Ken Strong
| Ken Strong | |
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Positions: halfback , kicker |
Jersey number (s): 50 |
| born April 21, 1906 in West Haven , Connecticut | |
| died on October 5, 1979 in New York City | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1929 - 1947 | |
| College : New York University | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Touchdowns in the running game | 24 |
| Touchdowns in the passing game | 7th |
| Games | 131 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Elmer Kenneth "Ken" Strong (* 21st April 1906 in West Haven , Connecticut ; † 5. October 1979 in New York City ) was an American American Football- and baseball poker players.
Player career
college
Strong attended high school in West Haven before studying at New York University from 1926 to 1928 . He played for the football team of his college mostly as fullback , played, as was usual at the time, but also in other positions. In 1928 he was able to achieve 162 points in one season, a national league record. In total, he managed to gain 2,080 yards of space in his final year , which earned him the All American election .
professional
Strong initially played for four years for an annual salary of $ 5,000 and a rent-free apartment with the Staten Island Stapletons in the National Football League (NFL) and moved after they left the NFL for a salary of $ 250 per game to the New York Giants overseen by Steve Owen . In 1934 he and his team in the 1934 NFL Championship Game defeated the Chicago Bears , who had remained undefeated in the regular season , with 30:13. Ken Strong scored two touchdowns by running game and a field goal . This year he also achieved his statistically best values, he achieved a total space gain of over 400 yards through running play, and he also scored 56 points. The following year the Giants were able to move into the final again, although Strong was able to turn a pass from Ed Danowski into a touchdown, the game was lost 26: 7 against the Detroit Lions .
Since Strong could not agree on his salary with the Giants, he moved to the New York Yankees , who played in a competitive NFL league. In 1937 he suffered a back injury and was only able to play American football again in 1939. He returned to the Giants. In 1939 he ended his career to play again as a kicker for the Giants from 1944 to 1947.
Strong is one of four players who managed to score a field goal after his team got possession of the ball through a fair catch .
Baseball player
In June 1929, Strong signed a player's contract as a baseball player with the New York Giants . Although he was considered a hopeful talent, he was only used in the lower divisions . Strong ran as an outfielder , but had to abandon his baseball career in 1931 due to a wrist injury.
Football coach
From 1961 to 1965, Strong returned to the football stage. He was again committed to the Giants and was responsible for the special teams as an assistant coach .
After the career
Strong worked as a liquor seller after his playing career. He lived in Bayside, Queens , and was married with one son. He died of a heart attack. His grave is not known.
Honors
Strong was voted All-Pro five times . He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame , the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the NFL 1930s All-Decade Team . His shirt number is no longer awarded by the Giants, they also honor him on the New York Giants Ring of Honor . His high school stadium in West Haven was named after him.
Web links
- Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference (Minor League )
- Ken Strong at the New York Giants ( Memento from October 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Ken Strong's career as a player
source
- Jens Plassmann: NFL - American Football. The game, the stars, the stories (= Rororo 9445 rororo Sport ). Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-19445-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Giants 1934
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Giants 1935
- ↑ Ken Strong in the Find a Grave database
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Strong, Ken |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strong, Elmer Kenneth (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player and coach, baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | West Haven , Connecticut , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th October 1979 |
| Place of death | New York City , New York , United States |