Rex Bumgardner
Rex Keith Bumgardner
Born: September 6, 1923
Clarksburg, WV USA
Deceased: June 1, 1998
Clarksburg, WV
Position: HB-DB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 193
College: West Virginia
High School: Victory (Clarksburg, WV)
Career: 1948-1952
Rex Bumgardner played from 1948 to 1952 during his career with the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns. Bumgardner ran for 868 yards in his career on 236 attempts, scoring 4 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 22 passes for 404 yards and 6 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 14 | 82 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 101 | 391 | 3.9 | 0 | 1 |
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 67 | 231 | 3.4 | 26 | 2 |
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 45 | 126 | 2.8 | 20 | 1 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 24 | 0 |
| AAFC | 115 | 473 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| NFL | 121 | 395 | 3.3 | 26 | 3 | |
| Totals | 236 | 868 | 3.7 | 26 | 4 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 0 |
| 1949 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 7 | 168 | 24.0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 9 | 112 | 12.4 | 25 | 1 |
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 19 | 1 |
| AAFC | 8 | 231 | 28.9 | 63 | 4 | |
| NFL | 14 | 173 | 12.4 | 25 | 2 | |
| Totals | 22 | 404 | 18.4 | 63 | 6 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 16 | 336 | 21.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1949 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| AAFC | 20 | 371 | 18.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| NFL | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Totals | 24 | 395 | 16.5 | 10 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 9 | 141 | 15.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 9 | 163 | 18.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 33 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 23 | 0 |
| AAFC | 18 | 304 | 16.9 | 0 | 0 | |
| NFL | 8 | 164 | 20.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Totals | 26 | 468 | 18.0 | 33 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
| AAFC | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | |
| NFL | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Totals | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 33 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1948 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| 1949 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| AAFC | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
| NFL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Totals | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | AAFC | Buffalo Bills | 13 | 3 |
| 1949 | AAFC | Buffalo Bills | 10 | 8 |
| 1950 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 10 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 10 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 11 | 0 |
