Frank Gifford
[edit] Biography
Frank Gifford (Francis Newton Gifford) was born on August 16, 1930 in Santa Monica, California. After going to high school at Bakersfield (CA), Gifford attended Bakersfield JC and the University of Southern California. Gifford made his professional debut in the NFL in 1952 with the New York Giants. He played for the New York Giants for his entire 12 year career.
Most people believe that 1956 was Frank Gifford's best year, as he ran for 819 yards, ran in 5 TDs, ran for an average of 5.2 yards per carry, hauled in 51 receptions, had 603 receiving yards and caught 4 TD passes.
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[edit] Statistics
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1952
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 38
| 116
| 3.1
| 0
| 15
|
| 1953
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 50
| 157
| 3.1
| 2
| 15
|
| 1954
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 66
| 368
| 5.6
| 2
| 30
|
| 1955
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 86
| 351
| 4.1
| 3
| 49
|
| 1956
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 159
| 819
| 5.2
| 5
| 69
|
| 1957
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 136
| 528
| 3.9
| 5
| 41
|
| 1958
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 115
| 468
| 4.1
| 8
| 53
|
| 1959
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 106
| 540
| 5.1
| 3
| 79
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 8
| 77
| 232
| 3
| 4
| 15
|
| 1962
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 2
| 18
| 9
| 1
| 12
|
| 1963
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 4
| 10
| 2.5
| 0
| 12
|
| 1964
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 2t
|
| 12 year NFL career
| 136
| 840
| 3609
| 4.3
| 34
| 0
|
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1952
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 5
| 36
| 7.2
| 0
| 11
|
| 1953
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 18
| 292
| 16.2
| 4
| 49t
|
| 1954
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 14
| 154
| 11
| 1
| 35t
|
| 1955
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 33
| 437
| 13.2
| 4
| 54
|
| 1956
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 51
| 603
| 11.8
| 4
| 48
|
| 1957
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 41
| 588
| 14.3
| 4
| 63
|
| 1958
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 29
| 330
| 11.4
| 2
| 41
|
| 1959
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 42
| 768
| 18.3
| 4
| 77t
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 8
| 24
| 344
| 14.3
| 3
| 44t
|
| 1962
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 39
| 796
| 20.4
| 7
| 63t
|
| 1963
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 42
| 657
| 15.6
| 7
| 64
|
| 1964
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 29
| 429
| 14.8
| 3
| 40t
|
| 12 year NFL career
| 136
| 367
| 5434
| 14.8
| 43
| 0
|
[edit] Passing Stats
| 1952
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 50
| 18
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 120.8
|
| 1953
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 6
| 3
| 50
| 47
| 7.83
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 116
|
| 1954
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 8
| 4
| 50
| 155
| 19.38
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 95.8
|
| 1955
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 6
| 2
| 33.3
| 96
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 121.5
|
| 1956
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 5
| 2
| 40
| 35
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 64.6
|
| 1957
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 6
| 4
| 66.7
| 143
| 23.83
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 149.3
|
| 1958
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 10
| 3
| 30
| 109
| 10.9
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 66.3
|
| 1959
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 11
| 5
| 45.5
| 151
| 13.73
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 92
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 8
| 6
| 3
| 50
| 24
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 20.8
|
| 1962
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 2
| 1
| 50
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 68.8
|
| 1963
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 100
| 33
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 118.8
|
| 12 year NFL career
| 136
| 63
| 29
| 46
| 823
| 13.06
| 14
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 92.5
|
[edit] Punt Return Stats
| 1952
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1953
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 16
| 106
| 6.6
| 0
| 40
| 0
|
| 1954
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 8
| 12
| 1.5
| 0
| 8
| 0
|
| 1955
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 12 year NFL career
| 136
| 25
| 121
| 4.8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1952
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 4
| 124
| 31
| 61
| 0
|
| 1953
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 13
| 327
| 25.2
| 55
| 0
|
| 1954
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 1
| 29
| 29
| 29
| 0
|
| 1955
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 5
| 114
| 22.8
| 62
| 0
|
| 1956
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 12 year NFL career
| 136
| 23
| 594
| 25.8
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Interception Stats
| 1952
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 1
| 46
| 46
| 0
|
| 1953
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 66
| 50
| 1
|
| 1954
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 12 year NFL career
| 136
| 2
| 112
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1952
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1954
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| NYG
| NFL
| 8
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| NYG
| NFL
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| NYG
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 12 year NFL career
| 136
| 48
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
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- Won the UPI MVP in 1956
- Won the Pro Bowl MVP in 1958
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