Gary Shirk
Gary Lee Shirk
Born: February 23, 1950
Marysville, OH USA
Position: TE
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 220
College: Morehead St.
High School: Marysville (OH)
Career: 1974-1985
Gary Shirk played from 1974 to 1985 during his career with the Memphis Showboats, Memphis Southmen and New York Giants. Shirk caught 259 passes for 3,416 yards and 22 receiving touchdowns in his career.
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Rushing:
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 34 | 671 | 19.7 | 57 | 7 |
| 1975 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 15 | 265 | 17.7 | 33 | 1 |
| 1976 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 31 | 1 |
| 1977 | NFL New York Giants | 16 | 280 | 17.5 | 64 | 2 |
| 1978 | NFL New York Giants | 10 | 127 | 12.7 | 45 | 2 |
| 1979 | NFL New York Giants | 31 | 471 | 15.2 | 61 | 2 |
| 1980 | NFL New York Giants | 21 | 211 | 10.0 | 21 | 1 |
| 1981 | NFL New York Giants | 42 | 445 | 10.6 | 46 | 3 |
| 1982 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | USFL Memphis Showboats | 57 | 604 | 10.6 | 41 | 2 |
| 1985 | USFL Memphis Showboats | 23 | 236 | 10.3 | 27 | 1 |
| WFL | 49 | 936 | 19.1 | 57 | 8 | |
| NFL | 130 | 1640 | 12.6 | 64 | 11 | |
| USFL | 80 | 840 | 10.5 | 41 | 3 | |
| Totals | 259 | 3416 | 13.2 | 64 | 22 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 109 | 18.2 | 27 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 19 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 24 | 0 |
| 1984 | USFL Memphis Showboats | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| WFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| NFL | 14 | 210 | 15.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| USFL | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Totals | 16 | 217 | 13.6 | 27 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1979 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 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 |
| 1974 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | ||
| 1975 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 1976 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1977 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1978 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1979 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1980 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1981 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1984 | USFL Memphis Showboats | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1985 | USFL Memphis Showboats | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| WFL | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | |
| NFL | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |
| USFL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Totals | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | WFL | Memphis Southmen | ||
| 1975 | WFL | Memphis Southmen | ||
| 1976 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL | New York Giants | 16 | 5 |
| 1979 | NFL | New York Giants | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL | New York Giants | 16 | 14 |
| 1981 | NFL | New York Giants | 16 | 14 |
| 1982 | NFL | New York Giants | 9 | 1 |
| 1984 | USFL | Memphis Showboats | 18 | 18 |
| 1985 | USFL | Memphis Showboats |
