Al Dorow
Albert Richard Dorow
Born: November 15, 1929
Imlay City, MI USA
Deceased: December 7, 2009
Okemos, MI
Position: QB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 193
College: Michigan St.
High School: Imlay City (MI)
Career: 1954-1962
Drafted: 1952 in Round 3, #31 overall by the Washington Redskins
Coaching record
Al Dorow played from 1954 to 1962 during his career with the BC Lions, Buffalo Bills, New York Titans, Philadelphia Eagles, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Toronto Argonauts and Washington Redskins. Dorow threw for 10,071 yards in his career, completing 737 of 1,541 passes with 81 touchdowns and 128 interceptions. He also ran for 1,364 yards in 318 attempts with 20 rushing touchdowns.
 Washington Redskins |
 Philadelphia Eagles |
 Saskatchewan Roughriders |
 BC Lions |
 Toronto Argonauts |
 New York Titans |
 Buffalo Bills |
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | NFL Washington Redskins | 138 | 70 | 50.7 | 997 | 7.2 | 8 | 5.8 | 17 | 12.3 | 80 | 54.2 |
| 1955 | NFL Washington Redskins | 12 | 2 | 16.7 | 37 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 19 | 5.2 |
| 1956 | NFL Washington Redskins | 112 | 55 | 49.1 | 730 | 6.5 | 8 | 7.1 | 8 | 7.1 | 51 | 64.2 |
| 1957 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 36 | 17 | 47.2 | 212 | 5.9 | 1 | 2.8 | 4 | 11.1 | 49 | 35.6 |
| 1958 | CFL BC Lions | 160 | 84 | 52.5 | 1212 | 7.6 | 9 | 5.6 | 14 | 8.8 | 67 | 59.7 |
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23 | 7 | 30.4 | 58 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 17.4 | 0 | 0.4 |
| 1959 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 151 | 74 | 49.0 | 1093 | 7.2 | 8 | 5.3 | 17 | 11.3 | 72 | 51.2 |
| 1960 | AFL New York Titans | 396 | 201 | 50.8 | 2748 | 6.9 | 26 | 6.6 | 26 | 6.6 | 56 | 67.8 |
| 1961 | AFL New York Titans | 438 | 197 | 45.0 | 2651 | 6.1 | 19 | 4.3 | 30 | 6.8 | 68 | 50.7 |
| 1962 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 75 | 30 | 40.0 | 333 | 4.4 | 2 | 2.7 | 7 | 9.3 | 34 | 23.9 |
| NFL | 298 | 144 | 48.3 | 1976 | 6.6 | 17 | 5.7 | 30 | 10.1 | 80 | ||
| CFL | 334 | 165 | 49.4 | 2363 | 7.1 | 17 | 5.1 | 35 | 10.5 | 72 | ||
| AFL | 909 | 428 | 47.1 | 5732 | 6.3 | 47 | 5.2 | 63 | 6.9 | 68 | ||
| Totals | 1541 | 737 | 47.8 | 10071 | 6.5 | 81 | 5.3 | 128 | 8.3 | 80 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | NFL Washington Redskins | 34 | 117 | 3.4 | 14 | 3 |
| 1955 | NFL Washington Redskins | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 19 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL Washington Redskins | 30 | 105 | 3.5 | 30 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 17 | 52 | 3.1 | 14 | 2 |
| 1958 | CFL BC Lions | 37 | 44 | 1.2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1958 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 6 | -3 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 27 | 173 | 6.4 | 24 | 2 |
| 1960 | AFL New York Titans | 90 | 453 | 5.0 | 15 | 7 |
| 1961 | AFL New York Titans | 54 | 317 | 5.9 | 40 | 4 |
| 1962 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
| NFL | 89 | 323 | 3.6 | 30 | 5 | |
| CFL | 70 | 214 | 3.1 | 24 | 4 | |
| AFL | 159 | 827 | 5.2 | 40 | 11 | |
| Totals | 318 | 1364 | 4.3 | 40 | 20 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 59 | 2181 | 37.0 | 51 |
| 1960 | AFL New York Titans | 6 | 264 | 44.0 | 56 |
| CFL | 59 | 2181 | 37.0 | 51 | |
| AFL | 6 | 264 | 44.0 | 56 | |
| Totals | 65 | 2445 | 37.6 | 56 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1955 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1956 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1957 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | AFL New York Titans | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | AFL New York Titans | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1954 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1957 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1958 | CFL BC Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1959 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1960 | AFL New York Titans | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| 1961 | AFL New York Titans | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| NFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| CFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| AFL | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |
| Totals | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 11 | 5 |
| 1955 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 8 | 1 |
| 1956 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 7 |
| 1957 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 6 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL | BC Lions | 6 | 6 |
| 1958 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 7 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL | BC Lions | 0 | |
| 1959 | CFL | BC Lions | 0 | |
| 1960 | AFL | New York Titans | 14 | 13 |
| 1961 | AFL | New York Titans | 14 | 14 |
| 1962 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 4 | 4 |
Honors
1960 - AFL AFL All-AFL (2nd Team)
