George Franck
George Henning Franck
Born: September 23, 1918
Davenport, IA
Deceased: January 19, 2011
Rock Island, IL
High School: Central (Davenport, IA)
Position(s): HB
Height: 6'0" Weight: 176
College: Minnesota
Career: 1941-1947
Drafted: 1941 in Round 1, #6 overall by the New York Giants
George Franck played from 1941 to 1947 with the New York Giants. Franck ran for 506 yards in his career on 144 attempts, scoring 3 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 27 passes for 536 yards and 5 receiving touchdowns..
Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
| 1941 | NFL New York | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| 1945 | NFL New York | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 83.3 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| 1941 | NFL New York | 48 | 101 | 2.1 | 17 | 3 |
| 1945 | NFL New York | 29 | 42 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL New York | 43 | 270 | 6.3 | 46 | 0 |
| 1947 | NFL New York | 24 | 93 | 3.9 | 25 | 0 |
| Totals | 144 | 506 | 3.5 | 46 | 3 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| 1941 | NFL New York | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 44 | 1 |
| 1945 | NFL New York | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL New York | 6 | 137 | 22.8 | 50 | 1 |
| 1947 | NFL New York | 10 | 265 | 26.5 | 88 | 3 |
| Totals | 27 | 536 | 19.9 | 88 | 5 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Single |
| 1941 | NFL New York | 18 | 717 | 39.8 | 70 | |
| 1945 | NFL New York | 22 | 832 | 37.8 | 57 | |
| 1946 | NFL New York | 16 | 624 | 39.0 | 53 | |
| 1947 | NFL New York | 7 | 297 | 42.4 | 54 | |
| Totals | 63 | 2470 | 39.2 | 70 | 0 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| 1941 | NFL New York | 13 | 194 | 14.9 | 31 | 0 |
| 1945 | NFL New York | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL New York | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 32 | 0 |
| 1947 | NFL New York | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 330 | 13.8 | 35 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| 1941 | NFL New York | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | NFL New York | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 36 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL New York | 6 | 162 | 27.0 | 35 | 0 |
| 1947 | NFL New York | 7 | 121 | 17.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 461 | 23.1 | 40 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| 1941 | NFL New York | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 45 | 0 |
| 1947 | NFL New York | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 45 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Tackles | Fumbles | Kicks | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | Tackle | Solo | Assist | Def | ST | TFL | TFL Yds | Brup | QBH | Fum | F Rec | F Rec Yds | FR TD | FF | K Blk |
| 1945 | NFL New York | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1946 | NFL New York | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1947 | NFL New York | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG R | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2 Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1941 | NFL New York | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||
| 1946 | NFL New York | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| 1947 | NFL New York | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Totals | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | G | GS |
| 1941 | NFL | New York Giants | 11 | 3 |
| 1945 | NFL | New York Giants | 5 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL | New York Giants | 10 | 1 |
| 1947 | NFL | New York Giants | 7 | 0 |