Joe Scott (American football)
Scott on a 1948 Bowman football card | |||||||||||||
| No. 50, 30, 99 | |||||||||||||
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| Positions | Halfback Defensive back End | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born | March 17, 1926 Murchison, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died | June 30, 2016 (aged 90) Athens, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| High school | Athens (Athens, Texas) | ||||||||||||
| College | Texas A&M San Francisco | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1948: 2nd round, 12th overall pick | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||||
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Joseph Oscar Scott Jr. (March 17, 1926 – June 30, 2016) was an American professional football player who played running back for six seasons for the New York Giants. He was born in Murchison, Texas, and died in Athens, Texas, where he lived in 2016.[1]
NFL career statistics
| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1948 | NYG | 10 | 6 | 48 | 198 | 4.1 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 235 | 13.8 | 43 | 2 |
| 1949 | NYG | 8 | 6 | 70 | 224 | 3.2 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 111 | 7.4 | 24 | 1 |
| 1950 | NYG | 10 | 2 | 72 | 322 | 4.5 | 48 | 2 | 9 | 240 | 26.7 | 61 | 1 |
| 1951 | NYG | 12 | 11 | 94 | 367 | 3.9 | 37 | 1 | 23 | 356 | 15.5 | 57 | 2 |
| 1952 | NYG | 8 | 4 | 38 | 107 | 2.8 | 30 | 3 | 14 | 251 | 17.9 | 35 | 1 |
| 1953 | NYG | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 51 | 30 | 322 | 1,218 | 3.8 | 48 | 14 | 79 | 1,203 | 15.2 | 61 | 7 | ||
Playoffs
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1950 | NYG | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
See also
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