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QB · #0 · Kansas City Chiefs

Leonard Dawson

Born 1935 6'0" · 190 lb Purdue Undrafted 1957 – 1975 · 19 Seasons

  • 1× SB MVP
  • 1× Pro Bowl
  • HOF Hall of Fame

Regular season career

211 Games 19 seasons
28,711 Pass Yds 136.1 / game
239 Pass TD 1.13 / game
2,136 Cmp
57.1 Cmp%
7.7 Y/A

3,741 Att183 INT376 Sacks

Season by season

MVP, SB MVP, OPOY All-Pro
  1. 25 1957'57
  2. 11 1958'58
  3. 60 1959'59
  4. 23 1960'60
  5. 85 1961'61
  6. 2,7592.8k 1962'62
  7. 2,3892.4k 1963'63
  8. 2,8792.9k 1964'64
  9. 2,2622.3k 1965'65
  10. 2,5272.5k 1966'66
  11. 2,6512.7k 1967'67
  12. 2,1092.1k 1968'68
  13. 1,3231.3k 1969'69
  14. 1,8761.9k 1970'70
  15. 2,5042.5k 1971'71
  16. 1,8351.8k 1972'72
  17. 725 1973'73
  18. 1,5731.6k 1974'74
  19. 1,0951.1k 1975'75
  1. 0 1957'57
  2. 0 1958'58
  3. 1 1959'59
  4. 0 1960'60
  5. 1 1961'61
  6. 29 1962'62
  7. 26 1963'63
  8. 30 1964'64
  9. 21 1965'65
  10. 26 1966'66
  11. 24 1967'67
  12. 17 1968'68
  13. 9 1969'69
  14. 13 1970'70
  15. 15 1971'71
  16. 13 1972'72
  17. 2 1973'73
  18. 7 1974'74
  19. 5 1975'75
  1. 0 1957'57
  2. 2 1958'58
  3. 0 1959'59
  4. 0 1960'60
  5. 3 1961'61
  6. 17 1962'62
  7. 19 1963'63
  8. 18 1964'64
  9. 14 1965'65
  10. 10 1966'66
  11. 17 1967'67
  12. 9 1968'68
  13. 13 1969'69
  14. 14 1970'70
  15. 13 1971'71
  16. 12 1972'72
  17. 5 1973'73
  18. 13 1974'74
  19. 4 1975'75
  1. 50.0 1957'57
  2. 16.7 1958'58
  3. 42.9 1959'59
  4. 61.5 1960'60
  5. 46.7 1961'61
  6. 61.0 1962'62
  7. 54.0 1963'63
  8. 56.2 1964'64
  9. 53.4 1965'65
  10. 56.0 1966'66
  11. 57.7 1967'67
  12. 58.5 1968'68
  13. 59.0 1969'69
  14. 53.8 1970'70
  15. 55.5 1971'71
  16. 57.4 1972'72
  17. 65.3 1973'73
  18. 58.7 1974'74
  19. 66.4 1975'75
  1. 6.2 1957'57
  2. 1.8 1958'58
  3. 8.6 1959'59
  4. 1.8 1960'60
  5. 5.7 1961'61
  6. 8.9 1962'62
  7. 6.8 1963'63
  8. 8.1 1964'64
  9. 7.4 1965'65
  10. 8.9 1966'66
  11. 7.4 1967'67
  12. 9.4 1968'68
  13. 8.0 1969'69
  14. 7.2 1970'70
  15. 8.3 1971'71
  16. 6.0 1972'72
  17. 7.2 1973'73
  18. 6.7 1974'74
  19. 7.8 1975'75
  1. 69.8 1957'57
  2. 0.0 1958'58
  3. 113.1 1959'59
  4. 65.9 1960'60
  5. 47.2 1961'61
  6. 98.3 1962'62
  7. 77.5 1963'63
  8. 89.9 1964'64
  9. 81.3 1965'65
  10. 101.7 1966'66
  11. 83.7 1967'67
  12. 98.6 1968'68
  13. 69.9 1969'69
  14. 71.0 1970'70
  15. 81.6 1971'71
  16. 72.8 1972'72
  17. 72.4 1973'73
  18. 65.8 1974'74
  19. 90.0 1975'75

Latest games · 1975

  1. W3 L 3–20 17/27 · 184 yds0 TD · 1 INT
  2. W10 W 24–21 17/25 · 217 yds1 TD · 1 INT
  3. @ W11 L 14–28 25/36 · 307 yds2 TD · 2 INT
  4. W12 L 20–28 14/20 · 154 yds1 TD · 0 INT

Career bests

Best season 1964 2,879 yds · 30 TD
Most TDs 1964 30 TD · 18 INT
Best rating 1966 101.7 · 8.9 Y/A
Best Cmp% 1962 61.0% · 189 cmp

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