Harry Dowda
Harry Clinton Dowda
Born: December 29, 1922
Atlanta, GA USA
Deceased: June 24, 1996
Wintergreen, VA
Position: DB-HB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 195
College: Wake Forest
High School: Fulton (Atlanta, GA); Hickory (NC)
Career: 1949-1955
Drafted: 1947 in Round 19, #168 overall by the Washington Redskins
Harry Dowda played from 1949 to 1955 during his career with the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins. Dowda ran for 405 yards in his career on 124 attempts, scoring 2 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 18 passes for 277 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 | NFL Washington Redskins | 65 | 239 | 3.7 | 21 | 2 |
1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 23 | 47 | 2.0 | 11 | 0 |
1951 | NFL Washington Redskins | 29 | 111 | 3.8 | 32 | 0 |
1952 | NFL Washington Redskins | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 |
1953 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 124 | 405 | 3.3 | 32 | 2 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 | NFL Washington Redskins | 11 | 187 | 17.0 | 67 | 1 |
1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
1951 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 48 | 0 |
1952 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 12 | 1 |
Totals | 18 | 277 | 15.4 | 67 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
Interceptions:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 36 | 0 |
1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 28 | 1 |
1952 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 29 | 0 |
1953 | NFL Washington Redskins | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 23 | 1 |
1954 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 34 | 0 |
Totals | 16 | 199 | 12.4 | 36 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1951 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1952 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
1953 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1954 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1955 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 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 |
1949 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
1950 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1952 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1953 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1949 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 6 |
1950 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 0 |
1951 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 0 |
1952 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 0 |
1953 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 0 |
1954 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 12 | 0 |
1955 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 12 | 0 |