JIM TURNER
Place Kicker-Quarterback
No. 11
Utah State
"He draws his pay for place-kicking, but three-year pro Jim Turner also makes himself triply useful by being able to play quarterback and flanker.
Turner comes off his finest kicking season in 1965. He made 20 of 34 field goals and 31 consecutive extra points. Until last year, he was not considered too accurate beyond 40 yards, but he changed that rap by drilling home a 49-yarder and a 45-yarder.
Jim attended Utah State, where he was a roll-out passer."
-Jack Zanger, Pro Football 1966
"Last season Jim was the fourth leading scorer in the American Football League. The kicker tied a circuit record with seven straight field goals and set a record by kicking six extra points against Denver.
Jim's longest field goal was a 50-yarder versus Houston in 1964."
-1966 Topps No. 103
CURLEY JOHNSON
Punter
No. 33
Houston
The impressive second half of the Jets' 1965 season was greatly helped by opposing offenses starting further back in their own territory due to Curley's booming punts. His 72 punts (fifth in the AFL) for 3,269 yards (third in the AFL) were good for a Jet record 45.3 yard punting average, second in the league, as was Curley's long punt of 73 yards. He was selected to both the AFL players' All-Star team as well as that of the Sporting News.
At the end of the 1965 season, Curley held the AFL record with 324 career punts.
No comments:
Post a Comment