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Bill Dudley

Dudley, William McGarvey (Bullet Bill)
Height: 5-10 Weight: 175
Born: December 24, 1921 Bluefield, VA
Died: February 4, 2010 Lynchburg, VA
High School: Graham (Bluefield, VA)

Year	College	Status
1938	Virginia
1939	Virginia	Lettered
1940	Virginia	Lettered
1941	Virginia	Lettered

Draft: 1st round (1st overall) 1942 Pittsburgh Steelers

Military Service: United States Army Air Forces

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Coaching Record

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1942 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1942 PIT NFL	35	TB-LDH	11	11
1945 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1945 PIT NFL	35	TB-LDH	4	4
1946 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1946 PIT NFL	35	TB-RDH-K	11	11
1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL	35	LOH-DB	10	9
1948 Detroit Lions (NFL)1948 DET NFL	44/35	LOH-LDH-ROH	7	5
1949 Detroit Lions (NFL)1949 DET NFL	35	LOH-LDH	12	10
1950 Washington Redskins (NFL)1950 WAS NFL	35	ROH-LOH-RS	12	12
1951 Washington Redskins (NFL)1951 WAS NFL	35	LOH-DB	12	12
1953 Washington Redskins (NFL)1953 WAS NFL	35	K-LOH	12	0
9 Years (NFL)9 Years NFL			91	74

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	12/22/1941	1942 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1942 PIT NFL
Signed		1942 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1942 PIT NFL
Free Agent	8/1/1943	1942 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1942 PIT NFL
Signed		1945 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1945 PIT NFL
Free Agent	6/1/1950	1949 Detroit Lions (NFL)1949 DET NFL
Signed		1950 Washington Redskins (NFL)1950 WAS NFL
Free Agent	5/1/1954	1953 Washington Redskins (NFL)1953 WAS NFL

AWARDS
1942 Associated Press All-NFL
1942 International News Service All-NFL
1942 Official All-NFL
1942 Official All-NFL
1942 New York Daily News All-NFL
1946 Offiicial NFL Player of the Year
1946 Associated Press All-NFL
1946 United Press All-NFL
1946 Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL
1946 Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL
1946 New York Daily News All-NFL
1946 Sportswriters, Inc. All-Pro
1947 Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL
1947 Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL
1947 New York Daily News All-NFL
1966 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	PTS
1942 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1942 PIT NFL	6	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	36
1945 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1945 PIT NFL	3	2	3	66.7	-	-	-	0	0		-	20
1946 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1946 PIT NFL	5	12	14	85.7	-	-	-	2	7	28.6	-	48
1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL	11	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	66
1948 Detroit Lions (NFL)1948 DET NFL	7	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	42
1949 Detroit Lions (NFL)1949 DET NFL	6	30	32	93.8	-	-	-	5	14	35.7	-	81
1950 Washington Redskins (NFL)1950 WAS NFL	3	31	31	100.0	-	-	-	5	10	50.0	-	64
1951 Washington Redskins (NFL)1951 WAS NFL	3	21	22	95.5	-	-	-	10	13	76.9	-	69
1953 Washington Redskins (NFL)1953 WAS NFL	0	25	25	100.0	-	-	-	11	22	50.0	-	58
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	44	121	127	95.3	-	-	-	33	66	50.0	-	484

FIELD GOALS	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG
1946 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1946 PIT NFL	1/3	0/1	1/1	0/2	0/0	2	7	28.6	0	34
1949 Detroit Lions (NFL)1949 DET NFL	1/8	3/3	0/1	1/2	0/0	5	14	35.7	0	42
1950 Washington Redskins (NFL)1950 WAS NFL	4/7	0/2	1/1	0/0	0/0	5	10	50.0	0	33
1951 Washington Redskins (NFL)1951 WAS NFL	3/4	3/3	4/5	0/1	0/0	10	13	76.9	1	37
1953 Washington Redskins (NFL)1953 WAS NFL	5/14	1/2	4/5	1/1	0/0	11	22	50.0	2	41
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	14/36	7/11	10/13	2/6	0/0	33	66	50.0	3	42

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1942 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1942 PIT NFL	162	696	4.3	66	5
1945 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1945 PIT NFL	57	204	3.6	32	3		0
1946 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1946 PIT NFL	146	604	4.1	41	3
1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL	80	302	3.8	28	2		0
1948 Detroit Lions (NFL)1948 DET NFL	33	97	2.9	11	0	0	0
1949 Detroit Lions (NFL)1949 DET NFL	125	402	3.2	22	3		0
1950 Washington Redskins (NFL)1950 WAS NFL	66	339	5.1	27	1		0
1951 Washington Redskins (NFL)1951 WAS NFL	91	398	4.4	40	2
1953 Washington Redskins (NFL)1953 WAS NFL	5	15	3.0	7	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	765	3057	4.0	66	19	0	0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	RTG
1942 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1942 PIT NFL	94	35	37.2	54	438	4.7	12.5	38	2	2.1	5	5.3					37.5
1945 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1945 PIT NFL	32	10	31.3	20	58	1.8	5.8	32	0	0.0	2	6.3					14.6
1946 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1946 PIT NFL	90	32	35.6	49	452	5.0	14.1	37	2	2.2	9	10.0					20.5
1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL	4	3	75.0	1	24	6.0	8.0	11	2	50.0	0	0.0	0	0		0	129.2
1948 Detroit Lions (NFL)1948 DET NFL	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0	0.0
1951 Washington Redskins (NFL)1951 WAS NFL	1	1	100.0	0	13	13.0	13.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0		0	118.8
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	222	81	36.5	124	985	4.4	12.2	38	6	2.7	17	7.7	0	0	0	0	28.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+
1942 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1942 PIT NFL	1	24	24.0	24	0	1	0
1946 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1946 PIT NFL	4	109	27.3	80t	1
1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL	27	375	13.9	64t	7
1948 Detroit Lions (NFL)1948 DET NFL	20	210	10.5	22	6		0
1949 Detroit Lions (NFL)1949 DET NFL	27	190	7.0	18t	2	0	0
1950 Washington Redskins (NFL)1950 WAS NFL	22	172	7.8	17	1	0	0
1951 Washington Redskins (NFL)1951 WAS NFL	22	303	13.8	40	1		1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	123	1383	11.2	80t	18	1	1

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1942 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1942 PIT NFL	3	60	20.0	25	0
1945 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1945 PIT NFL	2	47	23.5	26	0
1946 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1946 PIT NFL	10	242	24.2	80t	1
1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL	5	104	20.8	41t	1
1948 Detroit Lions (NFL)1948 DET NFL	1	3	3.0	3	0
1950 Washington Redskins (NFL)1950 WAS NFL	2	3	1.5	3	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	23	459	20.0	80t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
1942 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1942 PIT NFL	18	572	31.8	52	1
1945 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1945 PIT NFL	2	36	18.0	36	1
1946 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1946 PIT NFL	60	2408	40.1	69	1
1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL	15	657	43.8	62	0
1948 Detroit Lions (NFL)1948 DET NFL	23	825	35.9	68	0
1949 Detroit Lions (NFL)1949 DET NFL	34	1278	37.6	55	1
1950 Washington Redskins (NFL)1950 WAS NFL	14	585	41.8	60	0
1951 Washington Redskins (NFL)1951 WAS NFL	27	942	34.9	46	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	193	7303	37.8	69	4

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+
1942 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1942 PIT NFL	20	271	13.6	47	0
1945 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1945 PIT NFL	5	20	4.0	6	0	0	0
1946 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1946 PIT NFL	27	385	14.3	52	0
1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL	11	182	16.5	84t	1
1948 Detroit Lions (NFL)1948 DET NFL	8	67	8.4	18	0	0	0
1949 Detroit Lions (NFL)1949 DET NFL	11	199	18.1	67t	1
1950 Washington Redskins (NFL)1950 WAS NFL	12	185	15.4	96t	1
1951 Washington Redskins (NFL)1951 WAS NFL	22	172	7.8	27	0		0
1953 Washington Redskins (NFL)1953 WAS NFL	8	34	4.3	16	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	124	1515	12.2	96t	3	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+
1942 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1942 PIT NFL	11	298	27.1	84t	1
1945 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1945 PIT NFL	3	65	21.7	35	0		0
1946 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1946 PIT NFL	14	280	20.0	34	0		0
1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL	15	359	23.9	78	0
1948 Detroit Lions (NFL)1948 DET NFL	10	204	20.4	47	0
1949 Detroit Lions (NFL)1949 DET NFL	13	246	18.9	31	0		0
1950 Washington Redskins (NFL)1950 WAS NFL	1	43	43.0	43	0	1	1
1951 Washington Redskins (NFL)1951 WAS NFL	11	248	22.5	37	0		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	78	1743	22.3	84t	1	1	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1945 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1945 PIT NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1946 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1946 PIT NFL	8		5	2	7	30	0
1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL	4		1	1	2	0	0
1948 Detroit Lions (NFL)1948 DET NFL	6		3	1	4	28	1
1949 Detroit Lions (NFL)1949 DET NFL	8		1	0	1	-2	0
1950 Washington Redskins (NFL)1950 WAS NFL	6		0	1	1	0	0
1951 Washington Redskins (NFL)1951 WAS NFL	4		1	0	1	4	0
1953 Washington Redskins (NFL)1953 WAS NFL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	37	0	11	6	17	60	1

Last Updated: October 11, 2025