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Cliff Battles

Clifford Franklin Battles (Gyp)

Position: TB-FB-WB-DB

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: May 1, 1910 in Akron, OH

Died: April 28, 1981 in Clearwater, FL

College: West Virginia Wesleyan

High School: Kenmore (OH)

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1968 (Full List)

As Coach: 2 Yrs (Full Record)

SUMMARY

Career

G

60

AV

Rush

839

Yds

3511

Y/A

4.2

TD

23

FantPt

584.4

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	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
1932	22	BOS	TB	20	8	8	148	576	3	0	3.9	72.0	18.5	4	60	15.0	1	0	0.5	7.5	152	4.2	636	4	0
1933+	23	BOS	TB	20	12	11	136	737	3	0	5.4	61.4	11.3	11	185	16.8	0	0	0.9	15.4	147	6.3	922	3	0
1934+	24	BOS	TB	20	12	10	96	480	6	0	5.0	40.0	8.0	5	95	19.0	1	0	0.4	7.9	101	5.7	575	7	0
1935	25	BOS	TB	20	7	6	67	230	1	0	3.4	32.9	9.6	3	22	7.3	0	0	0.4	3.1	70	3.6	252	1	0
1936+	26	BOS	FB	20	11	11	176	614	5	0	3.5	55.8	16.0	6	103	17.2	1	0	0.5	9.4	182	3.9	717	6	0
1937	27	WAS	tb	20	10	8	216	874	5	75	4.0	87.4	21.6	9	81	9.0	1	0	0.9	8.1	225	4.2	955	6	0
Career					60	54	839	3511	23	75	4.2	58.5	14.0	38	546	14.4	4	0	0.6	9.1	877	4.6	4057	27	0

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	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
1936+	26	BOS		1	1	2	8	0	13	4.0	8.0	2.0								2	4.0	8	0	0
1937	27	WAS		1	1	17	53	1	9	3.1	53.0	17.0	3	80	26.7	0	42	3.0	80.0	20	6.7	133	1	2
Career				2		19	61	1	13	3.2	30.5	9.5	3	80	26.7	0	42	1.5	40.0	22	6.4	141	1	2

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Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Passing Table
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
1932	22	BOS	TB	20	8	8		2	20	10.0	42	0	0.0	2	10.0	0	2.1	-2.4	21.0	5.3	0.0						0	0
1933+	23	BOS	TB	20	12	11		5	21	23.8	65	0	0.0	3	14.3	0	3.1	-3.3	13.0	5.4	0.4						0	0
1934+	24	BOS	TB	20	12	10		1	9	11.1	7	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	0.8	0.8	7.0	0.6	39.6						0	0
1935	25	BOS	TB	20	7	6		5	22	22.7	92	0	0.0	1	4.5	0	4.2	2.1	18.4	13.1	25.6						0	0
1936+	26	BOS	FB	20	11	11		18	52	34.6	242	1	1.9	6	11.5	0	4.7	-0.2	13.4	22.0	17.1
1937	27	WAS	tb	20	10	8		13	33	39.4	142	0	0.0	3	9.1	0	4.3	0.2	10.9	14.2	15.0
Career					60	54		44	157	28.0	590	1	0.6	15	9.6	7	3.8	-0.4	13.4	9.8	5.3						0	0

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	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
1937	27	WAS		1	1	0-0	3	5	60.0	20	0	0.0	1	20.0	13	4.0	-5.0	6.7	20.0	29.2	0	0	4.00	-5.00	0.0
Career				2		0-0	3	5	60.0	20	0	0.0	1	20.0	13	4.0	-5.0	6.7	10.0	29.2	0	0	4.00	-5.00	0.0

Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

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+
1936+	26	BOS	FB	20	11	11		52	52		76		72	56	142		49
Career					60	54		157

Kicking & Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Kicking & Punting Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs					Punting
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	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1933+	23	BOS	TB	20	12	11												1
1934+	24	BOS	TB	20	12	10																1
Career					60	54												1				1

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1932	22	BOS	TB	20	8	8	3	1						4								24
1933+	23	BOS	TB	20	12	11	3		1					4					1			27
1934+	24	BOS	TB	20	12	10	6	1						7			1					43
1935	25	BOS	TB	20	7	6	1			1				2								12
1936+	26	BOS	FB	20	11	11	5	1	1					7								42
1937	27	WAS	tb	20	10	8	5	1				1		7								42
Career					60	54	23	4	2	1		1		31			1		1			190

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1937	27	WAS		1	1	1							1								6
Career				2		1							1								6

Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1936+	26	BOS		1	1	1	15	0	15	15.0						23
Career				2		1	15	0	15	15.0						172

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

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
1937	27	WAS		1	1	1	16	0	16	0	0	2	0	0	0
Career				2		1	16	0	16	0	0	2	0	0	0

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