Edward Anthony Rucinski
Position: E
Height: 6-2 Weight: 198 lbs.
Born: July 12, 1916 in East Chicago, IN
College: Indiana
1-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 6th round (49th overall) of the 1941 Draft
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View Details For: 8 Regular Season TDs Scored
| Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1941 | 25 | BKN | RE | 11 | 8 | 17 | 204 | 12.0 | 1 | 33 | 1.5 | 18.5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 217 | 1 | 0 |
| 1942* | 26 | BKN | RE | 11 | 9 | 9 | 99 | 11.0 | 1 | 24 | 0.8 | 9.0 | 99 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 1943+ | 27 | CRD | LE | 10 | 9 | 26 | 398 | 15.3 | 3 | 47 | 2.6 | 39.8 | 398 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| 1944 | 28 | CRD | le | 10 | 6 | 22 | 284 | 12.9 | 1 | 40 | 2.2 | 28.4 | 16 | 72 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 | 7.2 | 1.6 | 356 | 1 | 0 |
| 1945 | 29 | CRD | RE | 8 | 7 | 23 | 400 | 17.4 | 2 | 62 | 2.9 | 50.0 | 400 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| 1946 | 30 | CRD | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 12 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Career | 60 | 41 | 99 | 1408 | 14.2 | 8 | 62 | 1.7 | 23.5 | 18 | 85 | 0 | 22 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1493 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 4 yrs | ARI | 38 | 24 | 73 | 1105 | 15.1 | 6 | 62 | 1.9 | 29.1 | 16 | 72 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1177 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2 yrs | BKN | 22 | 17 | 26 | 303 | 11.7 | 2 | 33 | 1.2 | 13.8 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 316 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1944 | 28 | CRD | le | 10 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| 1945 | 29 | CRD | RE | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 60 | 41 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1944 | 28 | CRD | le | 10 | 6 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 28 | 22.3 | 423 | |||||
| Career | 60 | 41 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 28 | 22.3 | 1560 | ||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1941 | 25 | BKN | RE | 11 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1942* | 26 | BKN | RE | 11 | 9 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1943+ | 27 | CRD | LE | 10 | 9 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1944 | 28 | CRD | le | 10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1945 | 29 | CRD | RE | 8 | 7 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Career | 60 | 41 | 8 | 48 | |||||||||||||
| 4 yrs | ARI | 38 | 24 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||||
| 2 yrs | BKN | 22 | 17 | 2 | 12 |
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Pro Bowls |
1st-team All-Pro |
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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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1943 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1943 - Chicago Herald Am.: 1st team all-NFL 1943 - Pro Foot. Illustrated: 2nd team all-NFL 1943 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL 1943 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL 1945 - Chicago Herald Am.: 2nd team all-NFL |