C.R. Roberts
Cornelius R. Roberts
Born: February 29, 1936
Los Angeles, CA USA
Deceased: July 11, 2023
Position: FB
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 202
College: USC
High School: Carlsbad (CA)
Career: 1957-1962
Drafted: 1958 in Round 14, #166 overall by the New York Giants
C.R. Roberts played from 1957 to 1962 during his career with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, San Francisco 49ers and Toronto Argonauts. Roberts ran for 1,372 yards in his career on 278 attempts, scoring 9 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 27 passes for 206 yards.
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 23 | 117 | 5.1 | 17 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 92 | 595 | 6.5 | 85 | 5 |
| 1959 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 67 | 6.7 | 46 | 1 |
| 1960 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 73 | 213 | 2.9 | 30 | 2 |
| 1961 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 63 | 338 | 5.4 | 54 | 1 |
| 1962 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 12 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 8 | 0 |
| NFL | 155 | 637 | 4.1 | 54 | 4 | |
| CFL | 123 | 735 | 6.0 | 85 | 5 | |
| Totals | 278 | 1372 | 4.9 | 85 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1958 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 25 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 9 | 49 | 5.4 | 27 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 83 | 8.3 | 19 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| NFL | 21 | 132 | 6.3 | 27 | 0 | |
| CFL | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Totals | 27 | 206 | 7.6 | 27 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 20 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| NFL | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| CFL | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 26 | 0 | |
| Totals | 8 | 164 | 20.5 | 26 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 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 |
| 1958 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1959 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1960 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1961 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| NFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| CFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Totals | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 2 | |
| 1958 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 8 | |
| 1959 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 10 |
| 1962 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 |
