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Claude Gibson

Claude Andrew Gibson

Position: DB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: May 26, 1939 in Spruce Pine, NC
College: North Carolina State

Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 3rd round (33rd overall) of the 1961 Draft
Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 7th round (55th overall) of the AFL 1961 Draft

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1961 22 SDG LCB 14 0 14 209 0 39 14.9 3 17 0 9 5.7 226
1962 23 SDG LCB 14 0 10 89 0 27 8.9 2 55 0 39 27.5 144
1963 24 OAK RCB 14 0 26 307 2 85 11.8 2 10 0 5 5.0 317
1964 25 OAK rs 14 0 29 419 0 58 14.4 419
1965 26 OAK RET 14 0 31 357 1 58 11.5 9 186 0 38 20.7 543
Career 70 0 110 1381 3 85 12.6 16 268 0 39 16.8 1649
3 yrs OAK 42 0 86 1083 3 85 12.6 11 196 0 38 17.8 1279
2 yrs SDG 28 0 24 298 0 39 12.4 5 72 0 39 14.4 370

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1961 22 SDG LCB 14 0 5 43 0 23 1 0 0 0
1962 23 SDG LCB 14 0 8 85 1 37 2 0 0 0
1963 24 OAK RCB 14 0 3 18 0 18 1 0 0 0
1964 25 OAK rs 14 0 2 74 0 39 2 0 0 0
1965 26 OAK RET 14 0 4 53 0 22 1 0 0 0
Career 70 0 22 273 1 39 7 0 0 0
3 yrs OAK 42 0 9 145 0 39 4 0 0 0
2 yrs SDG 28 0 13 128 1 37 3 0 0 0

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
1961 22 SDG LCB 14 0 1 2
1962 23 SDG LCB 14 0 1 6
1963 24 OAK RCB 14 0 2 12
1965 26 OAK RET 14 0 1 6
Career 70 0 3 1 1 26
3 yrs OAK 42 0 3 18
2 yrs SDG 28 0 1 1 8

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Non-Offensive TDs

1962 AFL 1 (4)
1963 AFL 2 (1)
1965 AFL 1 (8)
Career 4 (175)

2-pt. Conv. Made

Career 1 (134)

Punt Returns

1961 AFL 14 (5)
1962 AFL 10 (10)
1963 AFL 26 (1)
1964 AFL 29 (2)
1965 AFL 31 (1)
Career 110 (129)

Punt Return Yds

1961 AFL 209 (3)
1962 AFL 89 (10)
1963 AFL 307 (1)
1964 AFL 419 (1)
1965 AFL 357 (2)
Career 1381 (75)

Punt Return TD

1963 AFL 2 (1-- 14)
1965 AFL 1 (2-- 86)
Career 3 (33)

Long Punt Return

1961 AFL 39 (7)
1962 AFL 27 (7)
1963 AFL 85 (2-- 97)
1964 AFL 58 (2)
1965 AFL 58 (3)

Yds/Punt Return

1961 AFL 14.9 (2-- 58)
1963 AFL 11.8 (1)
1964 AFL 14.4 (1-- 74)
1965 AFL 11.5 (3)
Career 12.6 (8)

Kick & Punt Returns

1963 AFL 28 (8)
1964 AFL 29 (7)
1965 AFL 40 (4)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1965 AFL 543 (5)

Interceptions

1961 AFL 5 (10)
1962 AFL 8 (3)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1962 AFL 1 (1)

Long Intercep. Return

1962 AFL 37 (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
1961 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-AFL
1961 - UPI: 2nd team all-AFL