Donnie Stone
Edward Donald Stone
Born: January 5, 1937
Sioux City, IA USA
Position: HB-FB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 205
College: Arkansas
High School: Fayetteville (AR)
Career: 1959-1966
Drafted: 1959 in Round 21, #249 overall by the Chicago Bears
Donnie Stone played from 1959 to 1966 during his career with the Buffalo Bills, Calgary Stampeders, Denver Broncos and Houston Oilers. Stone ran for 2,475 yards in his career on 576 attempts, scoring 16 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 137 passes for 1,463 yards and 15 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | AFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 18 | 9.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 120.8 |
| 1962 | AFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 47.9 |
| 1963 | AFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| AFL | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 31 | 3.9 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 31 | 3.9 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 102 | 469 | 4.6 | 26 | 1 |
| 1960 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 115 | 638 | 5.5 | 45 | 5 |
| 1961 | AFL Denver Broncos | 127 | 505 | 4.0 | 34 | 4 |
| 1961 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1962 | AFL Denver Broncos | 94 | 360 | 3.8 | 27 | 3 |
| 1963 | AFL Denver Broncos | 96 | 382 | 4.0 | 39 | 3 |
| 1964 | AFL Denver Broncos | 12 | 26 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 |
| 1965 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 19 | 61 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 |
| 1966 | AFL Houston Oilers | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| CFL | 222 | 1123 | 5.1 | 45 | 6 | |
| AFL | 354 | 1352 | 3.8 | 39 | 10 | |
| Totals | 576 | 2475 | 4.3 | 45 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 25 | 323 | 12.9 | 56 | 6 |
| 1960 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 19 | 254 | 13.4 | 28 | 2 |
| 1961 | AFL Denver Broncos | 38 | 344 | 9.1 | 37 | 4 |
| 1961 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 18 | 0 |
| 1962 | AFL Denver Broncos | 20 | 223 | 11.2 | 56 | 2 |
| 1963 | AFL Denver Broncos | 22 | 208 | 9.5 | 55 | 1 |
| 1964 | AFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 16 | 0 |
| 1965 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| 1966 | AFL Houston Oilers | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| CFL | 46 | 604 | 13.1 | 56 | 8 | |
| AFL | 91 | 859 | 9.4 | 56 | 7 | |
| Totals | 137 | 1463 | 10.7 | 56 | 15 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 8 | 124 | 15.5 | 24 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 12 | 290 | 24.2 | 65 | 0 |
| 1961 | AFL Denver Broncos | 9 | 215 | 23.9 | 76 | 0 |
| CFL | 20 | 414 | 20.7 | 65 | 0 | |
| AFL | 9 | 215 | 23.9 | 76 | 0 | |
| Totals | 29 | 629 | 21.7 | 76 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1961 | AFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | AFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1963 | AFL Denver Broncos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1965 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1966 | AFL Houston Oilers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CFL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 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 |
| 1959 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| 1960 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||
| 1961 | AFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| 1962 | AFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1963 | AFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| CFL | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
| AFL | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | |
| Totals | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 186 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 15 | |
| 1960 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 13 | |
| 1961 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 1 | |
| 1962 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 11 | 0 |
| 1963 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 0 |
| 1964 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 9 | 0 |
| 1965 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 0 |
| 1966 | AFL | Houston Oilers | 5 | 0 |
Honors
1961 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (2nd Team)
