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Tuffy Leemans

Alphonse Emil Leemans

Position: FB-TB-DB-QB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: November 12, 1912 in Superior, WI
College: George Washington, Oregon

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1978

2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the New York Giants in the 2nd round (18th overall) of the 1936 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
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
1936 24 NYG FB 12 4 206 830 2 0 4.0 69.2 17.2 4 22 5.5 0 8 0.3 1.8 852 2 0
1937 25 NYG FB 9 8 144 429 0 0 3.0 47.7 16.0 11 157 14.3 1 18 1.2 17.4 586 1 0
1938* 26 NYG FB 10 3 121 463 4 75 3.8 46.3 12.1 4 68 17.0 0 45 0.4 6.8 531 4 0
1939+ 27 NYG FB 10 2 128 429 3 0 3.4 42.9 12.8 8 185 23.1 2 50 0.8 18.5 614 5 0
1940 28 NYG FB 10 2 132 474 1 0 3.6 47.4 13.2 474 1 0
1941* 29 NYG TB 11 11 100 332 4 26 3.3 30.2 9.1 332 4 0
1942 30 NYG TB 8 6 51 116 3 16 2.3 14.5 6.4 1 -10 -10.0 0 -10 0.1 -1.3 106 3 0
1943 31 NYG TB 10 1 37 59 0 13 1.6 5.9 3.7 59 0 0
Career 80 37 919 3132 17 75 3.4 39.2 11.5 28 422 15.1 3 50 0.4 5.3 3554 20 0

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
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%
1936 24 NYG FB 12 4 13 42 31.0 258 3 7.1 6 14.3 0 6.1 0.4 19.8 21.5 37.7
1937 25 NYG FB 9 8 5 20 25.0 64 1 5.0 1 5.0 0 3.2 1.5 12.8 7.1 36.2
1938* 26 NYG FB 10 3 19 42 45.2 249 3 7.1 6 14.3 0 5.9 0.2 13.1 24.9 48.7
1939+ 27 NYG FB 10 2 12 26 46.2 198 0 0.0 2 7.7 0 7.6 4.2 16.5 19.8 40.2
1940 28 NYG FB 10 2 15 31 48.4 159 2 6.5 3 9.7 0 5.1 1.4 10.6 15.9 45.7
1941* 29 NYG TB 11 11 31 66 47.0 475 4 6.1 5 7.6 44 7.2 4.4 15.3 43.2 59.8
1942 30 NYG TB 8 6 35 69 50.7 555 7 10.1 4 5.8 50 8.0 6.4 15.9 69.4 87.5
1943 31 NYG TB 10 1 37 87 42.5 360 5 5.7 5 5.7 28 4.1 2.1 9.7 36.0 50.0
Career 80 37 167 383 43.6 2318 25 6.5 32 8.4 50 6.1 2.9 13.9 29.0 50.6

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1941* 29 NYG TB 11 11 14 170 0 18 12.1 3 48 0 0 16.0 550
1942 30 NYG TB 8 6 2 26 0 15 13.0 132
1943 31 NYG TB 10 1 3 66 0 34 22.0 2 29 0 15 14.5 154
Career 80 37 19 262 0 34 13.8 5 77 0 15 15.4 3893

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1940 28 NYG FB 10 2 1 0 0 0
1941* 29 NYG TB 11 11 3 35 0 26
Career 80 37 4 35 0 26

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1936 24 NYG FB 12 4 2 12
1937 25 NYG FB 9 8 1 6
1938* 26 NYG FB 10 3 4 24
1939+ 27 NYG FB 10 2 3 2 30
1940 28 NYG FB 10 2 1 6
1941* 29 NYG TB 11 11 4 24
1942 30 NYG TB 8 6 3 18
Career 80 37 17 3 120

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1938
1941

1st-team All-Pro

1939

Passes Completed

1941 NFL 31 (9)
1942 NFL 35 (9)
1943 NFL 37 (8)

Pass Attempts

1943 NFL 87 (8)

Passing Yds

1941 NFL 475 (9)
1942 NFL 555 (9)
1943 NFL 360 (9)

Passing TD

1936 NFL 3 (7)
1941 NFL 4 (7)
1942 NFL 7 (6)
1943 NFL 5 (7)

Passes Intercepted

1936 NFL 6 (10)

Passing Yds/Game

1941 NFL 43.2 (9)
1942 NFL 69.4 (9)
1943 NFL 36.0 (10)

Pass Attempts/Game

1942 NFL 8.6 (8)
1943 NFL 8.7 (9)

Rushing Att

1936 NFL 206 (1)
1937 NFL 144 (2)
1938 NFL 121 (4)
1939 NFL 128 (4)
1940 NFL 132 (3)
1941 NFL 100 (7)
Career 919 (191)

Rushing Yds

1936 NFL 830 (1)
1937 NFL 429 (8)
1938 NFL 463 (2)
1939 NFL 429 (7)
1940 NFL 474 (3)
1941 NFL 332 (10)

Rushing TD

1938 NFL 4 (2)
1939 NFL 3 (8)
1941 NFL 4 (6)
1942 NFL 3 (8)

Long Rush

1938 NFL 75 (2)

Yds/Rushing Att

1936 NFL 4.0 (9)
1938 NFL 3.8 (6)
1941 NFL 3.3 (9)

Rushing Yds/Game

1936 NFL 69.2 (1)
1937 NFL 47.7 (5)
1938 NFL 46.3 (3)
1939 NFL 42.9 (6)
1940 NFL 47.4 (1)
1941 NFL 30.2 (10)

Long Reception

1938 NFL 45 (9)

Touchdowns

1938 NFL 4 (8)
1939 NFL 5 (7)
1941 NFL 4 (9)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1938 NFL 4 (7)
1939 NFL 5 (6)
1941 NFL 4 (9)

Yds From Scrimmage

1936 NFL 852 (2)
1937 NFL 586 (4)
1938 NFL 531 (6)
1939 NFL 614 (4)
1940 NFL 474 (9)

All-Purpose Yds

1936 NFL 852 (2)
1937 NFL 586 (4)
1938 NFL 531 (6)
1939 NFL 614 (4)
1940 NFL 474 (9)

Touches

1936 NFL 210 (1)
1937 NFL 155 (2)
1938 NFL 125 (4)
1939 NFL 136 (4)
1940 NFL 132 (3)
1941 NFL 117 (8)

Yds/Touch

1938 NFL 4.2 (6)
1939 NFL 4.5 (6)

Punt Returns

1941 NFL 14 (5)

Punt Return Yds

1941 NFL 170 (5)

Long Punt Return

1943 NFL 34 (5)

Yds/Punt Return

1941 NFL 12.1 (6)

Kick & Punt Returns

1941 NFL 17 (9)

Passes Completed/Game

1941 NFL 2.8 (10)
1942 NFL 4.4 (8)
1943 NFL 3.7 (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)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1936 - Chicago Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1936 - Collyers Eye Mag.: 1st team all-NFL
1936 - NFL: 1st team all-NFL
1936 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1937 - NFL: 2nd team all-NFL
1937 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1938 - Collyers Eye Mag.: 2nd team all-NFL
1938 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-NFL
1938 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1938 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1939 - Collyers Eye Mag.: 2nd team all-NFL
1939 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-NFL
1939 - Int. News Service: 1st team all-NFL
1939 - NFL: 1st team all-NFL
1939 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1939 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1940 - Int. News Service: 2nd team all-NFL
1941 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1941 - Chicago Herald Am.: 2nd team all-NFL
1941 - NFL: 2nd team all-NFL
1941 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1942 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1942 - Int. News Service: 2nd team all-NFL