Lou Groza
Louis Roy Groza "The Toe"
Born: January 25, 1924
Martins Ferry, OH USA
Deceased: November 29, 2000
Middleburg Heights, OH
Position: T-C-DT-K
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 240
College: Ohio St.
High School: Martins Ferry (OH)
Career: 1946-1967
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1974
Lou Groza played from 1946 to 1967 during his career with the Cleveland Browns. Groza caught 1 passes for 23 yards and 1 receiving touchdowns in his career.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1963 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1965 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | -7 | -1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 1 |
| NFL | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 1 | |
| Totals | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 1 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 47 | 45 | 95.7 | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 84 |
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 42 | 39 | 92.9 | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 60 |
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 52 | 51 | 98.1 | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 75 |
| 1949 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 35 | 34 | 97.1 | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 40 |
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 68 |
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 73 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 33 | 19 | 57.6 | 89 |
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 40 | 39 | 97.5 | 26 | 23 | 88.5 | 108 |
| 1954 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 38 | 37 | 97.4 | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 85 |
| 1955 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 45 | 44 | 97.8 | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 77 |
| 1956 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 18 | 18 | 100.0 | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 51 |
| 1957 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 77 |
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 38 | 36 | 94.7 | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 60 |
| 1959 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 37 | 33 | 89.2 | 16 | 5 | 31.2 | 48 |
| 1961 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 38 | 37 | 97.4 | 23 | 16 | 69.6 | 85 |
| 1962 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 35 | 33 | 94.3 | 31 | 14 | 45.2 | 75 |
| 1963 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 43 | 40 | 93.0 | 23 | 15 | 65.2 | 85 |
| 1964 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 49 | 49 | 100.0 | 33 | 22 | 66.7 | 115 |
| 1965 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 45 | 45 | 100.0 | 25 | 16 | 64.0 | 93 |
| 1966 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 52 | 51 | 98.1 | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 78 |
| 1967 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 76 |
| AAFC | 176 | 169 | 96.0 | 76 | 30 | 39.5 | 259 | |
| NFL | 657 | 641 | 97.6 | 405 | 234 | 57.8 | 1343 | |
| Totals | 833 | 810 | 97.2 | 481 | 264 | 54.9 | 1602 |
Kick Returns:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |||
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1965 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1946 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 0 | 13 | 45 | 0 | 84 | |||||||||
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 0 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 60 | |||||||||
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 0 | 8 | 51 | 0 | 75 | |||||||||
| 1949 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 40 | ||||||||
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 13 | 29 | 0 | 74 | ||||||||
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 10 | 43 | 0 | 73 | |||||||||
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 19 | 32 | 0 | 89 | |||||||||
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 23 | 39 | 0 | 108 | |||||||||
| 1954 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 16 | 37 | 0 | 85 | |||||||||
| 1955 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 11 | 44 | 0 | 77 | |||||||||
| 1956 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 51 | |||||||||
| 1957 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 15 | 32 | 0 | 77 | |||||||||
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 60 | |||||||||
| 1959 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| 1961 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 16 | 37 | 0 | 85 | |||||||||
| 1962 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 14 | 33 | 0 | 75 | |||||||||
| 1963 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 15 | 40 | 0 | 85 | |||||||||
| 1964 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 22 | 49 | 0 | 115 | |||||||||
| 1965 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 16 | 45 | 0 | 93 | |||||||||
| 1966 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 9 | 51 | 0 | 78 | |||||||||
| 1967 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 11 | 43 | 0 | 76 | |||||||||
| AAFC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 259 | |
| NFL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 641 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1349 | |
| Totals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264 | 810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1608 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 5 |
| 1947 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 5 |
| 1948 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 14 |
| 1949 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 12 |
| 1950 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 10 | 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 | 12 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1950s Team
Honors
1946 - AAFC United Press International All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1951 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1951 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1952 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1952 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1952 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1953 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1953 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1953 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1954 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1954 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1954 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1954 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1955 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1955 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1955 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1955 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1955 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1956 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1956 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1957 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1957 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1957 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1957 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1964 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1965 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
