Frank Gifford

Frank Newton Gifford (Giffer)

Position: HB-FL-DB-WR

6-1, 197lb (185cm, 89kg)

Born: August 16, 1930 in Santa Monica, CA

Died: August 9, 2015 in Greenwich, CT

College: Bakersfield JC, USC (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 27 (4130th overall since 1960)

High School: Bakersfield (CA)

Draft: New York Giants in the 1st round (11th overall) of the 1952 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1977 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

136

Rush

840

Yds

3609

Y/A

4.3

FantPt

1405.2

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	Awards
1952	22	NYG	LH	16	10	10	38	116	0	15	3.1	11.6	3.8	5	36	7.2	0	11	0.5	3.6	43	3.5	152	0	3
1953*	23	NYG	RS	16	12	9	50	157	2	15	3.1	13.1	4.2	18	292	16.2	4	49	1.5	24.3	68	6.6	449	6	2		PB
1954*	24	NYG	LH	16	9	9	66	368	2	30	5.6	40.9	7.3	14	154	11.0	1	35	1.6	17.1	80	6.5	522	3	7		PB
1955*+	25	NYG	LH	16	11	11	86	351	3	49	4.1	31.9	7.8	33	437	13.2	4	54	3.0	39.7	119	6.6	788	7	5		AP1, PB
1956*+	26	NYG	LH	16	12	12	159	819	5	69	5.2	68.3	13.3	51	603	11.8	4	48	4.3	50.3	210	6.8	1422	9	5		UPI MVP-1, AP1, PB
1957*+	27	NYG	LH	16	12	12	136	528	5	41	3.9	44.0	11.3	41	588	14.3	4	63	3.4	49.0	177	6.3	1116	9	9		AP1, PB
1958*	28	NYG	LH	16	10	10	115	468	8	33	4.1	46.8	11.5	29	330	11.4	2	41	2.9	33.0	144	5.5	798	10	3		AP2, PB
1959*+	29	NYG	LH	16	11	11	106	540	3	79	5.1	49.1	9.6	42	768	18.3	4	77	3.8	69.8	148	8.8	1308	7	5		AP1, PB
1960	30	NYG	LHB	16	8	8	77	232	4	15	3.0	29.0	9.6	24	344	14.3	3	44	3.0	43.0	101	5.7	576	7	6	6
1962	32	NYG	FL	16	14	14	2	18	1	12	9.0	1.3	0.1	39	796	20.4	7	63	2.8	56.9	41	19.9	814	8	1	10
1963*	33	NYG	FL	16	14	11	4	10	0	12	2.5	0.7	0.3	42	657	15.6	7	64	3.0	46.9	46	14.5	667	7	2	9	PB
1964	34	NYG	FL	16	13	12	1	2	1	2	2.0	0.2	0.1	29	429	14.8	3	40	2.2	33.0	30	14.4	431	4	0	4
Career					136	129	840	3609	34	79	4.3	26.5	6.2	367	5434	14.8	43	77	2.7	40.0	1207	7.5	9043	77	48	29

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
1956*+	26	NYG		1	1	5	30	0	14	6.0	30.0	5.0	4	131	32.8	1	67	4.0	131.0	9	17.9	161	1	0
1958*	28	NYG		2	2	35	155	0	38	4.4	77.5	17.5	4	13	3.3	1	15	2.0	6.5	39	4.3	168	1	2
1959*+	29	NYG		1	1	8	56	0	23	7.0	56.0	8.0	2	13	6.5	0	0	2.0	13.0	10	6.9	69	0	0
1962	32	NYG		1	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	34	8.5	0	15	4.0	34.0	4	8.5	34	0	0
1963*	33	NYG		1	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	45	15.0	1	16	3.0	45.0	3	15.0	45	1	0
Career				6	6	48	241	0	38	5.0	40.2	8.0	17	236	13.9	3	67	2.8	39.3	65	7.3	477	3	2

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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	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1952	22	NYG	LH	16	10	10	1	2	50	18	1	50	0	0	18	9.0	19.0	18.0	1.8	120.8
1953*	23	NYG	RS	16	12	9	3	6	50	47	1	16.7	0	0	21	7.8	11.2	15.7	3.9	116.0
1954*	24	NYG	LH	16	9	9	4	8	50	155	3	37.5	1	12.5	83	19.4	21.3	38.8	17.2	95.8
1955*+	25	NYG	LH	16	11	11	2	6	33.3	96	2	33.3	0	0	71	16.0	22.7	48.0	8.7	121.5
1956*+	26	NYG	LH	16	12	12	2	5	40	35	2	40	1	20	29	7.0	6.0	17.5	2.9	64.6
1957*+	27	NYG	LH	16	12	12	4	6	66.7	143	2	33.3	0	0	66	23.8	30.5	35.8	11.9	149.3
1958*	28	NYG	LH	16	10	10	3	10	30	109	1	10	1	10	63	10.9	8.4	36.3	10.9	66.2
1959*+	29	NYG	LH	16	11	11	5	11	45.5	151	2	18.2	2	18.2	43	13.7	9.2	30.2	13.7	92.0
1960	30	NYG	LHB	16	8	8	3	6	50	24	0	0	1	16.7	13	4.0	-3.5	8.0	3.0	20.8
1962	32	NYG	FL	16	14	14	1	2	50	12	0	0	0	0	12	6.0	6.0	12.0	0.9	68.7
1964	34	NYG	FL	16	13	12	1	1	100	33	0	0	0	0	33	33.0	33.0	33.0	2.5	118.7	0	0	0	33.00	33.00
Career					136	129	29	63	46	823	14	22.2	6	9.5	83	13.1	13.2	28.4	6.1	92.5	0	0	0	13.06	13.22

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
1959*+	29	NYG		1	1	0-0	1	2	50	18	0	0	1	50	18	9.0	-13.5	18.0	18.0	41.7
Career				6	6	0-0	1	2	50	18	0	0	1	50	18	9.0	-13.5	18.0	3.0	41.7	0	0

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
1953*	23	NYG	RS	16	12	9											5	1	31	20.0%	2	2	100.0%
1956*+	26	NYG	LH	16	12	12											2	1	17	50.0%	9	8	88.9%
Career					136	129											7	2	31	28.6%	11	10	90.9%

Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

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
1952	22	NYG	LH	16	10	10	1	3	0	3	3.0	4	124	0	61	31.0	325
1953*	23	NYG	RS	16	12	9	16	106	0	40	6.6	13	327	0	55	25.2	948
1954*	24	NYG	LH	16	9	9	8	12	0	8	1.5	1	29	0	29	29.0	563
1955*+	25	NYG	LH	16	11	11						5	114	0	62	22.8	902
Career					136	129	25	121	0	40	4.8	23	594	0	62	25.8	9870

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
1952	22	NYG	LH	16	10	10	1	46	0	46			3	1	0	0
1953*	23	NYG	RS	16	12	9	1	66	1	50			2	3	0	0
1954*	24	NYG	LH	16	9	9							7	1	0	0
1955*+	25	NYG	LH	16	11	11							5	0	0	0
1956*+	26	NYG	LH	16	12	12							5	1	0	0
1957*+	27	NYG	LH	16	12	12							9	1	0	0
1958*	28	NYG	LH	16	10	10							3	5	0	0
1959*+	29	NYG	LH	16	11	11							5	2	0	0
1960	30	NYG	LHB	16	8	8							6	3	0	0	0.0
1962	32	NYG	FL	16	14	14							1	0	0	0	0.0
1963*	33	NYG	FL	16	14	11							2	0	0	0	0.0
Career					136	129	2	112	1	50			48	17	0	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
1958*	28	NYG		2	2						0	2	0	0	0
Career				6	6						0	2	0	0	0

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	IntTD	AllTD	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1953*	23	NYG	RS	16	12	9	2	4	1	7		2	2	1	5	47	3.9
1954*	24	NYG	LH	16	9	9	2	1		3						18	2.0
1955*+	25	NYG	LH	16	11	11	3	4		7						42	3.8
1956*+	26	NYG	LH	16	12	12	5	4		9		8	9	1	2	65	5.4
1957*+	27	NYG	LH	16	12	12	5	4		9						54	4.5
1958*	28	NYG	LH	16	10	10	8	2		10						60	6.0
1959*+	29	NYG	LH	16	11	11	3	4		7						42	3.8
1960	30	NYG	LHB	16	8	8	4	3		7						42	5.3
1962	32	NYG	FL	16	14	14	1	7		8						48	3.4
1963*	33	NYG	FL	16	14	11		7		7						42	3.0
1964	34	NYG	FL	16	13	12	1	3		4						24	1.8
Career					136	129	34	43	1	78	0	10	11	2	7	484	3.6

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1956*+	26	NYG	1	1	1	1	6	6.0
1958*	28	NYG	2	2	1	1	6	3.0
1963*	33	NYG	1	1	1	1	6	6.0
Career			6	6	3	3	18	3.0

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