Steve Meilinger
Stephen Frank Meilinger
Born: December 12, 1930
Bethlehem, PA USA
Deceased: September 14, 2015
Position: E
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 227
College: Kentucky
High School: Bethlehem (PA); Fork Union Military Academy (Fork Union, VA)
Career: 1956-1961
Drafted: 1954 in Round 1, #8 overall by the Washington Redskins
Steve Meilinger played from 1956 to 1961 during his career with the Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins. Meilinger caught 60 passes for 863 yards and 8 receiving touchdowns in his career. He also ran for 6 yards in his career on 1 attempts.
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Rushing:
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | NFL Washington Redskins | 24 | 395 | 16.5 | 51 | 5 |
1957 | NFL Washington Redskins | 13 | 183 | 14.1 | 34 | 2 |
1958 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 13 | 139 | 10.7 | 19 | 1 |
1960 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 |
1961 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 103 | 12.9 | 17 | 0 |
Totals | 60 | 863 | 14.4 | 51 | 8 |
Kick Returns:
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1957 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
1956 | NFL Washington Redskins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
1957 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1958 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 0 |
1957 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 12 | 0 |
1958 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
1960 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
1961 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 0 |