Jon Arnett - Classic NFL Running Back

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Jon Arnett was a 1st Round draft pick of the Los Angeles Rams in 1957 after being a viable contender for the Heisman in 1956. He finished with almost 1900 yards during his career at USC. Played 10 years in the NFL, 7 in Los Angeles and 3 with Chicago – named to 5 Pro Bowls and 1 All Pro Team in his career. Scored on a 98-yard kickoff return against the Bears his rookie year of 1957 and a 106 yard return score against the Lions in 1961. When he retired from the Bears in 1966, he ranked #9 in All-Purpose Yards. Still today, after 50 years, he is still in the Top 150 in that category.

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Pulled this one from an old issue of Football Digest — Johnny Unitas hands off to Jon Arnett as Andy Robustelli closes in during the 1961 Pro Bowl. The West came away with a 35–31 victory this day.

Frank Ryan spent his first 4 seasons in the NFL with the struggling LA Rams. Here is is in 1961 - his last as a Ram playing against the Giants and that's linebacker Tom Scott with lineman Andy Robustelli closing in.

Some Classic 1960s Rams - Quarterback Zeke Bratkowski hands off to running back Jon Arnett. A Pro Bowler in 1961 Arnett had 609 rushing yards, 9th best in the NFL.

After 7 seasons in Los Angeles, Jon Arnett spent the last 3 years of his career in Chicago. Here he gets stopped by Pat Fisher and Larry Wilson of the Cardinals.

Jon Arnett (#21) is escorted by Stan Jones (#78) and Bob Kilcullen (#74) on a return a kick against Detroit . #20 is Lions’ Dick Compton.

Rams speedster Jon Arnett carries against the Eagles in 1957. When Arnett retired from the NFL in 1966 he was #9 for Career All Purpose Yards with 10,214.

From a 1964 exhibition game played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans between the Cardinals and the Bears. The NFL was entertaining thoughts of adding a new expansion team in the deep south and using exhibition games to guage interest of the fans.

Former first round pick of the Rams in 1957. By the time he left the NFL in 1966 he had racked up over 10,000 All Purpose yards.

Lions Linebacker Joe Schmidt catches Rams quarterback Frank Ryan (#15) from behind as halfback Jon Arnett (#26) can do little more than watch.

Colts great Gino Marchetti (#89) grabs hold of Rams running back Jon Arnett (#26) in this early 1960s showdown between Baltimore and Los Angeles. Also shown are Rams offensive lineman Joe Carollo (#63) and Colts defensive lineman Jim Colvin (#75).

Jon Arnett of the LA Rams give big Doug Atkins of the Chicago Bears the slip and wastes no time heading upfield.

In 7 seasons with the Rams he ended up with 4803 total yards & 27 touchdowns before he left in 1964.

Pictured here with future Hall of Famer Ollie Matson the shifty Rams runner carries outside. A Pro-Bowler in 1961 he gained 609 yards and scored 4 touchdowns.

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Jon Arnett All-Time Career Statistics

Career Rushing & Receiving Totals
					Rushing					Receiving					Totals
Year	Age	Team	#	Games	Carries	Yards	Y/A	Long	TD	Catches	Yards	Y/R	Long	TD	Touches	APYd	Y/Tch	YScm
1957*	22	RAM	26	12	86	347	4.0	68	2	18	322	17.9	66	3	136	1258	9.3	669
1958*+	23	RAM	26	12	133	683	5.1	57	6	35	494	14.1	75	1	202	1731	8.6	1177
1959*	24	RAM	26	12	73	371	5.1	80	2	38	419	11.0	38	1	142	1294	9.1	790
1960*	25	RAM	26	12	104	436	4.2	31	2	29	226	7.8	24	2	160	1138	7.1	662
1961*	26	RAM	26	26	158	609	3.9	26	4	28	194	6.9	29	0	221	1531	6.9	803
1962	27	RAM	26	10	76	238	3.1	40	2	12	137	11.4	40	0	95	511	5.4	375
1963	28	RAM	26	9	58	208	3.6	20	1	15	119	7.9	41	1	86	613	7.1	327
1964	29	CHI	21	14	119	400	3.4	21	1	25	223	8.9	27	2	178	1142	6.4	623
1965	30	CHI	21	14	102	363	3.6	24	5	12	114	9.5	30	0	130	679	5.2	477
1966	31	CHI	21	14	55	178	3.2	21	1	10	42	4.2	11	0	82	317	3.9	220
7 Years		Rams		81	688	2892	4.2	80	19	175	1911	10.9	75	8	1042	1731	7.8	4803
3 Years		Bears		42	276	941	3.4	24	7	47	379	8.1	30	2	390	1142	5.5	1320
10 Years		NFL		123	964	3833	4.0	80	26	222	2290	10.3	75	10	1432	10214	7.1	6123

Career Kick & Punt Returns Totals
			Punt Returns					Kick returns
Year	Age	Team	Returns	Yards	Y/R	Long	TD	Returns	Yards	Y/Rt	Long	TD
1957*	22	RAM	14	85	6.1	22	0	18	504	28.0♦	98♦	1♦
1958*+	23	RAM	18	223♦	12.4♦	58	0	16	331	20.7	32	0
1959*	24	RAM	17	184	10.8♦	71	1	14	320	22.9	42	0
1960*	25	RAM	10	60	6.0	29	0	17	416	24.5	43	0
1961*	26	RAM	10	75	7.5	17	0	25	653	26.1	105♦	1♦
1962	27	RAM	5	49	9.8	21	0	2	87	43.5	50	0
1963	28	RAM	1	7	7.0	7	0	12	279	23.3	34	0
1964	29	CHI	19	188	9.9	44	0	15	331	22.1	44	0
1965	30	CHI	11	52	4.7	22	0	5	150	30.0	77	0
1966	31	CHI	15	58	3.9	20	0	2	39	19.5	25	0
7 Years		Rams	75	683	9.1	71	1	104	2590	24.9	105	2
*3 Years*		Bears	45	298	6.6	44	0	22	520	23.6	77	0
10 Years		NFL	120	981	8.2	71	1	126	3110	24.7	105	2