Len Barnum

Leonard Warner Barnum (Bear Tracks or Feets)

Position: B

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: September 18, 1912 in Parkersburg, WV

Died: November 24, 1998 in Columbia City, IN

College: West Virginia Wesleyan

High School: Parkersburg (WV)

Draft: Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round (12th overall) of the 1936 NFL Draft.

Relatives: Brother Pete Barnum

1x NFL Champ

SUMMARY

Career

Rush

239

Yds

590

Y/A

2.5

FantPt

129.7

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
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	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1938	26	NYG		10	10	3	35	97	1		2.8	9.7	3.5	3	37	12.3	0		0.3	3.7	38	3.5	134	1
1939	27	NYG		10	11	2	91	237	2		2.6	21.5	8.3	3	50	16.7	0	17	0.3	4.5	94	3.1	287	2
1940	28	NYG		10	10	3	48	128	0		2.7	12.8	4.8	1	15	15.0	0	15	0.1	1.5	49	2.9	143	0
1941	29	PHI	QB	13	11	8	35	64	0	20	1.8	5.8	3.2	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.1	1.0	36	2.1	75	0
1942	30	PHI	RH	13	10	5	30	64	0	7	2.1	6.4	3.0	3	54	18.0	0	32	0.3	5.4	33	3.6	118	0
Career					52	21	239	590	3	20	2.5	11.3	4.6	11	167	15.2	0	32	0.2	3.2	250	3.0	757	3
3 yrs		NYG			31	8	174	462	3		2.7	14.9	5.6	7	102	14.6	0	17	0.2	3.3	181	3.1	564	3
2 yrs		PHI			21	13	65	128	0	20	2.0	6.1	3.1	4	65	16.3	0	32	0.2	3.1	69	2.8	193	0

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
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	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1938	26	NYG	B	1	0	3	10	0	9	3.3	10.0	3.0	1	20	20.0	0	20	1.0	20.0	4	7.5	30	0	1
1939	27	NYG	B	1	0	4	5	0	3	1.3	5.0	4.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	1.0	7.0	5	2.4	12	0
Career				2		7	15	0	9	2.1	7.5	3.5	2	27	13.5	0	20	1.0	13.5	9	4.7	42	0	1

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Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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Playoffs

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck
1939	27	NYG		10	11	2	29	1181	40.7	60	0
1940	28	NYG		10	10	3	39	1571	40.3	64	0
1941	29	PHI	QB	13	11	8	41	1788	43.6	68	0
1942	30	PHI	RH	13	10	5	50	2106	42.1	65	0
Career					52	21	159	6646	41.8	68	0
3 yrs		NYG			31	8	68	2752	40.5	64	0
2 yrs		PHI			21	13	91	3894	42.8	68	0

Punting Table
				Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck
1938	26	NYG	B	1	0	1	32	32.0	32	0
1939	27	NYG	B	1	0	2	77	38.5	42	0
Career				2		3	109	36.3	42	0

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate
1938	26	NYG		10	10	3	1	6	16.7	45	0	0.0	1	16.7	45	7.5	0.0	45.0	4.5	18.7
1939	27	NYG		10	11	2	8	27	29.6	141	3	11.1	1	3.7		5.2	5.8	17.6	12.8	70.4
1940	28	NYG		10	10	3	9	23	39.1	150	3	13.0	2	8.7		6.5	5.2	16.7	15.0	65.2
1941	29	PHI	QB	13	11	8	19	55	34.5	260	0	0.0	10	18.2	33	4.7	-3.5	13.7	23.6	11.0
1942	30	PHI	RH	13	10	5	1	9	11.1	6	0	0.0	1	11.1	6	0.7	-4.3	6.0	0.6	0.0
Career					52	21	38	120	31.7	602	6	5.0	15	12.5	45	5.0	0.4	15.8	11.6	26.5
3 yrs		NYG			31	8	18	56	32.1	336	6	10.7	4	7.1	45	6.0	4.9	18.7	10.8	59.8
2 yrs		PHI			21	13	20	64	31.3	266	0	0.0	11	17.2	33	4.2	-3.6	13.3	12.7	5.9

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	NY/A	ANY/A
1938	26	NYG	B	1	0	0-0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.00	0.00
1939	27	NYG	B	1	0	0-0	1	4	25.0	4	1	25.0	4	1.0	-10.3	4.0	4.0	0.0	1.00	-10.25
Career				2		0-0	1	5	20.0	4	1	20.0	4	0.8	-8.2	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.80	-8.20

Adjusted Passing

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Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1941	29	PHI	QB	13	11	8		55	81		57		79	69	32		80
Career					52	21		120

Kicking

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Playoffs

Kicking Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg
1939	27	NYG		10	11	2											7	3		42.9%	3	3	100.0%
1940	28	NYG		10	10	3											4	1		25.0%	7	6	85.7%
1941	29	PHI	QB	13	11	8											6	2		33.3%	2	2	100.0%
1942	30	PHI	RH	13	10	5											7	3		42.9%	8	7	87.5%
Career					52	21											24	9	47	37.5%	20	18	90.0%
3 yrs		NYG			31	8											11	4	47	36.4%	10	9	90.0%
2 yrs		PHI			21	13											13	5	43	38.5%	10	9	90.0%

Kicking Table
				Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring						Kickoffs
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg
1939	27	NYG	B	1	0											1		0.0%
Career				2												1		0.0%

Defense & Fumbles

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Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1940	28	NYG		10	10	3	2	48	0	39						0
1941	29	PHI	QB	13	11	8	2	20	0	20						0
1942	30	PHI	RH	13	10	5	1	11	0	11						0
Career					52	21	5	79	0	39						0
3 yrs		NYG			31	8	2	48	0	39						0	0.0
2 yrs		PHI			21	13	3	31	0	20						0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1938	26	NYG	B	1	0			0			0	1	0	0	0
1939	27	NYG	B	1	0	1	6	0	6	0					0
Career				2		1	6	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0

Kick & Punt Returns

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Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1941	29	PHI	QB	13	11	8			0			3	58	0	16	19.3	153
1942	30	PHI	RH	13	10	5	1	44	0	44	44.0	1	16	0	16	16.0	189
Career					52	21	1	44	0	44	44.0	4	74	0	16	18.5	954
3 yrs		NYG			31	8			0					0			612
2 yrs		PHI			21	13	1	44	0	44	44.0	4	74	0	16	18.5	342

Scoring Summary

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Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1938	26	NYG		10	10	3	1	1						6	0.6
1939	27	NYG		10	11	2	2	2		3	3	3	7	24	2.2
1940	28	NYG		10	10	3				6	7	1	4	9	0.9
1941	29	PHI	QB	13	11	8				2	2	2	6	8	0.7
1942	30	PHI	RH	13	10	5				7	8	3	7	16	1.6
Career					52	21	3	3	0	18	20	9	24	63	1.2
3 yrs		NYG			31	8	3	3	0	9	10	4	11	39	1.3
2 yrs		PHI			21	13			0	9	10	5	13	24	1.1

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Len Barnum born?

Len Barnum was born on September 18, 1912.

Where was Len Barnum born?

Len Barnum was born in Parkersburg, WV.

How tall was Len Barnum?

Len Barnum was 6-0 (183 cm) tall.

How much did Len Barnum weigh when playing?

Len Barnum weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

Is Len Barnum in the Hall of Fame?

Len Barnum has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Len Barnum play?

Len Barnum played 52 games over his career.

How many rushing attempts did Len Barnum have?

Len Barnum had 239 rushing attempts over his career.

How many rushing yards did Len Barnum have?

Len Barnum had 590 rushing yards over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Len Barnum won?

Len Barnum never won a Super Bowl.

When did Len Barnum retire?

Len Barnum last played in 1942.

What are Len Barnum's nicknames?

Bear Tracks, Feets are nicknames for Len Barnum.

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