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TOMMY COLELLA

Colella, Thomas Anthony
Height: 6-0 Weight: 187
Born: July 3, 1918 Albion, NY
Died: May 15, 1992 Buffalo, NY
High School: Charles D'Amico (Albion, NY)

Year	College	Status
1939	Canisius
1940	Canisius	Lettered
1941	Canisius	Lettered

Draft: 7th round (55th overall) 1942 Detroit Lions

Military Service: United States Marine Corps

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1942 Detroit Lions (NFL)1942 DET NFL	46	TB-LDH	9	2
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	46	TB-LDH	8	0
1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1944 CLE NFL	34	TB-LDH	10	8
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	34	LOH-LDH	10	1
1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1946 CLE AAFC	92	LDH-LOH	14	8
1947 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1947 CLE AAFC	92	LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH	14	5
1948 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1948 CLE AAFC	92	LDH-LOH	13	13
1949 Buffalo Bills (AAFC)1949 BUF AAFC	88	LDH-ROH	12	5
8 Years (NFL)8 Years NFL			90	42

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	12/22/1941	1942 Detroit Lions (NFL)1942 DET NFL
Signed	7/15/1942	1942 Detroit Lions (NFL)1942 DET NFL
Traded	8/15/1944	1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1944 CLE NFL
Free Agent		1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL
Signed	2/8/1946	1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1946 CLE AAFC
Allocation Draft	6/2/1950	1950 New York Yanks (NFL)1950 NYY NFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1944 CLE NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	1	1	100.0	-	0	21
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1946 CLE AAFC	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1947 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1947 CLE AAFC	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1948 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1948 CLE AAFC	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	15	0	0		-	-	-	1	1	100.0	-	0	93

FIELD GOALS	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG
1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1944 CLE NFL	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	1	1	100.0	0	25
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	1	1	100.0	0	25

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1942 Detroit Lions (NFL)1942 DET NFL	23	51	2.2	34	0			0
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	15	24	1.6	18	0		0	0
1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1944 CLE NFL	53	208	3.9	75t	2
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	46	224	4.9	30	2			0
1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1946 CLE AAFC	30	118	3.9	50t	2
1947 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1947 CLE AAFC	11	77	7.0		1
1948 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1948 CLE AAFC	14	60	4.3		1
1949 Buffalo Bills (AAFC)1949 BUF AAFC	7	-9	-1.3		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	199	753	3.8	75t	8		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	41	18	43.9	19	178	4.3	9.9	23	0	0.0	4	9.8					0	17.2
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	31	11	35.5	16	103	3.3	9.4	21	0	0.0	4	12.9					0	5.9
1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1944 CLE NFL	76	27	35.5	39	336	4.4	12.4	25	4	5.3	10	13.2					0	28.1
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0			0	0	0	39.6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	149	56	37.6	75	617	4.1	11.0	25	4	2.7	18	12.1			0	0	0	20.0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL		1		-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0	0
1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1944 CLE NFL		2		64	32.0	54t	1		1	1
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL		7		64	9.1	20	2			0
1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1946 CLE AAFC		1		12	12.0	12t	1	1	0	0	0
1947 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1947 CLE AAFC		4		63	15.8		1
1948 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1948 CLE AAFC		1		7	7.0	7	0		0	0
1949 Buffalo Bills (AAFC)1949 BUF AAFC		2		6	3.0		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		18		215	11.9	54t	5	1	1	1	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1942 Detroit Lions (NFL)1942 DET NFL	1	10	10.0	10	0
1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1944 CLE NFL	4	53	13.3	19	0
1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1946 CLE AAFC	10	110	11.0		0
1947 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1947 CLE AAFC	6	130	21.7	44	1
1948 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1948 CLE AAFC	2	34	17.0	19	0
1949 Buffalo Bills (AAFC)1949 BUF AAFC	3	49	16.3		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	26	386	14.8	44	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1942 Detroit Lions (NFL)1942 DET NFL	16	609	38.1	63	0
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	6	280	46.7	55	0
1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1944 CLE NFL	33	1247	37.8	63	0
1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1946 CLE AAFC	47	1895	40.3		0
1947 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1947 CLE AAFC	1	16	16.0	16	0
1948 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1948 CLE AAFC	49	1716	35.0		0
1949 Buffalo Bills (AAFC)1949 BUF AAFC	44	1554	35.3		1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	196	7317	37.3	63	1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1942 Detroit Lions (NFL)1942 DET NFL	2		14	7.0	10	0	0	0
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	2		11	5.5	7	0	0	0
1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1944 CLE NFL	4		65	16.3	29	0		0
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	1		10	10.0	10	0	0	0
1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1946 CLE AAFC	8		172	21.5	58	0
1947 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1947 CLE AAFC	5		113	22.6	82t	1
1948 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1948 CLE AAFC	5		60	12.0		0
1949 Buffalo Bills (AAFC)1949 BUF AAFC	5		42	8.4		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	32		487	15.2	82t	1	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1942 Detroit Lions (NFL)1942 DET NFL	4		74	18.5	25	0		0
1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1944 CLE NFL	10		241	24.1	41	0
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	3		79	26.3	30	0		0
1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1946 CLE AAFC	1		29	29.0	29	0	1	0
1947 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1947 CLE AAFC	1		13	13.0	13	0	0	0
1949 Buffalo Bills (AAFC)1949 BUF AAFC	7		107	15.3		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	26		543	20.9	41	0	1	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	4		1	0	1	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4		1	0	1	0	0

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