Fullback/Tailback,
Racine Legion
Age: 28 (Oct.
5)
3rd season
in pro football, 1st with Legion
College: Colgate
Height: 5’10” Weight: 195
Prelude:
Gillo’s fine
college career was interrupted by military service in World War I. He spent 1920
and ’21 with the Hammond Pros and also coached the club in ‘20. The
power-running fullback called “Line-Plunging” Gillo signed with the Legion for
1922.
1922 Season Summary
Appeared in all
11 games
[Bracketed
numbers indicate league rank in Top 20]
Scoring
Rushing TDs – 5
[4]
Receiving TDs –
0
Other TDs – 0
Total TDs – 5 [5,
tied with four others]
Field Goals – 6
[2, tied with Dutch Sternaman]
Extra Points – 4
[8, tied with Paddy Driscoll & Pete Henry]
Points – 52 [1]
Legion went 6-4-1
to finish sixth in the NFL.
Aftermath:
Gillo followed
up with 44 points in 1923 and received first-team All-NFL honors from Collyers
Eye. In 1924, Gillo had a successful 50-yard drop-kick for a field goal against
the Milwaukee Badgers, the first of that length in pro football history, on his
way to 48 points in his last year with Racine. Over the course of three seasons
with the Legion, Gillo produced 10 TDs, 18 PATs, and 22 field goals (21 of
which were drop-kicked) for a total of 144 points. He played for the Milwaukee Badgers in 1925 and
the Racine Tornadoes in 1926, which was his last season. He accounted for no
more scoring after 1924.
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Highlighted Years features players who were consensus
first-team All-League* selections or league* or conference** leaders in the
following statistical categories:
Rushing: Yards,
TDs (min. 10)
Passing: Yards,
Completion Pct., Yards per Attempt, TDs, Rating
Receiving:
Catches, Yards, TDs (min. 10)
Scoring: TDs,
Points, Field Goals (min. 5)
All-Purpose:
Total Yards
Defense: Interceptions,
Sacks
Kickoff
Returns: Average
Punt Returns:
Average
Punting:
Average
*Leagues
include NFL (1920 to date), AFL (1926), AFL (1936-37), AAFC (1946-49), AFL
(1960-69), WFL (1974-75), USFL (1983-85)
**NFC/AFC since
1970
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