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Bruce Harper - Wikipedia

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Bruce Harper

No. 42

Position:

Running back
Return specialist

Personal information

Born:

June 20, 1955 (age 69)
Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.

Height:

5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Weight:

174 lb (79 kg)

Career information

High school:

Dwight Morrow
(Englewood, New Jersey)

College:

Kutztown

Undrafted:

1977

Career history

New York Jets (1977–1984)

Career highlights and awards

3× NFL kickoff return yards leader (1977–1979)

Career NFL statistics

Rushing yards:	1,829
Rushing average:	4.9
Rushing touchdowns:	8
Receptions:	220
Receiving yards:	2,409
Receiving touchdowns:	12
Return yards:	7,191
Return touchdowns:	1
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Bruce S. Harper (born June 20, 1955) is an American former professional football running back and return specialist who played for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Kutztown Golden Bears and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Jets after the 1977 NFL draft.

Early life

Harper played high school football at Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, New Jersey.^[1]

College career

Harper attended the Kutztown State College—now Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, where he became the school's first 1,000 yards rusher.^{[citation needed]}

Professional career

Harper is the all-time kick returner leader in New York Jets history with 5,407 yards in kickoff returns. He also served as the Jets punt returner from 1977 to 1982, totalling 1,784 punt return yards and one touchdown.

His total yards are 11,429: 1,829 rushing, 2,409 receiving, 1,784 punt return and 5,407 kickoff return yards.^[2]

Harper's no. 42 jersey is the jersey worn by diehard Jets fan Fireman Ed.^[3]

NFL career statistics

Legend
Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	Games		Rushing					Receiving
Year	Team	GP	GS	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
1977	NYJ	14	1	44	198	4.5	18	0	21	209	10.0	55	1
1978	NYJ	16	0	58	303	5.2	32	2	13	196	15.1	44	2
1979	NYJ	16	0	65	282	4.3	31	0	17	250	14.7	72	2
1980	NYJ	15	1	45	126	2.8	22	0	50	634	12.7	52	3
1981	NYJ	16	7	81	393	4.9	29	4	52	459	8.8	24	1
1982	NYJ	9	0	20	125	6.3	40	0	14	177	12.6	39	1
1983	NYJ	9	2	51	354	6.9	78	1	48	413	8.6	33	2
1984	NYJ	4	0	10	48	4.8	16	1	5	71	14.2	28	0
		99	11	374	1,829	4.9	78	8	220	2,409	11.0	72	12

Playoffs

Year	Team	Games		Rushing					Receiving
Year	Team	GP	GS	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
1981	NYJ	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	4	4.0	4	0
1982	NYJ	2	0	2	9	4.5	9	0	6	49	8.2	19	0
		3	0	2	9	4.5	9	0	7	53	7.6	19	0

Personal life

Harper was a longtime resident of Norwood, New Jersey,^[1] but now lives in Closter, New Jersey.^[4]

Harper is founder and director of the non-for-profit organization Heroes & Cool Kids, established in 1998.^[5] Based in school systems throughout New Jersey, the mentoring program reaches out to elementary and middle-school kids by high school athletes and students of the same district. The high school students are trained through the Heroes and Cool Kids' curriculum and by former professional athletes, such as former NFL player, Keith Elias, former Los Angeles Lakers player, John Celestand, and former New Jersey Nets player, Tim Bassett.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Rondinaro, Gene. "Picturesque, Affluent West of Palisades", The New York Times, November 3, 1996. Accessed July 26, 2011. "A SHORT distance west of the Palisades and bordering the Boy Scouts' Camp Alpine is the picturesque and affluent Bergen County Borough of Norwood, just 10 miles northwest of the George Washington Bridge.... A FORMER football standout at Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, Mr. Harper was interested in finding a small, diverse community to live and raise a family in away from the media hype of New York's sports world.... Like Mr. Harper, other sports figures such as Don Mattingly, Gene Michael, Craig Nettles, Jim (Catfish) Hunter and Kenny Anderson have at one time or another called the borough home."
^ "Bruce Harper Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
^ Anderson, Dave. "Sports of The Times; Empty Seats, No Noise, But Look Who's Talking", The New York Times, November 24, 2003. Accessed July 26, 2011. "You got that right, especially with the way the Giants and the Jets have played this season, but the Jets were even worse than usual this game. And their fans were so quiet. Fireman Ed in the white fireman's helmet and the Bruce Harper 42 jersey didn't even yell 'J-E-T-S -- Jets, Jets, Jets!' until the fourth quarter was about the start."
^ ^a ^b Spelling, Ian. "Hero Worship: Former Jets star Bruce Harper inspires sportsmanship and good character" Archived January 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, (201) magazine, August 1, 2009. Accessed July 26, 2011. "Likewise, Harper is a Bergen lifer. He was born in Englewood, lived for a time in Fort Lee, bought a house in Englewood, moved to Norwood, and currently resides in Closter with his wife, Nancy."
^ Gehman, Jim (February 28, 2019). "Where Are They Now: Bruce Harper". New York Jets. Retrieved March 29, 2020.

External links

v t e New York Jets All-Time Four Decade Team
Offense	Namath (QB) Martin (RB) Snell (FB) Maynard (WR) Toon (WR) Walker (WR) Shuler (TE) Mawae (C) Fabini (T) Powell (T) Hill (T) Rasmussen (G) Sweeney (G)
Defense	Gastineau (DE) Abraham (DE) Lyons (NT) Klecko (NT) Buttle (LB) Clifton (LB) Lewis (LB) Hasty (CB) Glenn (CB) Green (S) Baird (S)
Special Teams	Harper (KR) Leahy (PK) Ramsey (P)

NFL annual kickoff return yards leaders

1941: Goldberg
1942: Goldberg
1943: Heineman
1944: Grigas
1945: Seno
1946: Karnofsky
1947: Saenz
1948: Sandifer
1949: Wedemeyer
1950: V. Smith
1951: Taliaferro
1952: Young
1953: W. Lewis
1954: W. Lewis
1955: Watson
1956: Carmichael
1957: Carmichael
1958: Sears
1959: Lyles
1960: Dean
1961: T. Brown
1962: Woodson
1963: T. Brown
1964: Renfro
1965: Alexander
1966: R. Smith
1967: R. Smith
1968: Latourette
1969: Morris
1970: Haymond
1971: Hampton
1972: Adkins
1973: Herron
1974: Piccone
1975: Jones
1976: Shelby
1977: Harper
1978: Harper
1979: Harper
1980: Payton
1981: Mitchell
1982: Brooks
1983: Z. Dixon
1984: James
1985: Rhymes
1986: Hunter & McGee
1987: Palmer
1988: T. D. Brown
1989: J. Dixon
1990: Metcalf
1991: Gray
1992: Sanders
1993: Verdin
1994: Hughes
1995: Hughes
1996: Hughes
1997: Williams
1998: Milburn
1999: Marion
2000: M. Jenkins
2001: R. Jenkins
2002: M. Lewis
2003: Scobey
2004: Hall
2005: Carr
2006: Carr
2007: Cribbs
2008: J. Wilson
2009: Amendola
2010: Stephens-Howling
2011: Banks
2012: D. Wilson
2013: Hester
2014: Hester
2015: Abdullah
2016: Erickson
2017: Lockett
2018: Roberts
2019: Patterson
2020: Patterson
2021: Roberts
2022: Nixon
2023: Nixon

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