Andy Farkas

Andrew Geza Farkas

Position: FB-HB-WB

5-10, 189lb (178cm, 85kg)

Born: May 2, 1916 in Clay Center, OH

Died: April 10, 2001 in Traverse City, MI

College: Detroit Mercy

High School: St. John's Jesuit (OH), University of Detroit Jesuit (MI)

Draft: Washington Redskins in the 1st round (9th overall) of the 1938 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

Rush

587

Yds

2103

Y/A

3.6

FantPt

545.9

Rushing & Receiving

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1938	22	WAS	FB	44	9	4	75	315	6	53	4.2	35.0	8.3	9	66	7.3	0	21	1.0	7.3	84	4.5	381	6	0
1939*+	23	WAS	FB	44	11	7	139	547	5	0	3.9	49.7	12.6	16	437	27.3	5	99	1.5	39.7	155	6.3	984	10	0		PB
1940	24	WAS		44	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.0								1	0.0	0	0	0
1941	25	WAS	fb	44	11	2	85	224	2	10	2.6	20.4	7.7	12	77	6.4	0	44	1.1	7.0	97	3.1	301	2	0
1942*+	26	WAS	FB	44	10	8	125	468	3	22	3.7	46.8	12.5	11	143	13.0	2	35	1.1	14.3	136	4.5	611	5	0		AP1, PB
1943	27	WAS	FB	44	10	8	110	327	5	36	3.0	32.7	11.0	19	202	10.6	4	55	1.9	20.2	129	4.1	529	9	0		AP2
1944	28	WAS	LH	44	10	6	21	85	0	20	4.0	8.5	2.1	4	29	7.3	0	12	0.4	2.9	25	4.6	114	0	0
1945	29	DET	WB	42	8	3	31	137	0	27	4.4	17.1	3.9	9	132	14.7	2	29	1.1	16.5	40	6.7	269	2	1
Career					70	38	587	2103	21	53	3.6	30.0	8.4	80	1086	13.6	13	99	1.1	15.5	667	4.8	3189	34	1
7 yrs		WAS			62	35	556	1966	21	53	3.5	31.7	9.0	71	954	13.4	11	99	1.1	15.4	627	4.7	2920	32	0
1 yr		DET			8	3	31	137	0	27	4.4	17.1	3.9	9	132	14.7	2	29	1.1	16.5	40	6.7	269	2	1

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1940	24	WAS		1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	14	14.0	0	14	1.0	14.0	1	14.0	14	0	0
1942*+	26	WAS		1	1	12	43	1	9	3.6	43.0	12.0								12	3.6	43	1	0
1943	27	WAS		2	2	33	96	4	0	2.9	48.0	16.5	1	17	17.0	1	17	0.5	8.5	34	3.3	113	5	0
Career				4	3	45	139	5	9	3.1	34.8	11.3	2	31	15.5	1	17	0.5	7.8	47	3.6	170	6	0

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

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Playoffs

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
1941	25	WAS	fb	44	11	2	14	152	1	59	10.9	6	105	0	0	17.5	585
1942*+	26	WAS	FB	44	10	8	16	219	0	51	13.7	4	206	1	95	51.5	1062
1943	27	WAS	FB	44	10	8	15	168	0	33	11.2	9	279	0	84	31.0	976
1944	28	WAS	LH	44	10	6	7	91	0	22	13.0	11	229	0	35	20.8	465
1945	29	DET	WB	42	8	3	7	101	0	32	14.4	8	165	0	44	20.6	531
Career					70	38	59	731	1	59	12.4	38	984	2	95	25.9	4984
7 yrs		WAS			62	35	52	630	1	59	12.1	30	819	2	95	27.3	4453
1 yr		DET			8	3	7	101	0	32	14.4	8	165	0	44	20.6	531

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1942*+	26	WAS		1	1	2	3	0	0	1.5						46
1943	27	WAS		2	2	4	44	0	31	11.0	3	68	0	0	22.7	225
Career				4	3	6	47	0	31	7.8	3	68	0	0	22.7	285

Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

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
1940	24	WAS		44	1	0	1	0	0	0
1941	25	WAS	fb	44	11	2	4	27	0	26
1942*+	26	WAS	FB	44	10	8	3	26	0	18
1944	28	WAS	LH	44	10	6	3	31	0	21
1945	29	DET	WB	42	8	3							1	2	-4	0
Career					70	38	11	84	0	26			1	2	-4	0
7 yrs		WAS			62	35	11	84	0	26							0.0
1 yr		DET			8	3							1	2	-4	0	0.0

Kicking & Punting

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

Regular Season

Kicking & Punting Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs					Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1938	22	WAS	FB	44	9	4															1	1	100.0%
1939*+	23	WAS	FB	44	11	7															3	2	66.7%
1942*+	26	WAS	FB	44	10	8															3	3	100.0%
Career					70	38															7	6	85.7%
7 yrs		WAS			62	35															7	6	85.7%
1 yr		DET			8	3

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	AllTD	D2P	XPM	XPA	Pts	Pts/G
1938	22	WAS	FB	44	9	4	6				6		1	1	37	4.1
1939*+	23	WAS	FB	44	11	7	5	5		1	11		2	3	68	6.2
1941	25	WAS	fb	44	11	2	2		1		3				18	1.6
1942*+	26	WAS	FB	44	10	8	3	2		1	6		3	3	39	3.9
1943	27	WAS	FB	44	10	8	5	4			9				54	5.4
1945	29	DET	WB	42	8	3		2			2				12	1.5
Career					70	38	21	13	1	2	37	0	6	7	228	3.3
7 yrs		WAS			62	35	21	11	1	2	35	0	6	7	216	3.5
1 yr		DET			8	3		2			2	0			12	1.5

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1942*+	26	WAS	1	1	1		1	6	6.0
1943	27	WAS	2	2	4	1	5	30	15.0
Career			4	3	5	1	6	36	9.0

Passing

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Playoffs

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1943	27	WAS		2	2	0-0	1	1	100	14	0	0	0	0	14	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	118.7	0	0	0	14.00	14.00
Career				4	3	0-0	1	1	100	14	0	0	0	0	14	14.0	14.0	14.0	3.5	118.7	0	0	0	14.00	14.00

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