Altie Taylor
Altie Taylor
Born: September 29, 1947
Pittsburg, CA USA
Deceased: March 14, 2010
Sacramento, CA
Position: RB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 200
College: Utah St.
High School: Pittsburg (CA)
Career: 1969-1976
Drafted: 1969 in Round 2, #34 overall by the Detroit Lions
Altie Taylor played from 1969 to 1976 during his career with the Detroit Lions and Houston Oilers. Taylor ran for 4,308 yards in his career on 1,170 attempts, scoring 24 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 175 passes for 1,538 yards and 6 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 118 | 348 | 2.9 | 26 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 198 | 666 | 3.4 | 34 | 2 |
| 1971 | NFL Detroit Lions | 174 | 736 | 4.2 | 36 | 4 |
| 1972 | NFL Detroit Lions | 154 | 658 | 4.3 | 38 | 4 |
| 1973 | NFL Detroit Lions | 176 | 719 | 4.1 | 34 | 5 |
| 1974 | NFL Detroit Lions | 150 | 532 | 3.5 | 27 | 5 |
| 1975 | NFL Detroit Lions | 195 | 638 | 3.3 | 24 | 4 |
| 1976 | NFL Houston Oilers | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 1170 | 4308 | 3.7 | 38 | 24 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 13 | 86 | 6.6 | 20 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 27 | 261 | 9.7 | 42 | 2 |
| 1971 | NFL Detroit Lions | 26 | 270 | 10.4 | 64 | 1 |
| 1972 | NFL Detroit Lions | 29 | 250 | 8.6 | 40 | 2 |
| 1973 | NFL Detroit Lions | 27 | 252 | 9.3 | 35 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL Detroit Lions | 30 | 293 | 9.8 | 34 | 1 |
| 1975 | NFL Detroit Lions | 21 | 111 | 5.3 | 17 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Houston Oilers | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 175 | 1538 | 8.8 | 64 | 6 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL Detroit Lions | 12 | 295 | 24.6 | 60 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Houston Oilers | 15 | 302 | 20.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 597 | 22.1 | 60 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | NFL Detroit Lions | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1973 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1974 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1971 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1972 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1973 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1974 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1975 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Totals | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 10 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 13 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 13 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 13 | 12 |
| 1975 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 14 |
| 1976 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 11 | 0 |
