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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

Career with playoffs

219 Games 19 seasons
30,208 Pass Yds 137.9 / game
246 Pass TD 1.12 / game
2,243 Cmp
57.1 Cmp%
7.7 Y/A

3,929 Att191 INT402 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. 2,8472.8k 1962'62
  7. 2,3892.4k 1963'63
  8. 2,8792.9k 1964'64
  9. 2,2622.3k 1965'65
  10. 2,9653.0k 1966'66
  11. 2,6512.7k 1967'67
  12. 2,3622.4k 1968'68
  13. 1,7951.8k 1969'69
  14. 1,8761.9k 1970'70
  15. 2,7502.8k 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. 30 1962'62
  7. 26 1963'63
  8. 30 1964'64
  9. 21 1965'65
  10. 29 1966'66
  11. 24 1967'67
  12. 17 1968'68
  13. 11 1969'69
  14. 13 1970'70
  15. 16 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. 11 1966'66
  11. 17 1967'67
  12. 13 1968'68
  13. 14 1969'69
  14. 14 1970'70
  15. 15 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. 61.1 1962'62
  7. 54.0 1963'63
  8. 56.2 1964'64
  9. 53.4 1965'65
  10. 57.0 1966'66
  11. 57.7 1967'67
  12. 56.9 1968'68
  13. 56.8 1969'69
  14. 53.8 1970'70
  15. 56.6 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. 8.8 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. 9.1 1968'68
  13. 7.9 1969'69
  14. 7.2 1970'70
  15. 8.4 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. 98.6 1962'62
  7. 77.5 1963'63
  8. 89.9 1964'64
  9. 81.3 1965'65
  10. 101.6 1966'66
  11. 83.7 1967'67
  12. 88.3 1968'68
  13. 72.8 1969'69
  14. 71.0 1970'70
  15. 81.5 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 1966 2,965 yds · 29 TD
Most TDs 1962 30 TD · 17 INT
Best rating 1966 101.6 · 8.9 Y/A
Best Cmp% 1962 61.1% · 198 cmp

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