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| Position | Fullback | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (1916-05-02)May 2, 1916 Clay Center, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | April 10, 2001(2001-04-10) (aged 84) Traverse City, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 189 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | University of Detroit Jesuit (Detroit, Michigan) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Detroit | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1938: 1st round, 9th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
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Andrew Geza Farkas (May 2, 1916 – April 10, 2001) was an American professionalfootballfullback who played in theNational Football League (NFL) for theWashington Redskins and theDetroit Lions.
Farkas was born inClay Center, Ohio of Hungarian origins, and attendedSt. John's High School inToledo for two years before moving toDetroit,Michigan and graduating from theUniversity of Detroit Jesuit High School.
Farkas playedcollege football at theUniversity of Detroit Mercy.
Farkas wasdrafted in the first round of the1938 NFL draft by theWashington Redskins, where he played from1938 to1944, and finished his career with theDetroit Lions in1945.[1] He also led the Redskins in rushing and scoring in 1938-39 and 1942–43, as well as helped lead the Redskins to anNFL Championship in1942. He led the NFL in scoring and all-purpose yards in1939.
One of the highlights of his seven-year tour was catching a99-yard touchdown pass fromFrank Filchock on October 15, 1939. In theEastern Division playoff game on December 19, 1943, he scored three touchdown runs in a 28–0 victory over theNew York Giants. His 18 points scored in a playoff game was an NFL record fornine years.[2][3]
He was elected to theMichigan Sports Hall of Fame, the Ohio Sports Hall of Fame and founded the Gus Dorais Foundation at theUniversity of Detroit in 1955. In 2002, Farkas was named one of the 70 greatest Redskins in team history.
Farkas was pictured wearingeye black as far back as 1942 and is credited as the first player in the NFL to wear it.[4]
| Legend | |
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| Won theNFL Championship | |
| Led the league | |
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 1938 | WAS | 9 | 4 | 75 | 315 | 4.2 | 6 | 9 | 66 | 7.3 | 0 |
| 1939 | WAS | 11 | 7 | 139 | 547 | 3.9 | 5 | 16 | 437 | 27.3 | 5 |
| 1940 | WAS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1941 | WAS | 11 | 2 | 85 | 224 | 2.6 | 2 | 12 | 77 | 6.4 | 0 |
| 1942 | WAS | 10 | 8 | 125 | 468 | 3.7 | 3 | 11 | 143 | 13.0 | 2 |
| 1943 | WAS | 10 | 8 | 110 | 327 | 3.0 | 5 | 19 | 202 | 10.6 | 4 |
| 1944 | WAS | 10 | 6 | 21 | 85 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 |
| 1945 | DET | 8 | 3 | 31 | 137 | 4.4 | 0 | 9 | 132 | 14.7 | 2 |
| 70 | 38 | 587 | 2,103 | 3.6 | 21 | 80 | 1,086 | 13.6 | 13 | ||
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 1940 | WAS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 |
| 1942 | WAS | 1 | 1 | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1943 | WAS | 2 | 2 | 33 | 96 | 2.9 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 45 | 139 | 3.1 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 1 | ||
