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Merle Hapes

Merle Alison Hapes

Position: FB
Height: 5-10    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: May 9, 1919 in Garden Grove, CA
College: Mississippi

Drafted by the New York Giants in the 1st round (8th overall) of the 1942 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

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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
1942 23 NYG FB 11 10 95 363 3 52 3.8 33.0 8.6 10 79 7.9 2 16 0.9 7.2 442 5 0
1946 27 NYG 10 1 56 161 5 26 2.9 16.1 5.6 3 40 13.3 0 33 0.3 4.0 201 5 3
Career 21 11 151 524 8 52 3.5 25.0 7.2 13 119 9.2 2 33 0.6 5.7 643 10 3

Kicking & Punting

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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
1942 23 NYG FB 11 10 15 557 52 0 37.1
1946 27 NYG 10 1 12 479 60 1 39.9
Career 21 11 27 1036 60 1 38.4

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1942 23 NYG FB 11 10 11 170 0 32 15.5 9 215 0 34 23.9 827
1946 27 NYG 10 1 2 5 0 3 2.5 2 43 0 23 21.5 249
Career 21 11 13 175 0 32 13.5 11 258 0 34 23.5 1076

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1942 23 NYG FB 11 10 3 49 0 28
1946 27 NYG 10 1 3 0 0 0
Career 21 11 3 49 0 28 3 0 0 0

Passing

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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%
1942 23 NYG FB 11 10 2 2 100.0 -12 0 0.0 0 0.0 -2 -6.0 -6.0 -6.0 -1.1 79.2
Career 21 11 2 2 100.0 -12 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 -6.0 -6.0 -6.0 -0.6 79.2

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1942 23 NYG FB 11 10 3 2 30
1946 27 NYG 10 1 5 30
Career 21 11 8 2 60

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Rushing Att

1942 NFL 95 (9)

Rushing Yds

1942 NFL 363 (7)

Rushing TD

1942 NFL 3 (8)
1946 NFL 5 (3)

Long Rush

1942 NFL 52 (9)

Yds/Rushing Att

1942 NFL 3.8 (7)

Rushing Yds/Game

1942 NFL 33.0 (7)

Touchdowns

1942 NFL 5 (9)
1946 NFL 5 (8)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1942 NFL 5 (7)
1946 NFL 5 (7)

All-Purpose Yds

1942 NFL 827 (9)

Touches

1942 NFL 125 (8)

Yds/Touch

1942 NFL 6.6 (9)

Kick Returns

1942 NFL 9 (5)

Kick Return Yds

1942 NFL 215 (4)

Punt Returns

1942 NFL 11 (8)

Punt Return Yds

1942 NFL 170 (6)

Long Punt Return

1942 NFL 32 (10)

Yds/Punt Return

1942 NFL 15.5 (2)

Kick & Punt Returns

1942 NFL 20 (5)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1942 NFL 385 (4)

Punts Blocked

1946 NFL 1 (1)
Career 1 (200)

Yds/Punt

1946 NFL 39.9 (9)

     

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)