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George McAfee

George Anderson McAfee

Position: HB-DB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 178 lbs.
Born: March 13, 1918 in Corbin, KY
College: Duke

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1966

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

Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1940 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
1940 22 CHI RH 10 8 47 253 2 0 5.4 25.3 4.7 7 117 16.7 0 0 0.7 11.7 370 2 0
1941*+ 23 CHI RET 11 2 65 474 5 70 7.3 43.1 5.9 7 144 20.6 3 39 0.6 13.1 618 8 0
1945 27 CHI 3 0 16 139 3 38 8.7 46.3 5.3 3 85 28.3 1 65 1.0 28.3 224 4 1
1946 28 CHI 3 0 14 53 0 14 3.8 17.7 4.7 10 137 13.7 3 25 3.3 45.7 190 3 0
1947 29 CHI rh 12 0 63 209 3 39 3.3 17.4 5.3 32 492 15.4 1 53 2.7 41.0 701 4 3
1948 30 CHI RH 12 8 92 392 5 23 4.3 32.7 7.7 17 227 13.4 2 50 1.4 18.9 619 7 11
1949 31 CHI RH 12 6 42 161 3 23 3.8 13.4 3.5 9 157 17.4 1 52 0.8 13.1 318 4 2
1950 32 CHI RDH 12 0 2 4 0 4 2.0 0.3 0.2 4 0 0
Career 75 24 341 1685 21 70 4.9 22.5 4.5 85 1359 16.0 11 65 1.1 18.1 3044 32 17

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*+ 23 CHI RET 11 2 5 158 1 74 31.6 7 223 1 97 31.9 999
1945 27 CHI 3 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 5 98 0 25 19.6 330
1946 28 CHI 3 0 1 24 0 24 24.0 3 96 0 46 32.0 310
1947 29 CHI rh 12 0 18 261 0 35 14.5 1 23 0 23 23.0 985
1948 30 CHI RH 12 8 30 417 1 60 13.9 1 25 0 25 25.0 1061
1949 31 CHI RH 12 6 24 279 0 33 11.6 597
1950 32 CHI RDH 12 0 33 284 0 25 8.6 1 23 0 23 23.0 311
Career 75 24 112 1431 2 74 12.8 18 488 2 97 27.1 4963

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 22 CHI RH 10 8 4 50 0 0
1941*+ 23 CHI RET 11 2 6 78 1 43
1945 27 CHI 3 0 1 13 0 7 1 0 0 0
1946 28 CHI 3 0 3 18 0 18 0 1 0 0
1947 29 CHI rh 12 0 1 49 0 49 3 4 0 0
1948 30 CHI RH 12 8 2 35 0 25 11 5 0 0
1949 31 CHI RH 12 6 6 76 1 54 2 1 0 0
1950 32 CHI RDH 12 0 2 31 0 19 0 2 0 0
Career 75 24 25 350 2 54 17 13 0 0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
1940 22 CHI RH 10 8 22 851 79 0 38.7
1941*+ 23 CHI RET 11 2 12 430 55 1 35.8
1945 27 CHI 3 0 2 62 33 0 31.0
1947 29 CHI rh 12 0 2 71 40 0 35.5
1948 30 CHI RH 12 8 1 18 18 0 18.0
Career 75 24 39 1432 79 1 36.7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
1940 22 CHI RH 10 8 4 11 36.4 50 2 18.2 0 0.0 0 4.5 6.4 12.5 5.0 90.9
1941*+ 23 CHI RET 11 2 1 3 33.3 44 1 33.3 0 0.0 44 14.7 18.0 44.0 4.0 121.5
1945 27 CHI 3 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1946 28 CHI 3 0 1 2 50.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 56.2
1948 30 CHI RH 12 8 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1950 32 CHI RDH 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Career 75 24 6 22 27.3 94 3 13.6 1 4.5 44 4.3 3.6 15.7 1.3 65.5

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
1940 22 CHI RH 10 8 2 1 18
1941*+ 23 CHI RET 11 2 5 3 1 1 1 1 72
1945 27 CHI 3 0 3 1 24
1946 28 CHI 3 0 3 18
1947 29 CHI rh 12 0 3 1 24
1948 30 CHI RH 12 8 5 2 1 48
1949 31 CHI RH 12 6 3 1 1 30
Career 75 24 21 11 2 2 2 1 234

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1941

1st-team All-Pro

1941

Rushing Yds

1941 NFL 474 (2)

Rushing TD

1941 NFL 5 (2)
1945 NFL 3 (10)
1948 NFL 5 (6)

Long Rush

1941 NFL 70 (1)

Yds/Rushing Att

1948 NFL 4.3 (8)

Rushing Yds/Game

1941 NFL 43.1 (2)

Receiving TD

1941 NFL 3 (4)
1946 NFL 3 (10)

Long Reception

1945 NFL 65 (9)

Touchdowns

1941 NFL 12 (1)
1948 NFL 8 (7)

Points Scored

1941 NFL 72 (2)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1941 NFL 8 (3)
1948 NFL 7 (8)

Non-Offensive TDs

1940 NFL 1 (2)
1941 NFL 4 (1-- 4)
1948 NFL 1 (10)
1949 NFL 1 (3)
Career 7 (41)

Yds From Scrimmage

1941 NFL 618 (3)
1947 NFL 701 (8)

All-Purpose Yds

1941 NFL 999 (2)
1947 NFL 985 (9)
1948 NFL 1061 (6)

Touches

1948 NFL 140 (7)

Yds/Touch

1941 NFL 11.9 (1)
1947 NFL 8.6 (9)
1948 NFL 7.6 (8)
1949 NFL 8.0 (9)

Kick Returns

1941 NFL 7 (9)

Kick Return Yds

1941 NFL 223 (7)

Kick Return TD

1940 NFL 1 (1-- 57)
1941 NFL 1 (1-- 57)
Career 2 (46)

Long Kick Return

1941 NFL 97 (2)

Punt Returns

1947 NFL 18 (6)
1948 NFL 30 (1)
1949 NFL 24 (3)
1950 NFL 33 (1)
Career 112 (125)

Punt Return Yds

1941 NFL 158 (6)
1947 NFL 261 (5)
1948 NFL 417 (1)
1949 NFL 279 (5)
1950 NFL 284 (3)
Career 1431 (69)

Punt Return TD

1941 NFL 1 (1-- 85)
1948 NFL 1 (3-- 85)
Career 2 (69)

Long Punt Return

1941 NFL 74 (3)
1947 NFL 35 (10)
1948 NFL 60 (3)

Yds/Punt Return

1947 NFL 14.5 (3-- 69)
1948 NFL 13.9 (3-- 88)
1949 NFL 11.6 (9)
Career 12.8 (6)

Kick & Punt Returns

1947 NFL 19 (10)
1948 NFL 31 (4)
1950 NFL 34 (4)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1941 NFL 381 (3)
1948 NFL 442 (8)

Long Punt

1940 NFL 79 (2-- 37)

Punts Blocked

1941 NFL 1 (1)
Career 1 (200)

Fumbles

1948 NFL 11 (1)

Fumbles Recovered

1947 NFL 4 (5)
1948 NFL 5 (1)

Interceptions

1940 NFL 4 (7)
1941 NFL 6 (3)
1949 NFL 6 (8)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1941 NFL 78 (10)
1949 NFL 76 (9)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1941 NFL 1 (1)
1949 NFL 1 (2)

Long Intercep. Return

1949 NFL 54 (7)

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
1940 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1941 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1941 - Chicago Herald Am.: 1st team all-NFL
1941 - Collyers Eye Mag.: 1st team all-NFL
1941 - NFL: 1st team all-NFL
1941 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1941 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1948 - Chicago Herald Am.: 1st team all-NFL
1948 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1948 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL