Donny Anderson

Garry Don Anderson (The Golden Palomino)

Position: RB

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: May 16, 1943 in Borger, TX

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 69 (703rd overall since 1960)

High School: Stinnett (TX)

Draft: Houston Oilers in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1965 AFL Redshirt Draft., Green Bay Packers in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

126

Rush

1197

Yds

4696

Y/A

3.9

FantPt

1026.9

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1966	23	GNB	RB	44	14	0	25	104	2	15	4.2	7.4	1.8	2	33	16.5	0	22	0.1	2.4	27	5.1	137	2	3	2
1967	24	GNB	LHB	44	14	5	97	402	6	40	4.1	28.7	6.9	22	331	15.0	3	37	1.6	23.6	119	6.2	733	9	3	7
1968*	25	GNB	RB	44	14	14	170	761	5	42	4.5	54.4	12.1	25	333	13.3	1	47	1.8	23.8	195	5.6	1094	6	7	13	PB
1969	26	GNB	RB	44	14	8	87	288	1	16	3.3	20.6	6.2	14	308	22.0	1	51	1.0	22.0	101	5.9	596	2	4	8
1970	27	GNB	RB	44	14	14	222	853	5	54	3.8	60.9	15.9	36	414	11.5	0	34	2.6	29.6	258	4.9	1267	5	8	11
1971	28	GNB	RB	44	14	13	186	757	5	31	4.1	54.1	13.3	26	306	11.8	1	39	1.9	21.9	212	5.0	1063	6	6	14
1972	29	STL	RB	44	14	13	153	536	4	19	3.5	38.3	10.9	28	298	10.6	2	56	2.0	21.3	181	4.6	834	6	6	9
1973	30	STL	RB	44	14	13	167	679	10	54	4.1	48.5	11.9	41	409	10.0	3	44	2.9	29.2	208	5.2	1088	13	7	12
1974	31	STL	RB	44	14	1	90	316	3	16	3.5	22.6	6.4	15	116	7.7	3	25	1.1	8.3	105	4.1	432	6	2	5
Career					126	81	1197	4696	41	54	3.9	37.3	9.5	209	2548	12.2	14	56	1.7	20.2	1406	5.2	7244	55	46	81
6 yrs		GNB			84	54	787	3165	24	54	4.0	37.7	9.4	125	1725	13.8	6	51	1.5	20.5	912	5.4	4890	30	31	55
3 yrs		STL			42	27	410	1531	17	54	3.7	36.5	9.8	84	823	9.8	8	56	2.0	19.6	494	4.8	2354	25	15	26

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1966	23	GNB	RB	2	0	4	30	0	13	7.5	15.0	2.0				0				4	7.5	30	0	0
1967	24	GNB	HB	3	3	44	135	1	18	3.1	45.0	14.7	8	92	11.5	0	25	2.7	30.7	52	4.4	227	1	1
1974	31	STL	RB	1	0
Career				6	3	48	165	1	18	3.4	27.5	8.0	8	92	11.5	0	25	1.3	15.3	56	4.6	257	1	1
2 yrs		GNB		5	3	48	165	1	18	3.4	33.0	9.6	8	92	11.5	0	25	1.6	18.4	56	4.6	257	1	1
1 yr		STL		1	0

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Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
1966	23	GNB	RB	44	14	0	2	89	44.5				49					0
1967	24	GNB	LHB	44	14	5	65	2378	36.6				63					1
1968*	25	GNB	RB	44	14	14	59	2359	40.0				65					0
1969	26	GNB	RB	44	14	8	58	2329	40.2				58					0
1970	27	GNB	RB	44	14	14	81	3302	40.8	306	2896	35.8	62	5	6.2%			0
1971	28	GNB	RB	44	14	13	50	2022	40.4	162	1740	34.8	58	6	12.0%			0
1972	29	STL	RB	44	14	13	72	2847	39.5	144	2683	37.3	61	1	1.4%			0
Career					126	81	387	15326	39.6	612	7319	18.9	65	12	3.1%			1
6 yrs		GNB			84	54	315	12479	39.6	468	4636	14.7	65	11	3.5%			1
3 yrs		STL			42	27	72	2847	39.5	144	2683	37.3	61	1	1.4%			0

Punting Table
				Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
1966	23	GNB	RB	2	0	1	43	43.0				43					0
1967	24	GNB	HB	3	3	19	627	33.0				48					0
Career				6	3	20	670	33.5	0	0	0.0	48	0	0.0%			0
2 yrs		GNB		5	3	20	670	33.5	0	0	0.0	48	0	0.0%			0
1 yr		STL		1	0		0						0

Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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Playoffs

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1966	23	GNB	RB	44	14	0	6	124	1	77	20.7	23	533	0	61	23.2	794
1967	24	GNB	LHB	44	14	5	9	98	0	43	10.9	11	226	0	40	20.5	1057
Career					126	81	15	222	1	77	14.8	34	759	0	61	22.3	8220
6 yrs		GNB			84	54	15	222	1	77	14.8	34	759	0	61	22.3	5866
3 yrs		STL			42	27			0					0			2354

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1966	23	GNB	RB	2	0	3	25	0	15	8.3	4	70	0	25	17.5	125
Career				6		3	25	0	15	8.3	4	70	0	25	17.5	352
2 yrs		GNB		5	3	3	25	0	15	8.3	4	70	0	25	17.5	352
1 yr		STL		1	0

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	NY/A	ANY/A
1967	24	GNB	LHB	44	14	5	1	2	50.0	19	0	0.0	19	9.5	9.5	19.0	1.4	83.3	9.50	9.50
1968*	25	GNB	RB	44	14	14	1	3	33.3	12	1	33.3	12	4.0	10.7	12.0	0.9	86.1	4.00	10.67
1970	27	GNB	RB	44	14	14	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.00	0.00
1971	28	GNB	RB	44	14	13	2	4	50.0	9	1	25.0	5	2.3	7.3	4.5	0.6	95.8	2.25	7.25
1972	29	STL	RB	44	14	13	2	3	66.7	71	0	0.0	38	23.7	23.7	35.5	5.1	109.7	23.67	23.67
Career					126	81	6	13	46.2	111	2	15.4	38	8.5	11.6	18.5	0.9	115.7	8.54	11.62
6 yrs		GNB			84	54	4	10	40.0	40	2	20.0	19	4.0	8.0	10.0	0.5	91.7	4.00	8.00
3 yrs		STL			42	27	2	3	66.7	71	0	0.0	38	23.7	23.7	35.5	1.7	109.7	23.67	23.67

Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1966	23	GNB	RB	44	14	0			0				3	0	0	0	0.0
1967	24	GNB	LHB	44	14	5			0				3	0	0	0	0.0
1968*	25	GNB	RB	44	14	14			0				7	0	0	0	0.0
1969	26	GNB	RB	44	14	8			0				4	2	0	0	0.0
1970	27	GNB	RB	44	14	14			0				8	2	0	0	0.0
1971	28	GNB	RB	44	14	13			0				6	1	-5	0	0.0
1972	29	STL	RB	44	14	13			0				6	1	0	0	0.0
1973	30	STL	RB	44	14	13			0				7	1	0	0	0.0
1974	31	STL	RB	44	14	1			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
Career					126	81			0				46	7	-5	0	0.0
6 yrs		GNB			84	54			0				31	5	-5	0	0.0
3 yrs		STL			42	27			0				15	2	0	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1967	24	GNB	HB	3	3			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				6	3			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		GNB		5	3			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1 yr		STL		1	0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1966	23	GNB	RB	44	14	0	2		1	3		18	1.3
1967	24	GNB	LHB	44	14	5	6	3		9		54	3.9
1968*	25	GNB	RB	44	14	14	5	1		6		36	2.6
1969	26	GNB	RB	44	14	8	1	1		2		12	0.9
1970	27	GNB	RB	44	14	14	5			5		30	2.1
1971	28	GNB	RB	44	14	13	5	1		6		36	2.6
1972	29	STL	RB	44	14	13	4	2		6		36	2.6
1973	30	STL	RB	44	14	13	10	3		13		78	5.6
1974	31	STL	RB	44	14	1	3	3		6		36	2.6
Career					126	81	41	14	1	56	0	336	2.7
6 yrs		GNB			84	54	24	6	1	31	0	186	2.2
3 yrs		STL			42	27	17	8		25	0	150	3.6

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1967	24	GNB	HB	3	3	1	1	6	2.0
Career				6	3	1	1	6	1.0
2 yrs		GNB		5	3	1	1	6	1.2
1 yr		STL		1	0			0	0.0

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PFR HOF Monitor: 40.03 (62nd among RB, average HOF RB is 106.95)

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Donny Anderson?

Donny Anderson is 80 years old.

When was Donny Anderson born?

Donny Anderson was born on May 16, 1943.

Where was Donny Anderson born?

Donny Anderson was born in Borger, TX.

How tall is Donny Anderson?

Donny Anderson is 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Donny Anderson weigh when playing?

Donny Anderson weighed 215 lbs (97 kg) when playing.

Is Donny Anderson in the Hall of Fame?

Donny Anderson has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Donny Anderson play?

Donny Anderson played 126 games over his career.

How many rushing attempts did Donny Anderson have?

Donny Anderson had 1,197 rushing attempts over his career.

How many rushing yards did Donny Anderson have?

Donny Anderson had 4,696 rushing yards over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Donny Anderson won?

Donny Anderson has won 2 Super Bowls.

When did Donny Anderson retire?

Donny Anderson last played in 1974.

What are Donny Anderson's nicknames?

The Golden Palomino is a nickname for Donny Anderson.

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