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George Franck

George Henning Franck

Position: HB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 176 lbs.

Born: September 23, 1918 in Davenport, IA
Died: January 19, 2011 in Rock Island, IL
College: Minnesota   (school history)
Drafted by the New York Giants in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1941 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (14598th overall since 1950)

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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 AV
1941 23 NYG KR 11 3 48 101 3 17 2.1 9.2 4.4 8 95 11.9 1 44 0.7 8.6 196 4 0 0
1945 27 NYG P 5 0 29 42 0 9 1.4 8.4 5.8 3 39 13.0 0 18 0.6 7.8 81 0 2 0
1946 28 NYG KR 10 1 43 270 0 46 6.3 27.0 4.3 6 137 22.8 1 50 0.6 13.7 407 1 5 0
1947 29 NYG 7 0 24 93 0 25 3.9 13.3 3.4 10 265 26.5 3 88 1.4 37.9 358 3 3 0
Career 33 4 144 506 3 46 3.5 15.3 4.4 27 536 19.9 5 88 0.8 16.2 1042 8 10 0

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
1941 23 NYG KR 11 3 18 717 70 0 39.8
1945 27 NYG P 5 0 22 832 57 0 37.8
1946 28 NYG KR 10 1 16 624 53 0 39.0
1947 29 NYG 7 0 7 297 54 0 42.4
Career 33 4 63 2470 70 0 39.2

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
1941 23 NYG KR 11 3 13 194 0 31 14.9 4 120 0 0 30.0 510
1945 27 NYG P 5 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 3 58 0 36 19.3 157
1946 28 NYG KR 10 1 4 58 0 32 14.5 6 162 0 35 27.0 627
1947 29 NYG 7 0 6 60 0 35 10.0 7 121 0 40 17.3 539
Career 33 4 24 330 0 35 13.8 20 461 0 40 23.1 1833

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
1941 23 NYG KR 11 3 4 94 0 45 0
1945 27 NYG P 5 0 0 2 2 5 0
1946 28 NYG KR 10 1 0 5 3 0 0
1947 29 NYG 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0
Career 33 4 5 94 0 45 0 0 10 6 5 0

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 Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
1941 23 NYG KR 11 3 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1945 27 NYG P 5 0 1 1 100.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.8 83.3 0 0
Career 33 4 1 2 50.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 2.0 4.0 0.1 56.2 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.

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1941 23 NYG KR 11 3 3 1 4 24
1946 28 NYG KR 10 1 1 1 6
1947 29 NYG 7 0 3 3 18
Career 33 4 3 5 8 48

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Long Reception
1947 NFL 88 (1)

Touchdowns
1941 NFL 4 (9)

Rushing/Receiving TD
1941 NFL 4 (9)

Yds/Touch
1941 NFL 7.0 (6)

Long Kick Return
1947 NFL 40 (9)

Punt Returns
1941 NFL 13 (9)

Punt Return Yds
1941 NFL 194 (4)

Long Punt Return
1946 NFL 32 (9)
1947 NFL 35 (10)

Yds/Punt Return
1941 NFL 14.9 (3)

Kick & Punt Returns
1941 NFL 17 (9)

Kick & Punt Return Yds
1941 NFL 314 (6)

Punts
1945 NFL 22 (9)

Punting Yds
1945 NFL 832 (9)

Long Punt
1941 NFL 70 (5)
1945 NFL 57 (8)

Yds/Punt
1945 NFL 37.8 (9)

Interceptions
1941 NFL 4 (6)

Intercept. Ret. Yds
1941 NFL 94 (4)

Long Intercep. Return
1941 NFL 45 (9)