Hugh Edward McElhenny Jr.
Position: HB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: December 31, 1928 in Los Angeles, CA
College: Washington
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1970
6-time Pro Bowler & 2-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 1st round (9th overall) of the 1952 Draft
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View Details For: 60 Regular Season and 1 Playoff TDs Scored / 1 Regular Season TD Thrown / All Super Bowl Plays
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1952*+ | 24 | SFO | RH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 98 | 684 | 6 | 89 | 7.0 | 57.0 | 8.2 | 26 | 367 | 14.1 | 3 | 77 | 2.2 | 30.6 | 1051 | 9 | 5 |
| 1953*+ | 25 | SFO | RH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 112 | 503 | 3 | 33 | 4.5 | 41.9 | 9.3 | 30 | 474 | 15.8 | 2 | 71 | 2.5 | 39.5 | 977 | 5 | 6 |
| 1954 | 26 | SFO | RH | 39 | 6 | 0 | 64 | 515 | 6 | 60 | 8.0 | 85.8 | 10.7 | 8 | 162 | 20.3 | 0 | 53 | 1.3 | 27.0 | 677 | 6 | 4 |
| 1955 | 27 | SFO | RH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 90 | 327 | 4 | 44 | 3.6 | 27.3 | 7.5 | 11 | 203 | 18.5 | 2 | 55 | 0.9 | 16.9 | 530 | 6 | 3 |
| 1956* | 28 | SFO | LH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 185 | 916 | 8 | 86 | 5.0 | 76.3 | 15.4 | 16 | 193 | 12.1 | 0 | 22 | 1.3 | 16.1 | 1109 | 8 | 4 |
| 1957* | 29 | SFO | LH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 102 | 478 | 1 | 61 | 4.7 | 39.8 | 8.5 | 37 | 458 | 12.4 | 2 | 43 | 3.1 | 38.2 | 936 | 3 | 8 |
| 1958* | 30 | SFO | LH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 113 | 451 | 6 | 34 | 4.0 | 37.6 | 9.4 | 31 | 366 | 11.8 | 2 | 59 | 2.6 | 30.5 | 817 | 8 | 10 |
| 1959 | 31 | SFO | RH | 39 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 67 | 1 | 18 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 1.8 | 22 | 329 | 15.0 | 3 | 62 | 2.2 | 32.9 | 396 | 4 | 1 |
| 1960 | 32 | SFO | LH | 39 | 9 | 7 | 95 | 347 | 0 | 38 | 3.7 | 38.6 | 10.6 | 14 | 114 | 8.1 | 1 | 45 | 1.6 | 12.7 | 461 | 1 | 2 |
| 1961* | 33 | MIN | HB | 39 | 13 | 13 | 120 | 570 | 3 | 41 | 4.8 | 43.8 | 9.2 | 37 | 283 | 7.6 | 3 | 26 | 2.8 | 21.8 | 853 | 6 | 8 |
| 1962 | 34 | MIN | 39 | 11 | 0 | 50 | 200 | 0 | 27 | 4.0 | 18.2 | 4.5 | 16 | 191 | 11.9 | 0 | 41 | 1.5 | 17.4 | 391 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1963 | 35 | NYG | 39 | 14 | 0 | 55 | 175 | 0 | 23 | 3.2 | 12.5 | 3.9 | 11 | 91 | 8.3 | 2 | 24 | 0.8 | 6.5 | 266 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1964 | 36 | DET | 39 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 48 | 0 | 14 | 2.2 | 6.0 | 2.8 | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 27 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career | 143 | 20 | 1124 | 5281 | 38 | 89 | 4.7 | 36.9 | 7.9 | 264 | 3247 | 12.3 | 20 | 77 | 1.8 | 22.7 | 8528 | 58 | 57 | ||||
| 9 yrs | SFO | 97 | 7 | 877 | 4288 | 35 | 89 | 4.9 | 44.2 | 9.0 | 195 | 2666 | 13.7 | 15 | 77 | 2.0 | 27.5 | 6954 | 50 | 43 | |||
| 2 yrs | MIN | 24 | 13 | 170 | 770 | 3 | 41 | 4.5 | 32.1 | 7.1 | 53 | 474 | 8.9 | 3 | 41 | 2.2 | 19.8 | 1244 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 1 yr | DET | 8 | 0 | 22 | 48 | 0 | 14 | 2.2 | 6.0 | 2.8 | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 27 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 yr | NYG | 14 | 0 | 55 | 175 | 0 | 23 | 3.2 | 12.5 | 3.9 | 11 | 91 | 8.3 | 2 | 24 | 0.8 | 6.5 | 266 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1952*+ | 24 | SFO | RH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 284 | 1 | 94 | 14.2 | 18 | 396 | 0 | 40 | 22.0 | 1731 |
| 1953*+ | 25 | SFO | RH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 104 | 0 | 25 | 6.9 | 15 | 368 | 0 | 55 | 24.5 | 1449 |
| 1954 | 26 | SFO | RH | 39 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 78 | 0 | 32 | 9.8 | 8 | 210 | 0 | 51 | 26.3 | 965 |
| 1955 | 27 | SFO | RH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1.4 | 9 | 189 | 0 | 31 | 21.0 | 729 |
| 1956* | 28 | SFO | LH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 2.5 | 13 | 300 | 0 | 36 | 23.1 | 1447 |
| 1957* | 29 | SFO | LH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 41 | 0 | 13 | 4.1 | 977 | |||||
| 1958* | 30 | SFO | LH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 93 | 0 | 49 | 3.9 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 18 | 15.5 | 941 |
| 1961* | 33 | MIN | HB | 39 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 155 | 1 | 81 | 19.4 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 35 | 29.5 | 1067 |
| 1962 | 34 | MIN | 39 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 14 | 8.6 | 7 | 160 | 0 | 40 | 22.9 | 594 | |
| 1963 | 35 | NYG | 39 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 74 | 0 | 13 | 5.7 | 6 | 136 | 0 | 51 | 22.7 | 476 | |
| 1964 | 36 | DET | 39 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 72 | 0 | 27 | 24.0 | 136 | |
| Career | 143 | 20 | 126 | 920 | 2 | 94 | 7.3 | 83 | 1921 | 0 | 55 | 23.1 | 11369 | ||||
| 9 yrs | SFO | 97 | 7 | 99 | 648 | 1 | 94 | 6.5 | 65 | 1494 | 0 | 55 | 23.0 | 9096 | |||
| 2 yrs | MIN | 24 | 13 | 13 | 198 | 1 | 81 | 15.2 | 9 | 219 | 0 | 40 | 24.3 | 1661 | |||
| 1 yr | DET | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 72 | 0 | 27 | 24.0 | 136 | |||
| 1 yr | NYG | 14 | 0 | 13 | 74 | 0 | 13 | 5.7 | 6 | 136 | 0 | 51 | 22.7 | 476 | |||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1952*+ | 24 | SFO | RH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1953*+ | 25 | SFO | RH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1954 | 26 | SFO | RH | 39 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1955 | 27 | SFO | RH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1956* | 28 | SFO | LH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1957* | 29 | SFO | LH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1958* | 30 | SFO | LH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1959 | 31 | SFO | RH | 39 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1960 | 32 | SFO | LH | 39 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1961* | 33 | MIN | HB | 39 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1962 | 34 | MIN | 39 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1963 | 35 | NYG | 39 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 143 | 20 | 57 | 19 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 yrs | SFO | 97 | 7 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 yrs | MIN | 24 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 yr | NYG | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
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| 1953*+ | 25 | SFO | RH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 13 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 4.3 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 1.1 | 115.3 | ||||||
| 1956* | 28 | SFO | LH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1958* | 30 | SFO | LH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||||
| 1961* | 33 | MIN | HB | 39 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||||
| Career | 143 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 13 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 14.3 | 11 | 1.9 | -3.1 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 39.6 | ||||||||||
| 9 yrs | SFO | 97 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 13 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 11 | 2.2 | -3.7 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 42.4 | |||||||||
| 2 yrs | MIN | 24 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 |
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1952*+ | 24 | SFO | RH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 60 | ||||||||
| 1953*+ | 25 | SFO | RH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1954 | 26 | SFO | RH | 39 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 1955 | 27 | SFO | RH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 36 | |||||||||
| 1956* | 28 | SFO | LH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 1957* | 29 | SFO | LH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1958* | 30 | SFO | LH | 39 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 48 | |||||||||
| 1959 | 31 | SFO | RH | 39 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1960 | 32 | SFO | LH | 39 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1961* | 33 | MIN | HB | 39 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1963 | 35 | NYG | 39 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Career | 143 | 20 | 38 | 20 | 2 | 360 | ||||||||||||
| 9 yrs | SFO | 97 | 7 | 35 | 15 | 1 | 306 | |||||||||||
| 2 yrs | MIN | 24 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 42 | |||||||||||
| 1 yr | NYG | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
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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)
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1952 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1952 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL 1952 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL 1953 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1953 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL 1953 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL 1954 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL 1954 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL 1954 - Sporting News: 2nd team all-NFL 1954 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL 1956 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL 1956 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL 1956 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL 1956 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL 1956 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL 1957 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL 1957 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL |