Bill Boedeker
William Henry Boedeker Jr.
Born: March 7, 1924
Milwaukee, WI USA
Deceased: March 21, 2014
Fort Wayne, IN
Position: HB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 192
College: DePaul
High School: North Side (Fort Wayne, IN)
Career: 1946-1950
Bill Boedeker played from 1946 to 1950 during his career with the Chicago Rockets, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles. Boedeker ran for 741 yards in his career on 173 attempts, scoring 8 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 38 passes for 875 yards and 6 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 31 | 194 | 6.3 | 0 | 4 |
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 78 | 254 | 3.3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1949 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 50 | 269 | 5.4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1950 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
| AAFC | 165 | 725 | 4.4 | 0 | 8 | |
| NFL | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Totals | 173 | 741 | 4.3 | 8 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 8 | 175 | 21.9 | 0 | 1 |
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 13 | 237 | 18.2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1949 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 11 | 371 | 33.7 | 0 | 2 |
| 1950 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| AAFC | 37 | 865 | 23.4 | 0 | 6 | |
| NFL | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Totals | 38 | 875 | 23.0 | 10 | 6 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 12 | 0 |
| AAFC | 7 | 119 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| NFL | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 12 | 0 | |
| Totals | 12 | 168 | 14.0 | 12 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 6 | 133 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 4 | 61 | 15.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 9 | 189 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| AAFC | 21 | 467 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | |
| NFL | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Totals | 22 | 487 | 22.1 | 20 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| AAFC | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| 1949 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| AAFC | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
| Totals | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC | Chicago Rockets | 12 | 1 |
| 1947 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 3 |
| 1948 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 3 |
| 1949 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 7 |
| 1950 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 9 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 0 |
