before 1997 what rb had the most rushing td through first 4 seasons

Before 1997, Eric Dickerson and Earl Campbell were tied for the most rushing touchdowns by a running back in their first 4 seasons, with 55 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	55	62	6,968	1,465	4.8	112.4	874	118	7.4	14.1	2
2	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	55	62	6,457	1,404	4.6	104.1	345	75	4.6	5.6	0
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	52	62	5,674	1,189	4.8	91.5	1,294	130	10.0	20.9	5
4	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	50	62	5,699	1,262	4.5	91.9	1,235	189	6.5	19.9	3
5	Jim Brown J. Brown	49	48	5,055	964	5.2	105.3	587	75	7.8	12.2	4
6	Walter Payton W. Payton	45	57	5,316	1,179	4.5	93.3	1,111	125	8.9	19.5	2
7	Marcus Allen M. Allen	44	57	4,638	1,081	4.3	81.4	2,304	237	9.7	40.4	13
8	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	39	53	3,803	939	4.1	71.8	2,206	218	10.1	41.6	18
9	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	38	40	2,813	556	5.1	70.3	277	25	11.1	6.9	2
10	Billy Sims B. Sims	37	52	4,419	1,001	4.4	85.0	1,833	155	11.8	35.3	5
11	Cookie Gilchrist C. Gilchrist	37	56	4,010	928	4.3	71.6	1,029	96	10.7	18.4	5
12	Ricky Watters R. Watters	36	59	4,113	990	4.2	69.7	1,884	202	9.3	31.9	9
13	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	36	54	3,941	928	4.2	73.0	878	115	7.6	16.3	0
14	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	36	59	4,624	1,026	4.5	78.4	1,289	145	8.9	21.8	4
15	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	35	56	3,117	655	4.8	55.7	2,177	161	13.5	38.9	14
16	Curt Warner C. Warner	34	49	4,064	955	4.3	82.9	993	131	7.6	20.3	2
17	Terry Allen T. Allen	33	63	4,104	979	4.2	65.1	907	103	8.8	14.4	4
18	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	33	47	3,107	645	4.8	66.1	439	53	8.3	9.3	4
19	Rodney Hampton R. Hampton	31	57	3,732	914	4.1	65.5	982	121	8.1	17.2	2
20	Herschel Walker H. Walker	31	60	4,057	971	4.2	67.6	2,480	229	10.8	41.3	7
21	Roger Craig R. Craig	31	64	3,254	749	4.3	50.8	2,742	292	9.4	42.8	13
22	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	31	58	2,959	762	3.9	51.0	611	81	7.5	10.5	2
23	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	31	50	3,834	719	5.3	76.7	1,197	94	12.7	23.9	9
24	Dalton Hilliard D. Hilliard	30	60	3,018	792	3.8	50.3	1,220	126	9.7	20.3	7
25	Alan Ameche A. Ameche	30	48	3,103	706	4.4	64.6	548	81	6.8	11.4	3

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