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Frank Gifford

Frank Newton Gifford

Position: HB-FL-DB-WR
Height: 6-1    Weight: 197 lbs.
Born: August 16, 1930 in Santa Monica, CA
College: USC

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1977

8-time Pro Bowler & 4-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the New York Giants in the 1st round (11th overall) of the 1952 Draft

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
1952 22 NYG lh 10 0 38 116 0 15 3.1 11.6 3.8 5 36 7.2 0 11 0.5 3.6 152 0 3
1953* 23 NYG LDH 12 0 50 157 2 15 3.1 13.1 4.2 18 292 16.2 4 49 1.5 24.3 449 6 2
1954* 24 NYG LH 9 0 66 368 2 30 5.6 40.9 7.3 14 154 11.0 1 35 1.6 17.1 522 3 7
1955*+ 25 NYG LH 11 0 86 351 3 49 4.1 31.9 7.8 33 437 13.2 4 54 3.0 39.7 788 7 5
1956*+ 26 NYG LH 12 0 159 819 5 69 5.2 68.3 13.3 51 603 11.8 4 48 4.3 50.3 1422 9 5
1957*+ 27 NYG LH 12 0 136 528 5 41 3.9 44.0 11.3 41 588 14.3 4 63 3.4 49.0 1116 9 9
1958* 28 NYG LH 10 0 115 468 8 33 4.1 46.8 11.5 29 330 11.4 2 41 2.9 33.0 798 10 3
1959*+ 29 NYG LH 11 0 106 540 3 79 5.1 49.1 9.6 42 768 18.3 4 77 3.8 69.8 1308 7 5
1960 30 NYG LH 8 0 77 232 4 15 3.0 29.0 9.6 24 344 14.3 3 44 3.0 43.0 576 7 6
1962 32 NYG FL 14 0 2 18 1 12 9.0 1.3 0.1 39 796 20.4 7 63 2.8 56.9 814 8 1
1963* 33 NYG FL 14 0 4 10 0 12 2.5 0.7 0.3 42 657 15.6 7 64 3.0 46.9 667 7 2
1964 34 NYG FL 13 0 1 2 1 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 29 429 14.8 3 40 2.2 33.0 431 4 0
Career 136 0 840 3609 34 79 4.3 26.5 6.2 367 5434 14.8 43 77 2.7 40.0 9043 77 48

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%
1952 22 NYG lh 10 0 1 2 50.0 18 1 50.0 0 0.0 18 9.0 14.0 18.0 1.8 120.8
1953* 23 NYG LDH 12 0 3 6 50.0 47 1 16.7 0 0.0 21 7.8 9.5 15.7 3.9 116.0
1954* 24 NYG LH 9 0 4 8 50.0 155 3 37.5 1 12.5 83 19.4 17.5 38.8 17.2 95.8
1955*+ 25 NYG LH 11 0 2 6 33.3 96 2 33.3 0 0.0 71 16.0 19.3 48.0 8.7 121.5
1956*+ 26 NYG LH 12 0 2 5 40.0 35 2 40.0 1 20.0 29 7.0 2.0 17.5 2.9 64.6
1957*+ 27 NYG LH 12 0 4 6 66.7 143 2 33.3 0 0.0 66 23.8 27.2 35.8 11.9 149.3
1958* 28 NYG LH 10 0 3 10 30.0 109 1 10.0 1 10.0 63 10.9 7.4 36.3 10.9 66.2
1959*+ 29 NYG LH 11 0 5 11 45.5 151 2 18.2 2 18.2 43 13.7 7.4 30.2 13.7 92.0
1960 30 NYG LH 8 0 3 6 50.0 24 0 0.0 1 16.7 13 4.0 -3.5 8.0 3.0 20.8
1962 32 NYG FL 14 0 1 2 50.0 12 0 0.0 0 0.0 12 6.0 6.0 12.0 0.9 68.7
1964 34 NYG FL 13 0 1 1 100.0 33 0 0.0 0 0.0 33 33.0 33.0 33.0 2.5 118.7
Career 136 0 29 63 46.0 823 14 22.2 6 9.5 83 13.1 11.0 28.4 6.1 92.5

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
1952 22 NYG lh 10 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 4 124 0 61 31.0 279
1953* 23 NYG LDH 12 0 16 106 0 40 6.6 13 327 0 55 25.2 882
1954* 24 NYG LH 9 0 8 12 0 8 1.5 1 29 0 29 29.0 563
1955*+ 25 NYG LH 11 0 5 114 0 62 22.8 902
Career 136 0 25 121 0 40 4.8 23 594 0 62 25.8 9758

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
1953* 23 NYG LDH 12 0 5 1 20.0% 2 2 100.0%
1956*+ 26 NYG LH 12 0 2 1 50.0% 9 8 88.9%
Career 136 0 7 2 28.6% 11 10 90.9%

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
1952 22 NYG lh 10 0 1 46 0 46 3 1 0 0
1953* 23 NYG LDH 12 0 1 66 1 50 2 3 0 0
1954* 24 NYG LH 9 0 7 1 0 0
1955*+ 25 NYG LH 11 0 5 0 0 0
1956*+ 26 NYG LH 12 0 5 1 0 0
1957*+ 27 NYG LH 12 0 9 1 0 0
1958* 28 NYG LH 10 0 3 5 0 0
1959*+ 29 NYG LH 11 0 5 2 0 0
1960 30 NYG LH 8 0 6 3 0 0
1962 32 NYG FL 14 0 1 0 0 0
1963* 33 NYG FL 14 0 2 0 0 0
Career 136 0 2 112 1 50 48 17 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
1953* 23 NYG LDH 12 0 2 4 1 2 1 47
1954* 24 NYG LH 9 0 2 1 18
1955*+ 25 NYG LH 11 0 3 4 42
1956*+ 26 NYG LH 12 0 5 4 8 1 65
1957*+ 27 NYG LH 12 0 5 4 54
1958* 28 NYG LH 10 0 8 2 60
1959*+ 29 NYG LH 11 0 3 4 42
1960 30 NYG LH 8 0 4 3 42
1962 32 NYG FL 14 0 1 7 48
1963* 33 NYG FL 14 0 7 42
1964 34 NYG FL 13 0 1 3 24
Career 136 0 34 43 1 10 2 484

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1956 NFL UPI MVP
1956 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP

Pro Bowls

1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1963

1st-team All-Pro

1955
1956
1957
1959

Long Pass

1954 NFL 83 (2)
1955 NFL 71 (8)

Rushing Att

1956 NFL 159 (7)
1957 NFL 136 (7)

Rushing Yds

1956 NFL 819 (5)
1957 NFL 528 (10)

Rushing TD

1956 NFL 5 (9)
1957 NFL 5 (6)
1958 NFL 8 (3)
Career 34 (135)

Long Rush

1956 NFL 69 (4)
1959 NFL 79 (3)

Yds/Rushing Att

1956 NFL 5.2 (3)
1959 NFL 5.1 (5)
Career 4.3 (108)

Rushing Yds/Game

1956 NFL 68.3 (5)

Receptions

1956 NFL 51 (3)
1957 NFL 41 (4)
1959 NFL 42 (7)

Receiving Yds

1956 NFL 603 (7)
1957 NFL 588 (9)
1959 NFL 768 (5)
Career 5434 (182)

Receiving TD

1962 NFL 7 (7)
Career 43 (142)

Long Reception

1959 NFL 77 (6)

Yds/Reception

1959 NFL 18.3 (5)
1962 NFL 20.4 (4)

Receiving Yds/Game

1956 NFL 50.3 (8)
1959 NFL 69.8 (5)

Touchdowns

1953 NFL 7 (9)
1955 NFL 7 (10)
1956 NFL 9 (6)
1957 NFL 9 (3)
1958 NFL 10 (4)
Career 78 (51)

Points Scored

1956 NFL 65 (10)
1957 NFL 54 (10)
Career 484 (159)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1955 NFL 7 (10)
1956 NFL 9 (6)
1957 NFL 9 (3)
1958 NFL 10 (4)
Career 77 (52)

Non-Offensive TDs

1953 NFL 1 (3)

Yds From Scrimmage

1956 NFL 1422 (1)
1957 NFL 1116 (2)
1959 NFL 1308 (2)
Career 9043 (99)

All-Purpose Yds

1956 NFL 1422 (5)
1957 NFL 1116 (7)
1959 NFL 1308 (5)
Career 9758 (119)

Touches

1956 NFL 210 (5)
1957 NFL 177 (5)
Career 1255 (163)

Yds/Touch

1953 NFL 9.1 (6)
1955 NFL 7.3 (9)
1956 NFL 6.8 (8)
1959 NFL 8.8 (5)

Long Kick Return

1952 NFL 61 (8)
1953 NFL 55 (10)
1955 NFL 62 (7)

Yds/Kick Return

1953 NFL 25.2 (6)

Punt Return Yds

1953 NFL 106 (9)

Yds/Punt Return

1953 NFL 6.6 (8)

Kick & Punt Returns

1953 NFL 29 (8)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1953 NFL 433 (10)

Fumbles

1954 NFL 7 (5)
1956 NFL 5 (9)
1957 NFL 9 (3)
1960 NFL 6 (10)
Career 48 (124)

Fumbles Recovered

1958 NFL 5 (1)
1960 NFL 3 (6)
Career 17 (148)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1953 NFL 1 (1)

Long Intercep. Return

1952 NFL 46 (10)
1953 NFL 50 (7)

   

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
1953 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1955 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1955 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1955 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1956 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1956 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1956 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1956 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1956 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1958 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1958 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1959 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL