Tuffy Leemans
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Tuffy Leemans (Alphonse Emil Leemans) was born on November 12, 1912 in Superior, Wisconsin. Leemans attended George Washington University and the University of Oregon. Leemans made his professional debut in the NFL in 1936 with the New York Giants. He played for the New York Giants for his entire 8 year career.
Most people believe that 1941 was Tuffy Leemans's best year, as he ran in 4 TDs and picked off 3 passes.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1936
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 206
| 830
| 4
| 2
| 0
|
| 1937
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 144
| 429
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 121
| 463
| 3.8
| 4
| 0
|
| 1939
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 128
| 429
| 3.4
| 3
| 0
|
| 1940
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 132
| 474
| 3.6
| 1
| 0
|
| 1941
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 100
| 332
| 3.3
| 4
| 26
|
| 1942
| NYG
| NFL
| 8
| 51
| 116
| 2.3
| 3
| 16
|
| 1943
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 37
| 69
| 1.9
| 0
| 13
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 79
| 919
| 3142
| 3.4
| 17
| 0
|
[edit] Passing Stats
| 1936
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 42
| 13
| 31
| 258
| 6.14
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 37.7
|
| 1937
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 20
| 5
| 25
| 64
| 3.2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 36.3
|
| 1938
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 42
| 19
| 45.2
| 249
| 5.93
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 48.7
|
| 1939
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 26
| 12
| 46.2
| 198
| 7.62
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 40.2
|
| 1940
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 31
| 15
| 48.4
| 159
| 5.13
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 45.7
|
| 1941
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 66
| 31
| 47
| 475
| 7.2
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 59.8
|
| 1942
| NYG
| NFL
| 8
| 69
| 35
| 50.7
| 555
| 8.04
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 87.5
|
| 1943
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 87
| 37
| 42.5
| 366
| 4.21
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 50.3
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 79
| 383
| 167
| 43.6
| 2324
| 6.07
| 25
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 50.6
|
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1936
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 4
| 22
| 5.5
| 0
| 8
|
| 1937
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 11
| 157
| 14.3
| 1
| 18
|
| 1938
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 4
| 68
| 17
| 0
| 45
|
| 1939
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 8
| 185
| 23.1
| 2
| 50
|
| 1940
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| NYG
| NFL
| 8
| 1
| -10
| -10
| 0
| -10
|
| 1943
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 79
| 28
| 422
| 15.1
| 3
| 0
|
[edit] Interception Stats
| 1936
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1940
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 3
| 35
| 26
| 0
|
| 1942
| NYG
| NFL
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 79
| 4
| 35
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Punt Return Stats
| 1936
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1940
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 14
| 170
| 12.1
| 0
| 18
| 0
|
| 1942
| NYG
| NFL
| 8
| 2
| 26
| 13
| 0
| 15
| 0
|
| 1943
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 3
| 66
| 22
| 0
| 34
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 79
| 19
| 262
| 13.8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1936
| NYG
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1940
| NYG
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| NYG
| NFL
| 11
| 3
| 48
| 16
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| NYG
| NFL
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| NYG
| NFL
| 10
| 2
| 29
| 14.5
| 15
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 79
| 5
| 77
| 15.4
| 0
| 0
|
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