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Sam Huff

Robert Lee Huff

Position: LB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: October 4, 1934 in Edna Gas, WV
College: West Virginia

Career AV: 105 (93rd overall since 1950)

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1982

5-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the New York Giants in the 3rd round (30th overall) of the 1956 NFL Draft.

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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 AV
1956 22 NYG MLB 70 12 0 3 49 0 27 0 2 0 0 7
1957 23 NYG MLB 70 12 0 1 6 0 6 0 1 3 0 14
1958*+ 24 NYG MLB 70 12 0 2 23 0 15 0 1 0 0 18
1959*+ 25 NYG MLB 70 12 0 1 21 0 21 0 4 5 1 20
1960* 26 NYG MLB 70 12 0 3 45 0 17 13
1961* 27 NYG MLB 70 14 0 3 13 0 13 0 2 12 1 13
1962 28 NYG MLB 70 14 0 1 4 0 4 7
1963 29 NYG MLB 70 14 0 4 47 1 36 0 1 0 0 7
1964* 30 WAS MLB 70 14 0 4 34 0 14 11
1965 31 WAS MLB 70 14 0 2 49 0 39 0 1 0 0 7
1966 32 WAS MLB 70 14 0 1 17 0 17 0 4 0 0 6
1967 33 WAS MLB 70 10 0 2 8 0 5 0 1 0 0 6
1969 35 WAS MLB 70 14 0 3 65 1 32 5
Career 168 0 30 381 2 39 0 17 20 2 134
8 yrs NYG 102 0 18 208 1 36 0 11 20 2 99
5 yrs WAS 66 0 12 173 1 39 0 6 0 0 35

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1957 23 NYG MLB 70 12 0 1 1 6
1959*+ 25 NYG MLB 70 12 0 1 1 6
1961* 27 NYG MLB 70 14 0 1 1 6
1963 29 NYG MLB 70 14 0 1 1 6
1969 35 WAS MLB 70 14 0 1 1 6
Career 168 0 2 2 1 5 30
8 yrs NYG 102 0 2 1 1 4 24
5 yrs WAS 66 0 1 1 6

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10 Zach Thomas, Randy Gradishar, Willie Lanier*, Ray Nitschke*, Bobby Bell*, Bill Bergey, Sam Mills, Chris Hanburger, Karl Mecklenburg, Isiah Robertson
11 Sam Mills, Karl Mecklenburg, Willie Lanier*, Ray Nitschke*, Chris Hanburger, Randy Gradishar, Bobby Bell*, Zach Thomas, Isiah Robertson, Joe Fortunato
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1958
1959
1960
1961
1964

First-Team All-Pro

1958
1959

Non-Offensive TDs

1957 NFL 1 (4)
1959 NFL 1 (2)
1961 NFL 1 (10)
1963 NFL 1 (3)
1969 NFL 1 (3)
Career 5 (102)

Fumbles Recovered

1959 NFL 4 (5)
1966 NFL 4 (3)
Career 17 (149)

Fumble Return TD

1959 NFL 1 (1)

1961 NFL 1 (1)

Career 2 (37)

Interceptions

Career 30 (189)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1963 NFL 1 (2)
1969 NFL 1 (2)

 
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

1957Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1958Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1959Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1960Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1961Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
1963UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1964Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
1965Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.