Billy Stone
William John Stone
Born: October 25, 1925
Peoria, IL USA
Deceased: May 16, 2004
Peoria, IL
Position: HB-DB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 191
College: Bradley
High School: Feitshans (Springfield, IL)
Career: 1949-1954
Drafted: 1949 in Round 12, #120 overall by the Chicago Cardinals
Billy Stone played from 1949 to 1954 during his career with the Baltimore Colts and Chicago Bears. Stone ran for 1,112 yards in his career on 296 attempts, scoring 11 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 143 passes for 2,319 yards and 20 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 | AAFC Baltimore Colts | 51 | 205 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 |
1950 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 14 | 113 | 8.1 | 72 | 1 |
1951 | NFL Chicago Bears | 30 | 123 | 4.1 | 42 | 1 |
1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 50 | 196 | 3.9 | 48 | 2 |
1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 72 | 169 | 2.3 | 28 | 2 |
1954 | NFL Chicago Bears | 79 | 306 | 3.9 | 23 | 3 |
AAFC | 51 | 205 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | |
NFL | 245 | 907 | 3.7 | 72 | 9 | |
Totals | 296 | 1112 | 3.8 | 72 | 11 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 | AAFC Baltimore Colts | 31 | 621 | 20.0 | 66 | 6 |
1950 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 12 | 324 | 27.0 | 69 | 4 |
1951 | NFL Chicago Bears | 18 | 320 | 17.8 | 62 | 1 |
1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 13 | 283 | 21.8 | 59 | 2 |
1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 34 | 376 | 11.1 | 51 | 4 |
1954 | NFL Chicago Bears | 35 | 395 | 11.3 | 42 | 3 |
AAFC | 31 | 621 | 20.0 | 66 | 6 | |
NFL | 112 | 1698 | 15.2 | 69 | 14 | |
Totals | 143 | 2319 | 16.2 | 69 | 20 |
Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
1951 | NFL Chicago Bears | 14 | 120 | 8.6 | 58 | 0 |
1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
1954 | NFL Chicago Bears | 14 | 40 | 2.9 | 12 | 0 |
NFL | 34 | 179 | 5.3 | 58 | 0 | |
Totals | 34 | 179 | 5.3 | 58 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 | AAFC Baltimore Colts | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
1950 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 18 | 0 |
1951 | NFL Chicago Bears | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 30 | 0 |
1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 29 | 0 |
1954 | NFL Chicago Bears | 8 | 215 | 26.9 | 35 | 0 |
AAFC | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
NFL | 17 | 398 | 23.4 | 35 | 0 | |
Totals | 18 | 423 | 23.5 | 35 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 20 | 0 |
1951 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
NFL | 11 | 89 | 8.1 | 20 | 0 | |
Totals | 11 | 89 | 8.1 | 20 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
1951 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||
1954 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
NFL | 0 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 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 |
1949 | AAFC Baltimore Colts | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
1950 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
1951 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
1952 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
1953 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
1954 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
AAFC | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |
NFL | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | |
Totals | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 186 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1949 | AAFC | Baltimore Colts | 12 | 1 |
1950 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 8 | 2 |
1951 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |
1952 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 10 | 0 |
1953 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |
1954 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |