Frankie Sinkwich

Francis Frank Sinkwich

Position: B
Height: 5-11 Weight: 190 lbs.

Born: October 10, 1920 in McKees Rocks, PA
College: Georgia (school history)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1943 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (14085th overall since 1950)
1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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All-Pro

Rushing & Receiving

							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	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	AV
1943	23	DET	TB/PR		10	4	93	266	1	17	2.9	26.6	9.3	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.1	0.8	274	1	0	0
1944+	24	DET	TB/PR/P/K		10	9	150	563	6	72	3.8	56.3	15.0								563	6	0	0
1946	26	NYY			4	0	7	20	0	0	2.9	5.0	1.8								20	0	0	0
1947	27	2TM			11	3	71	241	0	0	3.4	21.9	6.5	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.1	0.3	244	0	0	0
		BCL			8	2	55	208	0	0	3.8	26.0	6.9	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.1	0.4	211	0	0	0
		NYY			3	1	16	33	0	0	2.1	11.0	5.3								33	0	0	0
Career					35	16	321	1090	7	72	3.4	31.1	9.2	2	11	5.5	0	8	0.1	0.3	1101	7	0	0
2 yrs		DET			20	13	243	829	7	72	3.4	41.5	12.2	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.1	0.4	837	7	0	0
2 yrs		NYY			7	1	23	53	0	0	2.3	7.6	3.3								53	0	0	0
1 yr		BCL			8	2	55	208	0	0	3.8	26.0	6.9	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.1	0.4	211	0	0	0

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate
1943	23	DET	TB/PR	10	4	50	126	39.7	699	7	5.6	20	15.9	67	5.5	-0.5	14.0	69.9	37.2
1944+	24	DET	TB/PR/P/K	10	9	58	148	39.2	1060	12	8.1	20	13.5	57	7.2	2.7	18.3	106.0	52.0
1946	26	NYY		4	0	5	12	41.7	61	0	0.0	2	16.7	0	5.1	-2.4	12.2	15.3	18.4
1947	27	2TM		11	3	8	15	53.3	93	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	6.2	6.2	11.6	8.5	72.4
		NYY		3	1	8	15	53.3	93	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	6.2	6.2	11.6	31.0	72.4
Career				35	16	121	301	40.2	1913	19	6.3	42	14.0	67	6.4	1.3	15.8	54.7	43.5
2 yrs		DET		20	13	108	274	39.4	1759	19	6.9	40	14.6	67	6.4	1.2	16.3	88.0	45.2
2 yrs		NYY		7	1	13	27	48.1	154	0	0.0	2	7.4	0	5.7	2.4	11.8	22.0	35.1

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Advanced Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1943	23	DET	TB/PR	10	4	126	92		81		89	100	68		95
1944+	24	DET	TB/PR/P/K	10	9	148	106		97		90	111	83		104
Career				35	16	301	100	0	90	0	90	106	76	0	100

Kicking & Punting

							0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1943	23	DET	TB/PR		10	4											1		0.0%				12	551	64	0	45.9
1944+	24	DET	TB/PR/P/K		10	9											8	2	25.0%	30	24	80.0%	45	1845	73	0	41.0
1947	27	2TM			11	3																	7	260	0	1	37.1
		NYY			3	1																	3	93	0	1	31.0
		BCL			8	2																	4	167	0	0	41.8
Career					35	16											9	2	22.2%	30	24	80.0%	64	2656	73	1	41.5
2 yrs		DET			20	13											9	2	22.2%	30	24	80.0%	57	2396	73	0	42.0
2 yrs		NYY			7	1																	3	93	0	1	31.0
1 yr		BCL			8	2																	4	167	0	0	41.8

Kick & Punt Returns

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1943	23	DET	TB/PR		10	4	11	228	0	77	20.7	5	128	0	43	25.6	630
1944+	24	DET	TB/PR/P/K		10	9	11	148	0	25	13.5	6	144	0	31	24.0	855
1947	27	2TM			11	3	1	15	0	15	15.0	5	118	0	0	23.6	377
		BCL			8	2	1	15	0	15	15.0	5	118	0	0	23.6	344
Career					35	16	23	391	0	77	17.0	16	390	0	43	24.4	1882
2 yrs		DET			20	13	22	376	0	77	17.1	11	272	0	43	24.7	1485
1 yr		BCL			8	2	1	15	0	15	15.0	5	118	0	0	23.6	344

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
1943	23	DET	TB/PR		10	4		1	39	1	39	0
1944+	24	DET	TB/PR/P/K		10	9		3	28	0	18	0
Career					35	16		4	67	1	39	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	IntTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
1943	23	DET	TB/PR	10	4	1	1	2			12
1944+	24	DET	TB/PR/P/K	10	9	6		6	24	2	66
Career				35	16	7	1	8	24	2	78

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Awards 1944 NFL Joe F. Carr Trophy (MVP)	First-Team All-Pro 1944	Passes Completed 1943 NFL 50 (4) 1944 NFL 58 (5)	Pass Attempts 1943 NFL 126 (4) 1944 NFL 148 (2)
Passing Yds 1943 NFL 699 (5) 1944 NFL 1060 (3)	Passing TD 1943 NFL 7 (5) 1944 NFL 12 (2)	Passer Rating 1943 NFL 37.2 (5) 1944 NFL 52.0 (4)	Long Pass 1943 NFL 67 (5)
Passes Intercepted 1943 NFL 20 (2) 1944 NFL 20 (3)	Passing Yds/Game 1943 NFL 69.9 (6) 1944 NFL 106.0 (5)	Yds/Pass Att 1943 NFL 5.5 (5) 1944 NFL 7.2 (2)	Yds/Pass Cmp 1943 NFL 14.0 (4) 1944 NFL 18.3 (1)
Pass Attempts/Game 1943 NFL 12.6 (4) 1944 NFL 14.8 (4)	Passes Completed/Game 1943 NFL 5.0 (5) 1944 NFL 5.8 (5)	Pass Completion % 1943 NFL 39.7% (4) 1944 NFL 39.2% (5)	Pass Intercept. % 1943 NFL 15.9% (5) 1944 NFL 13.5% (5)
Passing TD % 1943 NFL 5.6% (5) 1944 NFL 8.1% (2)	Rushing Att 1943 NFL 93 (7) 1944 NFL 150 (3)	Rushing Yds 1944 NFL 563 (3)	Rushing TD 1944 NFL 6 (2)
Long Rush 1944 NFL 72 (5)	Yds/Rushing Att 1944 NFL 3.8 (10)	Rushing Yds/Game 1944 NFL 56.3 (3)	Touchdowns 1944 NFL 6 (8)
Points Scored 1944 NFL 66 (2)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1944 NFL 6 (5)	Non-Offensive TDs 1943 NFL 1 (3)	Yds From Scrimmage 1944 NFL 563 (8)
All-Purpose Yds 1944 NFL 855 (7)	Touches 1943 NFL 110 (8) 1944 NFL 167 (3)	Long Kick Return 1943 NFL 43 (8)	Punt Returns 1943 NFL 11 (5) 1944 NFL 11 (4)
Punt Return Yds 1943 NFL 228 (1) 1944 NFL 148 (4)	Long Punt Return 1943 NFL 77 (1) 1944 NFL 25 (10)	Yds/Punt Return 1943 NFL 20.7 (1) 1944 NFL 13.5 (3)	Kick & Punt Returns 1943 NFL 16 (8) 1944 NFL 17 (8)
Kick & Punt Return Yds 1943 NFL 356 (5)	Extra Pt Made 1944 NFL 24 (4)	Extra Pt Att 1944 NFL 30 (4)	Total Field Goals Made 1944 NFL 2 (5)
Field Goals Att 1944 NFL 8 (2)	Field Goal % 1944 NFL 25.000% (4)	Punts 1944 NFL 45 (2)	Punting Yds 1944 NFL 1845 (2)
Long Punt 1943 NFL 64 (8) 1944 NFL 73 (3)	Punts Blocked 1947 AAFC 1 (7)	Yds/Punt 1943 NFL 45.9 (1) 1944 NFL 41.0 (3) Career 41.5 (121)	Intercept. Ret. TD 1943 NFL 1 (1)
Long Intercep. Return 1943 NFL 39 (10)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1943	2nd Team	All-NFL	Chicago Herald Am.
1943	1st Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1944	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1944	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Foot. Illustrated
1944	1st Team	All-NFL	Int. News Service
1944	1st Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1944	1st Team	All-NFL	UPI

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