Charlie Trippi
Charles Louis Trippi
Born: December 14, 1922
Pittston, PA USA
Deceased: October 19, 2022
Position: HB-QB-DB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 186
College: Georgia
High School: Pittston (PA); La Salle Military Academy (Oakdale, NY)
Career: 1947-1955
Drafted: 1945 in Round 1, #1 overall by the Chicago Cardinals
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968
Charlie Trippi played from 1947 to 1955 during his career with the Chicago Cardinals. Trippi threw for 2,547 yards in his career, completing 205 of 434 passes with 16 touchdowns and 31 interceptions. He also ran for 3,506 yards in 687 attempts with 23 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 49 | 56.3 |
| 1948 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 118 | 14.8 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 64 | 135.4 |
| 1949 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1950 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 56.3 |
| 1951 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 191 | 88 | 46.1 | 1191 | 6.2 | 8 | 4.2 | 13 | 6.8 | 80 | 52.1 |
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 181 | 84 | 46.4 | 890 | 4.9 | 5 | 2.8 | 13 | 7.2 | 56 | 40.5 |
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 34 | 20 | 58.8 | 195 | 5.7 | 2 | 5.9 | 1 | 2.9 | 21 | 82.4 |
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 85 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 23.1 | 22 | 34.6 |
| Totals | 434 | 205 | 47.2 | 2547 | 5.9 | 16 | 3.7 | 31 | 7.1 | 80 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 83 | 401 | 4.8 | 41 | 2 |
| 1948 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 128 | 690 | 5.4 | 50 | 6 |
| 1949 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 112 | 553 | 4.9 | 55 | 3 |
| 1950 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 99 | 426 | 4.3 | 22 | 3 |
| 1951 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 78 | 501 | 6.4 | 32 | 4 |
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 72 | 350 | 4.9 | 59 | 4 |
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 97 | 433 | 4.5 | 21 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 18 | 152 | 8.4 | 57 | 1 |
| Totals | 687 | 3506 | 5.1 | 59 | 23 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 23 | 240 | 10.4 | 62 | 0 |
| 1948 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 22 | 228 | 10.4 | 33 | 2 |
| 1949 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 34 | 412 | 12.1 | 44 | 6 |
| 1950 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 32 | 270 | 8.4 | 28 | 1 |
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 21 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 11 | 87 | 7.9 | 21 | 2 |
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 130 | 1321 | 10.2 | 62 | 11 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 13 | 564 | 43.4 | 56 |
| 1949 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 8 | 292 | 36.5 | 46 |
| 1950 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 56 |
| 1951 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 446 | 37.2 | 48 |
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 16 | 588 | 36.8 | 47 |
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 54 | 2314 | 42.9 | 63 |
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 59 | 2308 | 39.1 | 62 |
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 32 | 1301 | 40.7 | 53 |
| Totals | 196 | 7907 | 40.3 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 8 | 141 | 17.6 | 24 | 0 |
| 1948 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 11 | 213 | 19.4 | 67 | 2 |
| 1949 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 10 | 160 | 16.0 | 38 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 19 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 21 | 239 | 11.4 | 38 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 63 | 864 | 13.7 | 67 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 15 | 321 | 21.4 | 33 | 0 |
| 1948 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 16 | 354 | 22.1 | 50 | 0 |
| 1949 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 18 | 427 | 23.7 | 48 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 8 | 139 | 17.4 | 27 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 8 | 199 | 24.9 | 33 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Totals | 66 | 1457 | 22.1 | 50 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59 | 1 |
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 93 | 23.2 | 59 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1948 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1949 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1950 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1951 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 13 | 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 |
| 1947 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| 1948 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||
| 1949 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||
| 1950 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| 1951 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1952 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1953 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Totals | 23 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 222 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 11 | 9 |
| 1948 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 11 |
| 1949 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 12 |
| 1950 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 11 |
| 1951 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 6 |
| 1952 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 11 | 10 |
| 1953 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 0 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1940s Team
Honors
1947 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1948 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1948 - Chicago Herald American All-NFL (1st Team)
1948 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1948 - Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL (1st Team)
1948 - The Sporting News All-NFL/AAFC (1st Team)
1948 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1952 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
