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Bill Callihan

Callihan, William Earl
Height: 6-2 Weight: 217
Born: May 15, 1916 Paxton, NE
Died: August 23, 1986 Columbus, NE
High School: Grand Island (NE)

Year	College	Status
1935	Nebraska
1936	Nebraska	Lettered
1937	Nebraska	Lettered
1938	Nebraska	Lettered

Draft: 9th round (77th overall) 1939 Detroit Lions

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1939 Columbus Bullies (AFL)1939 COL AFL	45	QB	8	3
1940 Detroit Lions (NFL)1940 DET NFL	34	BB-LDH-TB-S	10	1
1941 Detroit Lions (NFL)1941 DET NFL	25	BB-S	11	6
1942 Detroit Lions (NFL)1942 DET NFL	25	BB-S	11	10
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	25	BB-S	10	4
1944 Detroit Lions (NFL)1944 DET NFL	25	BB-S	10	10
1945 Detroit Lions (NFL)1945 DET NFL	25	BB-LDT	10	10
6 Years (NFL)6 Years NFL			62	41

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	12/9/1938	1939 Detroit Lions (NFL)1939 DET NFL
Signed		1939 Detroit Lions (NFL)1939 DET NFL
Released		1939 Detroit Lions (NFL)1939 DET NFL
Signed		1939 Columbus Bullies (AFL)1939 COL AFL
Free Agent		1939 Columbus Bullies (AFL)1939 COL AFL
Signed		1940 Detroit Lions (NFL)1940 DET NFL
Free Agent		1945 Detroit Lions (NFL)1945 DET NFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1939 Columbus Bullies (AFL)1939 COL AFL	1	0	0				-	0			-	0	6
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1945 Detroit Lions (NFL)1945 DET NFL	1	25	27	92.6	-	-	-	0	0		-	0	31
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	5	25	27	92.6	-	-	-	0	0		-	0	55

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1939 Columbus Bullies (AFL)1939 COL AFL					1
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	5	17	3.4	6	1		0	0
1944 Detroit Lions (NFL)1944 DET NFL	1	3	3.0	2	0		0	0
1945 Detroit Lions (NFL)1945 DET NFL	27	85	3.1	16	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	33	105	3.2	16	1		0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1942 Detroit Lions (NFL)1942 DET NFL	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0			0	0	0	0.0
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	2	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	50.0			0	0	0	0.0
1945 Detroit Lions (NFL)1945 DET NFL	5	3	60.0	0	34	6.8	11.3	15	1	20.0	2	40.0				0	0	80.4
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	8	3	37.5	1	34	4.3	11.3	15	1	12.5	4	50.0			0	0	0	51.0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1939 Columbus Bullies (AFL)							1
1940 Detroit Lions (NFL)1940 DET NFL		4		38	9.5		0
1941 Detroit Lions (NFL)1941 DET NFL		4		34	8.5	22	0			0
1942 Detroit Lions (NFL)1942 DET NFL		4		48	12.0	17	0		0	0
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL		8		108	13.5	40t	3
1944 Detroit Lions (NFL)1944 DET NFL		8		67	8.4	21	0			0
1945 Detroit Lions (NFL)1945 DET NFL		4		88	22.0	29t	1			0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		32		383	12.0	40t	4		0	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1940 Detroit Lions (NFL)1940 DET NFL	2	18	9.0	10	0
1942 Detroit Lions (NFL)1942 DET NFL	3	29	9.7	20	0
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	1	7	7.0	7	0
1945 Detroit Lions (NFL)1945 DET NFL	2	8	4.0	6	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	8	62	7.8	20	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1942 Detroit Lions (NFL)1942 DET NFL	1	44	44.0	44	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	44	44.0	44	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	2		5	2.5	4	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2		5	2.5	4	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1944 Detroit Lions (NFL)1944 DET NFL	3		46	15.3	20	0		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3		46	15.3	20	0		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1945 Detroit Lions (NFL)1945 DET NFL	2		1	0	1	-1	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2		1	0	1	-1	0

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