Frankie Albert

Frank Cullen Albert

Position: QB-DB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 166 lbs.
Throws: Left

Born: January 27, 1920 in Chicago, IL
Died: September 4, 2002 in Palo Alto, CA
College: Stanford (school history)
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 1942 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 28 (3628th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Coaching Record

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Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	4QC	GWD	AV
1946	26	SFO	P/QB		14	11		104	197	52.8	1404	14	7.1	14	7.1	54	7.1	5.4	13.5	100.3	69.8	0	0	0
1947	27	SFO	P/QB		14	9		128	242	52.9	1692	18	7.4	15	6.2	60	7.0	5.7	13.2	120.9	74.3	0	0	0
1948	28	SFO	P/QB		14	9		154	264	58.3	1990	29	11.0	10	3.8	59	7.5	8.0	12.9	142.1	102.9	0	0	0
1949	29	SFO	P/QB		12	9		129	260	49.6	1862	27	10.4	16	6.2	75	7.2	6.5	14.4	155.2	82.2			0
1950*	30	SFO	P/QB	63	12	12	3-9-0	155	306	50.7	1767	14	4.6	23	7.5	43	5.8	3.3	11.4	147.3	52.3	0	0	12
1951	31	SFO	P/QB	63	12	11	6-4-1	90	166	54.2	1116	5	3.0	10	6.0	47	6.7	4.6	12.4	93.0	60.2	0	0	9
1952	32	SFO	P/QB	13	12	7	4-3-0	71	129	55.0	964	8	6.2	10	7.8	60	7.5	5.2	13.6	80.3	67.5	0	0	8
Career					90	68	13-16-1	831	1564	53.1	10795	115	7.4	98	6.3	75	6.9	5.6	13.0	119.9	73.5	0	0	29

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Advanced Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	AY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Rate+
1946	26	SFO	P/QB		14	11		197	102	104	111	107	104	108
1947	27	SFO	P/QB		14	9		242	99	105	113	109	109	110
1948	28	SFO	P/QB		14	9		264	106	124	131	134	132	136
1949	29	SFO	P/QB		12	9		260	101	112	104	131	107	119
1950*	30	SFO	P/QB	63	12	12	3-9-0	306	86	91	110	95	100	98
1951	31	SFO	P/QB	63	12	11	6-4-1	166	99	102	124	80	112	106
1952	32	SFO	P/QB	13	12	7	4-3-0	129	109	107	122	113	96	112
Career					90	68	13-16-1	1564

Rushing & Receiving

							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1946	26	SFO	P/QB		14	11	69	-10	4	0	-0.1	-0.7	4.9								-10	4	0
1947	27	SFO	P/QB		14	9	46	179	5	0	3.9	12.8	3.3								179	5	0
1948	28	SFO	P/QB		14	9	69	349	8	0	5.1	24.9	4.9	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.1	0.1	350	8	0
1949	29	SFO	P/QB		12	9	35	249	3	0	7.1	20.8	2.9								249	3	0
1950*	30	SFO	P/QB	63	12	12	53	272	3	42	5.1	22.7	4.4								272	3	4
1951	31	SFO	P/QB	63	12	11	35	146	3	34	4.2	12.2	2.9								146	3	0
1952	32	SFO	P/QB	13	12	7	22	87	1	20	4.0	7.3	1.8								87	1	3
Career					90	68	329	1272	27	42	3.9	14.1	3.7	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.0	0.0	1273	27	7

Kicking & Punting

							0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1946	26	SFO	P/QB		14	11																	54	2214	0	0	41.0
1947	27	SFO	P/QB		14	9														2		0.0%	40	1759	0	1	44.0
1948	28	SFO	P/QB		14	9														2	1	50.0%	35	1568	0	0	44.8
1949	29	SFO	P/QB		12	9														1		0.0%	31	1495	0	0	48.2
1950*	30	SFO	P/QB	63	12	12																	37	1424	64	1	38.5
1951	31	SFO	P/QB	63	12	11																	34	1507	66	0	44.3
1952	32	SFO	P/QB	13	12	7																	68	2899	70	0	42.6
Career					90	68														5	1	20.0%	299	12866	70	2	43.0

Kick & Punt Returns

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1946	26	SFO	P/QB		14	11	1	6	0	6	6.0	4	74	0	0	18.5	70
1947	27	SFO	P/QB		14	9						1	23	0	23	23.0	202
Career					90	68	1	6	0	6	6.0	5	97	0	23	19.4	1376

Defense & Fumbles

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1950*	30	SFO	P/QB	63	12	12							0	4	3	0	0
1952	32	SFO	P/QB	13	12	7							0	3	0	0	0
Career					90	68							0	7	3	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	XPM	Pts
1946	26	SFO	P/QB		14	11	4	4		24
1947	27	SFO	P/QB		14	9	5	5		30
1948	28	SFO	P/QB		14	9	8	8	1	49
1949	29	SFO	P/QB		12	9	3	3		18
1950*	30	SFO	P/QB	63	12	12	3	3		18
1951	31	SFO	P/QB	63	12	11	3	3		18
1952	32	SFO	P/QB	13	12	7	1	1		6
Career					90	68	27	27	1	163

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls 1950	Passes Completed 1946 AAFC 104 (3) 1947 AAFC 128 (3) 1948 AAFC 154 (5) 1949 AAFC 129 (4) 1950 NFL 155 (2) 1951 NFL 90 (9) Career 831 (169)	Pass Attempts 1946 AAFC 197 (2) 1947 AAFC 242 (4) 1948 AAFC 264 (5) 1949 AAFC 260 (3) 1950 NFL 306 (3) Career 1564 (167)	Passing Yds 1946 AAFC 1404 (3) 1947 AAFC 1692 (4) 1948 AAFC 1990 (5) 1949 AAFC 1862 (3) 1950 NFL 1767 (6) Career 10795 (160)
Passing TD 1946 AAFC 14 (2) 1947 AAFC 18 (3) 1948 AAFC 29 (1/81) 1949 AAFC 27 (1) 1950 NFL 14 (5) 1952 NFL 8 (10) Career 115 (107)	Passer Rating 1946 AAFC 69.8 (1) 1947 AAFC 74.3 (2) 1948 AAFC 102.9 (1/34) 1949 AAFC 82.2 (2) 1950 NFL 52.3 (7) Career 73.5 (125)	Long Pass 1946 AAFC 54 (6) 1947 AAFC 60 (4) 1948 AAFC 59 (5) 1949 AAFC 75 (2)	Passes Intercepted 1946 AAFC 14 (2) 1947 AAFC 15 (6) 1948 AAFC 10 (9) 1949 AAFC 16 (2) 1950 NFL 23 (4/86) Career 98 (115)
Passing Yds/Game 1946 AAFC 100.3 (3) 1947 AAFC 120.9 (4) 1948 AAFC 142.1 (6) 1949 AAFC 155.2 (4) 1950 NFL 147.3 (7) Career 119.9 (188)	Yds/Pass Att 1946 AAFC 7.1 (1) 1947 AAFC 7.0 (3) 1948 AAFC 7.5 (4) 1949 AAFC 7.2 (3) 1950 NFL 5.8 (10) Career 6.9 (105)	Yds/Pass Cmp 1946 AAFC 13.5 (2) 1947 AAFC 13.2 (5) 1948 AAFC 12.9 (6) 1949 AAFC 14.4 (3) Career 13.0 (64)	Pass Attempts/Game 1946 AAFC 14.1 (2) 1947 AAFC 17.3 (4) 1948 AAFC 18.9 (5) 1949 AAFC 21.7 (4) 1950 NFL 25.5 (3) Career 17.4 (198)
Passes Completed/Game 1946 AAFC 7.4 (3) 1947 AAFC 9.1 (3) 1948 AAFC 11.0 (5) 1949 AAFC 10.8 (4) 1950 NFL 12.9 (2) Career 9.2 (189)	Pass Completion % 1946 AAFC 52.8% (1) 1947 AAFC 52.9% (2) 1948 AAFC 58.3% (1) 1949 AAFC 49.6% (4) 1950 NFL 50.7% (5) Career 53.1% (158)	Pass Intercept. % 1946 AAFC 7.1% (2) 1947 AAFC 6.2% (3) 1948 AAFC 3.8% (2) 1949 AAFC 6.2% (3) 1950 NFL 7.5% (5)	Passing TD % 1946 AAFC 7.1% (1/85) 1947 AAFC 7.4% (3/64) 1948 AAFC 11.0% (1/2) 1949 AAFC 10.4% (1/3) 1950 NFL 4.6% (7) Career 7.4% (2)
Rushing TD 1946 AAFC 4 (7) 1947 AAFC 5 (7) 1948 AAFC 8 (4)	Touchdowns 1948 AAFC 8 (10)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1948 AAFC 8 (10)	Extra Pt Att 1949 AAFC 1 (10)
Punts 1946 AAFC 54 (2) 1947 AAFC 40 (8) 1948 AAFC 35 (8) 1949 AAFC 31 (6) 1952 NFL 68 (4) Career 299 (145)	Punting Yds 1946 AAFC 2214 (2) 1947 AAFC 1759 (8) 1948 AAFC 1568 (8) 1949 AAFC 1495 (6) 1952 NFL 2899 (4) Career 12866 (143)	Long Punt 1950 NFL 64 (8) 1951 NFL 66 (7) 1952 NFL 70 (2)	Punts Blocked 1947 AAFC 1 (7) 1950 NFL 1 (4) Career 2 (145)
Yds/Punt 1946 AAFC 41.0 (6) 1947 AAFC 44.0 (4) 1948 AAFC 44.8 (2) 1949 AAFC 48.2 (1/19) 1951 NFL 44.3 (2) 1952 NFL 42.6 (5) Career 43.0 (59)	Sacks 1946 AAFC 0.0 (1) 1947 AAFC 0.0 (1) 1948 AAFC 0.0 (1) 1949 AAFC 0.0 (1) 1950 NFL 0.0 (1) 1951 NFL 0.0 (1) 1952 NFL 0.0 (1)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1946	2nd Team	All-AAFC	AAFC
1946	2nd Team	All-AAFC	Associated Press
1946	1st Team	All-AAFC	NY Daily News
1946	2nd Team	All-AAFC	UPI
1947	2nd Team	All-AAFC	Associated Press
1948	1st Team	All-NFL/AAFC	Sporting News
1948	2nd Team	All-AAFC	AAFC
1948	1st Team	All-AAFC	NY Daily News
1948	2nd Team	All-AAFC	UPI
1949	1st Team	All-AAFC	AAFC
1949	2nd Team	All-AAFC	Associated Press
1949	2nd Team	All-AAFC	NY Daily News
1949	2nd Team	All-AAFC	UPI

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