Ollie Cline
Oliver Monroe Cline
Born: December 31, 1925
Mount Vernon, OH USA
Deceased: May 12, 2001
Springfield, OH
Position: FB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 200
College: Ohio St.
High School: Fredericktown (OH)
Career: 1948-1953
Drafted: 1948 in Round 14, #122 overall by the Chicago Rockets
Ollie Cline played from 1948 to 1953 during his career with the Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions. Cline ran for 1,094 yards in his career on 281 attempts, scoring 6 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 34 passes for 299 yards and 1 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 29 | 129 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 125 | 518 | 4.1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 69 | 227 | 3.3 | 41 | 2 |
| 1951 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 8 | 1 |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 42 | 169 | 4.0 | 31 | 0 |
| AAFC | 154 | 647 | 4.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| NFL | 127 | 447 | 3.5 | 41 | 3 | |
| Totals | 281 | 1094 | 3.9 | 41 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 15 | 110 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 25 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 30 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 10 | 126 | 12.6 | 28 | 1 |
| AAFC | 15 | 110 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | |
| NFL | 19 | 189 | 9.9 | 30 | 1 | |
| Totals | 34 | 299 | 8.8 | 30 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 22 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| AAFC | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| NFL | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 22 | 0 | |
| Totals | 9 | 144 | 16.0 | 22 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 8 | 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 |
| 1949 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| AAFC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| NFL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Totals | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 11 | 0 |
| 1949 | AAFC | Buffalo Bills | 11 | 11 |
| 1950 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 10 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 8 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
