Frank Gifford
Frank Newton Gifford "Giffer"
Born: August 16, 1930
Santa Monica, CA USA
Deceased: August 9, 2015
Position: HB-FL-DB-WR
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 197
College: USC
High School: Bakersfield (CA)
Career: 1952-1964
Drafted: 1952 in Round 1, #11 overall by the New York Giants
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977
Frank Gifford played from 1952 to 1964 during his career with the New York Giants. Gifford ran for 3,609 yards in his career on 840 attempts, scoring 34 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 367 passes for 5,434 yards and 43 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 18 | 9.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 120.8 |
| 1953 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 47 | 7.8 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 116.0 |
| 1954 | NFL New York Giants | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 155 | 19.4 | 3 | 37.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 83 | 95.8 |
| 1955 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 96 | 16.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 71 | 121.5 |
| 1956 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 35 | 7.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 29 | 64.6 |
| 1957 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 143 | 23.8 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 66 | 149.3 |
| 1958 | NFL New York Giants | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 109 | 10.9 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 63 | 66.3 |
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 151 | 13.7 | 2 | 18.2 | 2 | 18.2 | 43 | 92.0 |
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 13 | 20.8 |
| 1962 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 68.8 |
| 1964 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 63 | 29 | 46.0 | 823 | 13.1 | 14 | 22.2 | 6 | 9.5 | 83 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 38 | 116 | 3.1 | 15 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL New York Giants | 50 | 157 | 3.1 | 15 | 2 |
| 1954 | NFL New York Giants | 66 | 368 | 5.6 | 30 | 2 |
| 1955 | NFL New York Giants | 86 | 351 | 4.1 | 49 | 3 |
| 1956 | NFL New York Giants | 159 | 819 | 5.2 | 69 | 5 |
| 1957 | NFL New York Giants | 136 | 528 | 3.9 | 41 | 5 |
| 1958 | NFL New York Giants | 115 | 468 | 4.1 | 33 | 8 |
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 106 | 540 | 5.1 | 79 | 3 |
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 77 | 232 | 3.0 | 15 | 4 |
| 1962 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 1 |
| 1963 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 840 | 3609 | 4.3 | 79 | 34 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 11 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL New York Giants | 18 | 292 | 16.2 | 49 | 4 |
| 1954 | NFL New York Giants | 14 | 154 | 11.0 | 35 | 1 |
| 1955 | NFL New York Giants | 33 | 437 | 13.2 | 54 | 4 |
| 1956 | NFL New York Giants | 51 | 603 | 11.8 | 48 | 4 |
| 1957 | NFL New York Giants | 41 | 588 | 14.3 | 63 | 4 |
| 1958 | NFL New York Giants | 29 | 330 | 11.4 | 41 | 2 |
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 42 | 768 | 18.3 | 77 | 4 |
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 24 | 344 | 14.3 | 44 | 3 |
| 1962 | NFL New York Giants | 39 | 796 | 20.4 | 63 | 7 |
| 1963 | NFL New York Giants | 42 | 657 | 15.6 | 64 | 7 |
| 1964 | NFL New York Giants | 29 | 429 | 14.8 | 40 | 3 |
| Totals | 367 | 5434 | 14.8 | 77 | 43 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 5 |
| 1956 | NFL New York Giants | 9 | 8 | 88.9 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 11 |
| Totals | 11 | 10 | 90.9 | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 16 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL New York Giants | 16 | 106 | 6.6 | 40 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL New York Giants | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 121 | 4.8 | 40 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 124 | 31.0 | 61 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL New York Giants | 13 | 327 | 25.2 | 55 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 62 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 594 | 25.8 | 62 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 50 | 1 |
| Totals | 2 | 112 | 56.0 | 50 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1953 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1954 | NFL New York Giants | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1955 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1956 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1957 | NFL New York Giants | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1958 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1963 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 48 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1953 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 47 | ||||
| 1954 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| 1955 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| 1956 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 65 | |||||||
| 1957 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| 1958 | NFL New York Giants | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1962 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| 1963 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1964 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Totals | 34 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 484 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL | New York Giants | 10 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL | New York Giants | 9 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL | New York Giants | 11 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL | New York Giants | 10 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL | New York Giants | 11 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | New York Giants | 8 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL | New York Giants | 13 | 0 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1950s Team
1956 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1956 - UPI MVP
Honors
1953 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1955 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1955 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1955 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1958 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1958 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1958 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1958 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1959 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1959 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1959 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1959 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1959 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
