Elroy Hirsch
Elroy Leon Hirsch "Crazy Legs"
Born: June 17, 1923
Wausau, WI USA
Deceased: January 28, 2004
Madison, WI
Position: E-HB-DE
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 190
College: Wisconsin, Michigan
High School: Wausau (WI)
Career: 1946-1957
Drafted: 1945 in Round 1, #5 overall by the Cleveland Rams
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968
Elroy Hirsch played from 1946 to 1957 during his career with the Chicago Rockets and Los Angeles Rams. Hirsch ran for 687 yards in his career on 207 attempts, scoring 3 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 387 passes for 7,029 yards and 60 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 156 | 7.8 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 61.7 |
| 1947 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| AAFC | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 156 | 7.4 | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 156 | 7.1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2 | 9.1 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 87 | 226 | 2.6 | 0 | 1 |
| 1947 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 23 | 51 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1948 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 23 | 93 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 68 | 287 | 4.2 | 51 | 1 |
| 1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| AAFC | 133 | 370 | 2.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| NFL | 74 | 317 | 4.3 | 51 | 1 | |
| Totals | 207 | 687 | 3.3 | 51 | 3 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 27 | 347 | 12.9 | 68 | 3 |
| 1947 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 10 | 282 | 28.2 | 76 | 3 |
| 1948 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 22 | 326 | 14.8 | 48 | 4 |
| 1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 42 | 687 | 16.4 | 58 | 7 |
| 1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 66 | 1495 | 22.7 | 91 | 17 |
| 1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 25 | 590 | 23.6 | 84 | 4 |
| 1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 61 | 941 | 15.4 | 70 | 4 |
| 1954 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 35 | 720 | 20.6 | 66 | 3 |
| 1955 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 25 | 460 | 18.4 | 72 | 2 |
| 1956 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 35 | 603 | 17.2 | 76 | 6 |
| 1957 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 32 | 477 | 14.9 | 45 | 6 |
| AAFC | 44 | 730 | 16.6 | 76 | 7 | |
| NFL | 343 | 6299 | 18.4 | 91 | 53 | |
| Totals | 387 | 7029 | 18.2 | 91 | 60 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| 1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 5 | |||
| 1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| 1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 4 | |||
| AAFC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 11 | 9 | 81.8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Totals | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 17 | 235 | 13.8 | 0 | 1 |
| 1947 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 |
| AAFC | 21 | 286 | 13.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 21 | 286 | 13.6 | 0 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 14 | 384 | 27.4 | 88 | 1 |
| 1947 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 6 | 172 | 28.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| AAFC | 21 | 566 | 27.0 | 88 | 1 | |
| Totals | 21 | 566 | 27.0 | 88 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 32 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 23 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| AAFC | 8 | 156 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | |
| NFL | 7 | 95 | 13.6 | 32 | 0 | |
| Totals | 15 | 251 | 16.7 | 32 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1954 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 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 Chicago Rockets | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||
| 1947 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| 1948 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| 1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 47 | |||||||
| 1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | ||||||||
| 1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||
| 1954 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1955 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1956 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| 1957 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| AAFC | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |
| NFL | 1 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 339 | |
| Totals | 3 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 405 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC | Chicago Rockets | 14 | 12 |
| 1947 | AAFC | Chicago Rockets | 5 | 4 |
| 1948 | AAFC | Chicago Rockets | 5 | 3 |
| 1949 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 3 |
| 1950 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 10 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 9 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1950s Team
Honors
1951 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1951 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1951 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1952 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1952 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1953 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1953 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1953 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1956 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
