TUCKER FREDERICKSON
Fullback
No. 24
Auburn
"In New York, they equate Tucker Frederickson with Jack Armstrong or Frank Merriwell - or any other such fictional hero. His electrifying rookie year of 1965, when he ripped off 659 yards on 195 carries for a 3.8 average and five touchdowns to finish eighth among NFL rushers, charged up the imagination of Giant fans. Here was the next great fullback, everyone said. And everyone was probably right - until Tucker had his knee practically wrecked in a pre-season game last year. Doctors who operated on him said they had never seen a worse knee.
So while the Giants were losing football games, Tucker ran up and down the steps of Yankee Stadium and went through a rigorous program of therapy, the results of which won't be known until he takes his first fierce tackle.
A gifted runner, he has more cuts than a delicatessen owner and the balance of a high-wire walker."
-Jack Zanger, Pro Football 1967
ALLEN JACOBS
Fullback
No. 30
Utah
"A product of the Vince Lombardi school of football, Allen Jacobs bears the unmistakable stamp of the Green Bay maestro and carries more than a striking resemblance to the fullback he understudied, Jim Taylor. Built along the same lines as Taylor at 6-1 and 215 pounds, Jacobs is a grit-and-grunt runner and a devastating blocker.
He joined the Giants from Green Bay during the 1966 season and got his chance to play after injuries cut down the first-liners. Then he began to look like one himself, as he piled up better than 90 yards against the Browns; he wound up the year gaining 273 yards on 77 carries for a 3.5 average and one touchdown.
A 25-year-old in his third NFL season, Allen played college ball at Utah."
-Jack Zanger, Pro Football 1967
"Allen was obtained from the Packers before the season and saw limited action until injuries gave him his chance. He became the Giants' tough yardage runner, picking up 273 yards on 77 carries, and scored a touchdown.
He is a strong blocker."
-1967 Philadelphia Cards, No. 112
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