Mel West

West, Melvin Gerald
Height: 5-9 Weight: 190
Born: January 14, 1939 Columbia, MO
Died: November 20, 2003 Burnsville, MN
High School: Jefferson City (MO)

Year	College	Participation
1957	Missouri
1958	Missouri	Lettered
1959	Missouri	Lettered
1960	Missouri	Lettered

Draft: 11th round (82nd overall) 1961 Boston Patriots; 15th round (204th overall) 1961 St. Louis Cardinals

Military Service: United States Army

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1961 Boston Patriots (AFL)1961 BOS AFL	24	HB	4	1
1961 New York Titans (AFL)1961 NY AFL	25	HB	9	1
1961 Year (AFL)1961 Year AFL			13	2
1962 New York Titans (AFL)1962 NY AFL	25	HB	3	0
2 Years (NFL)2 Years NFL			16	2

Team	Date	Transaction
1961 Boston Patriots (AFL)Boston Patriots	12/5/1960	Draft
1961 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)St. Louis Cardinals	12/28/1960	Draft
1961 Boston Patriots (AFL)Boston Patriots	1/16/1961	Signed
1961 Boston Patriots (AFL)Boston Patriots	10/4/1961	Released
1961 New York Titans (AFL)New York Titans	10/17/1961	Signed
1962 New York Titans (AFL)New York Titans		Released
1963 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)Toronto Argonauts	3/27/1963	Signed
1963 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)Toronto Argonauts		Released

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1961 New York Titans (AFL)1961 NY AFL	3	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	18
1961 Year (AFL)1961 Year AFL	3	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	18
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	18

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1961 Boston Patriots (AFL)1961 BOS AFL	26	90	3.5	31	0			0
1961 New York Titans (AFL)1961 NY AFL	46	232	5.0	35	3			0
1961 Year (AFL)1961 Year AFL	72	322	4.5	35	3			0
1962 New York Titans (AFL)1962 NY AFL	9	16	1.8	7	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	81	338	4.2	35	3		0	0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1961 Boston Patriots (AFL)1961 BOS AFL		5		42	8.4	18	0		0	0
1961 New York Titans (AFL)1961 NY AFL		8		104	13.0	37	0		2	0
1961 Year (AFL)1961 Year AFL		13		146	11.2	37	0		2	0
1962 New York Titans (AFL)1962 NY AFL		1		1	1.0	1	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		14		147	10.5	37	0		2	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1961 New York Titans (AFL)1961 NY AFL	2		51	25.5	45	0	1	1
1961 Year (AFL)1961 Year AFL	2		51	25.5	45	0	1	1
1962 New York Titans (AFL)1962 NY AFL	1		0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)	3		51	17.0	45	0	1	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1961 Boston Patriots (AFL)1961 BOS AFL	7		191	27.3	37	0		0
1961 New York Titans (AFL)1961 NY AFL	6		115	19.2	25	0		0
1961 Year (AFL)1961 Year AFL	13		306	23.5	37	0		0
1962 New York Titans (AFL)1962 NY AFL	3		131	43.7	68	0	3	2
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	16		437	27.3	68	0	3	2

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1961 Boston Patriots (AFL)1961 BOS AFL	1						0
1961 New York Titans (AFL)1961 NY AFL	1						0
1961 Year (AFL)1961 Year AFL	2						0
1962 New York Titans (AFL)1962 NY AFL	3			0			0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	5			0			0