#31 Maury Youmans
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6'5" 220 lbs Center
HS: Dean Academy North Syracuse, NY
HS: North Syracuse North Syracuse, NY
Born: 10/18/1936 Eagle Bay, NY
Season Stats
Season Cl Pos G GS FG FGA % FT FTA % Reb Fls DQ Pts PPG RPG
1956-57 So C
8
0
1
7
14.3%
3
5
60.0%
9
2
 
5
0.6
1.1
1958-59 Sr C
3
0
1
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
3
1.0
0.0
Career    
11
0
2
+7
0.0
4
+5
0.0
+9
+2
0
8
0.7
0.0

Maury Youmans Syracuse OrangemenMaury Youmans was a star right tackle and defensive end on the 1959 Syracuse National Champion football team. He was a key component in opening running lanes for Ernie Davis as the team ran to the title.

Youmans was a reserve center on the basketball team while at Syracuse for two seasons. He did not play his junior season due to an operation during September of 1957.

Youmans was a 9th round pick of the Chicago Bears in 1960. He would play three seasons with the Bears and two seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. He would severely hurt his knee in 1963, ending that season and hampering the rest of his career.

NFL Statistics
Seasons Pos G Rush Att Yards Rush YPA Rec. Rec. Yards TDs Rush Yds/G Pass Yds Pass Att. Pass Com. % TDs Int
5 DE
56
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Maury and his brother Gary Youmans, also a player on the 1959 Championship team, co-authored a book on that Orangeman team called '59: the Story of the 1959 Syracuse University National Championship Team'. He also wrote another book about the 1963 championship Chicago Bears team, similarly named '63: the Story of the 1963 World Championship Bears'.

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