Ernie Wheelwright
Ernest Lamar Wheelwright
Born: November 28, 1939
Columbus, OH USA
Deceased: May 1, 2001
Las Vegas, NV
Position: RB
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 235
College: Southern Illinois
High School: Central (Columbus, OH)
Career: 1964-1970
Ernie Wheelwright played from 1964 to 1970 during his career with the Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints and New York Giants. Wheelwright ran for 1,426 yards in his career on 387 attempts, scoring 9 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 54 passes for 531 yards and 7 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1964 | NFL New York Giants | 100 | 402 | 4.0 | 26 | 0 | 1965 | NFL New York Giants | 24 | 96 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 | 1966 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 121 | 458 | 3.8 | 65 | 3 | 1967 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 21 | 43 | 2.0 | 6 | 1 | 1967 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 59 | 198 | 3.4 | 13 | 0 | 1968 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 21 | 99 | 4.7 | 15 | 1 | 1969 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 25 | 85 | 3.4 | 17 | 4 | 1970 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 16 | 45 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
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| Totals | 387 | 1426 | 3.7 | 65 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1964 | NFL New York Giants | 14 | 204 | 14.6 | 33 | 3 | 1965 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 | 1966 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 15 | 137 | 9.1 | 35 | 3 | 1967 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 30 | 0 | 1967 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 9 | 61 | 6.8 | 18 | 0 | 1968 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 | 1969 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 8 | 68 | 8.5 | 20 | 1 | 1970 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
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| Totals | 54 | 531 | 9.8 | 35 | 7 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF | 1964 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1965 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1966 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1967 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1968 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1969 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1970 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | 1964 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1966 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1967 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1968 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1969 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Totals | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS | 1964 | NFL | New York Giants | 11 | 4 | 1965 | NFL | New York Giants | 13 | 2 | 1966 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 14 | 1967 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 3 | 1967 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 9 | 6 | 1968 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 12 | 0 | 1969 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 13 | 0 | 1970 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 4 | 0 |
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