Sam EtcheverryEtcheverry, Samuel (The Rifle)Height: 5-11 Weight: 185 Born: May 20, 1930 Carlsbad, NM Died: August 29, 2009 Montreal, QC High School: Carlsbad (NM) |
| Year | College | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Denver | |
| 1949 | Denver | |
| 1950 | Denver | Played |
| 1951 | Denver | Played |
| 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+ | YAC | 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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