:Zollie Toth
{{Short description|American football player (1924–2018)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Zollie Toth
| image = Zollie Toth - 1952 Bowman Large.jpg
| caption = Toth on a 1952 Bowman football card
| number = 86, 33, 36, 84
| position = Fullback
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|1|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place = McKeesport, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|4|3|1924|1|26}}
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 219
| college = LSU
| draftyear = 1950
| draftround = 4
| draftpick = 42
| pastteams =
- New York Yanks ({{NFL Year|1950|1951}})
- Dallas Texans ({{NFL Year|1952}})
- Baltimore Colts ({{NFL Year|1954}})
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1956)
| highlights =
| statlabel1 = Rushing yards
| statvalue1 = 1,589
| statlabel2 = Rushing average
| statvalue2 = 3.8
| statlabel3 = Receptions
| statvalue3 = 49
| statlabel4 = Receiving yards
| statvalue4 = 394
| statlabel5 = Total touchdowns
| statvalue5 = 17
| pfr = TothZo00
}}
Zollie Anthony Toth (January 26, 1924 – April 3, 2018) was a former running back who played college football at LSU and played in the National Football League from 1950 to 1954. He was a veteran of World War II,Todd Anton and Bill Nowlin, {{Google books|GTi4AQAAQBAJ|When Football Went to War|page=249}} serving in the US Navy.{{cite web|last1=WOODSON|first1=BRIAN|title=From Pocahontas to the NFL|url=http://www.bdtonline.com/sports/local_sports/from-pocahontas-to-the-nfl/article_21cf2229-896c-5e98-8ca4-e75e8c9fd00d.html|website=Bluefield Daily Telegraph|access-date=27 March 2018|language=en}} Toth died in April 2018 at the age of 94.
NFL career statistics
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GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | |
1950 | NYY
| 11 || 11 || 131 || 636 || 4.9 || 59 || 5 || 15 || 189 || 12.6 || 60 || 3 | |||||||||||
1951 | NYY
| 10 || 10 || 119 || 384 || 3.2 || 16 || 4 || 10 || 100 || 10.0 || 23 || 0 | |||||||||||
1952 | DTX
| 12 || 6 || 82 || 266 || 3.2 || 18 || 4 || 13 || 54 || 4.2 || 20 || 0 | |||||||||||
1954 | BAL
| 12 || 11 || 86 || 303 || 3.5 || 15 || 1 || 11 || 51 || 4.6 || 13 || 0 | |||||||||||
colspan="2"| | 45 | 38 | 418 | 1,589 | 3.8 | 59 | 14 | 49 | 394 | 8.0 | 60 | 3 |
References
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Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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