Yale Lary
[edit] Biography
Yale Lary (Robert Yale Lary, Jr.) was born on November 24, 1930 in Fort Worth, Texas. After going to high school at North Side (Fort Worth, TX), Lary attended Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University. Lary made his professional debut in the NFL in 1952 with the Detroit Lions. He played for the Detroit Lions for his entire 11 year career.
Most people believe that 1956 was Yale Lary's best year, as he picked off 8 passes, ran back an interception for a touchdown and had a 40.4 yard punt average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Interception Stats
| 1952
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 4
| 61
| 53
| 0
|
| 1953
| DET
| NFL
| 11
| 5
| 98
| 32
| 0
|
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 8
| 182
| 73t
| 1
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 64
| 63
| 0
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 3
| 70
| 31
| 0
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 3
| 44
| 22
| 0
|
| 1961
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 6
| 95
| 42
| 0
|
| 1962
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 8
| 51
| 32
| 0
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 2
| 21
| 21t
| 1
|
| 1964
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 6
| 101
| 30
| 0
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 133
| 50
| 787
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Punting Stats
| 1952
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 5
| 181
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 36.2
|
| 1953
| DET
| NFL
| 11
| 28
| 1112
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.7
|
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 42
| 1698
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 40.4
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 54
| 2156
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.9
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 59
| 2524
| 62
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 42.8
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 45
| 2121
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 47.1
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 64
| 2802
| 63
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 43.8
|
| 1961
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 52
| 2519
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 48.4
|
| 1962
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 52
| 2354
| 68
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 45.3
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 35
| 1713
| 73
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 48.9
|
| 1964
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 67
| 3099
| 74
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 46.3
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 133
| 503
| 22279
| 74
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 44.3
|
[edit] Punt Return Stats
| 1952
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 16
| 182
| 11.4
| 0
| 58t
| 1
|
| 1953
| DET
| NFL
| 11
| 13
| 115
| 8.8
| 0
| 74t
| 1
|
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 22
| 70
| 3.2
| 0
| 38
| 0
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 25
| 139
| 5.6
| 0
| 36
| 0
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 27
| 196
| 7.3
| 0
| 76t
| 1
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 21
| 43
| 2
| 0
| 12
| 0
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 0
|
| 1961
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 8
| 0
|
| 1962
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 133
| 126
| 758
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1952
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 12
| 303
| 25.3
| 41
| 0
|
| 1953
| DET
| NFL
| 11
| 6
| 116
| 19.3
| 33
| 0
|
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 4
| 76
| 19
| 29
| 0
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 133
| 22
| 495
| 22.5
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1952
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| DET
| NFL
| 11
| 1
| 21
| 21
| 0
| 21
|
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 10
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 32
| 32
| 0
| 32
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 1
| 18
| 18
| 0
| 18
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 19
| 19
| 0
| 19
|
| 1961
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 14
| 14
| 0
| 14
|
| 1962
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 1
| 26
| 26
| 0
| 26
|
| 1964
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 2
| 11
| 5.5
| 0
| 9
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 133
| 10
| 153
| 15.3
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Passing Stats
| 1952
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| DET
| NFL
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.6
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.6
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.6
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.6
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 133
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.6
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1952
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| DET
| NFL
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 38
| 1
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 38
| 0
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 133
| 8
| 2
| 11
| 76
| 1
|
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