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Frank Ziegler

Francis Richard Ziegler

Position: HB-DB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 175 lbs.

Born: October 1, 1923 in College Park, GA
Died: March 6, 2011 in Gainesville, GA
College: Georgia Tech   (school history)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 3rd round (29th overall) of the 1949 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 21 (4594th overall since 1950)

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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
1949 26 PHI hb 10 4 84 283 1 41 3.4 28.3 8.4 3 33 11.0 0 24 0.3 3.3 316 1 4 0
1950 27 PHI RH 41 12 172 733 1 52 4.3 61.1 14.3 13 216 16.6 2 48 1.1 18.0 949 3 10 6
1951 28 PHI RH 41 12 113 418 2 34 3.7 34.8 9.4 8 59 7.4 0 19 0.7 4.9 477 2 6 6
1952 29 PHI 41 11 67 172 2 12 2.6 15.6 6.1 8 120 15.0 2 37 0.7 10.9 292 4 1 1
1953 30 PHI RH 41 12 83 320 5 52 3.9 26.7 6.9 15 211 14.1 0 43 1.3 17.6 531 5 2 9
Career 57 4 519 1926 11 52 3.7 33.8 9.1 47 639 13.6 4 48 0.8 11.2 2565 15 23 22

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
1949 26 PHI hb 10 4 2 20 0 10 10.0 1 21 0 21 21.0 357
1950 27 PHI RH 41 12 3 20 0 12 6.7 10 204 0 28 20.4 1173
1952 29 PHI 41 11 4 82 0 27 20.5 374
Career 57 4 5 40 0 12 8.0 15 307 0 28 20.5 2912

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
1949 26 PHI hb 10 4 1 16 0 16 0 0 4 3 4 0
1950 27 PHI RH 41 12 0 10 3 0 0
1951 28 PHI RH 41 12 0 6 1 0 0
1952 29 PHI 41 11 0 1 1 9 0
1953 30 PHI RH 41 12 0 2 0 0 0
Career 57 4 1 16 0 16 0 0 23 8 13 0

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. 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% 4QC GWD
1953 30 PHI RH 41 12 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
Career 57 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0

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

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1949 26 PHI hb 10 4 1 1 6
1950 27 PHI RH 41 12 1 2 3 18
1951 28 PHI RH 41 12 2 2 12
1952 29 PHI 41 11 2 2 4 24
1953 30 PHI RH 41 12 5 5 30
Career 57 4 11 4 15 90

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Rushing Att
1950 NFL 172 (3)
1951 NFL 113 (9)

Rushing Yds
1950 NFL 733 (2)

Rushing TD
1953 NFL 5 (8)

Long Rush
1953 NFL 52 (8)

Rushing Yds/Game
1950 NFL 61.1 (4)

Yds From Scrimmage
1950 NFL 949 (6)

All-Purpose Yds
1950 NFL 1173 (8)

Touches
1950 NFL 198 (1)

Fumbles
1950 NFL 10 (5)
1951 NFL 6 (8)