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FRANK GIFFORD

Gifford, FranK Newton
Height: 6-1 Weight: 197
Born: August 16, 1930 Santa Monica, CA
Died: August 9, 2015 Greenwich, CT
High School: Bakersfield (CA)

Year	College	Status
1948	Bakersfield CC
1949	Southern California	Lettered
1950	Southern California	Lettered
1951	Southern California	Lettered

Draft: 1st round (11th overall) 1952 New York Giants

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Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1952 New York Giants (NFL)	16	LOH-LS	10	10
1953 New York Giants (NFL)	16	RS-LOH	12	12
1954 New York Giants (NFL)	16	LOH	9	9
1955 New York Giants (NFL)	16	LOH	11	11
1956 New York Giants (NFL)	16	LOH-K	12	12
1957 New York Giants (NFL)	16	LOH	12	12
1958 New York Giants (NFL)	16	LOH	10	10
1959 New York Giants (NFL)	16	LOH	11	11
1960 New York Giants (NFL)	16	HB	8	8
1962 New York Giants (NFL)	16	FL	14	14
1963 New York Giants (NFL)	16	FL	14	14
1964 New York Giants (NFL)	16	FL	13	12
12 Years (NFL)			136	135

AWARDS
1955 Associated Press All-NFL
1955 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1956 Newspaper Enterprise Association NFL Player of the Year
1956 Newspaper Enterprise Association NFL Player of the Year
1956 The Sporting News NFL Player of the Year
1956 The Sporting News NFL Player of the Year
1956 United Press NFL Player of the Year
1956 Associated Press All-NFL
1956 New York Daily News All-NFL
1956 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1956 United Press All-NFL
1956 United Press All-NFL
1957 Associated Press All-NFL
1957 New York Daily News All-NFL
1957 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1957 United Press All-NFL
1957 United Press All-NFL
1959 Associated Press All-NFL
1959 New York Daily News All-NFL
1959 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1959 United Press International All-NFL
1959 United Press International All-NFL
1977 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	FG	FGA	FG%	S	PTS
1953 New York Giants (NFL)	7	2	2	100.0	1	5	20.0	-	47
1954 New York Giants (NFL)	3	0	0		0	0		-	18
1955 New York Giants (NFL)	7	0	0		0	0		-	42
1956 New York Giants (NFL)	9	8	9	88.9	1	2	50.0	-	65
1957 New York Giants (NFL)	9	0	0		0	0		-	54
1958 New York Giants (NFL)	10	0	0		0	0		-	60
1959 New York Giants (NFL)	7	0	0		0	0		-	42
1960 New York Giants (NFL)	7	0	0		0	0		-	42
1962 New York Giants (NFL)	8	0	0		0	0		-	48
1963 New York Giants (NFL)	7	0	0		0	0		-	42
1964 New York Giants (NFL)	4	0	0		0	0		-	24
Career Totals (NFL)	78	10	11	90.9	2	7	28.6	-	484

FIELD GOALS	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG
1953 New York Giants (NFL)	0/1	0/0	1/1	0/3	0/0	1	5	20.0	0	31
1956 New York Giants (NFL)	1/1	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/0	1	2	50.0	1	17
Career Totals (NFL)	1/2	0/0	1/2	0/3	0/0	2	7	28.6	1	31

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
1952 New York Giants (NFL)	38	116	3.1	15	0		0	0
1953 New York Giants (NFL)	50	157	3.1	15	2		0	0
1954 New York Giants (NFL)	66	368	5.6	30	2			0
1955 New York Giants (NFL)	86	351	4.1	49	3
1956 New York Giants (NFL)	159	819	5.2	69	5
1957 New York Giants (NFL)	136	528	3.9	41	5
1958 New York Giants (NFL)	115	468	4.1	53	8
1959 New York Giants (NFL)	106	540	5.1	79	3
1960 New York Giants (NFL)	77	232	3.0	15	4		0	0
1962 New York Giants (NFL)	2	18	9.0	12	1		0	0
1963 New York Giants (NFL)	4	10	2.5	12	0		0	0
1964 New York Giants (NFL)	1	2	2.0	2t	1	1	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)	840	3609	4.3	79	34	1	0	0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
1952 New York Giants (NFL)	2	1	50.0	1	18	9.0	18.0	18t	1	50.0	0	0.0		14	1	0	0	120.8
1953 New York Giants (NFL)	6	3	50.0	3	47	7.8	15.7	21	1	16.7	0	0.0	0	0			0	116.0
1954 New York Giants (NFL)	8	4	50.0	3	155	19.4	38.8	83t	3	37.5	1	12.5	0	0				95.8
1955 New York Giants (NFL)	6	2	33.3	4	96	16.0	48.0	71t	2	33.3	0	0.0	0	0		2	2	121.5
1956 New York Giants (NFL)	5	2	40.0	2	35	7.0	17.5	29t	2	40.0	1	20.0	0	0		1	0	64.6
1957 New York Giants (NFL)	6	4	66.7	2	143	23.8	35.8	68t	2	33.3	0	0.0	0	0				149.3
1958 New York Giants (NFL)	10	3	30.0	6	109	10.9	36.3	63	1	10.0	1	10.0	0	0				66.3
1959 New York Giants (NFL)	11	5	45.5	4	151	13.7	30.2	43	2	18.2	2	18.2	0	0				92.0
1960 New York Giants (NFL)	6	3	50.0	2	24	4.0	8.0	13	0	0.0	1	16.7	0	0		0	0	20.8
1962 New York Giants (NFL)	2	1	50.0	1	12	6.0	12.0	12	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0		0	0	68.8
1964 New York Giants (NFL)	1	1	100.0	0	33	33.0	33.0	33	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0		1	0	118.8
Career Totals (NFL)	63	29	46.0	28	823	13.1	28.4	83t	14	22.2	6	9.5	0	14	1	4	2	92.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
1952 New York Giants (NFL)	5	36	7.2	11	0	0	0
1953 New York Giants (NFL)	18	292	16.2	49t	4
1954 New York Giants (NFL)	14	154	11.0	35t	1		0
1955 New York Giants (NFL)	33	437	13.2	54	4
1956 New York Giants (NFL)	51	603	11.8	48	4
1957 New York Giants (NFL)	41	588	14.3	63	4
1958 New York Giants (NFL)	29	330	11.4	41	2
1959 New York Giants (NFL)	42	768	18.3	77t	4
1960 New York Giants (NFL)	24	344	14.3	44t	3
1962 New York Giants (NFL)	39	796	20.4	63t	7
1963 New York Giants (NFL)	42	657	15.6	64	7
1964 New York Giants (NFL)	29	429	14.8	40t	3			0
Career Totals (NFL)	367	5434	14.8	77t	43	0	0	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1952 New York Giants (NFL)	1	46	46.0	46	0
1953 New York Giants (NFL)	1	66	66.0	50	1
Career Totals (NFL)	2	112	56.0	50	1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	G20+	G40+
1952 New York Giants (NFL)	1	3	3.0	3	0	0
1953 New York Giants (NFL)	16	106	6.6	40
1954 New York Giants (NFL)	8	12	1.5	8	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)	25	121	4.8	40	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	G20+	G40+
1952 New York Giants (NFL)	4	124	31.0	61
1953 New York Giants (NFL)	13	327	25.2	55
1954 New York Giants (NFL)	1	29	29.0	29	1	0
1955 New York Giants (NFL)	5	114	22.8	62
Career Totals (NFL)	23	594	25.8	62	1	0

FUMBLES	NO	OWN	OPP	REC
1952 New York Giants (NFL)	3	1	0	1
1953 New York Giants (NFL)	2	2	1	3
1954 New York Giants (NFL)	7	1	0	1
1955 New York Giants (NFL)	5	0	0	0
1956 New York Giants (NFL)	5	1	0	1
1957 New York Giants (NFL)	9	1	0	1
1958 New York Giants (NFL)	3	5	0	5
1959 New York Giants (NFL)	5	2	0	2
1960 New York Giants (NFL)	6	3	0	3
1962 New York Giants (NFL)	1	0	0	0
1963 New York Giants (NFL)	2	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)	48	16	1	17

Last Updated: June 11, 2024