Charley TrippiTrippi, Charles LouisHeight: 6-0 Weight: 186 Born: December 14, 1921 Pittston, PA Died: October 19, 2022 Athens, GA High School: Pittston (PA); La Salle Military Academy (Oakdale, NY) |
| Year | College | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Georgia | Lettered |
| 1945 | Georgia | Lettered |
| 1946 | Georgia | Lettered |
| Draft: 1st round (1st overall) 1945 Chicago Cardinals; Special Selection 1947 New York Yankees |
| Military Service: United States Army Air Forces |
| NFL Game Logs |
| NFL Playoff Statistics |
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| Roster Key • Stat Key |
| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1947 CHIC NFL | 62 | LOH-DB | 12 | 9 |
| 1948 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1948 CHIC NFL | 62 | LOH-DB | 12 | 12 |
| 1949 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1949 CHIC NFL | 62 | LOH | 12 | 12 |
| 1950 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1950 CHIC NFL | 62 | LOH-P | 12 | 11 |
| 1951 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1951 CHIC NFL | 62 | QB | 12 | 6 |
| 1952 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1952 CHIC NFL | 2 | QB-P | 11 | 10 |
| 1953 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1953 CHIC NFL | 2 | LOH-P | 12 | 9 |
| 1954 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1954 CHIC NFL | 2 | LOH-S-P | 12 | 6 |
| 1955 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1955 CHIC NFL | 2 | DB-P | 5 | 0 |
| 9 Years (NFL)9 Years NFL | 100 | 75 |
| Transaction | Date | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | 4/6/1945 | 1945 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1945 CHIC NFL |
| Draft | 12/20/1946 | 1947 New York Yankees (AAFC)1947 NY AAFC |
| Signed | 1947 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1947 CHIC NFL | |
| Injured Reserve | 1955 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1955 CHIC NFL | |
| Activated | 11/1/1955 | 1955 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1955 CHIC NFL |
| Retired | 12/12/1955 | 1955 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1955 CHIC NFL |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | X1% | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | FG% | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1947 CHIC NFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 18 | ||
| 1948 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1948 CHIC NFL | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 60 | ||
| 1949 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1949 CHIC NFL | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 54 | ||
| 1950 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1950 CHIC NFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 24 | ||
| 1951 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1951 CHIC NFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 24 | ||
| 1952 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1952 CHIC NFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 24 | ||
| 1953 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1953 CHIC NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1954 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1954 CHIC NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 37 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 222 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1947 CHIC NFL | 83 | 401 | 4.8 | 41 | 2 | ||||
| 1948 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1948 CHIC NFL | 128 | 690 | 5.4 | 50t | 6 | ||||
| 1949 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1949 CHIC NFL | 112 | 553 | 4.9 | 55 | 3 | ||||
| 1950 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1950 CHIC NFL | 99 | 426 | 4.3 | 22 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1951 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1951 CHIC NFL | 78 | 501 | 6.4 | 32 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 1952 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1952 CHIC NFL | 72 | 350 | 4.9 | 59t | 4 | ||||
| 1953 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1953 CHIC NFL | 97 | 433 | 4.5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1954 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1954 CHIC NFL | 18 | 152 | 8.4 | 57t | 1 | ||||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 687 | 3506 | 5.1 | 59t | 23 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | COM% | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | SK | YL | FD | 20+ | 40+ | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1947 CHIC NFL | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 49 | 24.5 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 56.3 | |
| 1948 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1948 CHIC NFL | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 4 | 118 | 14.8 | 29.5 | 64t | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 135.4 | ||||
| 1949 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1949 CHIC NFL | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| 1950 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1950 CHIC NFL | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 19 | 6.3 | 19.0 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56.2 | ||
| 1951 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1951 CHIC NFL | 191 | 88 | 46.1 | 90 | 1191 | 6.2 | 13.5 | 80t | 8 | 4.2 | 13 | 6.8 | 181 | 52.1 | ||||
| 1952 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1952 CHIC NFL | 181 | 84 | 46.4 | 84 | 890 | 4.9 | 10.6 | 56t | 5 | 2.8 | 13 | 7.2 | 178 | 40.5 | ||||
| 1953 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1953 CHIC NFL | 34 | 20 | 58.8 | 13 | 195 | 5.7 | 9.8 | 21 | 2 | 5.9 | 1 | 2.9 | 46 | 0 | 82.4 | |||
| 1954 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1954 CHIC NFL | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 3 | 85 | 6.5 | 12.1 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 23.1 | 37 | 0 | 34.6 | |||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 434 | 205 | 47.2 | 198 | 2547 | 5.9 | 12.4 | 80t | 16 | 3.7 | 31 | 7.1 | 0 | 474 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48.4 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1947 CHIC NFL | 23 | 240 | 10.4 | 62 | 0 | ||||||
| 1948 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1948 CHIC NFL | 22 | 228 | 10.4 | 33t | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 1949 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1949 CHIC NFL | 34 | 412 | 12.1 | 44t | 6 | ||||||
| 1950 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1950 CHIC NFL | 32 | 270 | 8.4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1952 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1952 CHIC NFL | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1953 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1953 CHIC NFL | 11 | 87 | 7.9 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 1954 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1954 CHIC NFL | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 130 | 1321 | 10.2 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1947 CHIC NFL | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59t | 1 |
| 1954 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1954 CHIC NFL | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 59t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | OB | DN | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1948 CHIC NFL | 13 | 564 | 43.4 | 56 | 0 | |||||||
| 1949 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1949 CHIC NFL | 8 | 292 | 36.5 | 46 | 0 | |||||||
| 1950 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1950 CHIC NFL | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 56 | 0 | |||||||
| 1951 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1951 CHIC NFL | 12 | 446 | 37.2 | 48 | 0 | |||||||
| 1952 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1952 CHIC NFL | 16 | 588 | 36.8 | 47 | 0 | |||||||
| 1953 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1953 CHIC NFL | 54 | 2314 | 42.9 | 63 | 0 | |||||||
| 1954 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1954 CHIC NFL | 59 | 2308 | 39.1 | 62 | 0 | |||||||
| 1955 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1955 CHIC NFL | 32 | 1301 | 40.7 | 53 | 0 | |||||||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 196 | 7907 | 40.3 | 63 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1947 CHIC NFL | 8 | 141 | 17.6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1948 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1948 CHIC NFL | 11 | 213 | 19.4 | 67t | 2 | ||||
| 1949 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1949 CHIC NFL | 10 | 160 | 16.0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1950 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1950 CHIC NFL | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1953 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1953 CHIC NFL | 21 | 239 | 11.4 | 38 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1954 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1954 CHIC NFL | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 63 | 864 | 13.7 | 67t | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1947 CHIC NFL | 15 | 321 | 21.4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1948 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1948 CHIC NFL | 16 | 354 | 22.1 | 50 | 0 | ||||
| 1949 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1949 CHIC NFL | 18 | 427 | 23.7 | 48 | 0 | ||||
| 1950 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1950 CHIC NFL | 8 | 139 | 17.4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1953 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1953 CHIC NFL | 8 | 199 | 24.9 | 33 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1954 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1954 CHIC NFL | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 66 | 1457 | 22.1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1947 CHIC NFL | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1948 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1948 CHIC NFL | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1949 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1949 CHIC NFL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1950 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1950 CHIC NFL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1951 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1951 CHIC NFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1952 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1952 CHIC NFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1953 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1953 CHIC NFL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1954 Chicago Cardinals (NFL)1954 CHIC NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 30 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
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