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{{short description|American football player}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
|name=Del Shofner
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'''Delbert Martin Shofner''' (December 11, 1934 – March 11, 2020) was an [[American football]] [[wide receiver]] who played for eleven seasons with the [[Los Angeles Rams (1946–94)|Los Angeles Rams]] and the [[New York Giants]] from 1957 to 1967 in the [[National Football League]] (NFL).
 
[[File:Del Shofner 1959.jpg|thumb|left|Shofner in 1959]]
Shofner was a five-time consensus [[All-Pro]] and [[Pro Bowl]]er in 1958, 1959, and from 1961 to 1963. He led the NFL in receiving yards in 1958 with a total of 1,097 and finished second in that category in both 1959 and 1961 with totals of 936 and 1,125. In 1962, he finished second in receiving touchdowns with 12. Shofner's 1963 receiving yards total of 1,181 was his career-best and the third highest in the NFL that season.