Eddie Macon
Edwin Donald Macon
Born: March 7, 1927
Stockton, CA USA
Deceased: April 19, 2017
Stockton, CA
Position: DB-HB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 177
College: Pacific
High School: Stockton (CA)
Career: 1952-1960
Drafted: 1952 in Round 2, #20 overall by the Chicago Bears
Eddie Macon played from 1952 to 1960 during his career with the Calgary Stampeders, Chicago Bears, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Oakland Raiders. Macon ran for 1,266 yards in his career on 221 attempts, scoring 7 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 38 passes for 513 yards and 4 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1954 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 132 | 66.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 84 | 158.3 |
| NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| CFL | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 132 | 66.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 84 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 132 | 44.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 84 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 30 | 194 | 6.5 | 50 | 1 |
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 40 | 130 | 3.2 | 17 | 1 |
| 1954 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 126 | 803 | 6.4 | 59 | 5 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 19 | 114 | 6.0 | 19 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 |
| NFL | 70 | 324 | 4.6 | 50 | 2 | |
| CFL | 151 | 942 | 6.2 | 59 | 5 | |
| Totals | 221 | 1266 | 5.7 | 59 | 7 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 20 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 10 | 2 |
| 1954 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 258 | 16.1 | 50 | 1 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7 | 190 | 27.1 | 55 | 1 |
| 1959 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| NFL | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 20 | 2 | |
| CFL | 24 | 464 | 19.3 | 55 | 2 | |
| Totals | 38 | 513 | 13.5 | 55 | 4 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 47 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 17 | 68 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 |
| 1954 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 15 | 81 | 5.4 | 16 | 0 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16 | 74 | 4.6 | 18 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| NFL | 24 | 142 | 5.9 | 47 | 0 | |
| CFL | 34 | 177 | 5.2 | 18 | 0 | |
| Totals | 58 | 319 | 5.5 | 47 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 9 | 299 | 33.2 | 89 | 1 |
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 13 | 373 | 28.7 | 70 | 0 |
| 1954 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 10 | 302 | 30.2 | 85 | 0 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7 | 147 | 21.0 | 39 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 15 | 410 | 27.3 | 96 | 1 |
| NFL | 22 | 672 | 30.5 | 89 | 1 | |
| CFL | 32 | 859 | 26.8 | 96 | 1 | |
| Totals | 54 | 1531 | 28.4 | 96 | 2 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 66 | 1 |
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 5 | 164 | 32.8 | 60 | 1 |
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 21 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1960 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 9 | 105 | 11.7 | 42 | 1 |
| CFL | 17 | 315 | 18.5 | 66 | 2 | |
| AFL | 9 | 105 | 11.7 | 42 | 1 | |
| Totals | 26 | 420 | 16.2 | 66 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1954 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 3 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 1960 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CFL | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| 1954 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | ||||
| 1957 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| 1958 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| 1960 | AFL Oakland Raiders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| NFL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| CFL | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |
| AFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 11 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |
| 1954 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 15 | 0 |
| 1957 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13 | |
| 1958 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13 | |
| 1959 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 9 | |
| 1960 | AFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 0 |
Honors
1954 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1958 - CFL Coaches All-Star
1958 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1958 - CFL Shrine East All-Star
1960 - AFL AFL All-AFL (2nd Team)
1960 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (1st Team)
