Billy Cannon – NFL Past Players

Image Gallery of Billy Cannon Running Back/Tight End, 1960-1970

Billy Cannon carries against the Oakland Raiders in some 1960s AFL action. The Raiders here may be Carmen Cavalli (#85), Don Deskins (#79). Could that be Bob Talamini on the ground?

Houston Oiler halfback faces off against Dallas Texan Bill Hull in the 1962 AFL Championship. The Texans would pull it out in the end with 25-yard field goal in overtime for a 20-17 victory.

Raiders Tight End Billy Cannon makes a catch against Jets rookie Mike D'Amato in the 1968 Heidi game. Cannon had 3 catches for 89 yards including a 48-yard touchdown in the Raiders come-from-behind win.

The AFL's leading rusher in 1961 with 948 yards. Scored a total of 15 touchdowns and a total of 1534 yards from scrimmage.

One of the AFL's big names of the early years, Billy Cannon of LSU as he appeared in a 1961 Sports Publication. Cannon would take All League Honors as he led the AFL with 948 rushing yards and his Oilers would take the 1961 league championship.

Some of the the Big Name Runners of the 1962 NFL season featured on the back cover of Charlie Conerly's 1962 All Pro Football magazine - the NFL's Jim Taylor & Paul Hornung along with Abner Haynes & Billy Cannon of the AFL.

Houston Oilers, 1960 action. Heisman Award winner Billy Cannon (#20) gets behind the blocking of guard Bob Talamini (#61). At the season's end the much celebrated rookie from LSU was the AFL's #3 leading rusher with 644 yards.

The former Heisman Trophy winner stands to deliver a pass against the Los Angeles Chargers in AFL action from 1960. Blocking for Cannon is fellow rookie Bob Talamini (#61) who would play 8 seasons with the Oilers and finish his career with the Jets in Super Bowl III. The on-coming Chargers are former NFL veteran Volney Peters (#70) and Rommie Loudd (#51). The Oilers would end the year as the 1960 AFL Champions.

The Heisman Trophy Award winner from LSU passes away May 20, 2018 at the age of 80.

AFL Star Billy Cannon played for the Houston Oilers and the Oakland Raiders. Here he is as a runningback for Houston.

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Billy Cannon Football Trading Cards

At LSU Billy Cannon won the Heisman Trophy after his famous "Halloween Run" in Tiger Stadium in 1959 against the Ole Miss Rebels. With the Tigers trailing 0-3 Cannon returned a punt 89 yards for the game winning touchdown. He was also involved in the game saving tackle as the Rebels were driving late in the game.

Much heralded in his younger years in the AFL the former Heisman Award winner had moved to a quieter role with Oakland by 1967. Nevertheless he was chosen All-AFL this season after 32 catches and 10 touchdowns.

The Heisman Trophy Award winner from LSU in 1958, Billy Cannon played the entire duration of the AFL from 1960-1970. He played tight end for the Oakland Raiders 6 of those years.

Honoring the 1959 Heisman Trophy Award winner from LSU Fleer put him on a card in 2012. He would become the 1st round pick of the Houston Oilers of the newly formed American Football league and play throughout the entirety of the existence of AFL.

Billy CannonAll Time Career Statistics

Regular Season Rushing & Receiving Totals
							Rushing					Receiving					Scrimmage Yards				Fmbles
Season	Age	Team	Pos	#	Games	Starts	Carries	Yards	Y/A	Long	TD	Catches	Yards	Y/R	Lng	TD	Touches	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmbles
1960	23	HOU	LHB	20	14	14	152	644	4.2	39	1	15	187	12.5	53	5	167	5.0	831	6	3
1961*+	24	HOU	HB	20	14	13	200	948♦	4.7♦	61	6	43	586	13.6	78	9	243♦	6.3	1534	15	5
1962	25	HOU	HB	20	14	11	147	474	3.2	64	7	32	451	14.1	60	6	179	5.2	925	13	5
1963	26	HOU	HB	20	6	2	13	45	3.5	12	0	5	39	7.8	12	0	18	4.7	84	0	2
1964	27	OAK	FB	33	14	13	89	338	3.8	34	3	37	454	12.3	40	5	126	6.3	792	8	5
1965	28	OAK	TE	33	10	1	0	0			0	7	127	18.1	36	0	7	18.1	127	0	0
1966	29	OAK	TE	33	14	7	0	0			0	14	436	31.1	75	2	14	31.1	436	2	0
1967+	30	OAK	TE	33	14	14	0	0			0	32	629	19.7	64	10	32	19.7	629	10	1
1968	31	OAK	TE	33	14	13	0	0			0	23	360	15.7	48	6	23	15.7	360	6	0
1969*	32	OAK	TE	33	13	11	0	0			0	21	262	12.5	53	2	21	12.5	262	2	0
1970	33	KAN	TE	80	6	4	1	6	6.0	6	0	7	125	17.9	45	2	8	16.4	131	2	0
6 seasons Raiders					79	59	89	338	3.8	34	3	134	2268	16.9	75	25	223	11.7	2606	28	6
$ seasons Oilers					48	40	512	2111	4.1	64	14	95	1263	13.3	78	20	607	5.6	3374	34	15
1 season Chiefs					6	4	1	6	6.0	6	0	7	125	17.9	45	2	8	16.4	131	2	0
11 Year AFL/NFL Career					133	103	602	2455	4.1	64	17	236	3656	15.5	78	47	838	7.3	6111	64	21

Post Season Rushing & Receiving Totals
				Rushing					Receiving					Scrimmage Yards
Season	Age	Team	Games	Carries	Yards	Y/A	Long	TD	Catches	Yards	Y/R	Long	TD	Touches	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD
1960	23	HOU	1	18	50	2.8	6	0	3	128	42.7	88	1	21	8.5	178	1
1961	24	HOU	1	15	48	3.2	22	0	5	53	10.6	35	1	20	5.1	101	1
1962	25	HOU	1	11	37	3.4	7	0	6	54	9.0	21	0	17	5.4	91	0

1967	30	OAK	2	0	0			0	4	56	14.0	21	0	4	14.0	56	0
1968	31	OAK	2	0	0			0	6	84	14.0	36	0	6	14.0	84	0
1969	32	OAK	2	0	0			0	3	25	8.3	12	1	3	8.3	25	1
Total Raiders Post Season			6	0	0			0	13	165	12.7	36	1	13	12.7	165	1
Total Oilers Post Season			3	44	135	3.1	22	0	14	235	16.8	88	2	58	6.4	370	2
Career Total Post Season			9	44	135	3.1	22	0	27	400	14.8	88	3	71	7.5	535	3