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Horace Gillom

Horace Albert Gillom

Position: E-DE
Height: 6-1    Weight: 221 lbs.

Born: March 3, 1921 in Roanoke, AL
Died: October 28, 1985 in Los Angeles, CA
College: Ohio St., Nevada-Reno   (school history)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 19 (4927th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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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 AV
1947 26 CLE P 14 4 47 2096 0 0 44.6 0
1948 27 CLE re 13 8 6 227 0 0 37.8 0
1949 28 CLE P 12 4 54 2011 0 1 37.2 0
1950 29 CLE P 59 12 66 2849 75 1 43.2 6
1951 30 CLE P 59 12 73 3321 66 0 45.5 4
1952* 31 CLE P 84 12 61 2787 73 1 45.7 4
1953 32 CLE P 84 12 63 2760 67 0 43.8 2
1954 33 CLE P 84 12 52 2230 80 0 42.9 2
1955 34 CLE P 84 12 58 2389 56 3 41.2 2
1956 35 CLE 84 5 12 536 53 0 44.7 1
Career 116 16 492 21206 80 6 43.1 21

Receiving & Rushing

Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1947 26 CLE P 14 4 2 24 12.0 0 0 0.1 1.7 24 0 0
1948 27 CLE re 13 8 20 295 14.8 1 0 1.5 22.7 295 1 0
1949 28 CLE P 12 4 23 359 15.6 0 0 1.9 29.9 2 8 0 0 4.0 0.7 0.2 367 0 0
1950 29 CLE P 59 12 2 54 27.0 1 38 0.2 4.5 54 1 0
1951 30 CLE P 59 12 11 164 14.9 0 24 0.9 13.7 164 0 1
1952* 31 CLE P 84 12 4 45 11.3 1 21 0.3 3.8 45 1 1
1953 32 CLE P 84 12 7 80 11.4 0 23 0.6 6.7 80 0 1
1954 33 CLE P 84 12 5 62 12.4 0 24 0.4 5.2 62 0 0
1955 34 CLE P 84 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 -15 0 -15 -15.0 -1.3 0.1 -15 0 0
Career 116 16 74 1083 14.6 3 38 0.6 9.3 3 -7 0 0 -2.3 -0.1 0.0 1076 3 3

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
1948 27 CLE re 13 8 3 10 0 0 3.3 305
1950 29 CLE P 59 12 3 51 0 23 17.0 105
1951 30 CLE P 59 12 2 25 0 15 12.5 189
1952* 31 CLE P 84 12 1 2 0 2 2.0 47
Career 116 16 9 88 0 23 9.8 1164

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
1947 26 CLE P 14 4 1 29 0 29 0
1951 30 CLE P 59 12 0 1 1 38 1
1952* 31 CLE P 84 12 0 1 2 7 0
1953 32 CLE P 84 12 0 1 1 0 0
Career 116 16 1 29 0 29 0 0 3 4 45 1

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
1950 29 CLE P 59 12 1 1 100.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.3 79.2
Career 116 1 1 100.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 79.2 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
1948 27 CLE re 13 8 1 1 6
1950 29 CLE P 59 12 1 1 6
1951 30 CLE P 59 12 1 1 6
1952* 31 CLE P 84 12 1 1 6
Career 116 16 3 1 4 24

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1952

Yds/Reception
1949 AAFC 15.6 (7)

Non-Offensive TDs
1951 NFL 1 (9)

Punts
1947 AAFC 47 (5)
1949 AAFC 54 (1)
1950 NFL 66 (4)
1951 NFL 73 (2)
1952 NFL 61 (7)
1953 NFL 63 (4)
1954 NFL 52 (9)
1955 NFL 58 (7)
Career 492 (93)

Punting Yds
1947 AAFC 2096 (5)
1949 AAFC 2011 (2)
1950 NFL 2849 (3)
1951 NFL 3321 (1)
1952 NFL 2787 (5)
1953 NFL 2760 (3)
1954 NFL 2230 (9)
1955 NFL 2389 (8)
Career 21206 (90)

Long Punt
1950 NFL 75 (2/74)
1951 NFL 66 (7)
1952 NFL 73 (1)
1953 NFL 67 (2)
1954 NFL 80 (1/30)

Punts Blocked
1949 AAFC 1 (3)
1950 NFL 1 (4)
1952 NFL 1 (3)
1955 NFL 3 (1/6)
Career 6 (33)

Yds/Punt
1947 AAFC 44.6 (3)
1949 AAFC 37.2 (10)
1950 NFL 43.2 (3)
1951 NFL 45.5 (1)
1952 NFL 45.7 (1/100)
1953 NFL 43.8 (2)
1954 NFL 42.9 (2)
1955 NFL 41.2 (6)
1956 NFL 44.7 (1)
Career 43.1 (54)

Fumble Return Yds
1951 NFL 38 (5)

Fumble Return TD
1951 NFL 1 (2/41)

Sacks
1949 AAFC 0.0 (1)