Charlie Conerly
Charles Albert Conerly Jr.
Born: September 19, 1921
Clarksdale, MS USA
Deceased: February 13, 1996
Memphis, TN
Position: QB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 185
College: Mississippi
High School: Clarksdale (MS)
Career: 1948-1961
Drafted: 1945 in Round 13, #127 overall by the Washington Redskins
Charlie Conerly played from 1948 to 1961 during his career with the New York Giants. Conerly threw for 19,488 yards in his career, completing 1,418 of 2,833 passes with 173 touchdowns and 167 interceptions. He also ran for 685 yards in 270 attempts with 10 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL New York Giants | 299 | 162 | 54.2 | 2175 | 7.3 | 22 | 7.4 | 13 | 4.3 | 65 | 84.0 |
| 1949 | NFL New York Giants | 305 | 152 | 49.8 | 2138 | 7.0 | 17 | 5.6 | 20 | 6.6 | 85 | 64.1 |
| 1950 | NFL New York Giants | 132 | 56 | 42.4 | 1000 | 7.6 | 8 | 6.1 | 7 | 5.3 | 43 | 67.1 |
| 1951 | NFL New York Giants | 189 | 93 | 49.2 | 1277 | 6.8 | 10 | 5.3 | 22 | 11.6 | 69 | 49.3 |
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 169 | 82 | 48.5 | 1090 | 6.4 | 13 | 7.7 | 10 | 5.9 | 70 | 70.4 |
| 1953 | NFL New York Giants | 303 | 143 | 47.2 | 1711 | 5.6 | 13 | 4.3 | 25 | 8.3 | 60 | 44.9 |
| 1954 | NFL New York Giants | 210 | 103 | 49.0 | 1439 | 6.9 | 17 | 8.1 | 11 | 5.2 | 68 | 76.7 |
| 1955 | NFL New York Giants | 202 | 98 | 48.5 | 1310 | 6.5 | 13 | 6.4 | 13 | 6.4 | 71 | 64.2 |
| 1956 | NFL New York Giants | 174 | 90 | 51.7 | 1143 | 6.6 | 10 | 5.7 | 7 | 4.0 | 48 | 75.0 |
| 1957 | NFL New York Giants | 232 | 128 | 55.2 | 1712 | 7.4 | 11 | 4.7 | 11 | 4.7 | 70 | 74.9 |
| 1958 | NFL New York Giants | 184 | 88 | 47.8 | 1199 | 6.5 | 10 | 5.4 | 9 | 4.9 | 44 | 66.8 |
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 194 | 113 | 58.2 | 1706 | 8.8 | 14 | 7.2 | 4 | 2.1 | 77 | 102.7 |
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 134 | 66 | 49.3 | 954 | 7.1 | 8 | 6.0 | 7 | 5.2 | 70 | 70.9 |
| 1961 | NFL New York Giants | 106 | 44 | 41.5 | 634 | 6.0 | 7 | 6.6 | 8 | 7.5 | 37 | 52.2 |
| Totals | 2833 | 1418 | 50.1 | 19488 | 6.9 | 173 | 6.1 | 167 | 5.9 | 85 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL New York Giants | 40 | 160 | 4.0 | 40 | 5 |
| 1949 | NFL New York Giants | 23 | 42 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL New York Giants | 23 | 22 | 1.0 | 14 | 1 |
| 1951 | NFL New York Giants | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 18 | 1 |
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 27 | 115 | 4.3 | 33 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL New York Giants | 24 | 91 | 3.8 | 24 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL New York Giants | 24 | 107 | 4.5 | 24 | 1 |
| 1955 | NFL New York Giants | 12 | 10 | 0.8 | 12 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL New York Giants | 11 | 11 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL New York Giants | 15 | 24 | 1.6 | 13 | 1 |
| 1958 | NFL New York Giants | 12 | -17 | -1.4 | 11 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 10 | 1 |
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 14 | 1 | 0.1 | 17 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL New York Giants | 13 | 16 | 1.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 270 | 685 | 2.5 | 40 | 10 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | |||
| 1954 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| 1955 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL New York Giants | 17 | 678 | 39.9 | 53 |
| 1949 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 36 |
| 1950 | NFL New York Giants | 20 | 760 | 38.0 | 54 |
| 1951 | NFL New York Giants | 72 | 2856 | 39.7 | 55 |
| 1956 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 |
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 18 | 665 | 36.9 | 59 |
| Totals | 130 | 5062 | 38.9 | 59 |
Kick Returns:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 5 | -20 | 0 | |||
| 1949 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1950 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1951 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 2 | -6 | 0 | |||
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1954 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1955 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1957 | NFL New York Giants | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1958 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1961 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 54 | 26 | -26 | 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 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1950 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1951 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1954 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| 1955 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1957 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 4 |
| 1949 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 11 |
| 1950 | NFL | New York Giants | 11 | 8 |
| 1951 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 11 |
| 1952 | NFL | New York Giants | 11 | 11 |
| 1953 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 11 |
| 1954 | NFL | New York Giants | 10 | 10 |
| 1955 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 5 |
| 1956 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 8 |
| 1958 | NFL | New York Giants | 10 | 6 |
| 1959 | NFL | New York Giants | 10 | 10 |
| 1960 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 8 |
| 1961 | NFL | New York Giants | 13 | 4 |
Awards
1959 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
Honors
1956 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1959 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1959 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1959 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1959 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
