Len Eshmont

Leonard Charles Eshmont

Position: HB-FB

5-11, 179lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: August 26, 1917 in Mount Carmel, PA

Died: May 12, 1957 in Charlottesville, VA

College: Fordham

High School: Mount Carmel (PA)

Draft: New York Giants in the 5th round (36th overall) of the 1941 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

Rush

282

Yds

1345

Y/A

4.8

FantPt

315.0

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	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
1941	24	NYG	FB	2	9	5	50	164	0	25	3.3	18.2	5.6	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.4	51	3.3	168	0
1946	29	SFO	LH	81	10	9	73	340	6		4.7	34.0	7.3	17	287	16.9	2		1.7	28.7	90	7.0	627	8	0
1947	30	SFO	LH	81	13	13	84	381	0		4.5	29.3	6.5	19	303	15.9	2		1.5	23.3	103	6.6	684	2	0
1948	31	SFO	LH	81	13	8	50	296	1		5.9	22.8	3.8	14	214	15.3	0		1.1	16.5	64	8.0	510	1	0
1949	32	SFO	LH	81	12	6	25	164	0		6.6	13.7	2.1	3	107	35.7	2		0.3	8.9	28	9.7	271	2	0
Career					57	41	282	1345	7	25	4.8	23.6	4.9	54	915	16.9	6	4	0.9	16.1	336	6.7	2260	13
4 yrs		SFO			48	36	232	1181	7		5.1	24.6	4.8	53	911	17.2	6		1.1	19.0	285	7.3	2092	13
1 yr		NYG			9	5	50	164	0	25	3.3	18.2	5.6	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.4	51	3.3	168	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
1941	24	NYG		1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.0				0				1	0.0		0
1949	32	SFO	LH	2	1	1	2	0	2	2.0	1.0	0.5				0				1	2.0	2	0	0
Career				3	1	2	2	0	2	1.0	0.7	0.7				0				2	1.0	2	0
1 yr		NYG		1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.0				0				1	0.0		0
1 yr		SFO		2	1	1	2	0	2	2.0	1.0	0.5				0				1	2.0	2	0

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Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

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
1947	30	SFO	LH	81	13	13	6	72	0	0			0	0	0	0
1948	31	SFO	LH	81	13	8	1	0	0	0			0	0	0	0
1949	32	SFO	LH	81	12	6	3	56	0	0			0	0	0	0
Career					57	41	10	128	0	0						0
4 yrs		SFO			48	36	10	128	0	0						0	0.0
1 yr		NYG			9	5			0							0	0.0

Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

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	24	NYG	FB	2	9	5	6	131	0	34	21.8	2	54	0	0	27.0	353
1946	29	SFO	LH	81	10	9	2	25	0	0	12.5	10	264	0	0	26.4	916
1947	30	SFO	LH	81	13	13	1	3	0	3	3.0	9	177	0	0	19.7	936
1948	31	SFO	LH	81	13	8			0			1	32	0	32	32.0	542
1949	32	SFO	LH	81	12	6			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	340
Career					57	41	9	159	0	34	17.7	23	540	0	32	23.5	3087
4 yrs		SFO			48	36	3	28	0	3	9.3	21	486	0	32	23.1	2734
1 yr		NYG			9	5	6	131	0	34	21.8	2	54	0	0	27.0	353

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
1941	24	NYG		1	0			0			2	51	0	0	25.5	51
Career				3				0			2	51	0	0	25.5	53
1 yr		NYG		1	0			0			2	51	0	0	25.5	51
1 yr		SFO		2	1			0					0			2

Punting

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck
1941	24	NYG	FB	2	9	5	11	433	39.4	66	0
Career					57	41	11	433	39.4	66	0
4 yrs		SFO			48	36	0	0		0	0
1 yr		NYG			9	5	11	433	39.4	66	0

Punting Table
				Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck
1941	24	NYG		1	0	1	27	27.0	27	0
Career				3		1	27	27.0	27	0
1 yr		NYG		1	0	1	27	27.0	27	0
1 yr		SFO		2	1	0	0		0	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%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate
1941	24	NYG	FB	2	9	5	2	3	66.7	32	1	33.3	16	10.7	17.3	16.0	3.6	141.7
1946	29	SFO	LH	81	10	9	1	2	50.0	42	1	50.0	42	21.0	31.0	42.0	4.2	135.4
Career					57	41	3	5	60.0	74	2	40.0	42	14.8	22.8	24.7	1.3	143.7
4 yrs		SFO			48	36	1	2	50.0	42	1	50.0	42	21.0	31.0	42.0	0.9	135.4
1 yr		NYG			9	5	2	3	66.7	32	1	33.3	16	10.7	17.3	16.0	3.6	141.7

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Cmp%	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AY/A	Rate	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1941	24	NYG	1	0	0-0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0.0	0.00	0.00
Career			3		0-0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0.0	0.00	0.00
1 yr		NYG	1	0	0-0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0.0	0.00	0.00
1 yr		SFO	2	1	0-0	0

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	OthTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1946	29	SFO	LH	81	10	9	6	2	1	9		54	5.4
1947	30	SFO	LH	81	13	13		2		2		12	0.9
1948	31	SFO	LH	81	13	8	1		1	2		12	0.9
1949	32	SFO	LH	81	12	6		2		2		12	1.0
Career					57	41	7	6	2	15	0	90	1.6
4 yrs		SFO			48	36	7	6	2	15	0	90	1.9
1 yr		NYG			9	5					0	0	0.0

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