Hugh McElhenny

Hugh Edward McElhenny Jr. (The King)

Position: HB

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: December 31, 1928 in Los Angeles, CA

Died: June 17, 2022 in NV

College: Washington (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 20 (5396th overall since 1960)

High School: Washington (CA)

Draft: San Francisco 49ers in the 1st round (9th overall) of the 1952 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1970 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

143

Rush

1124

Yds

5281

Y/A

4.7

FantPt

1158.3

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
1952*+	24	SFO	RH	39	12	12	98	684	6	89	7.0	57.0	8.2	26	367	14.1	3	77	2.2	30.6	124	8.5	1051	9	5		AP1, PB
1953*+	25	SFO	RH	39	12	12	112	503	3	33	4.5	41.9	9.3	30	474	15.8	2	71	2.5	39.5	142	6.9	977	5	6		AP1, PB
1954	26	SFO	RH	39	6	6	64	515	6	60	8.0	85.8	10.7	8	162	20.3	0	53	1.3	27.0	72	9.4	677	6	4		UPI MVP-9, AP2
1955	27	SFO	RH	39	12	8	90	327	4	44	3.6	27.3	7.5	11	203	18.5	2	55	0.9	16.9	101	5.2	530	6	3
1956*	28	SFO	LH	39	12	11	185	916	8	86	5.0	76.3	15.4	16	193	12.1	0	22	1.3	16.1	201	5.5	1109	8	4		AP2, PB
1957*	29	SFO	LH	39	12	10	102	478	1	61	4.7	39.8	8.5	37	458	12.4	2	43	3.1	38.2	139	6.7	936	3	8		UPI MVP-6, AP2, PB
1958*	30	SFO	LH	39	12	12	113	451	6	34	4.0	37.6	9.4	31	366	11.8	2	59	2.6	30.5	144	5.7	817	8	10		PB
1959	31	SFO	RH	39	10	9	18	67	1	18	3.7	6.7	1.8	22	329	15.0	3	72	2.2	32.9	40	9.9	396	4	1
1960	32	SFO	HB	39	9	9	95	347	0	38	3.7	38.6	10.6	14	114	8.1	1	45	1.6	12.7	109	4.2	461	1	2	5
1961*	33	MIN	LHB	39	13	13	120	570	3	41	4.8	43.8	9.2	37	283	7.6	3	26	2.8	21.8	157	5.4	853	6	8	9	PB
1962	34	MIN		39	11	3	50	200	0	27	4.0	18.2	4.5	16	191	11.9	0	41	1.5	17.4	66	5.9	391	0	3	3
1963	35	NYG		39	14	1	55	175	0	23	3.2	12.5	3.9	11	91	8.3	2	24	0.8	6.5	66	4.0	266	2	3	3
1964	36	DET		39	8	1	22	48	0	14	2.2	6.0	2.8	5	16	3.2	0	27	0.6	2.0	27	2.4	64	0	0	1
Career					143	107	1124	5281	38	89	4.7	36.9	7.9	264	3247	12.3	20	77	1.8	22.7	1388	6.1	8528	58	57	21
9 yrs		SFO			97	89	877	4288	35	89	4.9	44.2	9.0	195	2666	13.7	15	77	2.0	27.5	1072	6.5	6954	50	43	5
2 yrs		MIN			24	16	170	770	3	41	4.5	32.1	7.1	53	474	8.9	3	41	2.2	19.8	223	5.6	1244	6	11	12
1 yr		DET			8	1	22	48	0	14	2.2	6.0	2.8	5	16	3.2	0	27	0.6	2.0	27	2.4	64	0	0	1
1 yr		NYG			14	1	55	175	0	23	3.2	12.5	3.9	11	91	8.3	2	24	0.8	6.5	66	4.0	266	2	3	3

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
1957*	29	SFO		1	1	14	82	0	71	5.9	82.0	14.0	6	96	16.0	1	47	6.0	96.0	20	8.9	178	1	0
1963	35	NYG		1	0	7	19	0	8	2.7	19.0	7.0	2	20	10.0	0	12	2.0	20.0	9	4.3	39	0	0
Career				2	1	21	101	0	71	4.8	50.5	10.5	8	116	14.5	1	47	4.0	58.0	29	7.5	217	1	0
1 yr		NYG		1	0	7	19	0	8	2.7	19.0	7.0	2	20	10.0	0	12	2.0	20.0	9	4.3	39	0	0
1 yr		SFO		1	1	14	82	0	71	5.9	82.0	14.0	6	96	16.0	1	47	6.0	96.0	20	8.9	178	1	0

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

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
1952*+	24	SFO	RH	39	12	12	20	284	1	94	14.2	18	396	0	40	22.0	1731
1953*+	25	SFO	RH	39	12	12	15	104	0	25	6.9	15	368	0	55	24.5	1449
1954	26	SFO	RH	39	6	6	8	78	0	32	9.8	8	210	0	51	26.3	969
1955	27	SFO	RH	39	12	8	7	10	0	10	1.4	9	189	0	31	21.0	729
1956*	28	SFO	LH	39	12	11	15	38	0	12	2.5	13	300	0	36	23.1	1447
1957*	29	SFO	LH	39	12	10	10	41	0	13	4.1						977
1958*	30	SFO	LH	39	12	12	24	93	0	49	3.9	2	31	0	18	15.5	941
1961*	33	MIN	LHB	39	13	13	8	155	1	81	19.4	2	59	0	35	29.5	1069
1962	34	MIN		39	11	3	5	43	0	14	8.6	7	160	0	40	22.9	594
1963	35	NYG		39	14	1	13	74	0	13	5.7	6	136	0	51	22.7	476
1964	36	DET		39	8	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	3	72	0	27	24.0	136
Career					143	107	126	920	2	94	7.3	83	1921	0	55	23.1	11375
9 yrs		SFO			97	89	99	648	1	94	6.5	65	1494	0	55	23.0	9100
2 yrs		MIN			24	16	13	198	1	81	15.2	9	219	0	40	24.3	1663
1 yr		DET			8	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	3	72	0	27	24.0	136
1 yr		NYG			14	1	13	74	0	13	5.7	6	136	0	51	22.7	476

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
1963	35	NYG		1	0	2	19	0	10	9.5	1	47	0	47	47.0	105
Career				2		2	19	0	10	9.5	1	47	0	47	47.0	105
1 yr		NYG		1	0	2	19	0	10	9.5	1	47	0	47	47.0	105
1 yr		SFO		1	1

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
1952*+	24	SFO	RH	39	12	12							5	0	0	0
1953*+	25	SFO	RH	39	12	12							6	1	0	0
1954	26	SFO	RH	39	6	6							4	2	4	0
1955	27	SFO	RH	39	12	8							3	2	0	0
1956*	28	SFO	LH	39	12	11							4	1	0	0
1957*	29	SFO	LH	39	12	10							8	3	0	0
1958*	30	SFO	LH	39	12	12							10	4	0	0
1959	31	SFO	RH	39	10	9							1	1	0	0
1960	32	SFO	HB	39	9	9							2	0	0	0	0.0
1961*	33	MIN	LHB	39	13	13							8	2	2	0	0.0
1962	34	MIN		39	11	3							3	1	0	0	0.0
1963	35	NYG		39	14	1							3	2	0	0	0.0
Career					143	107							57	19	6	0	0.0
9 yrs		SFO			97	89							43	14	4	0	0.0
2 yrs		MIN			24	16							11	3	2	0	0.0
1 yr		DET			8	1											0.0
1 yr		NYG			14	1							3	2	0	0	0.0

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	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
1953*+	25	SFO	RH	39	12	12	2	3	66.7	13	1	33.3	0	0	11	4.3	11.0	6.5	1.1	115.3
1956*	28	SFO	LH	39	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	100	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0
1958*	30	SFO	LH	39	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1961*	33	MIN	LHB	39	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Career					143	107	2	7	28.6	13	1	14.3	1	14.3	11	1.9	-1.7	6.5	0.1	39.6	0	0	0	1.86	-1.71
9 yrs		SFO			97	89	2	6	33.3	13	1	16.7	1	16.7	11	2.2	-2.0	6.5	0.1	42.4
2 yrs		MIN			24	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1 yr		DET			8	1	0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		0	0
1 yr		NYG			14	1	0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		0	0

Scoring Summary

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Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1952*+	24	SFO	RH	39	12	12	6	3	1	10		60	5.0
1953*+	25	SFO	RH	39	12	12	3	2		5		30	2.5
1954	26	SFO	RH	39	6	6	6			6		36	6.0
1955	27	SFO	RH	39	12	8	4	2		6		36	3.0
1956*	28	SFO	LH	39	12	11	8			8		48	4.0
1957*	29	SFO	LH	39	12	10	1	2		3		18	1.5
1958*	30	SFO	LH	39	12	12	6	2		8		48	4.0
1959	31	SFO	RH	39	10	9	1	3		4		24	2.4
1960	32	SFO	HB	39	9	9		1		1		6	0.7
1961*	33	MIN	LHB	39	13	13	3	3	1	7		42	3.2
1963	35	NYG		39	14	1		2		2		12	0.9
Career					143	107	38	20	2	60	0	360	2.5
9 yrs		SFO			97	89	35	15	1	51	0	306	3.2
2 yrs		MIN			24	16	3	3	1	7	0	42	1.8
1 yr		DET			8	1					0	0	0.0
1 yr		NYG			14	1		2		2	0	12	.9

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1957*	29	SFO	1	1	1	1	6	6.0
Career			2	1	1	1	6	3.0
1 yr		NYG	1	0			0	0.0
1 yr		SFO	1	1	1	1	6	6.0

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