Hugh McElhenny
Hugh Edward McElhenny Jr. "The King"
Born: December 31, 1928
Los Angeles, CA USA
Deceased: June 17, 2022
Position: HB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 195
College: Washington
High School: George Washington Prep (Westmont, CA)
Career: 1952-1964
Drafted: 1952 in Round 1, #9 overall by the San Francisco 49ers
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1970
Hugh McElhenny played from 1952 to 1964 during his career with the Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers. McElhenny ran for 5,281 yards in his career on 1,124 attempts, scoring 38 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 264 passes for 3,247 yards and 20 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1953 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 13 | 4.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 115.3 |
1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
1958 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 13 | 1.9 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 14.3 | 11 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1952 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 98 | 684 | 7.0 | 89 | 6 |
1953 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 112 | 503 | 4.5 | 33 | 3 |
1954 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 64 | 515 | 8.0 | 60 | 6 |
1955 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 90 | 327 | 3.6 | 44 | 4 |
1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 185 | 916 | 5.0 | 86 | 8 |
1957 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 102 | 478 | 4.7 | 61 | 1 |
1958 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 113 | 451 | 4.0 | 34 | 6 |
1959 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 18 | 67 | 3.7 | 18 | 1 |
1960 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 95 | 347 | 3.7 | 38 | 0 |
1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 120 | 570 | 4.8 | 41 | 3 |
1962 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 50 | 200 | 4.0 | 27 | 0 |
1963 | NFL New York Giants | 55 | 175 | 3.2 | 23 | 0 |
1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 22 | 48 | 2.2 | 14 | 0 |
Totals | 1124 | 5281 | 4.7 | 89 | 38 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1952 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 26 | 367 | 14.1 | 77 | 3 |
1953 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 30 | 474 | 15.8 | 71 | 2 |
1954 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 162 | 20.2 | 53 | 0 |
1955 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 11 | 203 | 18.5 | 55 | 2 |
1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 193 | 12.1 | 22 | 0 |
1957 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 37 | 458 | 12.4 | 43 | 2 |
1958 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 31 | 366 | 11.8 | 59 | 2 |
1959 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 22 | 329 | 15.0 | 62 | 3 |
1960 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 114 | 8.1 | 45 | 1 |
1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 37 | 283 | 7.6 | 26 | 3 |
1962 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 191 | 11.9 | 41 | 0 |
1963 | NFL New York Giants | 11 | 91 | 8.3 | 24 | 2 |
1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 27 | 0 |
Totals | 264 | 3247 | 12.3 | 77 | 20 |
Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1952 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 20 | 284 | 14.2 | 94 | 1 |
1953 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 15 | 104 | 6.9 | 25 | 0 |
1954 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 32 | 0 |
1955 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 10 | 0 |
1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 |
1957 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 |
1958 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 24 | 93 | 3.9 | 49 | 0 |
1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 8 | 155 | 19.4 | 81 | 1 |
1962 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 14 | 0 |
1963 | NFL New York Giants | 13 | 74 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 126 | 920 | 7.3 | 94 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1952 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 18 | 396 | 22.0 | 40 | 0 |
1953 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 15 | 368 | 24.5 | 55 | 0 |
1954 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 210 | 26.2 | 51 | 0 |
1955 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 9 | 189 | 21.0 | 31 | 0 |
1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 13 | 300 | 23.1 | 36 | 0 |
1958 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 18 | 0 |
1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 35 | 0 |
1962 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 160 | 22.9 | 40 | 0 |
1963 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 136 | 22.7 | 51 | 0 |
1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 27 | 0 |
Totals | 83 | 1921 | 23.1 | 55 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1952 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1953 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1954 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
1955 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1957 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
1958 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
1959 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1960 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
1962 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1963 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 57 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1952 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||
1953 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
1954 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
1955 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
1956 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
1957 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
1958 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
1959 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
1960 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
1963 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Totals | 38 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 360 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1952 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 0 |
1953 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 0 |
1954 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 0 |
1955 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 0 |
1956 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 0 |
1957 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 0 |
1958 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 0 |
1959 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 0 |
1960 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 9 | 7 |
1961 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 13 |
1962 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 11 | 0 |
1963 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
1964 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 8 | 0 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1950s Team
Honors
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 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1954 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1954 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1954 - The Sporting News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1956 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1956 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1956 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1956 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1957 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1957 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)