Joe Perry
Fletcher Joseph Perry "The Jet"
Born: January 22, 1927
Stevens, AR USA
Deceased: April 25, 2011
Chandler, AZ
Position: FB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 200
College: Compton CC (CA)
High School: David Starr Jordan (Long Beach, CA)
Career: 1948-1963
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1969
Joe Perry played from 1948 to 1963 during his career with the Baltimore Colts and San Francisco 49ers. Perry ran for 9,723 yards in his career on 1,929 attempts, scoring 71 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 260 passes for 2,021 yards and 12 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | AAFC San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1951 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 158.3 |
| 1952 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1953 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 118.8 |
| 1954 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 118.8 |
| 1955 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1957 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1963 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| AAFC | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 79 | 8.8 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 79 | 7.2 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | AAFC San Francisco 49ers | 77 | 562 | 7.3 | 57 | 10 |
| 1949 | AAFC San Francisco 49ers | 115 | 783 | 6.8 | 59 | 8 |
| 1950 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 124 | 647 | 5.2 | 78 | 5 |
| 1951 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 136 | 677 | 5.0 | 58 | 3 |
| 1952 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 158 | 725 | 4.6 | 78 | 8 |
| 1953 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 192 | 1018 | 5.3 | 51 | 10 |
| 1954 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 173 | 1049 | 6.1 | 58 | 8 |
| 1955 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 156 | 701 | 4.5 | 42 | 2 |
| 1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 115 | 520 | 4.5 | 39 | 3 |
| 1957 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 97 | 454 | 4.7 | 34 | 3 |
| 1958 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 125 | 758 | 6.1 | 73 | 4 |
| 1959 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 139 | 602 | 4.3 | 40 | 3 |
| 1960 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 36 | 95 | 2.6 | 21 | 1 |
| 1961 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 168 | 675 | 4.0 | 27 | 3 |
| 1962 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 94 | 359 | 3.8 | 21 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 24 | 98 | 4.1 | 16 | 0 |
| AAFC | 192 | 1345 | 7.0 | 59 | 18 | |
| NFL | 1737 | 8378 | 4.8 | 78 | 53 | |
| Totals | 1929 | 9723 | 5.0 | 78 | 71 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | AAFC San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 79 | 9.9 | 0 | 1 |
| 1949 | AAFC San Francisco 49ers | 11 | 146 | 13.3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1950 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 13 | 69 | 5.3 | 16 | 1 |
| 1951 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 18 | 167 | 9.3 | 35 | 1 |
| 1952 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 15 | 81 | 5.4 | 17 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 19 | 191 | 10.1 | 60 | 3 |
| 1954 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 26 | 203 | 7.8 | 70 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 19 | 55 | 2.9 | 19 | 1 |
| 1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 18 | 104 | 5.8 | 20 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 15 | 130 | 8.7 | 17 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 23 | 218 | 9.5 | 64 | 1 |
| 1959 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 34 | 322 | 9.5 | 27 | 1 |
| 1962 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 22 | 194 | 8.8 | 32 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| AAFC | 19 | 225 | 11.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| NFL | 241 | 1796 | 7.5 | 70 | 8 | |
| Totals | 260 | 2021 | 7.8 | 70 | 12 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| 1954 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 9 |
| NFL | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 9 | |
| Totals | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 9 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | AAFC San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 145 | 36.2 | 87 | 1 |
| 1949 | AAFC San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 337 | 24.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 223 | 18.6 | 27 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| AAFC | 18 | 482 | 26.8 | 87 | 1 | |
| NFL | 15 | 276 | 18.4 | 32 | 0 | |
| Totals | 33 | 758 | 23.0 | 87 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | AAFC San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| AAFC | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 1951 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1952 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1954 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1955 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1957 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1958 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1959 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1963 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 66 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 66 | 15 | 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 |
| 1948 | AAFC San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||
| 1949 | AAFC San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||
| 1950 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| 1951 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1952 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| 1953 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |||||||
| 1954 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 57 | |||||||
| 1955 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1957 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1958 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1959 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1960 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1961 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| AAFC | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | |
| NFL | 53 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 375 | |
| Totals | 71 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 513 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | AAFC | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 0 |
| 1949 | AAFC | San Francisco 49ers | 11 | 5 |
| 1950 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 11 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 11 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 11 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 11 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 13 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 12 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 9 | 0 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1950s Team
1954 - UPI MVP
Honors
1949 - AAFC AAFC All-AAFC (1st Team)
1949 - AAFC Associated Press All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1949 - AAFC New York Daily News All-AAFC (1st Team)
1949 - AAFC United Press International All-AAFC (1st Team)
1953 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1953 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1953 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1954 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1954 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1954 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1954 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1958 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
