Sam Francis

Francis, Harrison Samuel
Position: FB-HB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 207
Born: October 26, 1913 Lincoln, NE
Died: April 23, 2002 Springfield, MO
High School: Decatur (Oberlin, KS)

Year	College	Participation
1933	Nebraska
1934	Nebraska	Lettered
1935	Nebraska	Lettered
1936	Nebraska	Lettered

Draft: 1st round (1st overall) 1937 Philadelphia Eagles

Military Service: United States Army

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1937 Chicago Bears (NFL)1937 CHIB NFL	38	FB-LB	8	3
1938 Chicago Bears (NFL)1938 CHIB NFL	38	FB-LB	11	1
1939 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)1939 PIT NFL	50	FB-LB	5	3
1939 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1939 BKN NFL	10	FB-LB-WB-RDH	5	2
1939 Year (NFL)1939 Year NFL			10	5
1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1940 BKN NFL	10	HB-DH	11	0
4 Years (NFL)4 Years NFL			40	9

Team	Date	Transaction
1937 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1937 PHI NFL	12/12/1936	Draft
1937 Chicago Bears (NFL)1937 CHIB NFL	7/12/1937	Signed
1937 Chicago Bears (NFL)1937 CHIB NFL	8/1/1938	7/12/1937
1938 Chicago Bears (NFL)1938 CHIB NFL	8/14/1938	Signed
1939 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1939 BKN NFL	10/16/1939	Traded
1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1940 BKN NFL	8/1/1941	Free Agent

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1937 Chicago Bears (NFL)1937 CHIB NFL	1	1	1	100.0	-	-	-	0			-	0	7
1938 Chicago Bears (NFL)1938 CHIB NFL	3	0	2	0.0	-	-	-	0	0		-		18
1939 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)1939 PIT NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1939 Year (NFL)1939 Year NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1940 BKN NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	1	0.0	-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	6	1	3	33.3	-	-	-	0	1	0.0	-	0	37

FIELD GOALS	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG
1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1940 BKN NFL	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	0.0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	0.0	0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1937 Chicago Bears (NFL)1937 CHIB NFL	48	129	2.7		0
1938 Chicago Bears (NFL)1938 CHIB NFL	85	297	3.5		3
1939 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)1939 PIT NFL	55	171	3.1		1
1939 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1939 BKN NFL	21	59	2.8		0
1939 Year (NFL)1939 Year NFL	76	230	3.0		1
1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1940 BKN NFL	44	217	4.9		1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	253	873	3.5		5

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1937 Chicago Bears (NFL)1937 CHIB NFL	6	3	50.0	1	34	5.7	11.3	19	1	16.7	2	33.3				0	0	67.4
1938 Chicago Bears (NFL)1938 CHIB NFL	3	1	33.3	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0			0	0	0	42.4
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	9	4	44.4	3	34	3.8	8.5	19	1	11.1	2	22.2			0	0	0	52.3

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1937 Chicago Bears (NFL)1937 CHIB NFL		1		-9	-9.0	-9	0	0	0	0
1938 Chicago Bears (NFL)1938 CHIB NFL		1		8	8.0	8	0		0	0
1939 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)1939 PIT NFL		1		5	5.0	5	0		0	0
1939 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1939 BKN NFL		1		0	0.0	0	0		0	0
1939 Year (NFL)1939 Year NFL		2		5	2.5	5	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		4		4	1.0	8	0	0	0	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1937 Chicago Bears (NFL)1937 CHIB NFL					1
1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1940 BKN NFL	1	7	7.0	7	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	7	7.0	7	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1939 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)1939 PIT NFL	10	389	38.9
1939 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1939 BKN NFL	3	99	33.0
1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)1940 BKN NFL	16	719	44.9	69
1939 Year (NFL)1939 Year NFL	13	488	37.5	52
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	29	1207	41.6	69