Tommy Mason
[edit] Biography
Tommy Mason (Thomas Cyril Mason) was born on July 8, 1939 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. After going to high school at Lake Charles (LA), Mason attended Tulane University. Mason made his professional debut in the NFL in 1961 with the Minnesota Vikings. He played for the Minnesota Vikings, Los Angeles Rams and Washington Redskins over the course of his 11 year career.
Most people believe that 1962 was Tommy Mason's best year, as he ran for 740 yards, hauled in 36 receptions, had 603 receiving yards and caught 6 TD passes.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1961
| MIN
| NFL
| 13
| 60
| 226
| 3.8
| 3
| 21
|
| 1962
| MIN
| NFL
| 14
| 167
| 740
| 4.4
| 2
| 71
|
| 1963
| MIN
| NFL
| 13
| 166
| 763
| 4.6
| 7
| 70t
|
| 1964
| MIN
| NFL
| 13
| 169
| 691
| 4.1
| 4
| 51t
|
| 1965
| MIN
| NFL
| 10
| 141
| 597
| 4.2
| 10
| 26
|
| 1966
| MIN
| NFL
| 7
| 58
| 235
| 4.1
| 2
| 52t
|
| 1967
| LAM
| NFL
| 13
| 63
| 213
| 3.4
| 0
| 16
|
| 1968
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 108
| 395
| 3.7
| 3
| 19
|
| 1969
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 33
| 135
| 4.1
| 1
| 17
|
| 1970
| LAM
| NFL
| 6
| 44
| 123
| 2.8
| 0
| 13
|
| 1971
| WAS
| NFL
| 10
| 31
| 85
| 2.7
| 0
| 11
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 123
| 1040
| 4203
| 4
| 32
| 0
|
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1961
| MIN
| NFL
| 13
| 20
| 122
| 6.1
| 0
| 18
|
| 1962
| MIN
| NFL
| 14
| 36
| 603
| 16.8
| 6
| 74t
|
| 1963
| MIN
| NFL
| 13
| 40
| 365
| 9.1
| 2
| 41t
|
| 1964
| MIN
| NFL
| 13
| 26
| 239
| 9.2
| 1
| 29
|
| 1965
| MIN
| NFL
| 10
| 22
| 321
| 14.6
| 1
| 72t
|
| 1966
| MIN
| NFL
| 7
| 7
| 39
| 5.6
| 1
| 17
|
| 1967
| LAM
| NFL
| 13
| 13
| 70
| 5.4
| 0
| 24
|
| 1968
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 15
| 144
| 9.6
| 0
| 31
|
| 1969
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 11
| 185
| 16.8
| 1
| 67t
|
| 1970
| LAM
| NFL
| 6
| 12
| 127
| 10.6
| 1
| 32
|
| 1971
| WAS
| NFL
| 10
| 12
| 109
| 9.1
| 0
| 18
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 123
| 214
| 2324
| 10.9
| 13
| 0
|
[edit] Punt Return Stats
| 1961
| MIN
| NFL
| 13
| 14
| 146
| 10.4
| 4
| 23
| 0
|
| 1962
| MIN
| NFL
| 14
| 6
| 52
| 8.7
| 0
| 16
| 0
|
| 1963
| MIN
| NFL
| 13
| 4
| 63
| 15.8
| 2
| 23
| 0
|
| 1964
| MIN
| NFL
| 13
| 10
| 150
| 15
| 4
| 45
| 0
|
| 1965
| MIN
| NFL
| 10
| 9
| 63
| 7
| 6
| 17
| 0
|
| 1966
| MIN
| NFL
| 7
| 3
| 9
| 3
| 4
| 6
| 0
|
| 1967
| LAM
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| LAM
| NFL
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| WAS
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 123
| 46
| 483
| 10.5
| 20
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1961
| MIN
| NFL
| 13
| 25
| 603
| 24.1
| 42
| 0
|
| 1962
| MIN
| NFL
| 14
| 12
| 301
| 25.1
| 42
| 0
|
| 1963
| MIN
| NFL
| 13
| 3
| 61
| 20.3
| 21
| 0
|
| 1964
| MIN
| NFL
| 13
| 2
| 36
| 18
| 25
| 0
|
| 1965
| MIN
| NFL
| 10
| 3
| 66
| 22
| 26
| 0
|
| 1966
| MIN
| NFL
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| LAM
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| LAM
| NFL
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| WAS
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 123
| 45
| 1067
| 23.7
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Passing Stats
| 1961
| MIN
| NFL
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.6
|
| 1962
| MIN
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| MIN
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| MIN
| NFL
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 100
| 30
| 30
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 158.3
|
| 1965
| MIN
| NFL
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| MIN
| NFL
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| LAM
| NFL
| 13
| 3
| 2
| 66.7
| 65
| 21.67
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 149.3
|
| 1968
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.6
|
| 1969
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| LAM
| NFL
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| WAS
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 123
| 9
| 3
| 33.3
| 95
| 10.56
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 73.8
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1961
| MIN
| NFL
| 13
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| MIN
| NFL
| 14
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| MIN
| NFL
| 13
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| MIN
| NFL
| 13
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| MIN
| NFL
| 10
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| MIN
| NFL
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| LAM
| NFL
| 13
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| LAM
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| LAM
| NFL
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| WAS
| NFL
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 123
| 61
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
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