Ken Strong

Elmer Kenneth Strong Jr.

Position: FB-TB-HB-WB-DB-K

6-0, 206lb (183cm, 93kg)

Born: April 21, 1906 in West Haven, CT

Died: October 5, 1979 in New York, NY

College: NYU

High School: West Haven (CT)

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1967 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

131

Rush

379

Yds

1228

Y/A

3.2

FantPt

541.5

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
1929	23	SIS	HB	2	10	10	0	0	4	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	4	0
1930+	24	SIS	WB	2	12	11	0	0	2	0		0.0	0.0	0	0		5	0	0.0	0.0	0		0	7	0
1931+	25	SIS	TB		11	9	0	0	6	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	6	0
1932	26	SIS	FB		11	7	96	375	2	0	3.9	34.1	8.7	5	56	11.2	0	0	0.5	5.1	101	4.3	431	2	0
1933+	27	NYG	FB	50	14	11	96	272	3	0	2.8	19.4	6.9	10	146	14.6	2	0	0.7	10.4	106	3.9	418	5	0
1934	28	NYG	FB	50	13	11	138	431	6	0	3.1	33.2	10.6	7	52	7.4	0	0	0.5	4.0	145	3.3	483	6	0
1935	29	NYG	FB	50	11	7	46	151	1	0	3.3	13.7	4.2								46	3.3	151	1	0
1939	33	NYG		30	9	3	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1								1	1.0	1	0	0
1944	38	NYG	fb	50	10	6	2	-2	0	2	-1.0	-0.2	0.2								2	-1.0	-2	0	0
1945	39	NYG	fb	50	9	9	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
1946	40	NYG	fb	50	11	11	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
1947	41	NYG	FB	50	10	9	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
Career					131	104	379	1228	24	2	3.2	9.4	2.9	22	254	11.5	7	0	0.2	1.9	401	3.7	1482	31	0
8 yrs		NYG			87	67	283	853	10	2	3.0	9.8	3.3	17	198	11.6	2	0	0.2	2.3	300	3.5	1051	12	0
4 yrs		SIS			44	37	96	375	14	0	3.9	8.5	2.2	5	56	11.2	5	0	0.1	1.3	101	4.3	431	19	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
1933+	27	NYG		1	1	8	35	0	0	4.4	35.0	8.0	1	8	8.0	1	8	1.0	8.0	9	4.8	43	1	0
1934	28	NYG		1	1	9	94	2	42	10.4	94.0	9.0	2	17	8.5	0	0	2.0	17.0	11	10.1	111	2	2
1935	29	NYG		1	1	17	43	0	0	2.5	43.0	17.0	1	42	42.0	1	42	1.0	42.0	18	4.7	85	1	0
1944	38	NYG		1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
1946	40	NYG		1	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
Career				5	4	34	172	2	42	5.1	34.4	6.8	4	67	16.8	2	42	0.8	13.4	38	6.3	239	4	2

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Kicking & Punting

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

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
1929	23	SIS	HB	2	10	10																9
1930+	24	SIS	WB	2	12	11													26			8
1931+	25	SIS	TB		11	9													35			5
1932	26	SIS	FB		11	7																3
1933+	27	NYG	FB	50	14	11													39			13
1934	28	NYG	FB	50	13	11													44			8
1935	29	NYG	FB	50	11	7													44			11
1939	33	NYG		30	9	3													24		7	7	100.0%						5	277	69	0	55.4
1944	38	NYG	fb	50	10	6													38		24	23	95.8%						1	44	44	0	44.0
1945	39	NYG	fb	50	9	9													45		23	23	100.0%						3	134	51	0	44.7
1946	40	NYG	fb	50	11	11													36		32	32	100.0%
1947	41	NYG	FB	50	10	9													27		25	24	96.0%
Career					131	104													45		111	166	149.5%						9	455	69	0	50.6
8 yrs		NYG			87	67													45		111	141	98.2%						9	455	69	0	50.6
4 yrs		SIS			44	37													35			25

Kicking & Punting Table
				Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring						Kickoffs					Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1933+	27	NYG		1	1														3	3	100.0%						11	342	62	0	31.1
1934	28	NYG		1	1											1	1	100.0%	2	2	100.0%						6	274	0	0	45.7
1935	29	NYG		1	1											1		0.0%	1	1	100.0%						2	93	0	0	46.5
1944	38	NYG		1	0														1	1	100.0%
1946	40	NYG		1	1														2	2	100.0%
Career				5	4											2	1	50.0%	9	9	100.0%						19	709	62	0	37.3

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%	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	4QC	GWD
1932	26	SIS	FB		11	7	4	23	17.4	94	1	4.3	3	13	4.1	-0.9	23.5	8.5	19.0	0	0
1933+	27	NYG	FB	50	14	11	8	11	72.7	194	2	18.2	0	0	17.6	21.3	24.3	13.9	154.4
1934	28	NYG	FB	50	13	11	8	15	53.3	92	0	0	1	6.7	6.1	3.1	11.5	7.1	44.3
1935	29	NYG	FB	50	11	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	33.3	0.0	-15.0		0.0	0.0
Career					131	104	20	52	38.5	380	6	11.5	5	9.6	7.3	5.3	19.0	2.9	63.5	0	0
8 yrs		NYG			87	67	16	29	55.2	286	2	6.9	2	6.9	9.9	8.1	17.9	3.3	83.4	0	0
4 yrs		SIS			44	37	4	23	17.4	94	4	17.4	3	13	4.1	1.7	23.5	2.1	44.1	0	0

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	NY/A	ANY/A
1933+	27	NYG	1	1	0-0	1	1	100	-1	-1	-1.0	-1.0	-1.0	-1.0	79.2	-1.00	-1.00
1934	28	NYG	1	1	0-0	1	1	100	20	20	20.0	20.0	20.0	20.0	118.7	20.00	20.00
Career			5	4	0-0	2	2	100	19	20	9.5	9.5	9.5	3.8	106.2	9.50	9.50

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	IntTD	AllTD	D2P	XPM	XPA	Pts	Pts/G
1929	23	SIS	HB	2	10	10	4		1		5		9		39	3.9
1930+	24	SIS	WB	2	12	11	2	5			7		8		53	4.4
1931+	25	SIS	TB		11	9	6		1		7		5		53	4.8
1932	26	SIS	FB		11	7	2				2		3		15	1.4
1933+	27	NYG	FB	50	14	11	3	2		1	6		13		64	4.6
1934	28	NYG	FB	50	13	11	6				6		8		56	4.3
1935	29	NYG	FB	50	11	7	1				1		11		29	2.6
1939	33	NYG		30	9	3							7	7	19	2.1
1944	38	NYG	fb	50	10	6							23	24	41	4.1
1945	39	NYG	fb	50	9	9							23	23	41	4.6
1946	40	NYG	fb	50	11	11							32	32	44	4.0
1947	41	NYG	FB	50	10	9							24	25	30	3.0
Career					131	104	24	7	2	1	34	0	166	111	484	3.7
8 yrs		NYG			87	67	10	2		1	13	0	141	111	324	3.7
4 yrs		SIS			44	37	14	5	2		21	0	25		160	3.6

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1933+	27	NYG	1	1		1	1	3	3			9	9.0
1934	28	NYG	1	1	2		2	2	2	1	1	17	17.0
1935	29	NYG	1	1		1	1	1	1		1	7	7.0
1944	38	NYG	1	0				1	1			1	1.0
1946	40	NYG	1	1				2	2			2	2.0
Career			5	4	2	2	4	9	9	1	2	36	7.2

Kick & Punt Returns

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

Playoffs

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
1933+	27	NYG		1	1						2	52	0	0	26.0	95
1934	28	NYG		1	1	3	66	0	42	22.0	3	66	0	0	22.0	243
Career				5	4	3	66	0	42	22.0	5	118	0	0	23.6	423

Defense & Fumbles

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

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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
1934	28	NYG		1	1						0	2	0	0	0
Career				5	4						0	2	0	0	0

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