Johnny Olszewski
John Peter Olszewski "Johnny O"
Born: December 21, 1930
Washington, DC USA
Deceased: December 8, 1996
Long Beach, CA
Position: FB-HB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 200
College: California
High School: St. Anthony (Long Beach, CA)
Career: 1953-1962
Drafted: 1953 in Round 1, #4 overall by the Chicago Cardinals
Johnny Olszewski played from 1953 to 1962 during his career with the Chicago Cardinals, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins. Olszewski ran for 3,320 yards in his career on 837 attempts, scoring 16 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 104 passes for 988 yards and 3 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1953 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1953 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 106 | 386 | 3.6 | 34 | 4 |
1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 106 | 352 | 3.3 | 23 | 1 |
1955 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 84 | 326 | 3.9 | 41 | 1 |
1956 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 157 | 598 | 3.8 | 34 | 2 |
1957 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 83 | 271 | 3.3 | 38 | 2 |
1958 | NFL Washington Redskins | 98 | 505 | 5.2 | 45 | 2 |
1959 | NFL Washington Redskins | 65 | 432 | 6.6 | 65 | 1 |
1960 | NFL Washington Redskins | 75 | 227 | 3.0 | 15 | 3 |
1961 | NFL Detroit Lions | 30 | 109 | 3.6 | 15 | 0 |
1962 | AFL Denver Broncos | 33 | 114 | 3.5 | 46 | 0 |
NFL | 804 | 3206 | 4.0 | 65 | 16 | |
AFL | 33 | 114 | 3.5 | 46 | 0 | |
Totals | 837 | 3320 | 4.0 | 65 | 16 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1953 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 21 | 210 | 10.0 | 77 | 1 |
1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 133 | 11.1 | 25 | 1 |
1955 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 |
1956 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 17 | 182 | 10.7 | 31 | 0 |
1957 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
1958 | NFL Washington Redskins | 11 | 102 | 9.3 | 36 | 0 |
1959 | NFL Washington Redskins | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 15 | 0 |
1960 | NFL Washington Redskins | 10 | 62 | 6.2 | 31 | 0 |
1961 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
1962 | AFL Denver Broncos | 13 | 150 | 11.5 | 26 | 1 |
NFL | 91 | 838 | 9.2 | 77 | 2 | |
AFL | 13 | 150 | 11.5 | 26 | 1 | |
Totals | 104 | 988 | 9.5 | 77 | 3 |
Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1953 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1958 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1959 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1960 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
NFL | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1953 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
1955 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
1956 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 20 | 0 |
1958 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
1960 | NFL Washington Redskins | 5 | 119 | 23.8 | 26 | 0 |
1961 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 23 | 0 |
1962 | AFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 |
NFL | 17 | 269 | 15.8 | 26 | 0 | |
AFL | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 | |
Totals | 20 | 335 | 16.8 | 26 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1953 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1955 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1956 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1957 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1958 | NFL Washington Redskins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1959 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1960 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1962 | AFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
NFL | 0 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
AFL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1953 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
1955 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1956 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
1957 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
1958 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
1959 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1960 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
1962 | AFL Denver Broncos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
NFL | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | |
AFL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Totals | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1953 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 0 |
1954 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 11 | 0 |
1955 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 11 | 0 |
1956 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 11 | 0 |
1957 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 11 | 0 |
1958 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 10 | 0 |
1959 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 10 | 0 |
1960 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 11 | 0 |
1961 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 0 |
1962 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 12 | 0 |
Honors
1953 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1956 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)