John Crow
John David Crow
Born: July 8, 1935
Marion, LA USA
Deceased: June 17, 2015
Position: HB-TE-FB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 220
College: Texas A&M
High School: Springhill (LA)
Career: 1958-1968
Drafted: 1958 in Round 1, #2 overall by the Chicago Cardinals
John Crow played from 1958 to 1968 during his career with the Chicago Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers and St. Louis Cardinals. Crow ran for 4,963 yards in his career on 1,157 attempts, scoring 38 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 258 passes for 3,699 yards and 35 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1960 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 247 | 13.7 | 2 | 11.1 | 1 | 5.6 | 52 | 109.7 |
| 1961 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 4 | 28.6 | 76 | 5.4 | 1 | 7.1 | 1 | 7.1 | 32 | 43.8 |
| 1962 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 241 | 12.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 57 | 102.3 |
| 1963 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 27 | 9.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 134.7 |
| 1964 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1965 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 61 | 15.2 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 45 | 95.8 |
| 1966 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 61 | 15.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 46 | 56.3 |
| 1967 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 73.8 |
| Totals | 70 | 33 | 47.1 | 759 | 10.8 | 5 | 7.1 | 5 | 7.1 | 57 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 52 | 221 | 4.2 | 83 | 2 |
| 1959 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 140 | 666 | 4.8 | 73 | 3 |
| 1960 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 183 | 1071 | 5.9 | 57 | 6 |
| 1961 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 48 | 192 | 4.0 | 17 | 1 |
| 1962 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 192 | 751 | 3.9 | 35 | 14 |
| 1963 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 163 | 554 | 3.4 | 57 | 7 |
| 1965 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 132 | 514 | 3.9 | 30 | 2 |
| 1966 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 121 | 477 | 3.9 | 31 | 1 |
| 1967 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 113 | 479 | 4.2 | 39 | 2 |
| 1968 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 1157 | 4963 | 4.3 | 83 | 38 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 20 | 362 | 18.1 | 91 | 3 |
| 1959 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 27 | 328 | 12.1 | 36 | 4 |
| 1960 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 25 | 462 | 18.5 | 52 | 3 |
| 1961 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 20 | 306 | 15.3 | 35 | 3 |
| 1962 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 23 | 246 | 10.7 | 53 | 3 |
| 1964 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 23 | 257 | 11.2 | 22 | 1 |
| 1965 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 28 | 493 | 17.6 | 54 | 7 |
| 1966 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 30 | 341 | 11.4 | 54 | 3 |
| 1967 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 31 | 373 | 12.0 | 59 | 3 |
| 1968 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 31 | 531 | 17.1 | 54 | 5 |
| Totals | 258 | 3699 | 14.3 | 91 | 35 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 6 | 145 | 24.2 | 54 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 185 | 37.0 | 72 | 0 |
| Totals | 11 | 330 | 30.0 | 72 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1959 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 3 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 1963 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1964 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1965 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1966 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | |||
| 1967 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 44 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| 1959 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| 1960 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| 1961 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1962 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | |||||||
| 1964 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| 1965 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| 1966 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1967 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1968 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Totals | 38 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 444 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 7 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 13 |
| 1966 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 14 |
| 1967 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 14 |
| 1968 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 14 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1960s Team
Honors
1959 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1959 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1960 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1960 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1960 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1960 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1962 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1962 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
