Carver Shannon
Carver Beauregard Shannon
Born: April 28, 1938
Corinth, MS USA
Position: DB-HB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 198
College: Southern Illinois
High School: Corinth (MS)
Career: 1959-1964
Drafted: 1959 in Round 19, #224 overall by the Los Angeles Rams
Carver Shannon played from 1959 to 1964 during his career with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Los Angeles Rams and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Shannon ran for 1,128 yards in his career on 217 attempts, scoring 6 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 53 passes for 754 yards and 9 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 88 | 512 | 5.8 | 53 | 1 |
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 60 | 348 | 5.8 | 48 | 4 |
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 20 | 81 | 4.0 | 26 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 32 | 152 | 4.8 | 23 | 1 |
| 1964 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 35 | 2.1 | 8 | 0 |
| CFL | 200 | 1093 | 5.5 | 53 | 6 | |
| NFL | 17 | 35 | 2.1 | 8 | 0 | |
| Totals | 217 | 1128 | 5.2 | 53 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 31 | 517 | 16.7 | 90 | 6 |
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 8 | 103 | 12.9 | 24 | 1 |
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 7 | 79 | 11.3 | 26 | 1 |
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 22 | 1 |
| 1963 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 |
| CFL | 49 | 743 | 15.2 | 90 | 9 | |
| NFL | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 | |
| Totals | 53 | 754 | 14.2 | 90 | 9 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 13 |
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 14 |
| CFL | 33 | 19 | 57.6 | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 29 | |
| Totals | 33 | 19 | 57.6 | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 29 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 15 | 132 | 8.8 | 29 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 15 | 81 | 5.4 | 22 | 0 |
| NFL | 30 | 213 | 7.1 | 29 | 0 | |
| Totals | 30 | 213 | 7.1 | 29 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14 | 355 | 25.4 | 46 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 12 | 268 | 22.3 | 47 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 6 | 125 | 20.8 | 29 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 4 | 121 | 30.2 | 36 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 28 | 823 | 29.4 | 99 | 1 |
| 1964 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 18 | 442 | 24.6 | 40 | 0 |
| CFL | 36 | 869 | 24.1 | 47 | 0 | |
| NFL | 46 | 1265 | 27.5 | 99 | 1 | |
| Totals | 82 | 2134 | 26.0 | 99 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 1962 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1963 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1964 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CFL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | ||||||
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 43 | |||||
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| 1961 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1963 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| CFL | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 119 | |
| NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 125 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14 | |
| 1960 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 9 | |
| 1961 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4 | |
| 1961 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 4 | |
| 1962 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
