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George Taliaferro

George Taliaferro

Position: HB-TB-QB-DB Throws: Right

5-11, 196lb (180cm, 88kg)

Born: January 8, 1927 in Gates, TN

Died: October 8, 2018 in Bloomington, IN

College: Indiana

High School: Theodore Roosevelt (IN)

Draft: Chicago Bears in the 13th round (129th overall) of the 1949 NFL Draft.

3x Pro Bowl

SUMMARY

Career

Rush

498

Yds

2266

Y/A

4.6

FantPt

536.8

Rushing & Receiving

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

Regular Season

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
1949	22	LAD	TB	93	11	4	95	472	5		5.0	42.9	8.6	0	42		1	42	0.0	3.8	95	5.4	514	6	0
1950	23	NYY	LH	20	12	12	88	411	4	44	4.7	34.3	7.3	21	299	14.2	5	43	1.8	24.9	109	6.5	710	9	11
1951*	24	NYY	LH	20	12	5	62	330	3	65	5.3	27.5	5.2	16	230	14.4	2	47	1.3	19.2	78	7.2	560	5	5		PB
1952*	25	DTX	LH	20	12	12	100	419	1	38	4.2	34.9	8.3	21	244	11.6	1	78	1.8	20.3	121	5.5	663	2	6		AP2, PB
1953*	26	BAL	LH/QB	20	11	11	102	479	2	50	4.7	43.5	9.3	20	346	17.3	2	54	1.8	31.5	122	6.8	825	4	10		PB
1954	27	BAL	LH	20	11	9	48	157	0	29	3.3	14.3	4.4	14	122	8.7	1	29	1.3	11.1	62	4.5	279	1	1
1955	28	PHI	HB	24	3	0	3	-2	0	0	-0.7	-0.7	1.0	3	17	5.7	0	14	1.0	5.7	6	2.5	15	0	2
Career					72	53	498	2266	15	65	4.6	31.5	6.9	95	1300	13.7	12	78	1.3	18.1	593	6.0	3566	27	35
2 yrs		BAL			22	20	150	636	2	50	4.2	28.9	6.8	34	468	13.8	3	54	1.5	21.3	184	6.0	1104	5	11
2 yrs		NYY			24	17	150	741	7	65	4.9	30.9	6.3	37	529	14.3	7	47	1.5	22.0	187	6.8	1270	14	16
1 yr		DTX			12	12	100	419	1	38	4.2	34.9	8.3	21	244	11.6	1	78	1.8	20.3	121	5.5	663	2	6
1 yr		LAD			11	4	95	472	5		5.0	42.9	8.6	0	42		1	42	0.0	3.8	95	5.4	514	6
1 yr		PHI			3	0	3	-2	0	0	-0.7	-0.7	1.0	3	17	5.7	0	14	1.0	5.7	6	2.5	15	0	2

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Passing

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

Regular Season

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
1949	22	LAD	TB	93	11	4		45	124	36.3	790	4	3.2	14	11.3		6.4	1.9	17.6	71.8	30.0
1950	23	NYY	LH	20	12	12		3	7	42.9	83	1	14.3	0	0.0	50	11.9	14.7	27.7	6.9	126.8
1951*	24	NYY	LH	20	12	5		13	33	39.4	251	1	3.0	3	9.1	51	7.6	4.1	19.3	20.9	38.8
1952*	25	DTX	LH	20	12	12		16	63	25.4	298	2	3.2	6	9.5	48	4.7	1.1	18.6	24.8	17.8
1953*	26	BAL	LH/QB	20	11	11	0-3-0	15	55	27.3	211	2	3.6	5	9.1	45	3.8	0.5	14.1	19.2	17.3
1954	27	BAL	LH	20	11	9		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0
Career					72	53	0-3-0	92	284	32.4	1633	10	3.5	29	10.2	51	5.8	1.9	17.8	22.7	25.2
2 yrs		BAL			22	20	0-3-0	15	57	26.3	211	2	3.5	6	10.5	45	3.7	-0.3	14.1	9.6	14.6
2 yrs		NYY			24	17		16	40	40.0	334	2	5.0	3	7.5	51	8.4	6.0	20.9	13.9	55.6
1 yr		DTX			12	12		16	63	25.4	298	2	3.2	6	9.5	48	4.7	1.1	18.6	24.8	17.8
1 yr		LAD			11	4		45	124	36.3	790	4	3.2	14	11.3		6.4	1.9	17.6	71.8	30.0
1 yr		PHI			3	0						0

Adjusted Passing

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

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	AY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Rate+
1949	22	LAD	TB	93	11	4		124	88	69	51	84	48	68
1952*	25	DTX	LH	20	12	12		63	76	72	41	82	81	63
1953*	26	BAL	LH/QB	20	11	11	0-3-0	55	65	62	44	90	80	59
Career					72	53	0-3-0	284

Punting

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

Regular Season

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck
1949	22	LAD	TB	93	11	4	27	982	36.4	0	2
1950	23	NYY	LH	20	12	12	1	39	39.0	39	0
1951*	24	NYY	LH	20	12	5	76	2881	37.9	72	1
1953*	26	BAL	LH/QB	20	11	11	65	2437	37.5	61	0
Career					72	53	169	6339	37.5	72	3
2 yrs		BAL			22	20	65	2437	37.5	61	0
2 yrs		NYY			24	17	77	2920	37.9	72	1
1 yr		DTX			12	12	0	0		0	0
1 yr		LAD			11	4	27	982	36.4	0	2
1 yr		PHI			3	0	0	0		0	0

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
1949	22	LAD	TB	93	11	4	2	53	1	52	26.5	13	313	0	0	24.1	880
1950	23	NYY	LH	20	12	12	9	129	0	27	14.3	25	473	0	34	18.9	1312
1951*	24	NYY	LH	20	12	5	9	68	0	23	7.6	27	622	0	47	23.0	1324
1952*	25	DTX	LH	20	12	12	1	4	0	4	4.0	6	146	0	35	24.3	813
1953*	26	BAL	LH/QB	20	11	11	10	31	0	7	3.1	16	331	0	39	20.7	1187
1954	27	BAL	LH	20	11	9	5	34	0	18	6.8	7	134	0	24	19.1	447
1955	28	PHI	HB	24	3	0			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	35
Career					72	53	36	319	1	52	8.9	95	2035	0	47	21.4	5998
2 yrs		BAL			22	20	15	65	0	18	4.3	23	465	0	39	20.2	1634
2 yrs		NYY			24	17	18	197	0	27	10.9	52	1095	0	47	21.1	2636
1 yr		DTX			12	12	1	4	0	4	4.0	6	146	0	35	24.3	813
1 yr		LAD			11	4	2	53	1	52	26.5	13	313	0	0	24.1	880
1 yr		PHI			3	0			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	35

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
1950	23	NYY	LH	20	12	12			0				11	5	0	0
1951*	24	NYY	LH	20	12	5	4	74	0	34			5	3	0	0
1952*	25	DTX	LH	20	12	12			0				6	1	0	0
1953*	26	BAL	LH/QB	20	11	11			0				10	2	0	0
1954	27	BAL	LH	20	11	9			0				1	1	0	0
1955	28	PHI	HB	24	3	0			0				2	1	4	0
Career					72	53	4	74	0	34			35	13	4	0
2 yrs		BAL			22	20			0				11	3	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		NYY			24	17	4	74	0	34			16	8	0	0	0.0
1 yr		DTX			12	12			0				6	1	0	0	0.0
1 yr		LAD			11	4			0							0	0.0
1 yr		PHI			3	0			0				2	1	4	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	PR TD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1949	22	LAD	TB	93	11	4	5	1	1	7		42	3.8
1950	23	NYY	LH	20	12	12	4	5		9		54	4.5
1951*	24	NYY	LH	20	12	5	3	2		5		30	2.5
1952*	25	DTX	LH	20	12	12	1	1		2		12	1.0
1953*	26	BAL	LH/QB	20	11	11	2	2		4		24	2.2
1954	27	BAL	LH	20	11	9		1		1		6	0.5
Career					72	53	15	12	1	28	0	168	2.3
2 yrs		BAL			22	20	2	3		5	0	30	1.4
2 yrs		NYY			24	17	7	7		14	0	84	3.5
1 yr		DTX			12	12	1	1		2	0	12	1.0
1 yr		LAD			11	4	5	1	1	7	0	42	3.8
1 yr		PHI			3	0					0	0	0.0

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