Gene Roberts (American football)
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherExpression error: Unexpected < operator.Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Eugene O. "Choo-Choo" Roberts (January 20, 1923 – July 6, 2009) was an American professional football halfback for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) from 1947 to 1950. Roberts played college football at Chattanooga, leading the NCAA in scoring in 1946 with 117 points. He set the NFL and the New York Giants single game rushing record with 218 yards on November 12, 1950, against the Chicago Cardinals.[1] The NFL record was broken by Thomas Wilson of the Los Angeles Rams on December 16, 1956. The Giants single game rushing record stood for over 55 years, until it was broken by Tiki Barber on December 17, 2005.
Roberts left the Giants in 1950 and played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Montreal Alouettes in 1951 and the Ottawa Rough Riders from 1952 to 1954.
Roberts is the only person to lead the NCAA, the NFL (102 points in 1949) and the CFL (88 points in 1953) in scoring.
NFL career statistics
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Led the league | |
| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1947 | NYG | 9 | 0 | 86 | 296 | 3.4 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 30 | 0 |
| 1948 | NYG | 11 | 1 | 145 | 491 | 3.4 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 222 | 15.9 | 49 | 3 |
| 1949 | NYG | 12 | 10 | 152 | 634 | 4.2 | 63 | 9 | 35 | 711 | 20.3 | 85 | 8 |
| 1950 | NYG | 12 | 10 | 116 | 483 | 4.2 | 62 | 4 | 11 | 144 | 13.1 | 47 | 1 |
| 44 | 21 | 499 | 1,904 | 3.8 | 63 | 14 | 64 | 1,135 | 17.7 | 85 | 12 | ||
Playoffs
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1950 | NYG | 1 | 0 | 12 | 76 | 6.3 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| 44 | 21 | 499 | 1,904 | 3.8 | 63 | 14 | 64 | 1,135 | 17.7 | 85 | 12 | ||
See also
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Template:Open access
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Mocs Legend Gene Roberts Passes
- Obituary from the July 7, 2009 Kansas City Star
Template:Giants1946DraftPicks Template:NFL scoring leaders Template:Asbox
- Pages with script errors
- NFL player missing current team parameter
- Pages using infobox NFL biography with invalid cfl parameter
- Infobox NFL biography articles missing alt text and caption
- Infobox NFL biography articles with small text
- Infobox NFL biography articles with line breaks
- Infobox NFL biography articles needing cleanup in team history
- 1923 births
- 2009 deaths
- American football running backs
- Players of Canadian football from Kansas
- Chattanooga Mocs football players
- New York Giants players
- Montreal Alouettes players
- Ottawa Rough Riders players
- Eastern Conference Pro Bowl players
- Sportspeople from Independence, Missouri
- Players of American football from Kansas City, Missouri
- Players of Canadian football from Kansas City, Missouri