Dan Towler
Daniel Lee Towler
Born: March 6, 1928
Donora, PA USA
Deceased: August 1, 2001
Pasadena, CA
Position: FB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 225
College: Washington & Jefferson
High School: Donora (PA)
Career: 1950-1955
Drafted: 1950 in Round 25, #324 overall by the Los Angeles Rams
Dan Towler played from 1950 to 1955 during his career with the Los Angeles Rams. Towler ran for 3,493 yards in his career on 672 attempts, scoring 43 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 62 passes for 665 yards and 1 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 46 | 130 | 2.8 | 34 | 6 |
1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 126 | 854 | 6.8 | 79 | 6 |
1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 156 | 894 | 5.7 | 44 | 10 |
1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 152 | 879 | 5.8 | 73 | 7 |
1954 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 149 | 599 | 4.0 | 24 | 11 |
1955 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 43 | 137 | 3.2 | 14 | 3 |
Totals | 672 | 3493 | 5.2 | 79 | 43 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 8 | 63 | 7.9 | 17 | 0 |
1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 257 | 16.1 | 46 | 0 |
1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 68 | 6.2 | 13 | 0 |
1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 125 | 11.4 | 49 | 1 |
1954 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 10 | 127 | 12.7 | 36 | 0 |
1955 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 62 | 665 | 10.7 | 49 | 1 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 15 | 0 |
1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 15 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1954 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1955 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 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 |
1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||
1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
1954 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
1955 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Totals | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
1951 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
1952 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
1953 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
1954 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
1955 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 7 | 0 |
Honors
1951 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1951 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1952 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1952 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1952 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1953 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1953 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1954 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)