Frank Clarke

Franklin Delano Clarke

Position: E

6-1, 215lb (185cm, 97kg)

Born: February 7, 1934 in Beloit, WI

Died: July 26, 2018 in Dallas, TX

College: Colorado (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 52 (1488th overall since 1960)

High School: Beloit (WI)

Draft: Cleveland Browns in the 5th round (61st overall) of the 1956 NFL Draft.

1x All-Pro

SUMMARY

Career

140

Rec

291

Yds

5426

Y/R

18.6

FantPt

860.7

Receiving & Rushing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1957	23	CLE		82	12	0	4	77	19.3	0	43	0.3	6.4								4	19.3	77	0	2
1958	24	CLE		82	12	1	3	91	30.3	0	34	0.3	7.6								3	30.3	91	0	0
1959	25	CLE		82	12	1	3	44	14.7	0	20	0.3	3.7								3	14.7	44	0	0
1960	26	DAL		82	8	3	9	290	32.2	3	76	1.1	36.3	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.8	0.1	10	28.4	284	3	0	3
1961	27	DAL	RHB	82	14	14	41	919	22.4	9	80	2.9	65.6								41	22.4	919	9	1	9
1962	28	DAL	FL	82	12	12	47	1043	22.2	14	66	3.9	86.9								47	22.2	1043	14	2	13
1963	29	DAL	FL	82	14	14	43	833	19.4	10	75	3.1	59.5	1	12	0	12	12.0	0.9	0.1	44	19.2	845	10	3	10
1964+	30	DAL	LE	82	14	14	65	973	15.0	5	49	4.6	69.5	10	46	0	21	4.6	3.3	0.7	75	13.6	1019	5	1	9	AP1
1965	31	DAL	TE	82	14	14	41	682	16.6	4	53	2.9	48.7	8	58	0	21	7.3	4.1	0.6	49	15.1	740	4	2	8
1966	32	DAL		82	14	0	26	355	13.7	4	33	1.9	25.4	8	49	0	26	6.1	3.5	0.6	34	11.9	404	4	0	5
1967	33	DAL		82	14	0	9	119	13.2	1	23	0.6	8.5	4	72	1	56	18.0	5.1	0.3	13	14.7	191	2	0	2
Career					140	73	291	5426	18.6	50	80	2.1	38.8	32	231	1	56	7.2	1.7	0.2	323	17.5	5657	51	11	59
8 yrs		DAL			104	71	281	5214	18.6	50	80	2.7	50.1	32	231	1	56	7.2	2.2	0.3	313	17.4	5445	51	9	59
3 yrs		CLE			36	2	10	212	21.2	0	43	0.3	5.9								10	21.2	212	0	2

Receiving & Rushing Table
				Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1957	23	CLE	E	1	0	0					0.0									0
1958	24	CLE	E	1	0	0					0.0									0
1966	32	DAL		1	0	3	102	34.0	1	68	3.0	102.0								3	34.0	102	1	0
1967	33	DAL		2	0	2	24	12.0	0	14	1.0	12.0	2	0	0	8	0.0	0.0	1.0	4	6.0	24	0	0
Career				5		5	126	25.2	1	68	1.0	25.2	2	0	0	8	0.0	0.0	0.4	7	18.0	126	1	0
2 yrs		CLE		2	0	0					0.0									0
2 yrs		DAL		3	0	5	126	25.2	1	68	1.7	42.0	2	0	0	8	0.0	0.0	0.7	7	18.0	126	1	0

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1957	23	CLE		82	12	0						2	22	0	13	11.0	99
Career					140							2	22	0	13	11.0	5679
8 yrs		DAL			104	71											5445
3 yrs		CLE			36	2						2	22	0	13	11.0	234

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Cmp%	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AY/A	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1964+	30	DAL	LE	82	14	14	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Career					140	73	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
8 yrs		DAL			104	71	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
3 yrs		CLE			36	2	0

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1957	23	CLE		82	12	0							2	0	0	0
1961	27	DAL	RHB	82	14	14							1	1	0	0	0.0
1962	28	DAL	FL	82	12	12							2	0	0	0	0.0
1963	29	DAL	FL	82	14	14							3	0	0	0	0.0
1964+	30	DAL	LE	82	14	14							1	1	0	0	0.0
1965	31	DAL	TE	82	14	14							2	0	0	0	0.0
Career					140	73							11	2	0	0	0.0
8 yrs		DAL			104	71							9	2	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		CLE			36	2							2	0	0	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1967	33	DAL		2	0						0	0	2	0	0	0.0
Career				5							0	0	2	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		CLE		2	0
2 yrs		DAL		3	0						0	0	2	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1960	26	DAL		82	8	3		3	3		18	2.3
1961	27	DAL	RHB	82	14	14		9	9		54	3.9
1962	28	DAL	FL	82	12	12		14	14		84	7.0
1963	29	DAL	FL	82	14	14		10	10		60	4.3
1964+	30	DAL	LE	82	14	14		5	5		30	2.1
1965	31	DAL	TE	82	14	14		4	4		24	1.7
1966	32	DAL		82	14	0		4	4		24	1.7
1967	33	DAL		82	14	0	1	1	2		12	0.9
Career					140	73	1	50	51	0	306	2.2
8 yrs		DAL			104	71	1	50	51	0	306	2.9
3 yrs		CLE			36	2				0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1966	32	DAL	1	0	1	1	6	6.0
Career			5		1	1	6	1.2
2 yrs		CLE	2	0			0	0.0
2 yrs		DAL	3	0	1	1	6	2.0

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PFR HOF Monitor: 25.90 (185th among WR, average HOF WR is 103.63)

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