Kyle Rote
William Kyle Rote
Born: October 27, 1927
Bellevue, TX USA
Deceased: August 15, 2002
Baltimore, MD
Position: E-HB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 199
College: SMU
High School: Thomas Jefferson (San Antonio, TX)
Career: 1951-1961
Drafted: 1951 in Round 1, #1 overall by the New York Giants
Kyle Rote played from 1951 to 1961 during his career with the New York Giants. Rote ran for 871 yards in his career on 231 attempts, scoring 4 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 300 passes for 4,797 yards and 48 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 113 | 28.2 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 72 | 135.4 |
| 1953 | NFL New York Giants | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 45 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 23 | 10.9 |
| 1954 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 36 | 6.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 18 | 54.9 |
| 1955 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1956 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 20 | 6 | 30.0 | 194 | 9.7 | 2 | 10.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 72 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | NFL New York Giants | 21 | 114 | 5.4 | 31 | 1 |
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 103 | 421 | 4.1 | 52 | 2 |
| 1953 | NFL New York Giants | 63 | 213 | 3.4 | 18 | 1 |
| 1954 | NFL New York Giants | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL New York Giants | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 231 | 871 | 3.8 | 52 | 4 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | NFL New York Giants | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 18 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 21 | 240 | 11.4 | 26 | 2 |
| 1953 | NFL New York Giants | 26 | 440 | 16.9 | 75 | 5 |
| 1954 | NFL New York Giants | 29 | 551 | 19.0 | 63 | 2 |
| 1955 | NFL New York Giants | 31 | 580 | 18.7 | 71 | 8 |
| 1956 | NFL New York Giants | 28 | 405 | 14.5 | 31 | 4 |
| 1957 | NFL New York Giants | 25 | 358 | 14.3 | 33 | 3 |
| 1958 | NFL New York Giants | 12 | 244 | 20.3 | 44 | 3 |
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 25 | 362 | 14.5 | 34 | 4 |
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 42 | 750 | 17.9 | 71 | 10 |
| 1961 | NFL New York Giants | 53 | 805 | 15.2 | 57 | 7 |
| Totals | 300 | 4797 | 16.0 | 75 | 48 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 185 | 30.8 | 39 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Totals | 12 | 295 | 24.6 | 39 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1955 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1957 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1958 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 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 |
| 1951 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1952 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1953 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1954 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1955 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| 1956 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1957 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1958 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||||
| 1961 | NFL New York Giants | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| Totals | 4 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 312 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | NFL | New York Giants | 5 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL | New York Giants | 9 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL | New York Giants | 11 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL | New York Giants | 10 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
Honors
1955 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1955 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1956 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1956 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1956 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1956 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1960 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
