Parker Hall

Linus Parker Hall

Position: TB-HB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 198 lbs.

Born: December 10, 1916 in Tunica, MS
Died: February 8, 2005 in Vicksburg, MS
College: Mississippi (school history)
Drafted by the Cleveland Rams in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1939 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (14598th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate
1939*+	23	RAM	P/TB	11	11	106	208	51.0	1227	9	4.3	13	6.3	0	5.9	4.0	11.6	111.5	57.5
1940	24	RAM	P/TB	11	7	77	183	42.1	1108	7	3.8	16	8.7	0	6.1	2.9	14.4	100.7	38.7
1941	25	RAM	P/PR/TB	10	8	84	190	44.2	863	7	3.7	19	10.0	39	4.5	0.8	10.3	86.3	30.5
1942	26	RAM	P/PR/TB	10	8	62	140	44.3	815	7	5.0	19	13.6	59	5.8	0.7	13.1	81.5	40.3
1946	30	SFO		11	0	2	8	25.0	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	1.9	1.9	7.5	1.4	39.6
Career				53	34	331	729	45.4	4028	30	4.1	67	9.2	59	5.5	2.2	12.2	76.0	38.4
4 yrs		RAM		42	34	329	721	45.6	4013	30	4.2	67	9.3	59	5.6	2.2	12.2	95.5	38.5
1 yr		SFO		11	0	2	8	25.0	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	1.9	1.9	7.5	1.4	39.6

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Advanced Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1939*+	23	RAM	P/TB	11	11	208	96		114		119	98	142		117
1940	24	RAM	P/TB	11	7	183	97		101		96	95	107		99
1941	25	RAM	P/PR/TB	10	8	190	79		87		100	94	97		94
1942	26	RAM	P/PR/TB	10	8	140	96		89		99	99	69		98
Career				53	34	729	92	0	99	0	104	96	107	0	103

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
1939*+	23	RAM	P/TB		11	11	120	458	2	0	3.8	41.6	10.9	1	-16	-16.0	0	-16	0.1	-1.5	442	2	0
1940	24	RAM	P/TB		11	7	94	365	1	0	3.9	33.2	8.5								365	1	0
1941	25	RAM	P/PR/TB		10	8	57	232	2	60	4.1	23.2	5.7								232	2	0
1942	26	RAM	P/PR/TB		10	8	41	-3	1	13	-0.1	-0.3	4.1								-3	1	0
1946	30	SFO			11	0	17	31	0	0	1.8	2.8	1.5	2	25	12.5	0	0	0.2	2.3	56	0	0
Career					53	34	329	1083	6	60	3.3	20.4	6.2	3	9	3.0	0	0	0.1	0.2	1092	6	0
4 yrs		RAM			42	34	312	1052	6	60	3.4	25.0	7.4	1	-16	-16.0	0	0	0.0	-0.4	1036	6	0
1 yr		SFO			11	0	17	31	0	0	1.8	2.8	1.5	2	25	12.5	0	0	0.2	2.3	56	0	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
1939*+	23	RAM	P/TB		11	11																	58	2369	80	0	40.8
1940	24	RAM	P/TB		11	7																	57	2489	75	0	43.7
1941	25	RAM	P/PR/TB		10	8																	49	1967	67	0	40.1
1942	26	RAM	P/PR/TB		10	8																	36	1397	67	0	38.8
Career					53	34																	200	8222	80	0	41.1

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	25	RAM	P/PR/TB		10	8	13	125	0	25	9.6	7	131	0	0	18.7	488
1942	26	RAM	P/PR/TB		10	8	12	148	0	32	12.3	10	155	0	22	15.5	300
1946	30	SFO			11	0						1	22	0	22	22.0	78
Career					53	34	25	273	0	32	10.9	18	308	0	22	17.1	1673
4 yrs		RAM			42	34	25	273	0	32	10.9	17	286	0	22	16.8	1595
1 yr		SFO			11	0						1	22	0	22	22.0	78

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
1940	24	RAM	P/TB		11	7		2	0	0	0	0
1941	25	RAM	P/PR/TB		10	8		2	0	0	0	0
1942	26	RAM	P/PR/TB		10	8		3	60	0	25	0
Career					53	34		7	60	0	25	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts
1939*+	23	RAM	P/TB	11	11	2	2	12
1940	24	RAM	P/TB	11	7	1	1	6
1941	25	RAM	P/PR/TB	10	8	2	2	12
1942	26	RAM	P/PR/TB	10	8	1	1	6
Career				53	34	6	6	36

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards 1939 NFL Joe F. Carr Trophy (MVP)	Pro Bowls 1939	First-Team All-Pro 1939	Passes Completed 1939 NFL 106 (1) 1940 NFL 77 (3) 1941 NFL 84 (4) 1942 NFL 62 (5)
Pass Attempts 1939 NFL 208 (1) 1940 NFL 183 (2) 1941 NFL 190 (3) 1942 NFL 140 (5)	Passing Yds 1939 NFL 1227 (2) 1940 NFL 1108 (3) 1941 NFL 863 (5) 1942 NFL 815 (7)	Passing TD 1939 NFL 9 (2) 1940 NFL 7 (4) 1941 NFL 7 (5) 1942 NFL 7 (6)	Passer Rating 1939 NFL 57.5 (1) 1940 NFL 38.7 (3) 1941 NFL 30.5 (4)
Long Pass 1942 NFL 59 (9)	Passes Intercepted 1939 NFL 13 (2) 1940 NFL 16 (3) 1941 NFL 19 (1) 1942 NFL 19 (2) Career 67 (171)	Passing Yds/Game 1939 NFL 111.5 (2) 1940 NFL 100.7 (4) 1941 NFL 86.3 (5) 1942 NFL 81.5 (7)	Yds/Pass Att 1939 NFL 5.9 (3) 1940 NFL 6.1 (2) 1941 NFL 4.5 (4)
Yds/Pass Cmp 1939 NFL 11.6 (3) 1940 NFL 14.4 (1) 1941 NFL 10.3 (4)	Pass Attempts/Game 1939 NFL 18.9 (1) 1940 NFL 16.6 (2) 1941 NFL 19.0 (1) 1942 NFL 14.0 (5)	Passes Completed/Game 1939 NFL 9.6 (1) 1940 NFL 7.0 (3) 1941 NFL 8.4 (3) 1942 NFL 6.2 (5)	Pass Completion % 1939 NFL 51.0% (1) 1940 NFL 42.1% (3) 1941 NFL 44.2% (4)
Pass Intercept. % 1939 NFL 6.3% (1) 1940 NFL 8.7% (3) 1941 NFL 10.0% (4)	Passing TD % 1939 NFL 4.3% (1) 1940 NFL 3.8% (2) 1941 NFL 3.7% (4)	Rushing Att 1939 NFL 120 (6) 1940 NFL 94 (7)	Rushing Yds 1939 NFL 458 (5) 1940 NFL 365 (9)
Long Rush 1941 NFL 60 (3)	Yds/Rushing Att 1939 NFL 3.8 (8) 1940 NFL 3.9 (5)	Rushing Yds/Game 1939 NFL 41.6 (7) 1940 NFL 33.2 (9)	Touches 1939 NFL 121 (7) 1940 NFL 94 (9)
Yds/Touch 1941 NFL 6.3 (8)	Kick Returns 1941 NFL 7 (9) 1942 NFL 10 (4)	Punt Returns 1941 NFL 13 (9) 1942 NFL 12 (6)	Punt Return Yds 1942 NFL 148 (8)
Long Punt Return 1942 NFL 32 (10)	Yds/Punt Return 1941 NFL 9.6 (9) 1942 NFL 12.3 (5)	Kick & Punt Returns 1941 NFL 20 (4) 1942 NFL 22 (3)	Kick & Punt Return Yds 1942 NFL 303 (9)
Punts 1939 NFL 58 (1) 1940 NFL 57 (1) 1941 NFL 49 (1) 1942 NFL 36 (5) Career 200 (192)	Punting Yds 1939 NFL 2369 (1) 1940 NFL 2489 (1) 1941 NFL 1967 (2) 1942 NFL 1397 (6) Career 8222 (194)	Long Punt 1939 NFL 80 (1/30) 1940 NFL 75 (3/74) 1941 NFL 67 (9) 1942 NFL 67 (5)	Yds/Punt 1939 NFL 40.8 (6) 1940 NFL 43.7 (3) Career 41.1 (152)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1939	1st Team	All-NFL	Chicago Herald Am.
1939	2nd Team	All-NFL	Collyers Eye Mag.
1939	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1939	1st Team	All-NFL	Int. News Service
1939	2nd Team	All-NFL	NFL
1939	1st Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1939	1st Team	All-NFL	UPI
1940	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1940	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI

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