Between the 1950 and 1959 seasons, LaVern Torgeson made the most interceptions by a linebacker in a decade, with 18 interceptions in the 1950s.
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most defensive interceptions by a linebacker 1950s| NAME | INT | DECADE | GP | TKL | AST | COMB | SCK | SCKY | INT YDS | INT TD | FF | FR | FR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | L. Torgeson | 18 | 1950s | 82 | 211 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | | L. Sanford | 17 | 1950s | 93 | 213 | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | | C. Bednarik | 16 | 1950s | 95 | 235 | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | | B. Pellington | 13 | 1950s | 73 | 186 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | | J. Schmidt | 13 | 1950s | 84 | 165 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | | D. Shinnick | 12 | 1950s | 36 | 124 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | | C. Drazenovich | 12 | 1950s | 89 | 149 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | | J. Cannady | 10 | 1950s | 57 | 126 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | | J. Shipkey | 10 | 1950s | 42 | 162 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | | B. Smith | 9 | 1950s | 12 | 184 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | | W. Michaels | 9 | 1950s | 107 | 122 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | | H. Brown | 9 | 1950s | 79 | 114 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | | D. Paul | 9 | 1950s | 56 | 150 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | | H. Svare | 8 | 1950s | 77 | 192 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | | D. Flanagan | 8 | 1950s | 53 | 37 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | | B. Weatherly | 8 | 1950s | 35 | 140 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | | B. Pellegrini | 7 | 1950s | 24 | 132 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | | B. Svoboda | 7 | 1950s | 67 | 100 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | | G. Buksar | 7 | 1950s | 30 | 99 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 20 | | B. Forester | 6 | 1950s | 36 | 127 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| 21 | | M. Hazeltine | 6 | 1950s | 60 | 59 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| 22 | | C. Noll | 6 | 1950s | 29 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 23 | | M. Matuszak | 6 | 1950s | 55 | 58 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| 24 | | D. Teteak | 6 | 1950s | 49 | 84 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 25 | | B. Long | 5 | 1950s | 48 | 78 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
StatMuse has season-level data for interceptions going back to the 1940 season.
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