Charlie Conerly

Conerly with the NY Giants.

No. 42

Position:

Quarterback

Personal information

Date of birth:

September 19, 1921

Place of birth:

Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S.

Date of death:

February 13, 1996 (aged 74)

Place of death:

Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

Career information

College:

Mississippi

NFL draft:

1945 / Round: 13 / Pick: 127

Career history

New York Giants (1948–1961)

Career highlights and awards

2× Pro Bowl selection (1950, 1956)
3× SN First-Team All-Pro (1956, 1957, 1959)
AP Second-Team All-Pro (1959)
NFL Champion (1956)
1959 NFL MVP (NEA)
New York Giants #42 retired
College Football Hall of Fame inductee (1966)

Career NFL statistics

TD –INT:	173-167
Yards:	19,488
QB Rating:	68.2
Player stats at NFL.com

College Football Hall of Fame

Charles Albert Conerly, Jr. (September 19, 1921 – February 13, 1996) was an American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants from 1948 through 1961. Conerly was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1966.

College career

1947 Ole Miss media guide featuring Charlie Conerly (left) and coach Johnny Vaught (right).

Conerly attended and played college football at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). He started at Ole Miss in 1942, but left to serve as a Marine in the South Pacific during World War II where he fought in the Battle of Guam.^[1]^[2] He returned to Mississippi in 1946 and led the team to their first Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship in 1947.^[2] During that season, he led the nation in pass completions with 133, rushed for nine touchdowns and passed for 18 more, was a consensus All-American selection, and was named Player of the Year by the Helms Athletic Foundation.^[2]

He played the halfback position for the Rebels. He earned consensus All-America in 1947 when he led the Rebels to a record of 9–2 including a 13–9 win over TCU in the Delta Bowl at Crump Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. Conerly's 1947 squad had upset wins over Kentucky (14–7 in Oxford), Florida (14–6 in Jacksonville, Florida), LSU (20–18 in Baton Rouge), and Tennessee (43–13 in Memphis). He placed fourth in the Heisman Trophy balloting and was a two-time All SEC performer. He was named Player of the Year and Back of the Year of the SEC in 1947. He set numerous school records and still ranked 12th in 2008 in career total offense with 3,076 yards. He was ranked 12th in career passing with 2,313 yards and 26 TDs.

Conerly also played baseball at Ole Miss, where he hit .467 in 1948 and was offered a professional contract.^[2]

Professional career

Conerly was drafted in the 11th round of the 1945 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins. He played his entire career with the New York Giants as a quarterback, where he was a two-time Pro Bowl selection in 1950 and 1956 and was NFL's Most Valuable Player in 1959 by the Newspaper Enterprise Association.^[2] Conerly was named NFL "Rookie of the Year" in 1948. He led the Giants to three NFL Championship games in four seasons (1956, 1958–1959), including a 47–7 victory over the Chicago Bears in the 1956 NFL Championship game. During his professional career, he earned the alliteration nickname Chucking Charlie Conerly.

Later life and honors

Connerly portrayed the "Marlboro Man" in commercials after playing for the Giants.^[3]^[4] Conerly and his wife, Perian (author of the book, Backseat Quarterback) retired to his hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi, where he spent his final days. Conerly owned shoe stores throughout the Mississippi Delta. On December 13, 1959, Perian appeared on an episode of What's My Line?. Her line was she wrote a football column for newspapers.

Conerly was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1966 and the Ole Miss Athletic Hall of Fame in 1987. He is also a member of the Ole Miss Team of the Century (1893–1992). Conerly is the namesake of the football award, the Conerly Trophy, given annually to the top college player in the State of Mississippi.

References

↑ Bowden (2008), p.112.
1 2 3 4 5 "Charlie Conerly's College HOF Profile". College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
↑ https://www.google.com/search?q=charley+conerly+marlboro+man&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari#biv=i|0;d|l65ep03AwnpHsM:
↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1798&dat=19770511&id=YAIdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OY4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6759,1933249

Sources

The Best Game Ever: Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and the Birth of the Modern NFL (2008; ISBN 0-87113-988-X)

External links

Career statistics and player information from NFL.com • Pro-Football-Reference
Charlie Conerly at Find a Grave

Ole Miss Rebels starting quarterbacks

Carruth Haxton Bartling Conerly Salmon Lear Day Brown Franklin Gibbs Elmore Griffing Newell A. Manning Weese Lyons Ellis Garner Fourcade Powell Austin McKinney Osgood Young Darnell Shows Luke L. Adams Nelson Head Patridge Miller E. Manning Flatt Spurlock Schaeffer S. Adams Snead Masoli Stanley Stoudt Brunetti Mackey Wallace Kelly

New York Giants starting quarterbacks

Jack McBride (1925, 1932)
Hinkey Haines (1926–1928)
Bruce Caldwell (1928)
Benny Friedman (1929–1931)
Hap Moran (1931–1932)
Red Smith (1931)
Harry Newman (1933–1934)
Ed Danowski (1935–1939)
Tony Sarausky (1936)
Eddie Miller (1940)
Tuffy Leemans (1941–1943)
Emery Nix (1943)
Arnie Herber (1944–1945)
Frank Filchock (1946)
Paul Governali (1947–1948)
Charlie Conerly (1948–1961)
Travis Tidwell (1950–1951)
Tom Landry (1952)
Arnold Galiffa (1953)
Bobby Clatterbuck (1954)
Don Heinrich (1955–1959)
George Shaw (1959–1960)
Y. A. Tittle (1961–1964)
Gary Wood (1964, 1966)
Earl Morrall (1965–1966)
Fran Tarkenton (1967–1971)
Randy Johnson (1971–1973)
Norm Snead (1972–1974, 1976)
Craig Morton (1974–1976)
Jim Del Gaizo (1974)
Joe Pisarcik (1977–1979)
Jerry Golsteyn (1977–1978)
Randy Dean (1978)
Phil Simms (1979–1981, 1984–1993)
Scott Brunner (1980–1983)
Jeff Rutledge (1983, 1987)
Mike Busch (1987)
Jim Crocicchia (1987)
Jeff Hostetler (1988–1992)
Kent Graham (1992, 1994, 1998–1999)
Dave Brown (1994–1997)
Danny Kanell (1997–1998)
Kerry Collins (1999–2003)
Jesse Palmer (2003)
Kurt Warner (2004)
Eli Manning (2004–present)

New York Giants 1956 NFL Champions

1947 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

QB Charlie Conerly QB Bobby Layne QB Johnny Lujack HB Bob Chappuis HB Doak Walker C Chuck Bednarik G Bill Fischer G Joe Steffy T George Connor T Bob Davis E Paul Cleary E Bill Swiacki

Washington Redskins 1945 NFL Draft selections

Jim Hardy John Adams George Bujan John North John Steber Art Porter Curt Kuykendall Frank Brogger Mack Creger Paul McKee Charlie Conerly John Putnik Eddie Saenz Dom Fusci Bobby Jenkins Ed Stacco Jim Bradshaw Bill Shipkey Sid Halliday Chick Davidson Gabby Martin Jim McCurdy Cecil Souders Ben Wall George Hillery Milfred Dreblow Frank Irwin Leon Diner Bob Cummings Don Nolander

Draft years 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1950 AAFC 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

New York Giants retired numbers

1 Ray Flaherty 4 Tuffy Leemans 7 Mel Hein 11 Phil Simms 14 Ward Cuff 14 Y. A. Tittle 16 Frank Gifford 32 Al Blozis 40 Joe Morrison 42 Charlie Conerly 50 Ken Strong 56 Lawrence Taylor

New York Giants Ring of Honor

SEC Football Legends

Alabama Crimson Tide	Jordan Gilmer Neighbors Hannah Rast Musso Stephenson Namath Mancha Castille C. Bennett Sloan Stabler Langham Starr Baumhower Griffin Homan Crane M. Lyons

Arkansas Razorbacks	Alworth Ferguson Dicus Benton Cl. Scott Montgomery Cavaness Atwater L. Phillips Way. Harris Marshall Grovey Hatfield B. Smith G. Anderson Broyles L. Harris Summerall W. Martin

Auburn Tigers	Newton Bo Jackson Sullivan Rocker Frederickson Cribbs Z. Smith Burkett Danley Kolen Beasley Wallace J. Phillips Dyas Del Greco Riggins Rice Carr McClinton Owens Sanders

Florida Gators	Alvarez Youngblood Bell Reaves N. Anderson Moore Cameron Richardson Culpepper Lar. Smith L. Brown Armstrong Oliver Ortega Anthony Rhett Carter I. Hilliard Tannen Chandler Tebow

Georgia Bulldogs	Tarkenton Walker Trippi Stanfill Hoage Rauch Butler T. Lyons Woerner Patton Stinchcomb M. Wilson Bratkowski Hearst Robinson Zeier Zambiasi Bailey Greene Worley

Kentucky Wildcats	Parilli Ramsey W. Jones Claiborne Gain Meilinger Michaels Ball Still Dawson Blanda W. Bryant Van Note Seiple Kovach I. Goode Couch Bird S. Collins Hackett

LSU Tigers	Cannon J. Taylor D. Hilliard Alexander B. Jones Stovall Winston Hodson M. Anderson E. Martin Dietzel Tittle Casanova M. Brooks Lan. Smith W. Davis Miller Bevan Mawae Faulk

Mississippi State Bulldogs	Baker Webb Corhern Freeman Cooks Lewis Hull Felker H. Davis Keys A. Davis Fortunato Stacy T. Goode Bi. Jackson Way. Harris Moulds Neville Wal. Harris G. Collins

Missouri Tigers	Roland Bradley Winslow Wehrli

Ole Miss Rebels	Conerly A. Manning B. Poole Vaught Dottley C. Flowers Khayat R. Poole B. Williams Adams A. Brown Townsend Gibbs Walls Lear Franklin Lindsay McAllister Griffing Herrod

South Carolina Gamecocks	Rogers Hawkins Sharpe Ellis B. Bryant Sanford Green R. Brooks Grantz D. Harris Reeves Muir W. Scott Staley Brad Edwards Suggs Provence B. Bennett Simpson Runager

Tennessee Volunteers	B. Johnson Atkins Holloway P. Manning Michels R. Flowers Kiner DeLong Morgan White J. Majors Emanuel Seivers Kell Gault Shuler Dickey A. Wilson B. Majors Price I. Johnson

Texas A&M Aggies	Bean Crow Green Nguyen

Vanderbilit Commodores	Wade Asher Hall Curtis Horton Werckle Rich Wolford Jim Arnold W. Taylor Mitchell Gaines E. Jones Ch. Scott Quarles Duncan Chavous C. Harris Hillenmeyer J. Williams

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