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BILL NELSEN

Nelsen, William Keith
Height: 6-0 Weight: 195
Born: January 29, 1941 Los Angeles, CA
Died: April 11, 2019 Orlando, FL
High School: El Rancho (Pico Rivera, CA)

Year	College	Status
1959	El Cerritos JC
1960	Southern California	Lettered
1961	Southern California	Lettered
1962	Southern California	Lettered

Draft: 10th round (136th overall) 1963 Pittsburgh Steelers

NFL Playoff Statistics

Coaching Record

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1963 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	14	QB	2	0
1964 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	14	QB	5	0
1965 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	14	QB	12	12
1966 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	14	QB	5	5
1967 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	14	QB	8	5
1968 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	16	QB	14	11
1969 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	16	QB	14	14
1970 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	16	QB	12	12
1971 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	16	QB	14	14
1972 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	16	QB	4	1
10 Years (NFL)			90	74

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1965 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	1	0	0					0	0		-	0	6
1968 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	1	0	0					0	0		-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1963 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	1	-6	-6.0	-6	0	0	0	0
1964 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	3	17	5.7	13	0		0	0	0
1965 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	26	84	3.2	21	1			0
1966 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	6	18	3.0	9	0		0	0
1967 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	9	-19	-2.1	11	0		0	0
1968 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	13	30	2.3	18	1		0	0
1969 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	5	-11	-2.2	3	0		0	0
1970 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	7	-4	-0.6	2	0		0	0
1971 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	13	-18	-1.4	1	0		0	0
1972 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)	84	89	1.1	21	2	0	0	0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1963 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	1	11	0	0	0	39.6
1964 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	42	16	38.1	23	276	6.6	17.3	44	2	4.8	3	7.1	5	47				47.3
1965 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	270	121	44.8	132	1917	7.1	15.8	87t	8	3.0	17	6.3	42	333				52.7
1966 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	112	63	56.3	48	1122	10.0	17.8	68t	7	6.3	1	0.9	15	141				107.8
1967 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	165	74	44.8	82	1125	6.8	15.2	58t	10	6.1	9	5.5	22	186				65.3
1968 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	293	152	51.9	131	2366	8.1	15.6	87	19	6.5	10	3.4	11	102				86.4
1969 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	352	190	54.0	143	2743	7.8	14.4	82t	23	6.5	19	5.4	17	164				78.8
1970 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	313	159	50.8	138	2156	6.9	13.6	78t	16	5.1	16	5.1	8	79				68.9
1971 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	325	174	53.5	128	2319	7.1	13.3	53t	13	4.0	23	7.1	22	222				60.3
1972 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	31	14	45.2	14	141	4.5	10.1	26	0	0.0	3	9.7	3	29			0	19.1
Career Totals (NFL)	1905	963	50.6	841	14165	7.4	14.7	87t	98	5.1	101	5.3	146	1314	0	0	0	70.2

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1965 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)		1		-5	-5.0	-5	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)		1		-5	-5.0	-5	0	0	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1963 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	1		1	0	1	0	0
1965 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	6		0	0	0	0	0
1966 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	1		1	0	1	0	0
1967 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	7		3	0	3	0	0
1968 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	2		1	0	1	1	0
1969 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	8		3	0	3	0	0
1970 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	6		3	0	3	0	0
1971 Cleveland Browns (NFL)	10		5	0	5	-9	0
Career Totals (NFL)	41		17	0	17	-8	0

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