Horace Gillom
Horace Albert Gillom
Born: March 3, 1921
Roanoke, AL USA
Deceased: October 28, 1985
Los Angeles, CA
Position: E-DE
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 221
College: Ohio St., Nevada-Reno
High School: Washington (Massillon, OH)
Career: 1947-1956
Horace Gillom played from 1947 to 1956 during his career with the Cleveland Browns. Gillom caught 74 passes for 1,083 yards and 3 receiving touchdowns in his career. He also ran for -7 yards in his career on 3 attempts.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 79.2 |
| NFL | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | -15 | 0 |
| AAFC | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| NFL | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 20 | 295 | 14.8 | 0 | 1 |
| 1949 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 23 | 359 | 15.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 38 | 1 |
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 11 | 164 | 14.9 | 24 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 21 | 1 |
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 23 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 24 | 0 |
| AAFC | 45 | 678 | 15.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| NFL | 29 | 405 | 14.0 | 38 | 2 | |
| Totals | 74 | 1083 | 14.6 | 38 | 3 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 47 | 2096 | 44.6 | 0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 6 | 227 | 37.8 | 0 |
| 1949 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 54 | 2011 | 37.2 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 66 | 2849 | 43.2 | 75 |
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 73 | 3321 | 45.5 | 66 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 61 | 2787 | 45.7 | 73 |
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 63 | 2760 | 43.8 | 67 |
| 1954 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 52 | 2230 | 42.9 | 80 |
| 1955 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 58 | 2389 | 41.2 | 56 |
| 1956 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 12 | 536 | 44.7 | 53 |
| AAFC | 107 | 4334 | 40.5 | 0 | |
| NFL | 385 | 16872 | 43.8 | 80 | |
| Totals | 492 | 21206 | 43.1 | 80 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| AAFC | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | |
| NFL | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Totals | 9 | 88 | 9.8 | 23 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| AAFC | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 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 Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| AAFC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| NFL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Totals | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 4 |
| 1948 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 8 |
| 1949 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 4 |
| 1950 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 5 | 0 |
