Charlie Sumner
Charles Edward Sumner
Born: October 19, 1930
Radford, VA USA
Deceased: April 4, 2015
Position: DB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 194
College: William & Mary
High School: Dublin (VA)
Career: 1955-1962
Drafted: 1954 in Round 22, #258 overall by the Chicago Bears
Coaching record
Charlie Sumner played from 1955 to 1962 during his career with the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings. Sumner intercepted 21 passes for 303 yards in his career.
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Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 14 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Bears | 10 | 288 | 28.8 | 81 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Totals | 11 | 307 | 27.9 | 81 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Bears | 7 | 162 | 23.1 | 63 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 17 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 303 | 14.4 | 63 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1959 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1962 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 130 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 10 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 12 |
| 1962 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 |
