Gaylon Smith
Gaylon Wesley Smith
Born: July 15, 1916
Lonoke, AR USA
Deceased: March 10, 1958
Cleveland, OH
Position: FB-WB-BB-DB-LB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 202
College: Rhodes
High School: Beebe (AR)
Career: 1939-1946
Drafted: 1939 in Round 2, #13 overall by the Cleveland Rams
Gaylon Smith played from 1939 to 1946 during his career with the Cleveland Browns and Cleveland Rams. Smith ran for 710 yards in his career on 233 attempts, scoring 9 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 15 passes for 256 yards.
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1939 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 79.2 |
1940 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 150 | 8.3 | 2 | 11.1 | 2 | 11.1 | 38 | 80.6 |
1941 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
1942 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 12 | 2 | 16.7 | 49 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 19 | 9.4 |
NFL | 37 | 16 | 43.2 | 202 | 5.5 | 2 | 5.4 | 4 | 10.8 | 38 | ||
Totals | 37 | 16 | 43.2 | 202 | 5.5 | 2 | 5.4 | 4 | 10.8 | 38 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1939 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 58 | 98 | 1.7 | 0 | 2 |
1940 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 19 | 18 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 |
1941 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 12 | 0 |
1942 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 83 | 332 | 4.0 | 50 | 2 |
1946 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 62 | 240 | 3.9 | 0 | 5 |
NFL | 171 | 470 | 2.7 | 50 | 4 | |
AAFC | 62 | 240 | 3.9 | 0 | 5 | |
Totals | 233 | 710 | 3.0 | 50 | 9 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1939 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 |
1940 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 0 | 0 |
1942 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 33 | 0 |
1946 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 |
NFL | 8 | 183 | 22.9 | 33 | 0 | |
AAFC | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 15 | 256 | 17.1 | 33 | 0 |
Punting:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1940 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 11 | 391 | 35.5 | 62 |
1941 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 |
NFL | 12 | 414 | 34.5 | 62 | |
Totals | 12 | 414 | 34.5 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1941 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
1942 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 21 | 0 |
NFL | 7 | 95 | 13.6 | 33 | 0 | |
Totals | 7 | 95 | 13.6 | 33 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1942 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 6 | 109 | 18.2 | 25 | 0 |
NFL | 6 | 109 | 18.2 | 25 | 0 | |
Totals | 6 | 109 | 18.2 | 25 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1940 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 |
1941 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
1942 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
1946 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
NFL | 8 | 84 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 | |
AAFC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 9 | 84 | 9.3 | 16 | 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 |
1939 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
1942 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
1946 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
NFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
AAFC | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1939 | NFL | Cleveland Rams | 11 | 4 |
1940 | NFL | Cleveland Rams | 11 | 8 |
1941 | NFL | Cleveland Rams | 4 | 0 |
1942 | NFL | Cleveland Rams | 11 | 6 |
1946 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 1 |