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Gene Alford ran for an average of 3.8 yards per rush in 1932.

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	NAME	YPC	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Gene Alford G. Alford	3.8	1932	POR	10	50	13	5.0	0	15	2	7.5	1.5	0
2	Marger Apsit M. Apsit	1.5	1932	GB	2	6	4	3.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
3	Cliff Battles C. Battles	3.9	1932	BOS	8	576	148	72.0	3	60	4	15.0	7.5	1
4	Johnny (Blood) McNally J. (Blood) McNally	3.5	1932	GB	13	130	37	10.0	0	168	14	12.0	12.9	3
5	Hank Bruder H. Bruder	2.8	1932	GB	14	209	75	14.9	2	143	8	17.9	10.2	2
6	Dale Burnett D. Burnett	2.7	1932	NYG	12	75	28	6.3	0	125	11	11.4	10.4	1
7	Chris Cagle C. Cagle	2.8	1932	NYG	10	205	73	20.5	1	135	8	16.9	13.5	2
8	Bob Campiglio B. Campiglio	4.8	1932	SI	11	504	104	45.8	2	59	3	19.7	5.4	1
9	John Cavosie J. Cavosie	3.0	1932	POR	11	184	62	16.7	2	0	0		0.0	0
10	Stu Clancy S. Clancy	3.4	1932	TOT	12	181	54	15.1	0	58	4	14.5	4.8	1
11	Algy Clark A. Clark		1932	BOS	9	0	0	0.0	0	25	1	25.0	2.8	0
12	Dutch Clark D. Clark	3.4	1932	POR	11	461	137	41.9	3	107	10	10.7	9.7	3
13	George Corbett G. Corbett	3.4	1932	CHB	12	178	52	14.8	0	164	7	23.4	13.7	1
14	John Doehring J. Doehring	0.8	1932	CHB	7	28	36	4.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
15	Wuert Engelmann W. Engelmann	5.3	1932	GB	12	184	35	15.3	0	33	1	33.0	2.8	0
16	Tiny Feather T. Feather	1.7	1932	NYG	9	47	28	5.2	0	15	2	7.5	1.7	0
17	Bernie Finn B. Finn	3.0	1932	TOT	3	9	3	3.0	0	37	3	12.3	12.3	0
18	Paul Fitzgibbon P. Fitzgibbon	-0.5	1932	GB	4	-1	2	-0.3	0	25	1	25.0	6.3	0
19	Dick Frahm D. Frahm	8.0	1932	SI	9	8	1	0.9	0	10	2	5.0	1.1	0
20	Paul Franklin P. Franklin	0.5	1932	CHB	8	14	26	1.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Benny Friedman B. Friedman	2.8	1932	BKN	11	250	88	22.7	0	67	5	13.4	6.1	0
22	Red Grange R. Grange	2.4	1932	CHB	12	136	57	11.3	3	168	11	15.3	14.0	4
23	Jack Grossman J. Grossman	2.5	1932	BKN	12	323	129	26.9	2	129	8	16.1	10.8	3
24	Roger Grove R. Grove	1.8	1932	GB	11	21	12	1.9	0	149	9	16.6	13.5	3
25	Ace Gutowsky A. Gutowsky	3.9	1932	POR	8	247	63	30.9	3	0	0		0.0	0

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