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1946 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 3-10-1, Finished 2nd in AAFC East Division
AAFC Season Summary
Scored 226 points (16.1/g), 7th of 9 in the AAFC.
Allowed 339 points (24.2/g), 7th.
Differential of -113 points (-8.1/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 3.9-10.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 5th.
Coached by Cliff Battles (1-6-0) (co-coach with Tom Scott), Tom Scott (1-6-0) and Mal Stevens (2-4-1)
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1946 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| TB | Glenn Dobbs+ | 26 | Rook | 11 | 95 rushes for 208 yards, 4 td, & 1 catch for -5 yards and 0 td | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1943 |
| FB | Dom Principe | 29 | 6 | 7 | 39 rushes for 139 yards, 2 td, & 3 catches for 25 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 9th / 80th pick / 1940 |
| FB | Phil Martinovich | 31 | 7 | 6 | ||
| FB | Rhoten Shetley | 28 | 6 | 5 | 9 rushes for 21 yards, 0 td, & 1 catch for 10 yards and 0 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 19th pick / 1940 |
| BB | Walt McDonald | 26 | Rook | 8 | 3 rushes for -7 yards, 0 td, & 8 catches for 71 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 10th / 90th pick / 1943 |
| WB | Mickey Colmer | 28 | Rook | 6 | 46 rushes for 155 yards, 0 td, & 22 catches for 327 yards and 1 td | |
| LE | Jim McCarthy | 26 | Rook | 12 | 11 catches for 296 yards, 3 td | |
| LT | Martin Ruby | 24 | Rook | 13 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 40th pick / 1942 |
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| LG | George Bernhardt | 26 | Rook | 12 | ||
| C | Tex Warrington | 25 | Rook | 6 | Boston Yanks / 9th / 87th pick / 1944 |
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| C | Joe Gibson | 27 | 4 | 5 | ||
| RG | Harry Buffington | 27 | 4 | 10 | ||
| RT | Ed Mieszkowski | 21 | Rook | 7 | Boston Yanks / 7th / 52nd pick / 1946 |
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| RE | Joe Davis | 27 | Rook | 12 | 22 catches for 337 yards, 1 td | |
| RE | Saxon Judd | 27 | Rook | 2 | 34 catches for 443 yards, 4 td | Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers / 3rd / 17th pick / 1944 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Phil Martinovich | 31 | 7 | 6 | 5 of 10 field goals & 21 of 22 extra points | |
| P | Glenn Dobbs+ | 26 | Rook | 11 | 80 punts for a 47.8 average, 2 blocked | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1943 |
| PR | Glenn Dobbs+ | 26 | Rook | 11 | 7 punt returns for a 20.9 average and 1 td | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1943 |
| KR | Glenn Dobbs+ | 26 | Rook | 11 | 12 kick returns for a 17.8 average and 0 td | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1943 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Neal Adams | 27 | E | 13 | 2 | 195 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 1/21/1919 | 4 | |
| Charlie Armstrong | 27 | DB-TB | 10 | 2 | 180 | 5-10 | Mississippi College | 4/20/1919 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 12th / 103rd pick / 1941 |
| George Bernhardt | 26 | G | 14 | 12 | 213 | 5-10 | Illinois | 6/15/1920 | Rook | |
| John Billman | 27 | G-LB-T | 3 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Minnesota | 12/1/1919 | Rook | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 11th / 92nd pick / 1943 |
| Harry Buffington | 27 | G | 12 | 10 | 206 | 6-0 | Oklahoma State | 8/27/1919 | 4 | |
| Mickey Colmer | 28 | B | 12 | 6 | 219 | 6-2 | Miramonte Junior College | 10/23/1918 | Rook | |
| Harry Connolly | 26 | TB | 3 | 2 | 190 | 5-11 | Boston College | 7/16/1920 | Rook | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 5th / 37th pick / 1943 |
| Bill Daley | 27 | FB-DB-LB | 2 | 1 | 210 | 6-2 | Columbia,DePaul,Michigan,Minnesota | 9/16/1919 | Rook | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 1st / 7th pick / 1943 |
| Nick Daukas | 24 | T | 8 | 1 | 225 | 6-4 | Dartmouth | 12/11/1922 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 28th / 294th pick / 1944 |
| Joe Davis | 27 | E-DE | 14 | 12 | 195 | 6-2 | USC | 11/20/1919 | Rook | |
| Glenn Dobbs+ | 26 | TB-QB | 12 | 11 | 210 | 6-4 | Tulsa | 7/12/1920 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1943 |
| Jack Freeman | 24 | G | 12 | 3 | 198 | 6-0 | Texas | 1/20/1922 | Rook | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 27th / 257th pick / 1943 |
| Monk Gafford | 26 | B | 2 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Auburn | 10/1/1920 | Rook | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 3rd / 17th pick / 1943 |
| Joe Gibson | 27 | C-E | 14 | 5 | 213 | 6-3 | Cameron,Tulsa | 6/28/1919 | 4 | |
| Frank Hrabetin | 31 | T | 8 | 2 | 233 | 6-4 | Loyola Marymount | 12/1/1915 | 4 | |
| Dub Jones | 22 | HB-DB-WB-TB | 2 | 1 | 202 | 6-4 | LSU,Tulane | 12/29/1924 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1946 |
| Saxon Judd | 27 | E | 13 | 2 | 190 | 6-1 | La-Lafayette,Tulsa | 11/29/1919 | Rook | Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers / 3rd / 17th pick / 1944 |
| Herbert Maack | 29 | T | 7 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Columbia | 4/6/1917 | Rook | |
| Phil Martinovich | 31 | FB-G | 10 | 6 | 220 | 5-10 | Pacific | 2/9/1915 | 7 | |
| Lew Mayne | 26 | HB | 13 | 2 | 190 | 6-1 | Texas | 3/21/1920 | Rook | |
| Bob McCain | 24 | E | 11 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Mississippi | 8/15/1922 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 123rd pick / 1946 |
| Jim McCarthy | 26 | E | 14 | 12 | 205 | 6-1 | Illinois | 11/28/1920 | Rook | |
| Walt McDonald | 26 | B | 9 | 8 | 210 | 6-1 | Tulane | 11/5/1920 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 10th / 90th pick / 1943 |
| Ed Mieszkowski | 21 | T | 13 | 7 | 220 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 10/14/1925 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 7th / 52nd pick / 1946 |
| Russ Morrow | 22 | C | 9 | 2 | 210 | 6-7 | Tennessee | 9/7/1924 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 24th / 247th pick / 1945 |
| Vic Obeck | 29 | G | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Springfield | 3/28/1917 | 1 | |
| Bob Paffrath | 28 | B | 5 | 0 | 190 | 5-8 | Minnesota | 7/13/1918 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 21st pick / 1941 |
| Bolo Perdue | 30 | DE-E | 10 | 1 | 170 | 5-10 | Arkansas,Duke | 5/10/1916 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 16th / 148th pick / 1940 |
| George Perpich | 26 | T | 13 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | Georgetown (DC) | 6/22/1920 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 11th / 100th pick / 1943 |
| Dom Principe | 29 | B-LB | 10 | 7 | 205 | 6-0 | Fordham | 2/9/1917 | 6 | New York Giants / 9th / 80th pick / 1940 |
| Cal Purdin | 25 | B | 7 | 3 | 188 | 6-2 | Tulsa | 2/22/1921 | 3 | Chicago Cardinals / 25th / 233rd pick / 1943 |
| Martin Ruby | 24 | T | 14 | 13 | 249 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 6/9/1922 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 5th / 40th pick / 1942 |
| George Sergienko | 28 | T | 7 | 3 | 248 | 6-1 | American International College | 5/22/1918 | 3 | |
| Rhoten Shetley | 28 | B | 13 | 5 | 208 | 5-11 | Furman | 2/7/1918 | 6 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 19th pick / 1940 |
| Doyle Tackett | 23 | B | 14 | 3 | 205 | 6-0 | none | 8/22/1923 | Rook | |
| Charlie Timmons | 29 | FB-LB | 13 | 1 | 210 | 5-10 | Clemson,Georgia | 2/8/1917 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 19th / 176th pick / 1942 |
| Art Van Tone | 28 | WB-DB | 9 | 3 | 185 | 5-10 | Southern Miss | 9/30/1918 | 3 | |
| Tex Warrington | 25 | G-C-LB | 12 | 6 | 210 | 6-2 | Auburn,William & Mary | 3/21/1921 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 9th / 87th pick / 1944 |
| Team Total | 26.5 | 14 | 206.6 | 6-0.9 | 1.3 |