Tuffy Leemans

Alphonse Emil Leemans

Position: FB-TB-DB-QB

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: November 12, 1912 in Superior, WI

Died: January 19, 1979 in Hillsboro Beach, FL

College: Oregon, George Washington

High School: Superior East (WI)

Draft: New York Giants in the 2nd round (18th overall) of the 1936 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1978 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

Rush

919

Yds

3132

Y/A

3.4

FantPt

604.2

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
1936	24	NYG	FB	4	12	4	206	830	2	0	4.0	69.2	17.2	4	22	5.5	0	8	0.3	1.8	210	4.1	852	2	0
1937	25	NYG	FB	4	9	8	144	429	0	0	3.0	47.7	16.0	11	157	14.3	1	18	1.2	17.4	155	3.8	586	1	0
1938*	26	NYG	FB	4	10	3	121	463	4	75	3.8	46.3	12.1	4	68	17.0	0	45	0.4	6.8	125	4.2	531	4	0		PB
1939+	27	NYG	FB	4	10	2	128	429	3	0	3.4	42.9	12.8	8	185	23.1	2	50	0.8	18.5	136	4.5	614	5	0
1940	28	NYG	FB	4	10	2	132	474	1	0	3.6	47.4	13.2								132	3.6	474	1	0
1941*	29	NYG	TB	4	11	11	100	332	4	26	3.3	30.2	9.1								100	3.3	332	4	0		AP2, PB
1942	30	NYG	TB	4	8	6	51	116	3	16	2.3	14.5	6.4	1	-10	-10.0	0	-10	0.1	-1.3	52	2.0	106	3	0		AP2
1943	31	NYG	TB	4	10	1	37	59	0	13	1.6	5.9	3.7								37	1.6	59	0	0
Career					80	37	919	3132	17	75	3.4	39.2	11.5	28	422	15.1	3	50	0.4	5.3	947	3.8	3554	20	0

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
1938*	26	NYG		1	0	12	43	1	13	3.6	43.0	12.0	1	5	5.0	0	5	1.0	5.0	13	3.7	48	1	0
1939+	27	NYG		1	0	12	22	0	12	1.8	22.0	12.0	1	37	37.0	0	37	1.0	37.0	13	4.5	59	0	1
1941*	29	NYG		1	1	9	52	0	0	5.8	52.0	9.0								9	5.8	52	0	0
1943	31	NYG		1	0	7	-25	0	0	-3.6	-25.0	7.0								7	-3.6	-25	0	0
Career				4	1	40	92	1	13	2.3	23.0	10.0	2	42	21.0	0	37	0.5	10.5	42	3.2	134	1	1

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Passing

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	4QC	GWD
1936	24	NYG	FB	4	12	4	13	42	31	258	3	7.1	6	14.3	0	6.1	1.1	19.8	21.5	37.7	0	0
1937	25	NYG	FB	4	9	8	5	20	25	64	1	5	1	5	0	3.2	2.0	12.8	7.1	36.2	0	0
1938*	26	NYG	FB	4	10	3	19	42	45.2	249	3	7.1	6	14.3	0	5.9	0.9	13.1	24.9	48.7
1939+	27	NYG	FB	4	10	2	12	26	46.2	198	0	0	2	7.7	0	7.6	4.2	16.5	19.8	40.2
1940	28	NYG	FB	4	10	2	15	31	48.4	159	2	6.5	3	9.7	0	5.1	2.1	10.6	15.9	45.7	0	0
1941*	29	NYG	TB	4	11	11	31	66	47	475	4	6.1	5	7.6	44	7.2	5.0	15.3	43.2	59.8	1	1
1942	30	NYG	TB	4	8	6	35	69	50.7	555	7	10.1	4	5.8	50	8.0	7.5	15.9	69.4	87.5	0	0
1943	31	NYG	TB	4	10	1	37	87	42.5	360	5	5.7	5	5.7	28	4.1	2.7	9.7	36.0	50.0	1	1
Career					80	37	167	383	43.6	2318	25	6.5	32	8.4	50	6.1	3.6	13.9	29.0	50.6	2	2

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	NY/A	ANY/A
1938*	26	NYG	1	0	0-0	1	2	50	20	0	0	1	50	20	10.0	-12.5	20.0	20.0	45.8	10.00	-12.50
1939+	27	NYG	1	0	0-0	1	4	25	7	0	0	1	25	6	1.8	-9.5	7.0	7.0	0.0	1.75	-9.50
1941*	29	NYG	1	1	0-0	3	9	33.3	73	1	11.1	3	33.3	31	8.1	-4.7	24.3	73.0	61.1	8.11	-4.67
1943	31	NYG	1	0	0-0	2	10	20	44	0	0	3	30	41	4.4	-9.1	22.0	44.0	5.8	4.40	-9.10
Career			4	1	0-0	7	25	28	144	1	4	8	32	41	5.8	-7.8	20.6	36.0	24.8	5.76	-7.84

Adjusted Passing

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

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Y/A+	AY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Rate+
1941*	29	NYG	TB	4	11	11	66	114	116	106	111	116	114
1942	30	NYG	TB	4	8	6	69	116	123	117	123	132	126
1943	31	NYG	TB	4	10	1	87	78	99	96	100	125	104
Career					80	37	383

Kick & Punt Returns

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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*	29	NYG	TB	4	11	11	14	170	0	18	12.1	3	48	0	0	16.0	585
1942	30	NYG	TB	4	8	6	2	26	0	15	13.0						132
1943	31	NYG	TB	4	10	1	3	66	0	34	22.0	2	29	0	15	14.5	154
Career					80	37	19	262	0	34	13.8	5	77	0	15	15.4	3928

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
1938*	26	NYG		1	0	1	22	0	22	22.0						70
1939+	27	NYG		1	0	1	16	0	16	16.0	3	43	0	20	14.3	106
Career				4		2	38	0	22	19.0	3	43	0	20	14.3	203

Defense & Fumbles

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Regular Season

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
1940	28	NYG	FB	4	10	2	1	0	0	0
1941*	29	NYG	TB	4	11	11	3	35	0	26
Career					80	37	4	35	0	26

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
1939+	27	NYG		1	0						0	1	1	-12	0
Career				4							0	1	1	-12	0

Scoring Summary

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Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1936	24	NYG	FB	4	12	4	2		2		12	1.0
1937	25	NYG	FB	4	9	8		1	1		6	0.7
1938*	26	NYG	FB	4	10	3	4		4		24	2.4
1939+	27	NYG	FB	4	10	2	3	2	5		30	3.0
1940	28	NYG	FB	4	10	2	1		1		6	0.6
1941*	29	NYG	TB	4	11	11	4		4		24	2.2
1942	30	NYG	TB	4	8	6	3		3		18	2.3
Career					80	37	17	3	20	0	120	1.5

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1938*	26	NYG		1	0	1							1			0						6	6.0
Career				4		1							1			0						6	1.5

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