Soudog's CFL History Fan Site: Henry Gizmo Williams, #2

#2 HENRY "GIZMO" WILLIAMS, HALL OF FAMER

Born: May 31, 1963	Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee	College: University of East Carolina
Height: 5' 6"	Weight: 185 lbs.	Status: Import

Signed as a free agent by the Edmonton Eskimos in September, 1986 following a stint with the USFL Memphis Showboats in 1985.

Signed as a free agent by the NFL Philadelphia Eagles in March, 1989.

Released midway through the season.

Re-signed as a free agent by Edmonton Eskimos in April, 1990.

Granted free agency status on February 16, 1998.

Re-signed with Edmonton on June 6, 1998.

Granted free agency on February 16, 2000.

Re-signed with Edmonton on February 18, 2000.

ELECTED TO THE HALL OF FAME AS A PLAYER, JANUARY 26, 2006.

Williams joined the Edmonton Eskimos in 1986 following a stint with the USFL’s Memphis Showboats. In 149 regular-season games he returned 26 punts for touchdowns, including five in one season, to set CFL records. Williams is the CFL’s all-time leader in punt returns (1,003), punt-return yardage (11,177), kickoff returns (335) and kickoff-return yardage (7,354). Williams played his entire CFL career with the Edmonton Eskimos which included 14 postseason appearances. “Gizmo” appeared in five Grey Cup games, helping the Eskimos to victories in 1987 and 1993. He was a Western All-Star seven times and a CFL All-Star five times. Henry Williams amassed 23,927 all-purpose yards throughout his entire CFL career and was inducted into the North West Mississippi Junior College Hall of Fame, and became a member of the Eskimo Wall of Honour in 2002.

Giz was quite simply the best. Nothing more needs to be said, so I'll let his stats say the rest.....

CFL CAREER STATISTICS: REGULAR SEASON:

Scoring:

YEAR		GP	TD	C	FG	S	TP
1986		8	2	0	0	0	12
1987	abcdefghijkl	16	5	0	0	0	30
1988	a	17	7	0	0	0	42
1989				NFL
1990	m	16	4	0	0	0	24
1991	abegnopqr	18	6	0	0	0	36
1992	abe	18	9	0	0	0	54
1993	abest	18	10	0	0	0	60
1994	ab	14	3	0	0	0	18
1995	u	15	0	0	0	0	0
1996	x	7	1	0	0	0	6
1997	avw	18	2	0	0	0	12
1998		11	2	0	0	0	12
1999		11	1	0	0	0	6
2000		13	0	0	0	0	0
	CFL TOTALS:	200	52	0	0	0	312

Rushing:

NO.	YDS	AVE	LG	TD
2	49	24.5	36	1
0	0	0.0	0	0
3	-1	-0.3	-9	0
		NFL
2	-1	0.5	-15	0
1	1	1.0	1	0
6	57	9.5	26	0
2	-3	-1.5	9	0
3	-3	-1.0	4	0
0	0	0.0	0	0
1	-3	-3.0	0	0
5	10	2.0	5	0
0	0	0.0	0	0
0	0	0.0	0	0
0	0	0.0	0	0
25	106	4.2	36	1

Pass Receiving:

YEAR		NO.	YDS	AVE	LG	TD
1986		3	79	26.3	56	0
1987		4	48	12.0	21	0
1988		25	515	20.6	85	5
1989				NFL
1990		15	260	17.3	48	0
1991		13	233	17.9	35	1
1992		41	948	23.1	81	6
1993		52	950	18.3	102	6
1994		30	375	12.5	36	1
1995		3	26	8.7	14	0
1996		0	0	0.0	0	0
1997		8	126	15.8	38	1
1998		5	84	16.8	65	1
1999		0	0	0.0	0	0
2000		0	0	0.0	0	0
	CFL TOTALS:	199	3,644	18.3	102	21

Punt Returns:

NO.	YDS	AVE	LG	TD
37	423	11.4	74	1
80	951	11.9	91	4
96	964	10.0	100	2
		NFL
90	987	11.0	81	2
98	1,440	14.7	88	5
92	1,124	12.2	104	3
83	1,077	13.0	104	4
67	683	10.2	74	2
87	871	10.0	68	0
32	361	11.3	79	1
84	821	9.8	72	1
49	397	8.1	86	1
53	499	9.4	48	0
55	579	10.5	59	0
1,003	11,177	11.4	104	26

Kickoff Returns:

YEAR		NO.	YDS	AVE	LG	TD
1986		9	210	23.3	35	0
1987		26	623	24.0	43	0
1988		15	379	25.3	34	0
1989				NFL
1990		31	743	24.0	92	1
1991		32	593	18.5	51	0
1992		24	441	18.4	34	0
1993		21	381	18.1	28	0
1994		18	451	25.1	53	0
1995		30	638	21.3	45	0
1996		28	663	23.7	48	0
1997		52	1,105	21.3	42	0
1998		31	690	22.3	47	0
1999		13	314	24.2	100	1
2000		5	123	24.6	32	0
	CFL TOTALS:	335	7,354	22.0	100	2

MFG Returns:

NO.	YDS	AVE	LG	TD
0	0	0.0	0	0
5	212	42.4	111	1
5	90	18.0	22	0
		NFL
5	229	45.8	110	1
6	169	28.2	51	0
7	197	28.1	70	0
4	118	29.5	42	0
4	125	31.3	115	1
5	78	15.6	26	0
3	114	38.0	58	0
8	180	22.5	80	0
5	67	13.4	25	0
1	33	33.0	33	0
1	34	34.0	34	0
59	1,646	27.9	115	3

Fumbles:

NO.	LOST	OFR
0	0	0
2	0	1
4	2	1
	NFL
6	6	1
5	3	1
0	0	0
5	2	1
3	3	0
6	2	1
1	1	0
2	1	0
3	2	0
1	1	0
1	1	0
39	24	6

Defensive Tackles:

3 in 1988;

2 in 1990;

1 in 1991;

1 in 1992;

1 in 1993;

1 defensive in 1996;

1 defensive in 1997

CFL Total Defensive Tackles: 10

a - Western All-Star.

b - CFL All-Star.

c - Set CFL record Most Punt Return Yardage One Game (221).

d - Set CFL record Most Punt Return TDs One Season (four).

e - Led CFL in Punt Return Yards.

f - Tied CFL record Most Punt Return Touchdowns all-time (five).

g - Tied CFL record Most Punt Return Touchdowns One Game (two).

h - Set CFL record Most Punt Return Touchdowns in One Quarter (two).

i - Set CFL record for Longest Unsuccessful Field Goal Return, Regular Season.

j - Set Grey Cup record for Longest Unsuccessful Field Goal Return.

k - Scored first Unsuccessful Field Goal Return TD in Regular Season.

l - Scored first Grey Cup Unsuccessful Field Goal Return TD.

m - All-Time Leader in Punt Return Touchdowns.

n - Set CFL record Most Punt Return Yards One Season.

o - Set CFL record Most Punt Return Yardage One Game (232).

p - Tied CFL record Most 100-yard Punt Return Games (five).

q - Set CFL record Most Punt Return TDs One Season (five).

r - Tied own CFL record Most Punt Return TDs in One Quarter (two).

s - Led CFL in Combined Yards.

t - Set Record for Most Punt Return Yardage, All-Time Regular Season.

u - Set Record for Most Punt Returns, All-Time Regular Season.

v - Set Record for Most Kickoff Returns, All-Time Regular Season.

w - Set Record for Most Kickoff Return Yardage, All-Time regular Season.

x - Set Record for Most Punt Return Yardage, All-Time Playoffs.

PLAYOFFS:

Pass Receiving:

YEAR		GP	NO.	YDS	AVE	LG	TD
1986		1	1	3	3.0	3	0
1987		2	0	0	0.0	0	0
1988		1	3	32	10.7	15	0
1990		2	0	0	0.0	0	0
1991		1	1	8	8.0	8	0
1992		2	1	10	10.0	10	1
1993		2	2	76	38.0	39	1
1994		1	3	20	6.7	9	0
1995		2	0	0	0.0	0	0
1996		2	0	0	0.0	0	0
1997		1	0	0	0.0	0	0
1998		2	0	0	0.0	0	0
1999		1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2000		0	0	0.0	0	0	0
	CFL TOTALS:	20	11	149	13.5	39	2

Punt Returns:

NO.	YDS	AVE	LG	TD
3	3	1.0	2	0
12	49	4.1	23	0
2	55	27.5	43	0
7	95	13.6	39	0
2	10	5.0	5	0
8	150	18.6	103	1
5	58	11.6	31	0
6	31	5.2	18	0
0	0	0.0	0	0
10	169	16.9	69	0
4	35	8.8	24	0
13	97	7.5	21	0
5	25	5.0	9	0
0	0	0.0	0	0
77	777	10.1	103	1

Fumbles:

YEAR		NO.	LOST	OFR
1986		2	1	1
1987		0	0	0
1988		0	0	0
1990		0	0	0
1991		0	0	0
1992		1	1	0
1993		0	0	0
1994		0	0	0
1995		0	0	0
1996		1	1	0
1997		0	0	0
1998		0	0	0
1999		0	0	0
2000		0	0	0
	CFL TOTALS:	4	3	1

Kickoff Returns:

NO.	YDS	AVE	LG	TD
2	19	9.5	19	0
4	83	20.7	24	0
1	39	39.0	39	0
0	37	0.0	23	0
1	17	17.0	17	0
5	103	20.6	33	0
2	52	26.0	27	0
2	52	26.0	27	0
0	0	0.0	0	0
0	0	0.0	0	0
4	132	33.0	42	0
6	119	19.8	27	0
0	0	0.0	0	0
0	0	0.0	0	0
27	653	24.2	39	0

Scoring: 1 TD for 6 points in 1993; 1 TD for 6 points in 1997.

Total Playoff Scoring: 2 TD for 12 points.

Missed Field Goal Returns:

3 for 88 yards, 29.3 average, longest 59 yards in 1987;

1 for 57 yards in 1990;

1 for 12 yards in 1994;

2 for 76 yards, 38.0 average, longest 51 in 1996;

1 for 24 yards in 1997, 1 for 59 yards in 1999.

Total Playoff MFG Returns: 9 for 316 yards, ave. 35.1,

longest 59.

Rushing:

1 for -15 yards in 1988; 1 for 1 yard and 1 TD in 1997.

CFL Total Playoff Rushing: 2 for -16 yards and 1 TD.

GREY CUP:

Scoring:

YEAR		GP	TD	C	FG	S	TP
1987		1	1	0	0	0	6
1990		1	0	0	0	0	0
1993		1	0	0	0	0	0
1996		1	1	0	0	0	0
	CFL TOTALS:	4	2	0	0	0	12

Punt Returns:

NO.	YDS	AVE	LG	TD
3	14	4.7	6	0
6	24	4.0	9	0
5	4	0.8	9	0
3	38	12.7	19	0
17	80	4.7	19	0

Kickoff Returns:

YEAR		NO.	YDS	AVE	LG	TD
1987		1	23	23.0	23	0
1990		3	78	26.0	26	0
1993		0	0	0.0	0	0
1996		3	117	39.0	91	1
	CFL TOTALS:	7	218	31.1	91	1

Missed Field Goal Returns:

NO.	YDS	AVE	LG	TD
2	143	71.5	115	1
0	0	0.0	0	0
0	0	0.0	0	0
0	0	0.0	0	0
2	143	71.5	115	1

Fumbles: 1 and 1 lost in 1990.

Total Grey Cup Fumbles: 1 and 1 lost.

ONE LAST FLIP FOR THE FANS!!!

Saturday, September 22, 2002:
Gizmo Williams is inducted on the Eskimos' Wall of Honour