Don Nottingham
Donald Ray Nottingham "Human Bowling Bowl"
Born: June 28, 1949
Widen, WV USA
Position: RB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 210
College: Kent St.
High School: Ravenna (OH)
Career: 1971-1977
Drafted: 1971 in Round 17, #441 overall by the Baltimore Colts
Don Nottingham played from 1971 to 1977 during his career with the Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins. Nottingham ran for 2,496 yards in his career on 611 attempts, scoring 34 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 67 passes for 502 yards.
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 95 | 388 | 4.1 | 36 | 5 |
| 1972 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 123 | 466 | 3.8 | 25 | 3 |
| 1973 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 28 | 118 | 4.2 | 20 | 1 |
| 1973 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 24 | 134 | 5.6 | 30 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 66 | 273 | 4.1 | 24 | 8 |
| 1975 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 168 | 718 | 4.3 | 56 | 12 |
| 1976 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 63 | 185 | 2.9 | 13 | 3 |
| 1977 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 44 | 214 | 4.9 | 13 | 2 |
| Totals | 611 | 2496 | 4.1 | 56 | 34 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 15 | 88 | 5.9 | 35 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 25 | 191 | 7.6 | 27 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 9 | 66 | 7.3 | 18 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 29 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 8 | 58 | 7.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals | 67 | 502 | 7.5 | 35 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 27 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 6 | 107 | 17.8 | 21 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Totals | 14 | 278 | 19.9 | 27 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1973 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1974 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1977 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 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 |
| 1971 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1972 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1973 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1974 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| 1975 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||
| 1976 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1977 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Totals | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 14 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 14 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 3 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 11 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 13 |
| 1976 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 8 |
| 1977 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 0 |
