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Frank Gifford

Frank Newton Gifford (Giffer)

Position: HB-FL-DB-WR
Height: 6-1    Weight: 197 lbs.

Born: August 16, 1930 in Santa Monica, CA
College: USC   (school history)
Drafted by the New York Giants in the 1st round (11th overall) of the 1952 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 88 (276th overall since 1950)
8-time Pro Bowler & 4-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1977, finalist in 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 25, 2013 10:25AM
All-Time Rank: #152. Johnny Robinson… #153. Lee Roy Selmon… #154. Jim Marshall… #155. FRANK GIFFORD… #156. Larry Allen… #157. Chuck Howley… #158. Shannon Sharpe… 

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
1952 22 NYG 16 10 38 116 0 15 3.1 11.6 3.8 5 36 7.2 0 11 0.5 3.6 152 0 3 4
1953* 23 NYG LDH 16 12 50 157 2 15 3.1 13.1 4.2 18 292 16.2 4 49 1.5 24.3 449 6 2 10
1954* 24 NYG LH 16 9 66 368 2 30 5.6 40.9 7.3 14 154 11.0 1 35 1.6 17.1 522 3 7 10
1955*+ 25 NYG LH 16 11 86 351 3 49 4.1 31.9 7.8 33 437 13.2 4 54 3.0 39.7 788 7 5 12
1956*+ 26 NYG LH 16 12 159 819 5 69 5.2 68.3 13.3 51 603 11.8 4 48 4.3 50.3 1422 9 5 14
1957*+ 27 NYG LH 16 12 136 528 5 41 3.9 44.0 11.3 41 588 14.3 4 63 3.4 49.0 1116 9 9 13
1958* 28 NYG LH 16 10 115 468 8 33 4.1 46.8 11.5 29 330 11.4 2 41 2.9 33.0 798 10 3 10
1959*+ 29 NYG LH 16 11 106 540 3 79 5.1 49.1 9.6 42 768 18.3 4 77 3.8 69.8 1308 7 5 12
1960 30 NYG LH 16 8 77 232 4 15 3.0 29.0 9.6 24 344 14.3 3 44 3.0 43.0 576 7 6 6
1962 32 NYG FL 16 14 2 18 1 12 9.0 1.3 0.1 39 796 20.4 7 63 2.8 56.9 814 8 1 10
1963* 33 NYG FL 16 14 4 10 0 12 2.5 0.7 0.3 42 657 15.6 7 64 3.0 46.9 667 7 2 8
1964 34 NYG FL 16 13 1 2 1 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 29 429 14.8 3 40 2.2 33.0 431 4 0 4
Career 136 840 3609 34 79 4.3 26.5 6.2 367 5434 14.8 43 77 2.7 40.0 9043 77 48 113

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
1952 22 NYG 16 10 1 2 50.0 18 1 50.0 0 0.0 18 9.0 19.0 18.0 1.8 120.8 0 0
1953* 23 NYG LDH 16 12 3 6 50.0 47 1 16.7 0 0.0 21 7.8 11.2 15.7 3.9 116.0 0 0
1954* 24 NYG LH 16 9 4 8 50.0 155 3 37.5 1 12.5 83 19.4 21.3 38.8 17.2 95.8 0 0
1955*+ 25 NYG LH 16 11 2 6 33.3 96 2 33.3 0 0.0 71 16.0 22.7 48.0 8.7 121.5 0 0
1956*+ 26 NYG LH 16 12 2 5 40.0 35 2 40.0 1 20.0 29 7.0 6.0 17.5 2.9 64.6
1957*+ 27 NYG LH 16 12 4 6 66.7 143 2 33.3 0 0.0 66 23.8 30.5 35.8 11.9 149.3 0 0
1958* 28 NYG LH 16 10 3 10 30.0 109 1 10.0 1 10.0 63 10.9 8.4 36.3 10.9 66.2
1959*+ 29 NYG LH 16 11 5 11 45.5 151 2 18.2 2 18.2 43 13.7 9.2 30.2 13.7 92.0
1960 30 NYG LH 16 8 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 16 14 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 16 13 1 1 100.0 33 0 0.0 0 0.0 33 33.0 33.0 33.0 2.5 118.7
Career 136 29 63 46.0 823 14 22.2 6 9.5 83 13.1 13.2 28.4 6.1 92.5 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.

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

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
1953* 23 NYG LDH 16 12 5 1 20.0% 2 2 100.0%
1956*+ 26 NYG LH 16 12 2 1 50.0% 9 8 88.9%
Career 136 7 2 28.6% 11 10 90.9%

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
1952 22 NYG 16 10 1 46 0 46 0 0 3 1 0 0
1953* 23 NYG LDH 16 12 1 66 1 50 0 0 2 3 0 0
1954* 24 NYG LH 16 9 0 7 1 0 0
1955*+ 25 NYG LH 16 11 0 5 0 0 0
1956*+ 26 NYG LH 16 12 0 5 1 0 0
1957*+ 27 NYG LH 16 12 0 9 1 0 0
1958* 28 NYG LH 16 10 0 3 5 0 0
1959*+ 29 NYG LH 16 11 0 5 2 0 0
1960 30 NYG LH 16 8 0 6 3 0 0
1962 32 NYG FL 16 14 0 1 0 0 0
1963* 33 NYG FL 16 14 0 2 0 0 0
Career 136 2 112 1 50 0 0 48 17 0 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1953* 23 NYG LDH 16 12 2 4 1 7 2 1 47
1954* 24 NYG LH 16 9 2 1 3 18
1955*+ 25 NYG LH 16 11 3 4 7 42
1956*+ 26 NYG LH 16 12 5 4 9 8 1 65
1957*+ 27 NYG LH 16 12 5 4 9 54
1958* 28 NYG LH 16 10 8 2 10 60
1959*+ 29 NYG LH 16 11 3 4 7 42
1960 30 NYG LH 16 8 4 3 7 42
1962 32 NYG FL 16 14 1 7 8 48
1963* 33 NYG FL 16 14 7 7 42
1964 34 NYG FL 16 13 1 3 4 24
Career 136 34 43 1 78 10 2 484

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

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

Pro Bowls
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1963

First-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 (151)

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 (122)

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)

Receiving TD
1962 NFL 7 (7)
Career 43 (159)

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 (56)

Points Scored
1956 NFL 65 (10)
1957 NFL 54 (10)
Career 484 (174)

Rushing/Receiving TD
1955 NFL 7 (10)
1956 NFL 9 (6)
1957 NFL 9 (3)
1958 NFL 10 (4)
Career 77 (58)

Non-Offensive TDs
1953 NFL 1 (3)

Yds From Scrimmage
1956 NFL 1422 (1)
1957 NFL 1116 (2)
1959 NFL 1308 (2)
Career 9043 (115)

All-Purpose Yds
1956 NFL 1422 (5)
1957 NFL 1116 (7)
1959 NFL 1308 (5)
Career 9758 (139)

Touches
1956 NFL 210 (5)
1957 NFL 177 (5)
Career 1255 (181)

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 (133)

Fumbles Recovered
1958 NFL 5 (1)
1960 NFL 3 (6)
Career 17 (163)

Intercept. Ret. TD
1953 NFL 1 (1)

Long Intercep. Return
1952 NFL 46 (10)
1953 NFL 50 (7)

   

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19532nd TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19551st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19551st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19551st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19561st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19561st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19561st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19561st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19561st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19571st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19571st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19571st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19571st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19571st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19582nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19582nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19581st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19582nd TeamAll-NFLUPI
19591st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19591st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19591st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19591st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19591st TeamAll-NFLUPI