who threw the most touchdowns in the 50s

From 1950 through 1959, Bobby Layne had the most passing touchdowns, with 151 touchdowns.

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	NAME	TD	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Bobby Layne B. Layne	151	119	1,349	2,758	48.9	20,035	7.3	168.4	173	65.2	5.5	6.3
2	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	143	120	1,368	2,553	53.6	20,539	8.0	171.2	159	73.0	5.6	6.2
3	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	119	112	994	1,989	50.0	13,587	6.8	121.3	119	67.2	6.0	6.0
4	Tobin Rote T. Rote	119	118	1,082	2,450	44.2	15,144	6.2	128.3	158	54.0	4.9	6.4
5	Y.A. Tittle	112	115	1,318	2,382	55.3	17,206	7.2	149.6	150	67.7	4.7	6.3
6	Otto Graham O. Graham	88	72	872	1,565	55.7	13,499	8.6	187.5	94	78.2	5.6	6.0
7	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	84	46	611	1,129	54.1	8,954	7.9	194.7	48	87.3	7.4	4.3
8	Bobby Thomason B. Thomason	68	79	681	1,334	51.0	9,430	7.1	119.4	89	63.3	5.1	6.7
9	Adrian Burk A. Burk	61	82	500	1,079	46.3	7,001	6.5	85.4	89	52.2	5.7	8.2
10	Eddie LeBaron E. LeBaron	59	82	539	1,104	48.8	8,068	7.3	98.4	88	57.8	5.3	8.0
11	Lamar McHan L. McHan	58	72	481	1,120	42.9	7,383	6.6	102.5	86	50.6	5.2	7.7
12	Jim Finks J. Finks	53	68	637	1,311	48.6	8,300	6.3	122.1	80	57.0	4.0	6.1
13	Ed Brown E. Brown	52	72	502	999	50.3	7,877	7.9	109.4	66	66.6	5.2	6.6
14	George Blanda G. Blanda	48	104	436	967	45.1	5,739	5.9	55.2	65	52.9	5.0	6.7
15	Billy Wade B. Wade	44	58	497	934	53.2	7,278	7.8	125.5	57	69.2	4.7	6.1
16	George Ratterman G. Ratterman	39	53	299	565	52.9	4,279	7.6	80.7	41	70.5	6.9	7.3
17	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	34	53	282	651	43.3	4,392	6.7	82.9	68	44.1	5.2	10.4
18	Milt Plum M. Plum	27	33	299	531	56.3	4,201	7.9	127.3	24	80.1	5.1	4.5
19	Frankie Albert F. Albert	27	36	316	601	52.6	3,847	6.4	106.9	43	57.7	4.5	7.2
20	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	27	35	261	498	52.4	3,761	7.6	107.5	34	66.9	5.4	6.8
21	Jim Hardy J. Hardy	23	27	201	430	46.7	2,879	6.7	106.6	39	49.0	5.3	9.1
22	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	22	47	267	582	45.9	4,086	7.0	86.9	33	58.5	3.8	5.7
23	George Shaw G. Shaw	22	41	234	446	52.5	3,253	7.3	79.3	32	62.7	4.9	7.2
24	Bart Starr B. Starr	19	45	289	550	52.5	3,661	6.7	81.4	32	60.9	3.5	5.8
25	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	19	30	177	353	50.1	2,386	6.8	79.5	29	55.7	5.4	8.2

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