Bob Hoernschemeyer
Robert James Hoernschemeyer
Born: September 24, 1925
Cincinnati, OH USA
Deceased: June 17, 1980
Detroit, MI
Position: B
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 194
College: Indiana, Navy
Career: 1946-1955
Drafted: 1947 in Round 11, #94 overall by the New York Giants
Bob Hoernschemeyer played from 1946 to 1955 during his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Hornets, Chicago Rockets and Detroit Lions. Hoernschemeyer ran for 4,548 yards in his career on 1,059 attempts, scoring 27 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 109 passes for 1,139 yards and 11 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 | 193 | 95 | 49.2 | 1266 | 6.6 | 14 | 7.3 | 14 | 7.3 | 0 | 64.4 |
| 1947 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 151 | 64 | 42.4 | 783 | 5.2 | 3 | 2.0 | 11 | 7.3 | 0 | 35.3 |
| 1947 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 143 | 6.5 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 78.4 |
| 1948 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 155 | 71 | 45.8 | 854 | 5.5 | 8 | 5.2 | 15 | 9.7 | 0 | 40.8 |
| 1949 | AAFC Chicago Hornets | 167 | 69 | 41.3 | 1063 | 6.4 | 6 | 3.6 | 11 | 6.6 | 0 | 47.6 |
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 19 | 4.8 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 19 | 46.9 |
| 1951 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 46 | 11.5 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 131.3 |
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 14 | 3.5 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 10 | 58.3 |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 16 | 3.2 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 8 | 48.8 |
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 81 | 11.6 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 14.3 | 66 | 86.0 |
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 17 | 8.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 17 | 79.2 |
| AAFC | 688 | 308 | 44.8 | 4109 | 6.0 | 32 | 4.7 | 51 | 7.4 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 193 | 7.4 | 10 | 38.5 | 5 | 19.2 | 66 | ||
| Totals | 714 | 319 | 44.7 | 4302 | 6.0 | 42 | 5.9 | 56 | 7.8 | 66 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 111 | 375 | 3.4 | 57 | 0 |
| 1947 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 147 | 702 | 4.8 | 84 | 5 |
| 1947 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 110 | 574 | 5.2 | 61 | 3 |
| 1949 | AAFC Chicago Hornets | 133 | 456 | 3.4 | 0 | 2 |
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 84 | 471 | 5.6 | 96 | 1 |
| 1951 | NFL Detroit Lions | 132 | 678 | 5.1 | 85 | 2 |
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 106 | 457 | 4.3 | 41 | 4 |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 101 | 482 | 4.8 | 49 | 7 |
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 94 | 242 | 2.6 | 35 | 2 |
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 36 | 109 | 3.0 | 10 | 1 |
| AAFC | 506 | 2109 | 4.2 | 84 | 10 | |
| NFL | 553 | 2439 | 4.4 | 96 | 17 | |
| Totals | 1059 | 4548 | 4.3 | 96 | 27 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| 1947 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1948 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 11 | 173 | 15.7 | 42 | 3 |
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 41 | 1 |
| 1951 | NFL Detroit Lions | 23 | 263 | 11.4 | 48 | 3 |
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 17 | 139 | 8.2 | 28 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 23 | 282 | 12.3 | 35 | 2 |
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 20 | 153 | 7.6 | 26 | 1 |
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 15 | 0 |
| AAFC | 13 | 188 | 14.5 | 42 | 4 | |
| NFL | 96 | 951 | 9.9 | 48 | 7 | |
| Totals | 109 | 1139 | 10.4 | 48 | 11 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 11 | 484 | 44.0 | 0 |
| 1947 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 |
| 1949 | AAFC Chicago Hornets | 4 | 195 | 48.8 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 42 |
| AAFC | 18 | 775 | 43.1 | 40 | |
| NFL | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 42 | |
| Totals | 22 | 922 | 41.9 | 42 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1949 | AAFC Chicago Hornets | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| AAFC | 9 | 117 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| NFL | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Totals | 11 | 133 | 12.1 | 19 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 9 | 275 | 30.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 6 | 138 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | AAFC Chicago Hornets | 14 | 373 | 26.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 41 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 73 | 18.2 | 20 | 0 |
| AAFC | 30 | 797 | 26.6 | 11 | 0 | |
| NFL | 9 | 184 | 20.4 | 41 | 0 | |
| Totals | 39 | 981 | 25.2 | 41 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1947 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| AAFC | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1951 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 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 |
| 1947 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1947 | AAFC Chicago Rockets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1948 | AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| 1949 | AAFC Chicago Hornets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1951 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| AAFC | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |
| NFL | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | |
| Totals | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC | Chicago Rockets | 14 | 10 |
| 1947 | AAFC | Brooklyn Dodgers | 12 | 5 |
| 1947 | AAFC | Chicago Rockets | 2 | 2 |
| 1948 | AAFC | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14 | 6 |
| 1949 | AAFC | Chicago Hornets | 12 | 12 |
| 1950 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 10 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 11 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 10 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 11 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 5 | 0 |
Honors
1946 - AAFC AAFC All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1946 - AAFC United Press International All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1946 - AAFC New York Daily News All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1949 - AAFC AAFC All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1949 - AAFC United Press International All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1951 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1952 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1952 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1952 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1953 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1953 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
