Elroy Hirsch

Elroy Leon Hirsch (Crazy Legs)

Position: E-HB-DE
Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 lbs.

Born: June 17, 1923 in Wausau, WI
Died: January 28, 2004 in Madison, WI
College: Wisconsin, Michigan (school history)
Drafted by the Cleveland Rams in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1945 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 118 (50th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1968

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Fine Details · Last updated Jun 18, 2013 9:25PM

All-Time Rank: #215. Lance Briggs… #216. Steve Wisniewski… #217. Ken Anderson… #218. ELROY HIRSCH… #219. Charlie Joiner… #220. Curley Culp… #221. Bruce Armstrong…

All-Time Rank: #215. Lance Briggs… #216. Steve Wisniewski… #217. Ken Anderson… #218. ELROY HIRSCH… #219. Charlie Joiner… #220. Curley Culp… #221. Bruce Armstrong…

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	AV
1946	23	CHR	HB/KR/PR		14	12	27	347	12.9	3	68	1.9	24.8	87	226	1	0	2.6	16.1	6.2	573	4	0	0
1947	24	CHR	lh		5	4	10	282	28.2	3	76	2.0	56.4	23	51	1	0	2.2	10.2	4.6	333	4	0	0
1948	25	CHR	e		5	3	7	101	14.4	1	0	1.4	20.2	23	93	0	0	4.0	18.6	4.6	194	1	0	0
1949	26	RAM	e		12	3	22	326	14.8	4	48	1.8	27.2	68	287	1	51	4.2	23.9	5.7	613	5	4	0
1950	27	RAM	RE	40	12		42	687	16.4	7	58	3.5	57.3	2	19	0	15	9.5	1.6	0.2	706	7	0	18
1951*+	28	RAM	RE	40	12		66	1495	22.7	17	91	5.5	124.6	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.3	0.1	1498	17	0	33
1952*	29	RAM	RE	40	10		25	590	23.6	4	84	2.5	59.0								590	4	0	17
1953*+	30	RAM	LE	40	12		61	941	15.4	4	70	5.1	78.4	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0.1	935	4	2	26
1954	31	RAM	RH	40	12		35	720	20.6	3	66	2.9	60.0	1	6	0	6	6.0	0.5	0.1	726	3	1	10
1955	32	RAM	RH	40	9		25	460	18.4	2	72	2.8	51.1								460	2	0	6
1956	33	RAM	LE	40	12		35	603	17.2	6	76	2.9	50.3								603	6	0	12
1957	34	RAM	LE	40	12		32	477	14.9	6	45	2.7	39.8	1	8	0	8	8.0	0.7	0.1	485	6	0	12
Career					127	22	387	7029	18.2	60	91	3.0	55.3	207	687	3	51	3.3	5.4	1.6	7716	63	7	134
9 yrs		RAM			103	3	343	6299	18.4	53	91	3.3	61.2	74	317	1	51	4.3	3.1	0.7	6616	54	7	134
3 yrs		CHR			24	19	44	730	16.6	7	76	1.8	30.4	133	370	2	0	2.8	15.4	5.5	1100	9	0	0

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
1946	23	CHR	HB/KR/PR		14	12		6	97	0	0	0
1948	25	CHR	e		5	3		2	59	0	0	0
1949	26	RAM	e		12	3		2	55	0	32	0	0	4	0	0	0
1950	27	RAM	RE	40	12			4	28	0	23	0
1951*+	28	RAM	RE	40	12								0	0	1	3	0
1953*+	30	RAM	LE	40	12								0	2	1	0	0
1954	31	RAM	RH	40	12			1	12	0	12	0	0	1	0	0	0
Career					127	22		15	251	0	32	0	0	7	2	3	0
9 yrs		RAM			103	3		7	95	0	32	0	0	7	2	3	0
3 yrs		CHR			24	19		8	156	0	0	0

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
1946	23	CHR	HB/KR/PR		14	12	17	235	1	0	13.8	14	384	1	88	27.4	1192
1947	24	CHR	lh		5	4	2	24	0	0	12.0	6	172	0	0	28.7	529
1948	25	CHR	e		5	3	2	27	0	0	13.5	1	10	0	10	10.0	231
Career					127	22	21	286	1	0	13.6	21	566	1	88	27.0	8568

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	4QC	GWD
1946	23	CHR	HB/KR/PR		14	12	12	20	60.0	156	1	5.0	2	10.0	7.8	4.3	13.0	11.1	61.7	0	0
1947	24	CHR	lh		5	4	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0
1950	27	RAM	RE	40	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Career					127	22	12	22	54.5	156	1	4.5	2	9.1	7.1	3.9	13.0	1.2	54.4	0	0
9 yrs		RAM			103	3	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0
3 yrs		CHR			24	19	12	21	57.1	156	1	4.8	2	9.5	7.4	4.1	13.0	6.5	56.9	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.

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
1946	23	CHR	HB/KR/PR		14	12														1		0.0%
1950	27	RAM	RE	40	12															5	5	100.0%
1951*+	28	RAM	RE	40	12															1		0.0%
1953*+	30	RAM	LE	40	12															5	4	80.0%
Career					127	22														12	9	75.0%
9 yrs		RAM			103	3														11	9	81.8%
3 yrs		CHR			24	19														1		0.0%

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	OthTD	AllTD	XPM	Pts
1946	23	CHR	HB/KR/PR		14	12	1	3	1	1		6		36
1947	24	CHR	lh		5	4	1	3				4		24
1948	25	CHR	e		5	3		1				1		6
1949	26	RAM	e		12	3	1	4			1	6		36
1950	27	RAM	RE	40	12			7				7	5	47
1951*+	28	RAM	RE	40	12			17				17		102
1952*	29	RAM	RE	40	10			4				4		24
1953*+	30	RAM	LE	40	12			4				4	4	28
1954	31	RAM	RH	40	12			3				3		18
1955	32	RAM	RH	40	9			2				2		12
1956	33	RAM	LE	40	12			6				6		36
1957	34	RAM	LE	40	12			6				6		36
Career					127	22	3	60	1	1	1	66	9	405
9 yrs		RAM			103	3	1	53			1	55	9	339
3 yrs		CHR			24	19	2	7	1	1		11		66

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1950s Team Pro Football Reference 1st team All-1950s Team	Pro Bowls 1951 1952 1953	First-Team All-Pro 1951 1953	Approximate Value 1951 NFL 19 (9) 1953 NFL 18 (4)
Rushing Att 1946 AAFC 87 (7)	Receptions 1946 AAFC 27 (5) 1950 NFL 42 (6) 1951 NFL 66 (1) 1953 NFL 61 (3)	Receiving Yds 1946 AAFC 347 (7) 1950 NFL 687 (7) 1951 NFL 1495 (1/35) 1953 NFL 941 (2) 1954 NFL 720 (8) 1956 NFL 603 (7) Career 7029 (117)	Receiving TD 1946 AAFC 3 (10) 1950 NFL 7 (4) 1951 NFL 17 (1/5) 1956 NFL 6 (4) 1957 NFL 6 (3) Career 60 (70)
Long Reception 1946 AAFC 68 (3) 1947 AAFC 76 (3) 1951 NFL 91 (1/74) 1952 NFL 84 (2) 1953 NFL 70 (10) 1955 NFL 72 (8) 1956 NFL 76 (3)	Yds/Reception 1946 AAFC 12.9 (5) 1950 NFL 16.4 (9) 1951 NFL 22.7 (1/53) 1952 NFL 23.6 (1) 1954 NFL 20.6 (3) 1955 NFL 18.4 (5) 1956 NFL 17.2 (8) Career 18.2 (36)	Receiving Yds/Game 1946 AAFC 24.8 (9) 1950 NFL 57.3 (8) 1951 NFL 124.6 (1/3) 1952 NFL 59.0 (8) 1953 NFL 78.4 (2) 1954 NFL 60.0 (9) 1955 NFL 51.1 (10) 1956 NFL 50.3 (8) Career 55.3 (94)	Touchdowns 1946 AAFC 6 (9) 1951 NFL 17 (1/52) 1957 NFL 6 (9) Career 66 (106)
Points Scored 1951 NFL 102 (1)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1951 NFL 17 (1/51) 1957 NFL 6 (9) Career 63 (123)	Non-Offensive TDs 1946 AAFC 2 (2) 1949 NFL 1 (3)	Yds From Scrimmage 1951 NFL 1498 (1) 1953 NFL 935 (8) Career 7716 (195)
All-Purpose Yds 1946 AAFC 1192 (4) 1951 NFL 1498 (1)	Touches 1946 AAFC 145 (2)	Yds/Touch 1946 AAFC 8.2 (7) Career 13.5 (153)	Kick Returns 1946 AAFC 14 (4)
Kick Return Yds 1946 AAFC 384 (4)	Kick Return TD 1946 AAFC 1 (1/67) Career 1 (117)	Long Kick Return 1946 AAFC 88 (4)	Yds/Kick Return 1946 AAFC 27.4 (2)
Punt Returns 1946 AAFC 17 (3)	Punt Return Yds 1946 AAFC 235 (4)	Punt Return TD 1946 AAFC 1 (1/97) Career 1 (155)	Yds/Punt Return 1946 AAFC 13.8 (3)
Kick & Punt Returns 1946 AAFC 31 (3)	Kick & Punt Return Yds 1946 AAFC 619 (3)	Interceptions 1946 AAFC 6 (3)	Intercept. Ret. Yds 1946 AAFC 97 (7)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1951	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1951	1st Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1951	1st Team	All-NFL	UPI
1952	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1952	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1953	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1953	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1953	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1956	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News

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