HUGH MCELHENNYMcElhenny, Hugh Edward (The King)Height: 6-1 Weight: 197 Born: December 31, 1928 Los Angeles, CA Died: June 17, 2022 NV High School: George Washington Prep (Westmont, CA) |
| Year | College | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Compton JC | |
| 1949 | Washington | Lettered |
| 1950 | Washington | Lettered |
| 1951 | Washington | Lettered |
| Draft: 1st round (9th overall) 1952 San Francisco 49ers |
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| Roster Key • Stat Key |
| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 39 | ROH | 12 | 12 |
| 1953 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 38 | ROH-LOH | 12 | 12 |
| 1954 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 39 | ROH | 6 | 6 |
| 1955 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 38 | ROH-LOH | 12 | 8 |
| 1956 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 39 | LOH | 12 | 11 |
| 1957 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 39 | LOH-LOE | 12 | 10 |
| 1958 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 39 | LOH | 12 | 12 |
| 1959 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 39 | ROH-LOH | 10 | 9 |
| 1960 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 39 | HB-FL | 12 | 9 |
| 1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) | 39 | FL-HB-FB | 13 | 13 |
| 1962 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) | 39 | HB-FB | 11 | 4 |
| 1963 New York Giants (NFL) | 39 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 |
| 1964 Detroit Lions (NFL) | 39 | FB | 8 | 0 |
| 13 Years (NFL) | 146 | 106 |
| AWARDS |
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| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | X1% | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | FG% | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 60 | |||||
| 1953 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 30 | |||||
| 1954 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 36 | |||||
| 1955 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 36 | |||||
| 1956 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 48 | |||||
| 1957 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 18 | |||||
| 1958 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 48 | |||||
| 1959 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 24 | |||||
| 1960 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 42 | |||||
| 1963 New York Giants (NFL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Career Totals (NFL) | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 360 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | G20+ | G40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 98 | 684 | 7.0 | 89t | 6 | ||||
| 1953 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 112 | 503 | 4.5 | 33 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1954 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 64 | 515 | 8.0 | 60t | 6 | ||||
| 1955 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 90 | 327 | 3.6 | 44 | 4 | ||||
| 1956 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 185 | 916 | 5.0 | 86t | 8 | ||||
| 1957 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 102 | 478 | 4.7 | 61 | 1 | ||||
| 1958 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 113 | 451 | 4.0 | 34 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 1959 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 18 | 67 | 3.7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1960 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 95 | 347 | 3.7 | 38 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) | 120 | 570 | 4.8 | 41 | 3 | ||||
| 1962 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) | 50 | 200 | 4.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1963 New York Giants (NFL) | 55 | 175 | 3.2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1964 Detroit Lions (NFL) | 22 | 48 | 2.2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL) | 1124 | 5281 | 4.7 | 89t | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | COM% | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | SK | YL | FD | G20+ | G40+ | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 13 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 11t | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115.3 | |
| 1956 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1957 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1958 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| 1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL) | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 4 | 13 | 1.9 | 6.5 | 11t | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | G20+ | G40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 26 | 367 | 14.1 | 77 | 3 | ||||||
| 1953 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 30 | 474 | 15.8 | 71 | 2 | ||||||
| 1954 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 8 | 162 | 20.3 | 53 | 0 | ||||||
| 1955 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 11 | 203 | 18.5 | 55t | 2 | ||||||
| 1956 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 16 | 193 | 12.1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1957 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 37 | 458 | 12.4 | 43 | 2 | ||||||
| 1958 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 31 | 366 | 11.8 | 59t | 2 | ||||||
| 1959 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 22 | 329 | 15.0 | 62t | 3 | ||||||
| 1960 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 14 | 114 | 8.1 | 45 | 1 | ||||||
| 1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) | 37 | 283 | 7.6 | 26 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 1962 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) | 16 | 191 | 11.9 | 41 | 0 | ||||||
| 1963 New York Giants (NFL) | 11 | 91 | 8.3 | 24 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 1964 Detroit Lions (NFL) | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career Totals (NFL) | 264 | 3247 | 12.3 | 77 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | G20+ | G40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 20 | 284 | 14.2 | 94t | 1 | ||||
| 1953 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 15 | 104 | 6.9 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1954 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1955 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1956 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1957 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1958 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 24 | 93 | 3.9 | 49 | 0 | ||||
| 1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) | 8 | 6 | 155 | 19.4 | 81t | 1 | |||
| 1962 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) | 5 | 2 | 43 | 8.6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1963 New York Giants (NFL) | 13 | 3 | 74 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1964 Detroit Lions (NFL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL) | 126 | 11 | 920 | 7.3 | 94t | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | G20+ | G40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 18 | 396 | 22.0 | 40 | 0 | ||||
| 1953 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 15 | 368 | 24.5 | 55 | 0 | ||||
| 1954 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 8 | 210 | 26.3 | 51 | 0 | ||||
| 1955 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 9 | 189 | 21.0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1956 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 13 | 300 | 23.1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1958 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1962 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) | 7 | 160 | 22.9 | 40 | 0 | ||||
| 1963 New York Giants (NFL) | 6 | 136 | 22.7 | 51 | 0 | ||||
| 1964 Detroit Lions (NFL) | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL) | 83 | 1921 | 23.1 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1953 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1954 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1955 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1956 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1957 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1958 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1959 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1960 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1962 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1963 New York Giants (NFL) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL) | 57 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 0 |
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