Mel Bleeker
Melvin Wallace Bleeker
Born: August 20, 1920
Los Angeles, CA USA
Deceased: April 24, 1996
Mission Viejo, CA
Position: HB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 189
College: USC
High School: John C. Fremont (Los Angeles, CA)
Career: 1944-1947
Mel Bleeker played from 1944 to 1947 during his career with the Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles. Bleeker ran for 586 yards in his career on 139 attempts, scoring 6 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 14 passes for 360 yards and 4 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 60 | 315 | 5.2 | 37 | 4 |
| 1945 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 50 | 167 | 3.3 | 20 | 2 |
| 1946 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 6 | -7 | -1.2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1947 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 23 | 111 | 4.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Totals | 139 | 586 | 4.2 | 37 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 8 | 299 | 37.4 | 75 | 4 |
| 1945 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 15 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Totals | 14 | 360 | 25.7 | 75 | 4 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1945 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Totals | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 18 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1946 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1947 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1944 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| 1945 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1947 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Totals | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 9 | 3 |
| 1945 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 4 | 4 |
| 1946 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 4 | 0 |
| 1947 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 4 |
