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Cliff Battles
Clifford Franklin Battles
Position: TB-FB-WB-DB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: May 1, 1910 in Akron, OH
Died: April 28, 1981 in Clearwater, FL
College: West Virginia Wesleyan (school history)
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (14598th overall since 1950)
3-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1968
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1932 | 22 | BOS | TB | 8 | 8 | 148 | 576 | 3 | 0 | 3.9 | 72.0 | 18.5 | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.5 | 636 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1933+ | 23 | BOS | TB | 12 | 11 | 136 | 737 | 3 | 0 | 5.4 | 61.4 | 11.3 | 11 | 185 | 16.8 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 15.4 | 922 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1934+ | 24 | BOS | TB | 12 | 10 | 96 | 480 | 6 | 0 | 5.0 | 40.0 | 8.0 | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 | 7.9 | 575 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1935 | 25 | BOS | TB | 7 | 6 | 67 | 230 | 1 | 0 | 3.4 | 32.9 | 9.6 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 252 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1936+ | 26 | BOS | FB | 11 | 11 | 176 | 614 | 5 | 0 | 3.5 | 55.8 | 16.0 | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.4 | 717 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1937 | 27 | WAS | tb | 10 | 8 | 216 | 874 | 5 | 75 | 4.0 | 87.4 | 21.6 | 9 | 81 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.9 | 8.1 | 955 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career | 60 | 54 | 839 | 3511 | 23 | 75 | 4.2 | 58.5 | 14.0 | 38 | 546 | 14.4 | 4 | 0 | 0.6 | 9.1 | 4057 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||
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| 1932 | 22 | BOS | TB | 8 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 2.1 | -2.4 | 21.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1933+ | 23 | BOS | TB | 12 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 23.8 | 65 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 14.3 | 0 | 3.1 | -3.3 | 13.0 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1934+ | 24 | BOS | TB | 12 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 11.1 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 0.6 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1935 | 25 | BOS | TB | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 22.7 | 92 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 18.4 | 13.1 | 25.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1936+ | 26 | BOS | FB | 11 | 11 | 18 | 52 | 34.6 | 242 | 1 | 1.9 | 6 | 11.5 | 0 | 4.7 | -0.2 | 13.4 | 22.0 | 17.1 | |||||||||
| 1937 | 27 | WAS | tb | 10 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 39.4 | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 9.1 | 0 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 10.9 | 14.2 | 15.0 | |||||||||
| Career | 60 | 54 | 44 | 157 | 28.0 | 590 | 1 | 0.6 | 15 | 9.6 | 7 | 3.8 | -0.4 | 13.4 | 9.8 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 |
Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1932 | 22 | BOS | TB | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1933+ | 23 | BOS | TB | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 27 | |||||||||
| 1934+ | 24 | BOS | TB | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 43 | |||||||||
| 1935 | 25 | BOS | TB | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1936+ | 26 | BOS | FB | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 42 | |||||||||
| 1937 | 27 | WAS | tb | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 42 | |||||||||
| Career | 60 | 54 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 190 |
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All-Pro Teams
| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1932 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Collyers Eye Mag. |
| 1933 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Chicago Daily News |
| 1933 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Collyers Eye Mag. |
| 1933 | 1st Team | All-NFL | GB Press-Gazette |
| 1933 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NFL |
| 1933 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1934 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Chicago Daily News |
| 1934 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | GB Press-Gazette |
| 1934 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NFL |
| 1934 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1935 | 3rd Team | All-NFL | GB Press-Gazette |
| 1935 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NFL |
| 1936 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Chicago Daily News |
| 1936 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Collyers Eye Mag. |
| 1936 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NFL |
| 1936 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1937 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Collyers Eye Mag. |
| 1937 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Int. News Service |
| 1937 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NFL |
| 1937 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1937 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |
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