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Primo Villanueva

Villanueva, Primo
Position: HB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 175
Born: December 2, 1931 Tucumcari, NM
High School: Calexico (CA)

Year	College	Status
1951	UCLA
1952	UCLA	Played
1953	UCLA	Lettered
1954	UCLA	Lettered

Relatives: Brother of Danny Villanueva

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1955 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1955 BC WIFU	80	HB	14
1956 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1956 BC WIFU	87	QB-DB	10
1957 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1957 BC WIFU	97	HB-QB	10
1958 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1958 BC WIFU	87	HB	3
4 Years (CFL)4 Years CFL			37

Transaction	Date	Team
Signed		1955 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1955 BC WIFU
Released	7/31/1959	1959 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1959 BC WIFU
Signed		1960 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1960 BC WIFU
Released		1960 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1960 BC WIFU

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1955 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1955 BC WIFU	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	20
1956 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1956 BC WIFU	0	1	1	100.0	-	-	-	0	0		0	0	1
1957 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1957 BC WIFU	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	18
1958 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1958 BC WIFU	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	8	1	1	100.0				0	0		0	0	45

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1955 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1955 BC WIFU	63	317	5.0	26	2			0
1956 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1956 BC WIFU	25	97	3.9	20	0			0
1957 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1957 BC WIFU	40	247	6.2	58	1
1958 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1958 BC WIFU	11	72	6.5	16	1		0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1955 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1955 BC WIFU	8	4	50.0	3	62	7.8	15.5	23	1	12.5	1	12.5					0	76.0
1956 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1956 BC WIFU	29	16	55.2	10	297	10.2	18.6	46	2	6.9	3	10.3						74.1
1957 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1957 BC WIFU	46	21	45.7	22	406	8.8	19.3	64	4	8.7	3	6.5						78.7
1958 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1958 BC WIFU	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0						39.6
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	84	41	48.8	36	765	9.1	18.7	64	7	8.3	7	8.3					0	73.8

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1955 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1955 BC WIFU		16		234	14.6	37	2			0
1956 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1956 BC WIFU		1		12	12.0	12	0		0	0
1957 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1957 BC WIFU		9		175	19.4	44	2
1958 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1958 BC WIFU		3		34	11.3	17	0		0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL		29		455	15.7	44	4		0	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1955 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1955 BC WIFU	5	87	17.4	40	0
1956 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1956 BC WIFU	1	13	13.0	13	0
1957 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1957 BC WIFU	1	0	0.0	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	7	100	14.3	40	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1955 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1955 BC WIFU	4	124	31.0	40	0	-
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	4	124	31.0	40	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1955 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1955 BC WIFU	14	-	103	7.4	20	0		0
1956 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1956 BC WIFU	2	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
1957 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1957 BC WIFU	1	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
1958 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1958 BC WIFU	1	-	7	7.0	7	0	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	18		110	6.1	20	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1955 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1955 BC WIFU	3	-	42	14.0	15	0	0	0
1956 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1956 BC WIFU	3	-	72	24.0	40	0
1957 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1957 BC WIFU	5	-	94	18.8	28	0		0
1958 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1958 BC WIFU	4	-	71	17.8	20	0		0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	15		279	18.6	40	0	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1955 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1955 BC WIFU	4					0	0
1956 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1956 BC WIFU	2			0	1	0	0
1957 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1957 BC WIFU	2			0	0	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	8			0	1	0	0

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