Dave Middleton
David Hinton Middleton
Born: November 23, 1933
Birmingham, AL USA
Deceased: December 29, 2007
Ann Arbor, MI
Position: E-HB-FL
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 194
College: Auburn
High School: Ensley (Birmingham, AL)
Career: 1955-1961
Drafted: 1955 in Round 1, #12 overall by the Detroit Lions
Dave Middleton played from 1955 to 1961 during his career with the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings. Middleton ran for 210 yards in his career on 67 attempts, scoring 2 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 183 passes for 2,966 yards and 17 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 59 | 201 | 3.4 | 16 | 2 |
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 67 | 210 | 3.1 | 16 | 2 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 44 | 663 | 15.1 | 77 | 3 |
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 39 | 606 | 15.5 | 56 | 5 |
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 18 | 294 | 16.3 | 56 | 2 |
| 1958 | NFL Detroit Lions | 29 | 506 | 17.4 | 46 | 3 |
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 18 | 402 | 22.3 | 79 | 2 |
| 1960 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 20 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 30 | 444 | 14.8 | 57 | 2 |
| Totals | 183 | 2966 | 16.2 | 79 | 17 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 11 | 188 | 17.1 | 25 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 12 | 203 | 16.9 | 25 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1958 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Totals | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 8 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 7 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 12 | 11 |
