1963 Profile: Alex Webster

Fullback
No. 29
North Carolina State
"For a halfback who needs most of the summer to get into shape, Alex Webster has no reason for apologies. Big Red led the Giants in 1962 with 743 yards rushing, and his pass receptions added 477 yards. He's really a polished blocker, too.
Alex was born in Kearney, New Jersey and watched Giant games from the bleachers as a youth. He starred as a North Carolina State line-smasher, then played two years in Canada. This is season No. 9 with the Giants."

-Don Schiffer, Pro Football 1963

"Every winning pro football team needs a bull-necked fullback to grind out those precious yards for a first down, and the New York Giants have had one of the best human battering rams in the business ever since 225-pound Alex Webster first joined the team in 1955. Webster has never enjoyed the publicity gained by such NFL fullback luminaries as Cleveland's Jim Brown and Jim Taylor of the Green Bay Packers, but in the opinion of Giants' coach Allie Sherman, 'He is one of the greatest clutch runners in the game of football. Alex is the fellow we want carrying the ball when the pressure is on.'
The 32-year-old graduate of North Carolina State has played a major role in New York's 1961 and 1962 Eastern Conference championships. In 1961 he gained 928 yards in 196 carries, finishing third in ground-gaining honors behind Brown and Taylor. He also caught 26 passes, good for 313 yards, and furnished many a key block from his fullback position. Last year Webster's rushing yardage total dropped to 743 in 207 tries but he also snared 47 passes for an additional 477 yards. His career total of 4,340 yards gained rushing puts him in first place among all-time New York Giant backs.
Alex also has scored 49 touchdowns during his eight years with the New Yorkers, more of them from within the five-yard line than any other player in Giant history.
'And it's those last five yards that are always the toughest,' says coach Sherman.
Born and reared in Kearney, New Jersey, Alex was an All-State high school back in 1949. After college he had a brief trial with the Redskins but failed to click with coach Curly Lambeau. However, he did catch on with Montreal, playing Canadian football under the colorful Peahead Walker for two years, tearing the league apart in 1953 and 1954.
Spotted by New York scout Al DeRogatis, Webster joined the Giants in 1955 and has been wearing their red, white and blue to good advantage ever since."

-1963 Official Pro Football Almanac