Bill Dudley
William McGarvey Dudley
Born: December 24, 1919
Bluefield, VA USA
Deceased: February 4, 2010
Lynchburg, VA USA
Position: HB-TB-QB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 182
College: Virginia
High School: Graham (Bluefield, VA)
Career: 1942-1953
Drafted: 1942 in Round 1, #1 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966
Bill Dudley played from 1942 to 1953 during his career with the Detroit Lions, Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins. Dudley threw for 985 yards in his career, completing 81 of 222 passes with 6 touchdowns and 17 interceptions. He also ran for 3,057 yards in 765 attempts with 18 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 94 | 35 | 37.2 | 438 | 4.7 | 2 | 2.1 | 5 | 5.3 | 38 | 37.5 |
| 1945 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 32 | 10 | 31.2 | 58 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6.2 | 32 | 14.6 |
| 1946 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 90 | 32 | 35.6 | 452 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.2 | 9 | 10.0 | 37 | 20.5 |
| 1947 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 24 | 6.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 129.2 |
| 1948 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1951 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 222 | 81 | 36.5 | 985 | 4.4 | 6 | 2.7 | 17 | 7.7 | 38 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 162 | 696 | 4.3 | 66 | 5 |
| 1945 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 57 | 204 | 3.6 | 32 | 3 |
| 1946 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 146 | 604 | 4.1 | 41 | 2 |
| 1947 | NFL Detroit Lions | 80 | 302 | 3.8 | 28 | 2 |
| 1948 | NFL Detroit Lions | 33 | 97 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| 1949 | NFL Detroit Lions | 125 | 402 | 3.2 | 26 | 3 |
| 1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 66 | 339 | 5.1 | 27 | 1 |
| 1951 | NFL Washington Redskins | 91 | 398 | 4.4 | 40 | 2 |
| 1953 | NFL Washington Redskins | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 765 | 3057 | 4.0 | 66 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 109 | 27.2 | 80 | 1 |
| 1947 | NFL Detroit Lions | 27 | 375 | 13.9 | 64 | 7 |
| 1948 | NFL Detroit Lions | 20 | 210 | 10.5 | 22 | 6 |
| 1949 | NFL Detroit Lions | 27 | 190 | 7.0 | 18 | 2 |
| 1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 22 | 172 | 7.8 | 17 | 1 |
| 1951 | NFL Washington Redskins | 22 | 303 | 13.8 | 40 | 1 |
| Totals | 123 | 1383 | 11.2 | 80 | 18 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 2 | |||
| 1946 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 12 | 85.7 | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 18 |
| 1949 | NFL Detroit Lions | 32 | 30 | 93.8 | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 45 |
| 1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 46 |
| 1951 | NFL Washington Redskins | 22 | 21 | 95.5 | 13 | 10 | 76.9 | 51 |
| 1953 | NFL Washington Redskins | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 58 |
| Totals | 127 | 121 | 95.3 | 66 | 33 | 50.0 | 220 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 18 | 572 | 31.8 | 42 |
| 1945 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 36 |
| 1946 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 60 | 2409 | 40.2 | 69 |
| 1947 | NFL Detroit Lions | 15 | 657 | 43.8 | 62 |
| 1948 | NFL Detroit Lions | 23 | 825 | 35.9 | 68 |
| 1949 | NFL Detroit Lions | 34 | 1278 | 37.6 | 55 |
| 1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 14 | 585 | 41.8 | 60 |
| 1951 | NFL Washington Redskins | 27 | 942 | 34.9 | 46 |
| Totals | 193 | 7304 | 37.8 | 69 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 20 | 271 | 13.6 | 47 | 0 |
| 1945 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 27 | 385 | 14.3 | 52 | 0 |
| 1947 | NFL Detroit Lions | 11 | 182 | 16.5 | 84 | 1 |
| 1948 | NFL Detroit Lions | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 18 | 0 |
| 1949 | NFL Detroit Lions | 11 | 199 | 18.1 | 67 | 1 |
| 1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 12 | 185 | 15.4 | 96 | 1 |
| 1951 | NFL Washington Redskins | 22 | 172 | 7.8 | 27 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Washington Redskins | 8 | 34 | 4.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals | 124 | 1515 | 12.2 | 96 | 3 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 11 | 298 | 27.1 | 84 | 1 |
| 1945 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 35 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 280 | 20.0 | 34 | 0 |
| 1947 | NFL Detroit Lions | 15 | 359 | 23.9 | 78 | 0 |
| 1948 | NFL Detroit Lions | 10 | 204 | 20.4 | 47 | 0 |
| 1949 | NFL Detroit Lions | 13 | 246 | 18.9 | 31 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL Washington Redskins | 11 | 248 | 22.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Totals | 78 | 1743 | 22.3 | 84 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 |
| 1945 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 242 | 24.2 | 80 | 1 |
| 1947 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 41 | 1 |
| 1948 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 459 | 20.0 | 80 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1946 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 1947 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1948 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1949 | NFL Detroit Lions | 8 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |||
| 1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1951 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 36 | 17 | 60 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1942 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||
| 1945 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| 1946 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 48 | ||||
| 1947 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||
| 1948 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| 1949 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 81 | |||||
| 1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 64 | ||||
| 1951 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 69 | |||||
| 1953 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 58 | |||||||
| Totals | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 484 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 11 | 11 |
| 1945 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 4 |
| 1946 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 11 | 11 |
| 1947 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 9 | 8 |
| 1948 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 7 | 4 |
| 1949 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 11 |
| 1950 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 0 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1940s Team
1946 - Joe F. Carr Trophy (MVP)
Honors
1942 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1942 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1942 - NFL All-NFL (1st Team)
1942 - International News Service All-NFL (1st Team)
1946 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1946 - Chicago Herald American All-NFL/AAFC (1st Team)
1946 - Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL (1st Team)
1946 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1946 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1947 - Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL (1st Team)
1947 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1947 - United Press International All-NFL (3rd Team)
1947 - Chicago Herald American All-NFL (1st Team)
1948 - Chicago Herald American All-NFL (1st Team)
1950 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1951 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
