Frank Gifford

One of Professional Football’s early icons of the 1950s. Frank Gifford Entered the NFL when he was drafted by the New York Giants in the first round of the 1952 draft. While at USC he already had a started appearing in Hollywood movies. His first 2 years in the league he played Defensive Back and back-up running back. In 1952 he threw a touchdown pass against the Eagles and in 1953 had an interception-return-touchdown against Washington. He played a total of 12 seasons – Named to the Pro Bowl 8 times at 3 different positions and 4 All-Pro Selections. While in New York the Giants won 5 Divisional titles and an NFL Championship in 1956. That year he had the most Total Yards from Scrimmage -1422 and was named the NFL MVP of 1956.

Image Gallery of Frank Gifford, HalfBack/Defensive Back/Receiver 1952-1964

Chuck Bednarik Stands Over Frank Gifford

1956 New York Giants Sideline
New York Giants Sideline in 1956

Frank Gifford, Hall of Fame player for the New York Giants 1952-1964
Frank Gifford

Frank Gifford with Giants assistant coach Vince Lombardi
Frank Gifford with Offensive Coordinator Vince Lombardi of the New York Giants

Frank Gifford while at USC

Frank Gifford sets up to throw a Halfback Option Pass
Frank Gifford Halfback Option Pass

Frank Gifford Intercepts a Otto Graham pass.
Frank Gifford Intercepts Otto Graham

YA Tittle with Frank Gifford New York Giants

Giants Hall of Famer Frank Gifford

Frank Gifford in 1956 | NY Giants Against the Philadelphia Eagles

1956 Frank Gifford Touchdown Catch

Rosey Brown Leads Frank Gifford | New York Giants

Frank Gifford Old School NFL

Frank Gifford, 1962 New York Giants

Frank Gifford of the 1957 New York Giants

Frank Gifford carries against Colts as Ray Wietecha & Alex Webster leadin 1957 Giants vs Colts
Frank Gifford, Ray Wietecha & Alex Webster in 1957 Giants vs Colts

Giants receiver Frank Gifford takes in a pass against the Steelers in 1963. Covering him is defensiveback Dick Haley.
Frank Gifford makes a catch against Dick Haley | Giants-Steelers 1963 NFL

Frank Gifford & Roosevelt Brown against the Cleveland Browns

The Giants Frank Gifford catches a pass as a receiver
Frank Gifford, NY Giants Flanker

Publicity photo of the New York Giants early 1960s backfield – YA Tittle, Alex Webster, Frank Gifford & Phil King
YA Tittle, Alex Webster, Frank Gifford & Phil King of the New York Giants Early 1960s NFL Backfield

Frank Gifford, runningback of the New York Giants.
Frank Gifford New York Giants

Giants runner Frank Gifford runs behind lineman Darrell Dess in this Robert Rigor photo.
Frank Gifford Behind Darrell Dess Against Cleveland Browns – Early 1960s NFL

A vintage black and white photo showing Big Rosey Brown and Frank Gifford navigating the Redskins defense in 1957.
Frank Gifford and Rosey Brown vs The Washington Redskins in 1957

Black and White photo of Frank Gifford making a finger-tip touchdown catch against the Eagles in 1956.
Frank Gifford touchdown catch vs Tom Brookshire and the Eagles in 1956

Black and white photo of Frank Gifford scoring against the Redskins in 1956.
Frank Gifford scores against Washington in 1956

Giants runner Frank Gifford carries against he Colts defense in the 1958 NFL Title game.
Frank Gifford carries against the Colts in the 1958 NFL Championship

Frank Gifford and Darrell Dess, running a play against Jack Pardee in 1962
Frank Gifford and Darrell Dess, New York Giants – Jack Pardee Los Angeles Rams |1962 NFL

A Big Thank You to the Robert Rigor Living Trust for sharing many of the images here.

Frank Gifford Football Cards

Frank Gifford 1956 New York Giants Topps NFL Football Card #53

Career Rushing & Receiving Statistics

Year	Age	Games	Carries	Yards	TD	Long	Y/A	Catches	Yards	Y/R	TD	Long	Touches	Y/Tch	YScm
1952	22	10	38	116	0	15	3.1	5	36	7.2	0	11	43	3.5	152
1953*	23	12	50	157	2	15	3.1	18	292	16.2	4	49	68	6.6	449
1954*	24	9	66	368	2	30	5.6	14	154	11.0	1	35	80	6.5	522
1955*+	25	11	86	351	3	49	4.1	33	437	13.2	4	54	119	6.6	788
1956*+	26	12	159	819	5	69	5.2	51	603	11.8	4	48	210	6.8	1422♦
1957*+	27	12	136	528	5	41	3.9	41	588	14.3	4	63	177	6.3	1116
1958*	28	10	115	468	8	33	4.1	29	330	11.4	2	41	144	5.5	798
1959*+	29	11	106	540	3	79	5.1	42	768	18.3	4	77	148	8.8	1308
1960	30	8	77	232	4	15	3.0	24	344	14.3	3	44	101	5.7	576
1962	32	14	2	18	1	12	9.0	39	796	20.4	7	63	41	19.9	814
1963*	33	14	4	10	0	12	2.5	42	657	15.6	7	64	46	14.5	667
1964	34	13	1	2	1	2	2.0	29	429	14.8	3	40	30	14.4	431
Career		136	840	3609	34	79	4.3	367	5434	14.8	43	77	1207	7.5	9043

Career Passing Table

Year	Age	Games	Comp	Attempts	oCmp %	Yards	TD	Int	Long	Y/A	Rating
1952	22	10	1	2	50.0	18	1	0	18	9.0	120.8
1953*	23	12	3	6	50.0	47	1	0	21	7.8	116.0
1954*	24	9	4	8	50.0	155	3	1	83	19.4	95.8
1955*+	25	11	2	6	33.3	96	2	0	71	16.0	121.5
1956*+	26	12	2	5	40.0	35	2	1	29	7.0	64.6
1957*+	27	12	4	6	66.7	143	2	0	66	23.8	149.3
1958*	28	10	3	10	30.0	109	1	1	63	10.9	66.2
1959*+	29	11	5	11	45.5	151	2	2	43	13.7	92.0
1960	30	8	3	6	50.0	24	0	1	13	4.0	20.8
1962	32	14	1	2	50.0	12	0	0	12	6.0	68.7
1963	33	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
1964	34	13	1	1	100.0	33	0	0	33	33.0	118.7
Career		136	29	63	46.0	823	14	6	83	13.1	92.5

Career Kick & Punt Returns Statistics

Year	Age	Games	Punt Returns	Yards	TD	Long	Y/R	Kick Returns	Yards	Long	Y/Rt	APYd
1952	22	10	1	3	0	3	3.0	4	124	61	31.0	325
1953*	23	12	16	106	0	40	6.6	13	327	55	25.2	948
1954*	24	9	8	12	0	8	1.5	1	29	29	29.0	563
1955*+	25	11						5	114	62	22.8	902
Career		136	25	121	0	40	4.8	23	594	62	25.8	9870

+ – All-Pro Selection
* – Pro Bowl Selection
♦ – Led the League

Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com: View Original Table

For some good additional reading:

Giants Chronicles: Frank Gifford
Frank Gifford AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER AND BROADCASTER
Frank Gifford: Hall of Fame Bio