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Johnny Drake

Drake, John William
Height: 6-1 Weight: 213
Born: March 27, 1916 Chicago, IL
Died: March 25, 1973 Detroit, MI
High School: Bowen (Chicago, IL)

Year	College	Status
1933	Purdue
1934	Purdue	Roster
1935	Purdue	Lettered
1936	Purdue	Roster

Draft: 1st round (10th overall) 1937 Cleveland Rams

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1937 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1937 CLE NFL	14	FB-LB-WB-RDH	11	9
1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL	14	FB-LB-WB-RDH	11	8
1939 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1939 CLE NFL	14	FB-LB	11	11
1940 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1940 CLE NFL	14	FB-LB	11	8
1941 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1941 CLE NFL	14	FB-LB	11	8
5 Years (NFL)5 Years NFL			55	44

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	12/12/1936	1937 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1937 CLE NFL
Signed		1937 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1937 CLE NFL
Free Agent		1941 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1941 CLE NFL

AWARDS
1940 Associated Press All-NFL
1940 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1940 United Press All-NFL
1940 United Press All-NFL
1940 New York Daily News All-NFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1937 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1937 CLE NFL	5	0	0		-	-	-	0			-	0	30
1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1939 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1939 CLE NFL	9	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	54
1940 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1940 CLE NFL	9	2	5	40.0	-	-	-	0	1	0.0	-	0	56
1941 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1941 CLE NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	27	2	5	40.0	-	-	-	0	1	0.0	-	0	164

FIELD GOALS	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG
1940 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1940 CLE NFL	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0	0	1	0.0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0	0	1	0.0	0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1937 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1937 CLE NFL	98	333	3.4		3
1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL	74	188	2.5		1
1939 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1939 CLE NFL	118	453	3.8		9
1940 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1940 CLE NFL	134	480	3.6		9
1941 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1941 CLE NFL	101	246	2.4	15	2		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	525	1700	3.2	15	24		0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1937 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1937 CLE NFL	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0			0	0	0	39.6
1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL	3	1	33.3	2	8	2.7	8.0	8	0	0.0	0	0.0				0	0	42.4
1940 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1940 CLE NFL	4	2	50.0	2	16	4.0	8.0	9t	2	50.0	0	0.0				0	0	100.0
1941 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1941 CLE NFL	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0			0	0	0	39.6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	10	3	30.0	7	24	2.4	8.0	9t	2	20.0	0	0.0			0	0	0	79.2

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1937 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1937 CLE NFL		10		172	17.2		2
1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL		2		13	6.5	13	0		0	0
1939 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1939 CLE NFL		5		53	10.6		0
1940 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1940 CLE NFL		8		81	10.1		0
1941 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1941 CLE NFL		16		211	13.2	48t	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		41		530	12.9	48t	3		0	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1940 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1940 CLE NFL	1	2	2.0	2	0
1941 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1941 CLE NFL	2	66	33.0	54	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3	68	22.7	54	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1941 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1941 CLE NFL	4		64	16.0		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4		64	16.0		0

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