before 1990 what rb had the most rushing td through first 5 seasons

Before 1990, Eric Dickerson had the most rushing touchdowns by a running back in his first 5 seasons, with 61 touchdowns.

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	NAME	RUSH TD	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	61	74	8,256	1,748	4.7	111.6	1,045	136	7.7	14.1	2
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	59	73	6,926	1,548	4.5	94.9	1,424	156	9.1	19.5	4
3	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	57	71	6,995	1,561	4.5	98.5	475	93	5.1	6.7	0
4	Jim Brown J. Brown	57	62	6,463	1,269	5.1	104.2	1,046	121	8.6	16.9	6
5	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	52	61	4,581	917	5.0	75.1	545	75	7.3	8.9	4
6	Marcus Allen M. Allen	49	70	5,397	1,289	4.2	77.1	2,757	283	9.7	39.4	15
7	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	48	51	3,758	757	5.0	73.7	373	35	10.7	7.3	2
8	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	45	70	5,268	1,271	4.1	75.3	1,014	139	7.3	14.5	0
9	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	45	67	4,915	1,209	4.1	73.4	2,514	256	9.8	37.5	21
10	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	43	74	4,036	1,036	3.9	54.5	931	127	7.3	12.6	6
11	Curt Warner C. Warner	42	61	5,049	1,189	4.2	82.8	1,160	148	7.8	19.0	4
12	Billy Sims B. Sims	42	60	5,106	1,131	4.5	85.1	2,072	186	11.1	34.5	5
13	Franco Harris F. Harris	42	66	5,133	1,135	4.5	77.8	814	105	7.8	12.3	3
14	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	42	69	3,736	735	5.1	54.1	1,067	83	12.9	15.5	7
15	Joe Morris J. Morris	40	67	3,555	818	4.3	53.1	604	65	9.3	9.0	2
16	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	40	75	6,270	1,368	4.6	83.6	1,614	177	9.1	21.5	6
17	Dan Towler D. Towler	40	60	3,356	629	5.3	55.9	640	56	11.4	10.7	1
18	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	39	64	4,866	955	5.1	76.0	1,313	111	11.8	20.5	9
19	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	39	70	3,814	794	4.8	54.5	2,739	199	13.8	39.1	17
20	Larry Kinnebrew L. Kinnebrew	37	71	2,582	639	4.0	36.4	600	65	9.2	8.5	3
21	Cookie Gilchrist C. Gilchrist	37	64	4,272	1,000	4.3	66.8	1,139	109	10.4	17.8	6
22	Alan Ameche A. Ameche	37	60	3,782	884	4.3	63.0	677	94	7.2	11.3	4
23	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	36	71	5,095	1,121	4.5	71.8	1,635	177	9.2	23.0	10
24	Greg Bell G. Bell	35	58	3,658	885	4.1	63.1	1,215	137	8.9	20.9	7
25	Roger Craig R. Craig	34	78	4,069	964	4.2	52.2	3,234	358	9.0	41.5	14

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