Leland Shaffer
[edit] Biography
Leland Shaffer (Leland K. Shaffer) was born on May 9, 1912 in Minneola, Kansas. After going to high school at Minneola (KS), Shaffer attended Kansas State University. Shaffer made his professional debut in the NFL in 1935 with the New York Giants. He played for the New York Giants for his entire 10 year career.
Most people believe that 1940 was Leland Shaffer's best year, as he picked off 4 passes.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1935
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 7
| 123
| 17.6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 2
| 30
| 15
| 1
| 17
|
| 1937
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 7
| 72
| 10.3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 12
| 86
| 7.2
| 2
| 0
|
| 1939
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 2
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 5
|
| 1940
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 15
| 121
| 8.1
| 2
| 0
|
| 1941
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 1
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 5
|
| 1942
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 3
| 20
| 6.7
| 0
| 10
|
| 1943
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 3
| 66
| 22
| 0
| 40
|
| 1945
| NYG
| NFL
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 10 year NFL career
| 98
| 52
| 531
| 10.2
| 5
| 0
|
[edit] Interception Stats
| 1935
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1940
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 4
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 0
|
| 1942
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 1
| 18
| 18
| 0
|
| 1945
| NYG
| NFL
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 10 year NFL career
| 98
| 6
| 36
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1935
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 3
| 10
| 3.3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 8
| 35
| 4.4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 4
|
| 1939
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 3
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 3
|
| 1940
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 7
| 20
| 2.9
| 1
| 0
|
| 1941
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 3
|
| 1943
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 3
|
| 1945
| NYG
| NFL
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 10 year NFL career
| 98
| 24
| 81
| 3.4
| 1
| 0
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1935
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1940
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 2
| 40
| 20
| 22
| 0
|
| 1943
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1945
| NYG
| NFL
| 6
| 2
| 42
| 21
| 24
| 0
|
| 10 year NFL career
| 98
| 4
| 82
| 20.5
| 0
| 0
|
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