Tom Tracy
John Thomas Tracy "The Bomb"
Born: September 7, 1934
Birmingham, AL USA
Deceased: January 24, 1996
Madison Heights, MI
Position: HB-FB
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 205
College: Tennessee
High School: Birmingham (MI)
Career: 1955-1964
Drafted: 1956 in Round 5, #50 overall by the Detroit Lions
Tom Tracy played from 1955 to 1964 during his career with the Detroit Lions, Ottawa Rough Riders, Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins. Tracy ran for 3,692 yards in his career on 921 attempts, scoring 18 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 124 passes for 1,585 yards and 14 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 270 | 16.9 | 2 | 12.5 | 2 | 12.5 | 72 | 85.4 |
| 1959 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 159 | 13.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16.7 | 68 | 39.6 |
| 1960 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 322 | 14.6 | 4 | 18.2 | 1 | 4.5 | 70 | 108.9 |
| 1961 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 73 | 6.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 55.2 |
| 1962 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 95.8 |
| 1963 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1963 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 61.8 |
| NFL | 67 | 24 | 35.8 | 854 | 12.7 | 6 | 9.0 | 5 | 7.5 | 72 | ||
| Totals | 67 | 24 | 35.8 | 854 | 12.7 | 6 | 9.0 | 5 | 7.5 | 72 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 102 | 729 | 7.1 | 75 | 1 |
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 |
| 1956 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 19 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 16 | 46 | 2.9 | 17 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 169 | 714 | 4.2 | 64 | 5 |
| 1959 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 199 | 794 | 4.0 | 51 | 3 |
| 1960 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 192 | 680 | 3.5 | 28 | 5 |
| 1961 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 147 | 402 | 2.7 | 26 | 2 |
| 1962 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 20 | 116 | 5.8 | 35 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 5 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Washington Redskins | 19 | 50 | 2.6 | 9 | 1 |
| 1964 | NFL Washington Redskins | 24 | 67 | 2.8 | 16 | 1 |
| CFL | 113 | 780 | 6.9 | 75 | 1 | |
| NFL | 808 | 2912 | 3.6 | 64 | 17 | |
| Totals | 921 | 3692 | 4.0 | 75 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 18 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1956 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 34 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 32 | 535 | 16.7 | 56 | 4 |
| 1959 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 23 | 273 | 11.9 | 45 | 5 |
| 1960 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 24 | 349 | 14.5 | 65 | 4 |
| 1961 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 133 | 9.5 | 38 | 1 |
| 1962 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Washington Redskins | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 34 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 24 | 0 |
| CFL | 11 | 117 | 10.6 | 34 | 0 | |
| NFL | 113 | 1468 | 13.0 | 65 | 14 | |
| Totals | 124 | 1585 | 12.8 | 65 | 14 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 26 | 23 | 88.5 | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 35 |
| 1956 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 12 |
| 1960 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 9 | |||
| 1961 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | |
| 1963 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | |||
| CFL | 35 | 32 | 91.4 | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 47 | |
| NFL | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 13 | |
| Totals | 39 | 36 | 92.3 | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 60 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 |
| CFL | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | |
| Totals | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 |
| CFL | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| NFL | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Totals | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 8 | 169 | 21.1 | 31 | 0 |
| 1956 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 145 | 20.7 | 27 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| CFL | 9 | 200 | 22.2 | 31 | 0 | |
| NFL | 8 | 175 | 21.9 | 30 | 0 | |
| Totals | 17 | 375 | 22.1 | 31 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1958 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1959 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1963 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1964 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 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 |
| 1955 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 40 | |||||
| 1956 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| 1958 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| 1959 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| 1960 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63 | ||||||
| 1961 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||
| 1963 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1963 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1964 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| CFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | |
| NFL | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 199 | |
| Totals | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 252 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 12 | |
| 1956 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 4 | 0 |
| 1956 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 3 | |
| 1957 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 9 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 2 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 0 |
Honors
1955 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1955 - CFL Shrine East All-Star
1960 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1960 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1960 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1960 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
