Abner Haynes (September 19, 1937 – July 18, 2024) was an American professional football player who was a halfback and return specialist in the American...

penalty against Houston. Dawson then hit Abner Haynes, who had lined up as a flanker, on a curl-out pattern and Haynes scooted down the right sideline for...

Abner is a given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It is the name of Abner (Hebrew: אַבְנֵר ʾAḇnēr, "father of lamp/light") from the Bible (Book of...

Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2024. "Abner Haynes Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro Football Reference...

1967–1979 16 Len Dawson QB 1962–1975 18 Emmitt Thomas CB 1966–1978 28 Abner Haynes RB 1960–1964 33 Stone Johnson 1 2 RB 1963 36 Mack Lee Hill 2 RB 1964–1965...

first game 55–0 at the new stadium over North Dakota). He also recruited Abner Haynes and Leon King to North Texas in 1956, where the pair eventually broke...

New Mexico. The Texans' quarterback was Cotton Davidson. Running back Abner Haynes led the league with 875 rushing yards and nine touchdowns, as well as...

history, Fouts Field was the college home of players such as Joe Greene, Abner Haynes, Steve Ramsey, and Steve Anderson, who would later gain worldwide fame...

rest of the way. AP AFL Player of The Year: Abner Haynes, Dallas Texans UPI AFL Player of The Year: Abner Haynes, Dallas Texans The AFL began play with the...

Season Player Team Position 1960 Abner Haynes Dallas Texans Halfback 1961 Earl Faison San Diego Chargers Defensive end 1962 Curtis McClinton Dallas Texans...

1967–1979 1992 Len Dawson 16 1962–1975 Emmitt Thomas 18 1966–1978 2008 Abner Haynes 28 1960–1964 Stone Johnson 33 1963 1963 Mack Lee Hill 36 1964–1965 Derrick...

cancer. Jean-Pierre Goudeau, 91, French Olympic runner (1952, 1956). Abner Haynes, 86, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos). Noel...

season (min. 100 attempts): Abner Haynes, 5.6 (1960) Highest yard rushing average, game (min. 10 attempts): Abner Haynes, 14.3 (1960) Most yards from...

59 Andy Bershak 1935–1937 99 George Barclay 1932–1934 North Texas 28 Abner Haynes 1957–1959 33 Ray Renfro 1949–1950 2000 55 Richard Gill 1968–1969 1971...

surname include: Alex Haynes (born 1982), American football player Abner Haynes (1937–2024), American football player Adrian Haynes (1926–1988), Native...

Diego Chargers Oregon State 1964 Lenny Moore Baltimore Colts Penn State Abner Haynes Kansas City Chiefs North Texas 1965 John Brodie Quarterback San Francisco...

Head coaches Finish W L T Dallas Texans 1960 1960 AFL Western 2nd 8 6 0 Abner Haynes (UPI/AP AFL MVP) Hank Stram 1961 1961 AFL Western 2nd 6 8 0 1962 1962...

Death, respectively. He also was the announcer in 1959 at UNT when Abner Haynes broke the color line in Texas and later became a star with the second...

they have any association with the AFL. Many of the players (including Abner Haynes) that had been assigned to the UNNAMED and defunct Minneapolis AFL franchise...

African-American to play major college football in Texas. Nearly a decade earlier, Abner Haynes and Leon King became the first when they played for North Texas State...

linebacker Sherrill Headrick from TCU and running back Abner Haynes from North Texas. Haynes led the league with 875 rushing yards and nine TDs, as well...

Coach of the Year and RB Curtis McClinton was named AFL Rookie of the Year. Haynes became the franchise's first 1,000-yard rusher, concluding the season with...

rushing title winners by season Season Winner Team Yards Games 1960 Abner Haynes Dallas Texans 875 14 1961 Billy Cannon Houston Oilers 948 14 1962 Cookie...

greats signed by the AFL in the years before the common draft included Abner Haynes and Johnny Robinson (Dallas Texans); Jim Otto (Oakland Raiders); Lance...

Podolak, Running back 1990s 1990 #51 Jim Lynch, Linebacker 1991 #28 Abner Haynes, Running back 1992 #3 Jan Stenerud, Kicker 1993 #69 Sherrill Headrick...

him the first Chiefs player to score five touchdowns in a game since Abner Haynes accomplished the feat for the Dallas Texans in 1961. He became the first...

Charlie Tolar and Charlie Hennigan (Northwestern State of Louisiana), Abner Haynes (North Texas State), and a host of others. From major colleges, it signed...

(d. 2014) 1936 – Al Oerter, American discus thrower (d. 2007) 1937 – Abner Haynes, American football player (d. 2024) 1939 – Carl Schultz, Hungarian-Australian...

nine with more than one national title. Football On September 1, 1956, Abner Haynes and his high school classmate Leon A. King (born 1938), became the first...

Abner Haynes tells of how his father forbade him to accept being drafted by the NFL, after drunken scouts from that league had visited the Haynes home;...