Alyn Beals

Alyn Beals
No. 53
Position: E/DE
Personal information
Date of birth: (1921-04-27)April 27, 1921
Place of birth: Marysville, California
Date of death: August 11, 1993(1993-08-11) (aged 72)
Career information
College: Santa Clara University
NFL draft: 1943 / Round: 8 / Pick: 69
(By the Chicago Bears)
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • 3× AAFC All-League Team (1946, 1948, 1949)[1]
  • 4× AAFC receiving touchdown leader (1946–1949)
  • 1949 AAFC scoring leader
  • AAFC record 278 career points
Career NFL statistics
Receptions: 211
Receiving yards: 2951
Touchdowns: 49
Player stats at NFL.com

Alyn Richard Beals (April 27, 1921 – August 11, 1993) was a professional American football end/defensive end in the All-America Football Conference and the National Football League. He played six seasons for the San Francisco 49ers from 1946 through 1951. Beals led the AAFC in receiving touchdowns all four years of the league's existence and in 1949 he was the AAFC leader in overall touchdowns (12) and points scored (73).[2] When the AAFC folded at the end of the 1949 season, he was the league's all-time scoring leader with 278 points.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Stan Grosshandler (1980). "The Coffin Corner: Vol. 2, No. 7 (All-America Football Conference)" (PDF). Professional Football Researchers Association. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  2. ↑ "Alyn Beals NFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-08-21.

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