1970-1979 NFL Leaders
The goal of my football autograph collection is to obtain an autograph of each player that ranked among the league leaders in passing, rushing, and receiving yards. In addition, I will pick up a few others that were named to All-Pro teams.
1970 NFL Passing Leaders
1. John Brodie (SF 49ers) 2941 yds 2. Fran Tarkenton (Minn Vikings) 2777 yards 3. Jim Hart (StL Cards) 2575 yards 4. Roman Gabriel (LA Rams) 2552 yards 5. Daryle Lamonica (Oak Raiders) 2516 yds 6. Dennis Shaw (Buff Bills) 2507 yards 7. John Hadl (SD Chargers) 2388 yards 8. Sonny Jurgensen (W Redskins) 2354 yds 9. Norm Snead (Phi Eagles) 2323 yards 10. Johnny Unitas (Balt Colts) 2213 yards 1971 NFL Passing Leaders
1. John Hadl (SD Chargers) 3075 yards 2. John Brodie (SF 49ers) 2642 yds 3. Fran Tarkenton (Minn Vikings) 2567 yards 4. Len Dawson (KC Chiefs) 2504 yards 5. Bill Nelsen (Cleve Browns) 2319 yards 6. Terry Bradshaw (Pitt Steelers) 2259 yds 7. Roman Gabriel (LA Rams) 2238 yards 8. Greg Landry (Det Lions) 2237 yards 9. Billy Kilmer (Was Redskins) 2221 yards 10. Jim Plunkett (NE Patriots) 2158 yards 1972 NFL Passing Leaders
1. Joe Namath (NY Jets) 2816 yds 2. Archie Manning (NO Saints) 2781 yards 3. Fran Tarkenton (Minn Vikings) 2651 yds 4. John Hadl (SD Chargers) 2449 yards 5. Craig Morton (Dal Cowboys) 2396 yds 6. Norm Snead (NY Giants) 2307 yards 7. Jim Plunkett (NE Patriots) 2196 yards 8. Bob Berry (Atl Falcons) 2158 yards 9. Greg Landry (Det Lions) 2066 yards 10. Roman Gabriel (LA Rams) 2027 yards 1973 NFL Passing Leaders
1. Roman Gabriel (Phi Eagles) 3219 yards 2. Jim Plunkett (NE Patriots) 2550 yds 3. Charley Johnson (Den Broncos) 2465 yds 4. Ken Anderson (Cin Bengals) 2428 yards 4. Roger Staubach (Dal Cowboys) 2428 yds 6. Jim Hart (StL Cards) 2223 yards 7. Fran Tarkenton (Minn Vikings) 2113 yds 8. John Hadl (LA Rams) 2008 yards 9. Ken Stabler (Oak Raiders) 1997 yards 10. Bob Lee (Atl Falcons) 1786 yards 1974 NFL Passing Leaders
1. Ken Anderson (Cin Bengals) 2667 yards 2. Joe Namath (NY Jets) 2616 yards 3. Fran Tarkenton (Minn Vikings) 2598 yds 4. Roger Staubach (Dal Cowboys) 2552 yds 5. Ken Stabler (Oakland Raiders) 2469 yds 6. Jim Plunkett (NE Patriots) 2457 yds 7. Jim Hart (StL Cards) 2411 yards 8. Charley Johnson (Den Broncos) 1969 yds 9. Bob Griese (Mia Dolphins) 1968 yards 10. Bill Munson (Det Lions) 1874 yards 1975 NFL Passing Leaders
1. Ken Anderson (Cin Bengals) 3169 yards 2. Fran Tarkenton (Minn Vikings) 2994 yards 3. Roger Staubach (Dal Cowboys) 2666 yds 4. Jim Hart (StL Cards) 2507 yards 5. Bert Jones (Balt Colts) 2483 yards 6. Billy Kilmer (Was Redskins) 2440 yds 7. Joe Ferguson (Buff Bills) 2426 yards 8. Craig Morton (NY Giants) 2359 yards 9. Ken Stabler (Oak Raiders) 2296 yards 10. Joe Namath (NY Jets) 2286 yards 1976 NFL Passing Leaders
1. Bert Jones (Balt Colts) 3104 yards 2. Fran Tarkenton (Minn Vikings) 2961 yards 3. Jim Hart (StL Cards) 2946 yards 4. Ken Stabler (Oak Raiders) 2737 yards 5. Roger Staubach (Dal Cowboys) 2715 yds 6. Mike Livingston (KC Chiefs) 2682 yds 7. Jim Zorn (Sea Seahawks) 2571 yards 8. Dan Fouts (SD Chargers) 2535 yards 9. Ken Anderson (Cin Bengals) 2367 yds 10. Greg Landry (Det Lions) 2191 yards 1977 NFL Passing Leaders
1. Joe Ferguson (Buff Bills) 2803 yards 2. Bert Jones (Balt Colts) 2686 yards 3. Roger Staubach (Dal Cowboys) 2620 yds 4. Jim Hart (StL Cards) 3121 yards 5. Terry Bradshaw (Pitt Steelers) 2523 yards 6. Bob Griese (Mia Dolphins) 2252 yards 7. Ron Jaworski (Phi Eagles) 2183 yards 8. Ken Stabler (Oak Raiders) 2176 yards 9. Steve Grogan (NE Patriots) 2162 yards 10. Ken Anderson (Cin Bengals) 2145 yds 1978 NFL Passing Leaders
1. Fran Tarkenton (Minn Vikings) 3468 yards 2. Archie Manning (NO Saints) 3416 yards 3. Jim Zorn (Sea Seahawks) 3283 yds 4. Roger Staubach (Dal Cowboys) 3190 yds 5. Jim Hart (StL Cards) 3121 yards 6. Dan Fouts (SD Chargers) 2999 yards 7. Pat Haden (LA Rams) 2995 yards 8. Ken Stabler (Oak Raiders) 2944 yards 9. Terry Bradshaw (Pitt Steelers) 2915 yards 10. Brian Sipe (Cleve Browns) 2906 yards 1979 NFL Passing Leaders
1. Dan Fouts (SD Chargers) 4082 yards 2. Brian Sipe (Cleve Browns) 3793 yds 3. Terry Bradshaw (Pitt Steelers) 3724 yards 4. Jim Zorn (Sea Seahawks) 3661 yards 5. Steve Deberg (SF 49ers) 3652 yards 6. Ken Stabler (Oak Raiders) 3615 yards 7. Roger Staubach (Dal Cowboys) 3586 yds 8. Joe Ferguson (Buff Bills) 3572 yards 9. Tommy Kramer (Minn Vikings) 3397 yds 10. Steve Grogan (NE Patriots) 3286 yards |
1970 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. Larry Brown (Was Redskins) 1125 yards 2. Ron Johnson (NY Giants) 1027 yards 3. MacArthur Lane (StL Cards) 977 yards 4. Floyd Little (Den Broncos) 901 yards 5. Larry Csonka (Mia Dolphins) 874 yards 6. Hewritt Dixon (Oak Raiders) 861 yards 7. Donny Anderson (GB Packers) 853 yards 8. Duane Thomas (Dal Cowboys) 803 yards 9. Ken Willard (SF 49ers) 789 yards 10. Ed Podolak (KC Chiefs) 749 yards 1971 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. Floyd Little (Den Broncos) 1133 yards 2. John Brockington (GB Packers) 1105 yds 3. Larry Csonka (Mia Dolphins) 1051 yards 4. Steve Owens (Det Lions) 1035 yds 5. Willie Ellison (LA Rams) 1000 yards 6. Larry Brown (Was Redskins) 948 yards 7. Marv Hubbard (Oak Raiders) 867 yards 8. Leroy Kelly (Cleve Browns) 865 yards 9. Ken Willard (SF 49ers) 855 yards 10. Vic Washington (SF 49ers) 811 yards 1972 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. O.J. Simpson (Buff Bills) 1251 yards 2. Larry Brown (Was Redskins) 1216 yards 3. Ron Johnson (NY Giants) 1182 yards 4. Larry Csonka (Mia Dolphins) 1117 yards 5. Marv Hubbard (Oak Raiders) 1100 yds 6. Franco Harris (Pitt Steelers) 1055 yards 7. Calvin Hill (Dal Cowboys) 1036 yards 8. Mike Garrett (SD Chargers) 1031 yards 9. John Brockington (GB Packers) 1027 yds 10. Mercury Morris (Dolphins) 1000 yds 1973 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. O.J. Simpson (Buff Bills) 2003 yards 2. John Brockington (GB Packers) 1144 yds 3. Calvin Hill (Dal Cowboys) 1142 yards 4. Lawrence McCutcheon (Rams) 1097 yds 5. Larry Csonka (Mia Dolphins) 1003 yards 6. Dave Hampton (Atl Falcons) 997 yards 6. Essex Johnson (Cin Bengals) 997 yards 8. Boobie Clark (Cin Bengals) 988 yards 9. Floyd Little (Den Broncos) 979 yards 10. Tom Sullivan (Phi Eagles) 968 yards 1974 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. Otis Armstrong (Den Broncos) 1407 yds 2. Don Woods (SD Chargers) 1162 yds 3. O.J. Simpson (Buff Bills) 1125 yards 4. Lawrence McCutcheon (Rams) 1109 yds 5. Franco Harris (Pitt Steelers) 1006 yds 6. John Brockington (GB Packers) 883 yds 7. Marv Hubbard (Oak Raiders) 865 yards 8. Calvin Hill (Dal Cowboys) 844 yards 9. Mack Herron (NE Patriots) 824 yards 10. Sam Cunningham (NE Patriots) 811 yds 1975 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. O.J. Simpson (Buff Bills) 1817 yards 2. Franco Harris (Pitt Steelers) 1246 yards 3. Lydell Mitchell (Balt Colts) 1193 yards 4. Jim Otis (StL Cards) 1076 yards 5. Chuck Foreman (Minn Vikings) 1070 yds 6. Greg Pruitt (Cleve Browns) 1067 yds 7. John Riggins (NY Jets) 1005 yards 8. Dave Hampton (Atl Falcons) 1002 yds 9. Robert Newhouse (Cowboys) 930 yds 10. Mike Thomas (Was Redskins) 919 yards 1976 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. O.J. Simpson (Buff Bills) 1503 yards 2. Walter Payton (Chi Bears) 1390 yards 3. Delvin Williams (SF 49ers) 1203 yards 4. Lydell Mitchell (Balt Colts) 1200 yards 5. Lawrence McCutcheon (Rams) 1168 yds 6. Chuck Foreman (Minn Vikings) 1155 yds 7. Franco Harris (Pitt Steelers) 1128 yds 8. Mike Thomas (Was Redskins) 1101 yds 9. Rocky Bleier (Pitt Steelers) 1036 yards 10. Mark Van Eeghen (Raiders) 1012 yds 1977 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. Walter Payton (Chi Bears) 1852 yards 2. Mark Van Eeghen (Oak Raiders) 1283 yds 3. Lawrence McCutcheon (Rams) 1238 yds 4. Franco Harris (Pitt Steelers) 1162 yards 5. Lydell Mitchell (Balt Colts) 1159 yards 6. Chuck Foreman (Minn Vikings) 1112 yds 7. Greg Pruitt (Cleve Browns) 1086 yards 8. Sam Cunningham (NE Patriots) 1015 yds 9. Tony Dorsett (Dal Cowboys) 1007 yards 10. Delvin Williams (SF 49ers) 931 yards 1978 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. Earl Campbell (Hou Oilers) 1450 yards 2. Walter Payton (Chi Bears) 1395 yards 3. Tony Dorsett (Dal Cowboys) 1325 yards 4. Delvin Williams (Mia Dolphins) 1258 yds 5. Wilbert Montgomery (Eagles) 1220 yds 6. Terdell Middleton (GB Packers) 1116 yds 7. Franco Harris (Pitt Steelers) 1082 yards 8. Mark Van Eeghen (Oak Raiders) 1080 yds 9. Terry Miller (Buff Bills) 1060 yards 10. Tony Reed (KC Chiefs) 1053 yards 1979 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. Earl Campbell (Hou Oilers) 1697 yards 2. Walter Payton (Chi Bears) 1610 yards 3. Ottis Anderson (StL Cards) 1605 yards 4. Wilbert Montgomery (Eagles) 1512 yds 5. Mike Pruitt (Cleve Browns) 1294 yds 6. Ricky Bell (TB Buccaneers) 1263 yds 7. Chuck Muncie (NO Saints) 1198 yds 8. Franco Harris (Pitt Steelers) 1186 yds 9. John Riggins (Was Redskins) 1153 yds 10. Wendell Tyler (LA Rams) 1109 yds |
1970 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Gene Washington (SF 49ers) 1100 yards 2. Marlin Briscoe (Buff Bills) 1036 yards 3. Dick Gordon (Chi Bears) 1026 yards 4. Gary Garrison (SD Chargers) 1006 yards 5. John Gilliam (StL Cards) 952 yards 6. Warren Wells (Oak Raiders) 935 yards 7. Danny Abramowicz (NO Saints) 906 yds 8. Bob Hayes (Dal Cowboys) 889 yards 9. Jack Snow (LA Rams) 859 yards 10. Carroll Dale (GB Packers) 814 yards 1971 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Otis Taylor (KC Chiefs) 1110 yards 2. Paul Warfield (Mia Dolphins) 996 yards 3. Fred Biletnikoff (Oak Raiders) 929 yards 4. Gary Garrison (SD Chargers) 889 yards 5. Gene Washington (SF 49ers) 884 yards 6. Randy Vataha (NE Patriots) 872 yards 7. Bob Hayes (Dal Cowboys) 840 yards 8. John Gilliam (StL Cards) 837 yards 9. Bob Tucker (NY Giants) 791 yards 10. Ken Burrow (Atl Falcons) 741 yards 1972 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Harold Jackson (Phi Eagles) 1048 yards 2. John Gilliam (Minn Vikings) 1035 yards 3. Gene Washington (SF 49ers) 918 yards 4. Rich Caster (NY Jets) 833 yards 5. Otis Taylor (KC Chiefs) 821 yards 6. Fred Biletnikoff (Oak Raiders) 802 yards 7. Chip Myers (Cin Bengals) 792 yards 8. Bob Tucker (NY Giants) 764 yards 9. J. D. Hill (Buff Bills) 754 yards 10. Ted Kwalick (SF 49ers) 751 yards 1973 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Harold Carmichael (Phi Eagles) 1116 yds 2. John Gilliam (Minn Vikings) 907 yards 3. Harold Jackson (LA Rams) 874 yards 4. Charle Young (Phi Eagles) 854 yards 5. Isaac Curtis (Cin Bengals) 843 yards 6. Jerome Barkum (NY Jsts) 810 yards 7. Charley Taylor (Was Redskins) 801 yds 8. Reggie Rucker (NE Patriots) 743 yards 9. Mike Siani (Oak Raiders) 742 yards 10. Ted Kwalick (SF 49ers) 729 yards 1974 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Cliff Branch (Oak Raiders) 1092 yards 2. Drew Pearson (Dal Cowboys) 1087 yds 3. Gary Garrison (SD Chargers) 785 yards 4. Mel Gray (StL Cards) 770 yards 5. Ron Jessie (Det Lions) 761 yards 6. Rich Caster (NY Jets) 745 yards 7. Charley Taylor (Was Redskins) 738 yds 8. Charle Young (Phi Eagles) 696 yards 9. Charlie Wade (Chi Bears) 683 yards 10. Roy Jefferson (Was Redskins) 654 yards 1975 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Ken Burrough (Hou Oilers) 1063 yards 2. Isaac Curtis (Cin Bengals) 934 yards 3. Mel Gray (StL Cards) 926 yards 4. Cliff Branch (Oak Raiders) 893 yards 5. Drew Pearson (Dal Cowboys) 822 yards 6. Rich Caster (NY Jets) 820 yards 7. Harold Jackson (LA Rams) 786 yards 8. Lynn Swann (Pitt Steelers) 781 yards 9. John Gilliam (Minn Vikings) 777 yds 10. Frank Grant (Was Redskins) 776 yards 1976 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Roger Carr (Balt Colts) 1112 yards 2. Cliff Branch (Oak Raiders) 1111 yards 3. Charlie Joiner (SD Chargers) 1056 yards 4. Ken Burrough (Hou Oilers) 932 yards 5. Sammie White (Minn Vikings) 906 yards 6. Bob Chandler (Buff Bills) 824 yards 7. Ray Jarvis (Det Lions) 822 yards 8. Frank Grant (Was Redskins) 818 yards 9. Walter White (KC Chiefs) 808 yards 10. Drew Pearson (Dal Cowboys) 806 yds 1977 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Drew Pearson (Dal Cowboys) 870 yards 2. Ken Burrough (Hou Oilers) 816 yards 3. James Scott (Chi Bears) 809 yards 4. Lynn Swann (Pitt Steelers) 789 yards 5. John Stallworth (Pitt Steelers) 784 yards 6. Mel Gray (StL Cards) 782 yards 7. Billy Brooks (Cin Bengals) 772 yards 8. Nat Moore (Mia Dolphins) 765 yards 9. Sammie White (Minn Vikings) 760 yards 10. Bob Chandler (Buff Bills) 745 yards 1978 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Wesley Walker (NY Jets) 1169 yards 2. Steve Largent (Sea Seahawks) 1168 yds 3. Harold Carmichael (Phi Eagles) 1072 yds 4. John Jefferson (SD Chargers) 1001 yds 5. Pat Tilley (StL Cards) 900 yards 6. Reggie Rucker (Cleve Browns) 893 yds 7. Lynn Swann (Pitt Steelers) 880 yds 8. Mel Gray (StL Cards) 871 yards 9. Henry Childs (NO Saints) 869 yards 10. Dave Casper (Oak Raiders) 862 yards 1979 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Steve Largent (Sea Seahawks) 1237 yds 2. John Stallworth (Pitt Steelers) 1183 yards 3. Ahmad Rashad (Minn Vikings) 1156 yds 4. John Jefferson (SD Chargers) 1090 yds 5. Frank Lewis (Buff Bills) 1082 yards 6. Wes Chandler (NO Saints) 1069 yds 7. Tony Hill (Dal Cowboys) 1062 yards 8. Drew Pearson (Dal Cowboys) 1026 yds 9. Wallace Francis (Atl Falcons) 1013 yds 9. Harold Jackson (NE Patriots) 1013 yds |