Buddy Young
Claude Henry K. Young
Born: January 5, 1926
Chicago, IL USA
Deceased: September 4, 1983
Terrell, TX
Position: HB-FB-DB
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 175
College: Illinois
High School: Englewood (Chicago, IL); Wendell Phillips (Chicago, IL)
Career: 1947-1955
Buddy Young played from 1947 to 1955 during his career with the Baltimore Colts, Dallas Texans, New York Yankees and New York Yanks. Young ran for 2,727 yards in his career on 597 attempts, scoring 17 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 179 passes for 2,711 yards and 21 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | AAFC New York Yankees | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 70.8 |
1952 | NFL Dallas Texans | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
AAFC | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | ||
NFL | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | ||
Totals | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 13 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | AAFC New York Yankees | 116 | 712 | 6.1 | 0 | 3 |
1948 | AAFC New York Yankees | 70 | 245 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 |
1949 | AAFC New York Yankees | 76 | 495 | 6.5 | 71 | 5 |
1950 | NFL New York Yanks | 76 | 334 | 4.4 | 20 | 1 |
1951 | NFL New York Yanks | 46 | 165 | 3.6 | 17 | 1 |
1952 | NFL Dallas Texans | 71 | 243 | 3.4 | 30 | 3 |
1953 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 40 | 135 | 3.4 | 24 | 0 |
1954 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 70 | 311 | 4.4 | 57 | 2 |
1955 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 32 | 87 | 2.7 | 25 | 1 |
AAFC | 262 | 1452 | 5.5 | 71 | 9 | |
NFL | 335 | 1275 | 3.8 | 57 | 8 | |
Totals | 597 | 2727 | 4.6 | 71 | 17 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | AAFC New York Yankees | 27 | 303 | 11.2 | 50 | 2 |
1948 | AAFC New York Yankees | 21 | 259 | 12.3 | 0 | 4 |
1949 | AAFC New York Yankees | 12 | 171 | 14.2 | 0 | 2 |
1950 | NFL New York Yanks | 20 | 302 | 15.1 | 69 | 1 |
1951 | NFL New York Yanks | 31 | 508 | 16.4 | 48 | 3 |
1952 | NFL Dallas Texans | 22 | 269 | 12.2 | 45 | 2 |
1953 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 12 | 201 | 16.8 | 49 | 3 |
1954 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 15 | 272 | 18.1 | 78 | 3 |
1955 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 19 | 426 | 22.4 | 82 | 1 |
AAFC | 60 | 733 | 12.2 | 50 | 8 | |
NFL | 119 | 1978 | 16.6 | 82 | 13 | |
Totals | 179 | 2711 | 15.1 | 82 | 21 |
Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | AAFC New York Yankees | 8 | 127 | 15.9 | 0 | 1 |
1948 | AAFC New York Yankees | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | AAFC New York Yankees | 9 | 171 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 |
1950 | NFL New York Yanks | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
1951 | NFL New York Yanks | 12 | 231 | 19.2 | 79 | 1 |
1952 | NFL Dallas Texans | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 18 | 0 |
1953 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 |
1954 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 16 | 0 |
1955 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
AAFC | 19 | 309 | 16.3 | 0 | 1 | |
NFL | 48 | 389 | 8.1 | 79 | 1 | |
Totals | 67 | 698 | 10.4 | 79 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | AAFC New York Yankees | 12 | 332 | 27.7 | 95 | 1 |
1948 | AAFC New York Yankees | 12 | 303 | 25.2 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | AAFC New York Yankees | 11 | 316 | 28.7 | 91 | 1 |
1950 | NFL New York Yanks | 20 | 536 | 26.8 | 50 | 0 |
1951 | NFL New York Yanks | 14 | 427 | 30.5 | 90 | 1 |
1952 | NFL Dallas Texans | 23 | 643 | 28.0 | 63 | 0 |
1953 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 11 | 378 | 34.4 | 104 | 1 |
1954 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 13 | 308 | 23.7 | 30 | 0 |
1955 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 9 | 222 | 24.7 | 43 | 0 |
AAFC | 35 | 951 | 27.2 | 95 | 2 | |
NFL | 90 | 2514 | 27.9 | 104 | 2 | |
Totals | 125 | 3465 | 27.7 | 104 | 4 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | NFL New York Yanks | 6 | 5 | -8 | 0 | |||
1951 | NFL New York Yanks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1952 | NFL Dallas Texans | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1953 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1954 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1955 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
NFL | 0 | 22 | 9 | -8 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | -8 | 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 |
1947 | AAFC New York Yankees | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
1948 | AAFC New York Yankees | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
1949 | AAFC New York Yankees | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
1950 | NFL New York Yanks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
1951 | NFL New York Yanks | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
1952 | NFL Dallas Texans | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
1953 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
1954 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
1955 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
AAFC | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | |
NFL | 8 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | |
Totals | 17 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | AAFC | New York Yankees | 14 | 8 |
1948 | AAFC | New York Yankees | 12 | 11 |
1949 | AAFC | New York Yankees | 12 | 11 |
1950 | NFL | New York Yanks | 12 | 0 |
1951 | NFL | New York Yanks | 12 | 0 |
1952 | NFL | Dallas Texans | 12 | 11 |
1953 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 10 | 0 |
1954 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 10 | 0 |
1955 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 11 | 0 |
Honors
1947 - AAFC AAFC All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1949 - AAFC AAFC All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1949 - AAFC New York Daily News All-AAFC (1st Team)
1949 - AAFC United Press International All-AAFC (1st Team)
1950 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)