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Sam Etcheverry

Etcheverry, Samuel (The Rifle)
Height: 5-11 Weight: 185
Born: May 20, 1930 Carlsbad, NM

Year	College	Status
1948	Denver
1949	Denver
1950	Denver	Played
1951	Denver	Played

Coaching Record

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1952 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1952 MTL IRFU	92	QB	12	12
1953 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1953 MTL IRFU	92	QB	14
1954 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1954 MTL IRFU	92	QB	14
1955 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1955 MTL IRFU	92	QB	12
1956 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1956 MTL IRFU	92	QB	14
1957 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1957 MTL IRFU	92	QB	14
1958 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1958 MTL IRFU	92	QB	14
1959 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1959 MTL IRFU	92	QB	14
1960 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1960 MTL IRFU	14	QB	14
1961 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1961 STL NFL	14	QB	14	9
1962 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1962 STL NFL	14	QB-P	14	4
2 Years (NFL)2 Years NFL			28	13
9 Years (CFL)9 Years CFL			122	12

Transaction	Date	Team
Signed		1952 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1952 MTL IRFU
Free Agent		1960 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1960 MTL IRFU
Signed		1961 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1961 STL NFL
Released		1963 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1963 STL NFL
Signed	9/19/1963	1963 San Francisco 49ers (NFL)1963 SF NFL
Released	9/25/1963	1963 San Francisco 49ers (NFL)1963 SF NFL

AWARDS
1954 Official CFL Most Oustanding Player of the Year
1969 CANADIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1952 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1952 MTL IRFU	2	1			-	-	-	0			3	0	14
1953 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1953 MTL IRFU	2	0			-	-	-	0			1	0	11
1954 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1954 MTL IRFU	2	11	12	91.7	-	-	-	0	0		0	0	21
1955 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1955 MTL IRFU	2	2	2	100.0	-	-	-	0	0		1	0	13
1956 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1956 MTL IRFU	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		3	0	21
1957 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1957 MTL IRFU	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		4	0	16
1958 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1958 MTL IRFU	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		3	0	21
1959 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1959 MTL IRFU	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		6	0	18
1960 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1960 MTL IRFU	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		10	0	22
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	20	14	14	92.9				0	0		31	0	157

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1952 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1952 MTL IRFU					2
1953 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1953 MTL IRFU					2
1954 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1954 MTL IRFU	53	298	5.6	23	2			0
1955 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1955 MTL IRFU	79	371	4.7	24	2			0
1956 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1956 MTL IRFU	80	442	5.5	19	3		0	0
1957 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1957 MTL IRFU	54	209	3.9	15	2		0	0
1958 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1958 MTL IRFU	46	169	3.7	15	3		0	0
1959 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1959 MTL IRFU	64	190	3.0	15	2		0	0
1960 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1960 MTL IRFU	63	245	3.9	22	2			0
1961 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1961 STL NFL	33	73	2.2	44	0
1962 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1962 STL NFL	8	5	0.6	13	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	41	78	1.9	44	0		0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1952 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1952 MTL IRFU									9
1953 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1953 MTL IRFU									23
1954 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1954 MTL IRFU	372	206	55.4	137	3610	9.7	17.5	105	25	6.7	29	7.8						78.6
1955 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1955 MTL IRFU	400	227	56.8	149	3657	9.1	16.1	84	30	7.5	24	6.0						87.5
1956 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1956 MTL IRFU	446	276	61.9	147	4723	10.6	17.1	109	32	7.2	23	5.2						100.2
1957 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1957 MTL IRFU	408	215	52.7	171	3341	8.2	15.5	88	14	3.4	22	5.4						69.1
1958 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1958 MTL IRFU	423	247	58.4	151	3548	8.4	14.4	87	18	4.3	25	5.9	61	543				75.3
1959 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1959 MTL IRFU	402	231	57.5	150	3133	7.8	13.6	80	10	2.5	21	5.2	39	285				69.0
1960 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1960 MTL IRFU	378	229	60.6	130	3571	9.4	15.6	98	24	6.3	19	5.0						92.2
1961 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1961 STL NFL	196	96	49.0	89	1275	6.5	13.3	78	14	7.1	11	5.6		300				70.4
1962 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1962 STL NFL	106	58	54.7	38	707	6.7	12.2	68t	2	1.9	10	9.4		104				42.5
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	302	154	51.0	127	1982	6.6	12.9	78	16	5.3	21	7.0		404				60.6
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	2829	1631	57.7	1035	25583	9.0	15.7	109	185	5.4	163	5.8	100	828				81.8

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1957 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1957 MTL IRFU		1		5	5.0	5	0		0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL		1		5	5.0	5	0		0	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1954 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1954 MTL IRFU	3	131	43.7	60		-
1955 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1955 MTL IRFU	19	733	38.6	51		-
1956 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1956 MTL IRFU	48	1968	41.0	56	0	-
1957 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1957 MTL IRFU	66	2634	39.9	55	0	-
1958 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1958 MTL IRFU	145	5668	39.1	80		-				1073
1959 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1959 MTL IRFU	131	4937	37.7	60	2	-				915	4022
1960 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1960 MTL IRFU	102	4196	41.1	61	0	-				656	3540
1962 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1962 STL NFL	59	2259	38.3	61	1					122
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	59	2259	38.3	61	1					122
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	514	20267	39.4	80	2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1960 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU)1960 MTL IRFU	2	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	2		0	0.0	0	0	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1961 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1961 STL NFL	15		6	0	6	0	0
1962 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1962 STL NFL	6		2	0	2	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	21		8	0	8	0	0

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