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 |
| 1958 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 10 |
| 1959 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 12 |
| 1960 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 11 |
| 1961 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 7 |
| 1962 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 11 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1950s Team
Honors
1952 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1952 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1953 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1954 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1954 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1954 - The Sporting News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1956 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1958 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1958 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1958 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1958 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1958 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1959 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
