George Franck

George Henning Franck

Position: HB

6-0, 176lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: September 23, 1918 in Davenport, IA

Died: January 19, 2011 in Rock Island, IL

College: Minnesota (College Stats)

High School: Central (IA)

Draft: New York Giants in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1941 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

Rush

144

Yds

506

Y/A

3.5

FantPt

142.4

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	23	NYG		13	11	3	48	101	3	17	2.1	9.2	4.4	8	95	11.9	1	44	0.7	8.6	56	3.5	196	4	0
1945	27	NYG		5	5	0	29	42	0	9	1.4	8.4	5.8	3	39	13.0	0	18	0.6	7.8	32	2.5	81	0	2
1946	28	NYG		37	10	1	43	270	0	46	6.3	27.0	4.3	6	137	22.8	1	50	0.6	13.7	49	8.3	407	1	5
1947	29	NYG		37	7	0	24	93	0	25	3.9	13.3	3.4	10	265	26.5	3	88	1.4	37.9	34	10.5	358	3	3
Career					33	4	144	506	3	46	3.5	15.3	4.4	27	536	19.9	5	88	0.8	16.2	171	6.1	1042	8	10

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	23	NYG		1	1	2	30	0	0	15.0	30.0	2.0	1	31	31.0	1	31	1.0	31.0	3	20.3	61	1	0
1946	28	NYG		1	0	6	55	0	0	9.2	55.0	6.0								6	9.2	55	0	1
Career				2	1	8	85	0	0	10.6	42.5	4.0	1	31	31.0	1	31	0.5	15.5	9	12.9	116	1	1

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Kicking & Punting

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

Regular Season

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
1941	23	NYG		13	11	3																							18	717	70	0	39.8
1945	27	NYG		5	5	0																							22	832	57	0	37.8
1946	28	NYG		37	10	1																							16	624	53	0	39.0
1947	29	NYG		37	7	0																							7	297	54	0	42.4
Career					33	4																							63	2470	70	0	39.2

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	23	NYG		13	11	3	13	194	0	31	14.9	4	120	0	0	30.0	604
1945	27	NYG		5	5	0	1	18	0	18	18.0	3	58	0	36	19.3	162
1946	28	NYG		37	10	1	4	58	0	32	14.5	6	162	0	35	27.0	627
1947	29	NYG		37	7	0	6	60	0	35	10.0	7	121	0	40	17.3	539
Career					33	4	24	330	0	35	13.8	20	461	0	40	23.1	1932

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	23	NYG		1	1						1	34	0	34	34.0	95
1946	28	NYG		1	0						2	26	0	0	13.0	81
Career				2	1						3	60	0	34	20.0	176

Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

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
1941	23	NYG		13	11	3	4	94	0	45
1945	27	NYG		5	5	0							2	2	5	0
1946	28	NYG		37	10	1							5	3	0	0
1947	29	NYG		37	7	0	1	0	0	0			3	1	0	0
Career					33	4	5	94	0	45			10	6	5	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
1946	28	NYG		1	0						0	1	0	0	0
Career				2							0	1	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	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	4QC	GWD
1941	23	NYG	13	11	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1945	27	NYG	5	5	0	1	1	100	4	4	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.8	83.3	0	0
Career				33	4	1	2	50	4	4	2.0	2.0	4.0	0.1	56.2	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1941	23	NYG		1	1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Career				2	1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1941	23	NYG	13	11	3	3	1	4		24	2.2
1946	28	NYG	37	10	1		1	1		6	0.6
1947	29	NYG	37	7	0		3	3		18	2.6
Career				33	4	3	5	8	0	48	1.5

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1941	23	NYG		1	1		1						1			0						6	6.0
Career				2	1		1						1			0						6	3.0

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