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Eddie Prokop

Prokop, Edward Stanley
Height: 5-11 Weight: 200
Born: February 11, 1922 Cleveland, OH
Died: May 30, 1955 Cleveland, OH
High School: Cathedral Latin (Cleveland, OH); Baylor Military Academy (Chattanooga, TN)

Year	College	Status
1941	Georgia Tech	Freshmen Team
1942	Georgia Tech	Lettered
1943	Georgia Tech	Lettered

Draft: 1st round (4th overall) 1945 Boston Yanks

Military Service: United States Navy

Relatives: Brother of Joe Prokop

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC	72	TB-DB	12	6
1947 New York Yankees (AAFC)1947 NY AAFC	72	FB-DB	13	5
1948 Chicago Rockets (AAFC)1948 CHI AAFC	70	ROH-FB	9	7
1949 Brooklyn-New York Yankees (AAFC)1949 BNY AAFC	72	FB-LB?	6	0
4 Years (NFL)4 Years NFL			40	18

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	4/6/1945	1945 Boston Yanks (NFL)1945 BOS NFL
Signed		1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1946 CLE AAFC
Traded		1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC
Traded	7/6/1948	1948 Chicago Rockets (AAFC)1948 CHI AAFC
Free Agent		1948 Chicago Rockets (AAFC)1948 CHI AAFC
Signed	6/22/1949	1949 Chicago Hornets (AAFC)1949 CHI AAFC
Released		1949 Chicago Hornets (AAFC)1949 CHI AAFC
Signed		1949 Brooklyn-New York Yankees (AAFC)1949 BNY AAFC
Free Agent	6/1/1950	1949 Brooklyn-New York Yankees (AAFC)1949 BNY AAFC

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1947 New York Yankees (AAFC)1947 NY AAFC	5	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	30
1948 Chicago Rockets (AAFC)1948 CHI AAFC	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1949 Brooklyn-New York Yankees (AAFC)1949 BNY AAFC	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	14	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	84

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC	65	236	3.6		1
1947 New York Yankees (AAFC)1947 NY AAFC	76	324	4.3	52t	4
1948 Chicago Rockets (AAFC)1948 CHI AAFC	54	266	4.9		1
1949 Brooklyn-New York Yankees (AAFC)1949 BNY AAFC	31	109	3.5		2
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	226	935	4.1	52t	8

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC	11	4	36.4	7	72	6.5	18.0		0	0.0	0	0.0						59.7
1947 New York Yankees (AAFC)1947 NY AAFC	8	4	50.0	3	137	17.1	34.3	70t	2	25.0	1	12.5						95.8
1948 Chicago Rockets (AAFC)1948 CHI AAFC	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0			0	0	0	39.6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	20	8	40.0	11	209	10.5	26.1	70t	2	10.0	1	5.0			0	0	0	91.5

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC		5		52	10.4	25t	1
1947 New York Yankees (AAFC)1947 NY AAFC		3		79	26.3	43	1		2	2
1948 Chicago Rockets (AAFC)1948 CHI AAFC		7		223	31.9	74t	3
1949 Brooklyn-New York Yankees (AAFC)1949 BNY AAFC		1		7	7.0	7	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		16		361	22.6	74t	5		2	2

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC	1	14	14.0	14	0
1947 New York Yankees (AAFC)1947 NY AAFC	3	57	19.0		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4	71	17.8	14	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC	4		116	29.0	77t	1
1947 New York Yankees (AAFC)1947 NY AAFC	7		78	11.1		0
1948 Chicago Rockets (AAFC)1948 CHI AAFC	6		80	13.3		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	17		274	16.1	77t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC	2		47	23.5	25	0	2	0
1947 New York Yankees (AAFC)1947 NY AAFC	7		188	26.9	54	0
1948 Chicago Rockets (AAFC)1948 CHI AAFC	15		323	21.5		0
1949 Brooklyn-New York Yankees (AAFC)1949 BNY AAFC	3		62	20.7		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	27		620	23.0	54	0	2	0

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