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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
College: West Virginia Wesleyan

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1968

3-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Coaching Record

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
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
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
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
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
1936+ 26 BOS FB 11 11 18 52 34.6 242 1 1.9 6 11.5 0 4.7 -0.3 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 -0.5 13.4 9.8 5.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1933+ 23 BOS TB 12 11 1
1934+ 24 BOS TB 12 10 1
Career 60 54 1 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1932 22 BOS TB 8 8 3 1 24
1933+ 23 BOS TB 12 11 3 1 1 27
1934+ 24 BOS TB 12 10 6 1 1 43
1935 25 BOS TB 7 6 1 1 12
1936+ 26 BOS FB 11 11 5 1 1 42
1937 27 WAS tb 10 8 5 1 1 42
Career 60 54 23 4 2 1 1 1 1 190

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

1st-team All-Pro

1933
1934
1936

Passes Completed

1936 NFL 18 (9)

Pass Attempts

1936 NFL 52 (8)

Passes Intercepted

1936 NFL 6 (10)

Pass Attempts/Game

1936 NFL 4.7 (9)

Rushing Att

1932 NFL 148 (1)
1933 NFL 136 (3)
1936 NFL 176 (3)
1937 NFL 216 (1)

Rushing Yds

1932 NFL 576 (1)
1933 NFL 737 (2)
1934 NFL 480 (10)
1936 NFL 614 (4)
1937 NFL 874 (1)

Rushing TD

1932 NFL 3 (2)
1933 NFL 3 (6)
1934 NFL 6 (6)
1936 NFL 5 (3)
1937 NFL 5 (1)

Long Rush

1937 NFL 75 (1)

Yds/Rushing Att

1932 NFL 3.9 (3)
1933 NFL 5.4 (1-- 83)
1934 NFL 5.0 (6)
1937 NFL 4.0 (8)
Career 4.2 (149)

Rushing Yds/Game

1932 NFL 72.0 (1)
1933 NFL 61.4 (2)
1934 NFL 40.0 (9)
1935 NFL 32.9 (8)
1936 NFL 55.8 (4)
1937 NFL 87.4 (1)
Career 58.5 (67)

Receptions

1933 NFL 11 (10)

Receiving TD

1932 NFL 1 (10)

Touchdowns

1932 NFL 4 (5)
1933 NFL 4 (8)
1934 NFL 7 (4)
1936 NFL 7 (2)
1937 NFL 7 (1)

Points Scored

1932 NFL 24 (6)
1934 NFL 43 (8)
1936 NFL 42 (4)
1937 NFL 42 (5)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1932 NFL 4 (5)
1934 NFL 7 (3)
1936 NFL 6 (3)
1937 NFL 6 (3)

Non-Offensive TDs

1933 NFL 1 (4)
1935 NFL 1 (3)
1936 NFL 1 (2)
1937 NFL 1 (2)
Career 4 (175)

Yds From Scrimmage

1932 NFL 636 (1)
1933 NFL 922 (1)
1934 NFL 575 (8)
1936 NFL 717 (4)
1937 NFL 955 (1)

All-Purpose Yds

1932 NFL 636 (1)
1933 NFL 922 (1)
1934 NFL 575 (8)
1936 NFL 717 (4)
1937 NFL 955 (1)

Touches

1932 NFL 152 (1)
1933 NFL 147 (2)
1936 NFL 182 (3)
1937 NFL 225 (1)

Yds/Touch

1932 NFL 4.2 (4)
1933 NFL 6.3 (1)
1934 NFL 5.7 (4)

Kick Return TD

1935 NFL 1 (1-- 57)
Career 1 (107)

Punt Return TD

1933 NFL 1 (1-- 85)
1936 NFL 1 (1-- 85)
Career 2 (70)

Total Field Goals Made

1933 NFL 1 (9)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1937 NFL 1 (1)

Passes Completed/Game

1936 NFL 1.6 (10)

   

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1932 - Collyers Eye Mag.: 1st team all-NFL
1933 - Chicago Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1933 - Collyers Eye Mag.: 1st team all-NFL
1933 - GB Press-Gazette: 1st team all-NFL
1933 - NFL: 1st team all-NFL
1933 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1934 - Chicago Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1934 - GB Press-Gazette: 2nd team all-NFL
1934 - NFL: 2nd team all-NFL
1934 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1935 - GB Press-Gazette: 3rd team all-NFL
1935 - NFL: 2nd team all-NFL
1936 - Chicago Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1936 - Collyers Eye Mag.: 1st team all-NFL
1936 - NFL: 1st team all-NFL
1936 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1937 - Collyers Eye Mag.: 2nd team all-NFL
1937 - Int. News Service: 1st team all-NFL
1937 - NFL: 1st team all-NFL
1937 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1937 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL