Paul Governali
Paul Vincent Governali
Born: January 5, 1921
Bronx, NY USA
Deceased: February 15, 1978
San Diego, CA
Position: QB-TB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 193
College: Columbia
High School: Evander Childs (Bronx, NY)
Career: 1946-1948
Drafted: 1943 in Round 1, #4 overall by the Brooklyn Dodgers
Paul Governali played from 1946 to 1948 during his career with the Boston Yanks and New York Giants. Governali threw for 3,348 yards in his career, completing 218 of 500 passes with 31 touchdowns and 33 interceptions. He also ran for -83 yards in 79 attempts with 4 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1946 | NFL Boston Yanks | 192 | 83 | 43.2 | 1293 | 6.7 | 13 | 6.8 | 10 | 5.2 | 62 | 67.0 |
1947 | NFL Boston Yanks | 55 | 23 | 41.8 | 314 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.5 | 6 | 10.9 | 78 | 39.3 |
1947 | NFL New York Giants | 197 | 85 | 43.1 | 1461 | 7.4 | 14 | 7.1 | 16 | 8.1 | 53 | 58.8 |
1948 | NFL New York Giants | 56 | 27 | 48.2 | 280 | 5.0 | 1 | 1.8 | 1 | 1.8 | 24 | 61.6 |
Totals | 500 | 218 | 43.6 | 3348 | 6.7 | 31 | 6.2 | 33 | 6.6 | 78 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1946 | NFL Boston Yanks | 33 | -186 | -5.6 | 4 | 2 |
1947 | NFL Boston Yanks | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | NFL New York Giants | 36 | 132 | 3.7 | 28 | 2 |
1948 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | -48 | -8.0 | 10 | 0 |
Totals | 79 | -83 | -1.1 | 28 | 4 |
Punting:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1946 | NFL Boston Yanks | 11 | 481 | 43.7 | 65 |
1947 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 42 |
Totals | 15 | 623 | 41.5 | 65 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1946 | NFL Boston Yanks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1947 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
1948 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
1946 | NFL Boston Yanks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1947 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Totals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1946 | NFL | Boston Yanks | 11 | 1 |
1947 | NFL | Boston Yanks | 4 | 0 |
1947 | NFL | New York Giants | 8 | 2 |
1948 | NFL | New York Giants | 9 | 2 |