Age: 24 (Sept. 30)
2nd
season in pro football & with Giants
College: Fordham
Height: 6’1” Weight: 198
Prelude:
Following a
fine college career at Fordham, Danowski signed with the Giants in 1934.After
an injury to starting tailback Harry Newman during his rookie season, Danowski
led the Giants to the NFL Championship with a stunning win over the Bears in
the so-called “Sneaker Game". A precision passer and effective runner and punter
who also played well on defense, he continued to direct New York’s single-wing
offense in 1935.
1935 Season Summary
Appeared in
all 12 games
[Bracketed
numbers indicate league rank in Top 20]
Passing
Attempts – 113
[1]
Completions –
57 [1]
Yards – 794 [1]
Completion
percentage – 50.4 [-no qualifiers]
Yards per
attempt – 7.0 [-no qualifiers]
TD passes – 10
[1]
Most TD
passes, game – 2 at Pittsburgh 9/22, at Boston 10/6, at Brooklyn 11/28
Interceptions
– 9 [8]
Passer rating
– 69.7 [1]
Rushing
Attempts – 130
[4]
Yards – 335
[8]
Yards per
attempt – 2.6
TDs – 2 [11,
tied with five others]
Scoring
TDs – 2 [20,
tied with sixteen others]
Points – 12
Postseason: 1
G (NFL Championship at Detroit)
Pass attempts
– 7
Pass
completions – 4
Passing
yardage – 88
TD passes – 1
Interceptions
– 1
Rushing
attempts – 7
Rushing yards
– 14
Average gain
rushing – 2.0
Rushing TDs –
0
Kickoff
returns – 1
Kickoff
return yards – 30
Kickoff
return TDs – 0
Punt returns
– 2
Punt return
yards – 21
Average per
return – 10.5
Punt return
TDs – 0
Punts – 2
Punting yards
– 122
Punting
average – 61.0
Longest punt
– 76 yards
Awards & Honors:
1st
team All-NFL: League, UPI, Chicago Daily News, Collyers Eye, Green Bay
Press-Gazette
Giants went 9-3
to finish first in th NFL Eastern Division. Lost NFL Championship to Detroit
Lions (26-7).
Aftermath:
Danowski spent
another five seasons with the Giants. He led the NFL in passing one more time
and led New York to another league title in 1938. Danowski left the Giants in
1940 and played for the Jersey City Giants of the minor league American
Football Association, leading the circuit in passing as he threw for 732 yards
and 7 TDs. He saw limited action in a return to the NFL Giants in 1941, his
last pro season. Overall in the NFL Danowski passed for 3817 yards and 37 touchdowns. He received consensus
first-team All-NFL honors twice. Danowski served in the Navy during World War
II. He returned to become Fordham’s head coach from 1946-54.
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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
