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Elroy Hirsch

Hirsch's Legacy

Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch is retired and living in Madison, Wisconsin. In addition to his pro football enshrinement, he was inducted into the University of Wisconsin Hall of Fame in 1991. A road race in his honor, the Crazylegs Classic, is held annually in Madison, Wisconsin. He has also been named to the State of Wisconsin, National Football Foundation and the Madison Pen and Mike Club-Bowman Sports Foundation Halls of Fame. He is an ardent booster of Badger sports.

Career Statistics

		Rushing				Receiving
Yr	Team	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
CHR: Chicago Rockets (All-America Football Conference); RAM: Los Angeles Rams (National Football League).
1946	CHR	87	226	2.6	1	27	347	12.9	3
1947	CHR	23	51	2.2	1	10	282	28.2	3
1948	CHR	23	93	4.0	0	7	101	14.1	1
1949	RAM	68	287	4.2	2	22	326	14.8	4
1950	RAM	2	19	9.5	0	42	687	16.4	7
1951	RAM	1	3	3.0	0	66	1495	22.7	17
1952	RAM	0	0	0.0	0	25	590	23.6	4
1953	RAM	1	6	6.0	0	61	941	15.4	4
1954	RAM	1	6	6.0	0	35	720	20.6	3
1955	RAM	0	0	0.0	0	25	460	18.4	2
1956	RAM	0	0	0.0	0	35	603	17.2	6
1957	RAM	1	8	8.0	0	32	477	14.9	6
TOTAL		207	693	3.3	4	387	7029	18.2	60

Hirsch, had he played today, would have been a "plays of the week" staple on sports highlight shows. But while he starred before television exposure of football because pervasive, the star appeal of Hirsch, and his Los Angeles Rams teammates of the 1950s, helped popularize the sport and usher in the TV era.

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