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1937 Brooklyn Dodgers
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Record: 3-7-1, Finished 4th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 82 points (7.5/g), 9th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 174 points (15.8/g), 8th.
Differential of -92 points (-8.4/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 1.6-9.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (1.1/g), 7th.
Coached by Potsy Clark (3-7-1)
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1937 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 | Ace Parker | 25 | Rook | 4 | 34 rushes for 26 yards, 1 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 2nd / 13th pick / 1937 |
| FB | Joe Maniaci | 23 | 1 | 8 | 92 rushes for 433 yards, 2 td, & 3 catches for 11 yards and 0 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 49th pick / 1936 |
| FB | Vannie Albanese | 25 | Rook | 5 | 21 rushes for 53 yards, 0 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Bert Johnson | 25 | Rook | 5 | 41 rushes for 59 yards, 0 td, & 1 catch for 3 yards and 0 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 5th / 42nd pick / 1937 |
| BB | Tony Kaska | 26 | 2 | 6 | 1 rush for 4 yards, 0 td, & 4 catches for 84 yards and 0 td | |
| WB | Ralph Kercheval | 26 | 3 | 3 | 48 rushes for 84 yards, 1 td, & 5 catches for 57 yards and 0 td | |
| LE | Jim Austin | 24 | Rook | 6 | 13 catches for 185 yards, 0 td | |
| LE | Buster Mitchell | 31 | 6 | 6 | 8 catches for 115 yards, 1 td, & 2 rushes for 4 yards and 0 td | |
| LT | Jim Whatley | 24 | 1 | 7 | ||
| LG | Rube Leisk | 22 | Rook | 7 | ||
| C | Wagner Jorgensen | 24 | 1 | 6 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1936 |
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| C | Norm Cooper | 24 | Rook | 5 | ||
| RG | Don Nelson | 22 | Rook | 4 | ||
| RT | John Golemgeske | 22 | Rook | 9 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 53rd pick / 1937 |
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| RE | Jeff Barrett | 24 | 1 | 9 | 20 catches for 461 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for 8 yards and 0 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Vannie Albanese | 25 | Rook | 5 | ||
| P | Vannie Albanese | 25 | Rook | 5 | ||
| PR | Vannie Albanese | 25 | Rook | 5 | ||
| KR | Vannie Albanese | 25 | Rook | 5 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vannie Albanese | 25 | FB-DB-BB-LB | 10 | 5 | 184 | 6-0 | Syracuse | 12/2/1912 | Rook | |
| Sig Andrusking | 67 | G | 7 | 1 | 187 | 5-8 | Detroit Mercy | 0/0/0 | Rook | |
| Jim Austin | 24 | E | 7 | 6 | 199 | 6-2 | St. Mary's (CA) | 9/10/1913 | Rook | |
| Jeff Barrett | 24 | E | 11 | 9 | 182 | 6-1 | LSU | 2/8/1913 | 1 | |
| Carl Brumbaugh | 31 | B | 5 | 1 | 170 | 5-10 | Florida,Ohio State | 9/22/1906 | 7 | |
| Norm Cooper | 24 | C-LB | 10 | 5 | 210 | 6-4 | Samford | 8/8/1913 | Rook | |
| Dick Crayne | 24 | FB | 10 | 4 | 205 | 6-0 | Iowa | 4/24/1913 | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 1st / 4th pick / 1936 |
| Frank Cumiskey | 26 | E | 9 | 2 | 205 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 7/24/1911 | Rook | |
| Averell Daniell | 23 | T | 4 | 2 | 215 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 11/6/1914 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 19th pick / 1937 |
| Red Franklin | 26 | TB-HB | 1 | 0 | 163 | 5-10 | Oregon State | 12/13/1911 | 2 | |
| Ed Goddard | 23 | B | 4 | 3 | 183 | 5-10 | Washington State | 10/28/1914 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1937 |
| John Golemgeske | 22 | T-G | 10 | 9 | 225 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 11/14/1915 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 53rd pick / 1937 |
| Pat Harrison | 26 | T | 3 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Samford | 11/21/1911 | Rook | |
| Roy Ilowit | 20 | T | 4 | 1 | 220 | 6-2 | CCNY | 4/3/1917 | Rook | |
| Bert Johnson | 25 | FB-BB-HB | 10 | 5 | 212 | 6-0 | Kentucky | 2/18/1912 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 5th / 42nd pick / 1937 |
| Wagner Jorgensen | 24 | C-LB | 10 | 6 | 215 | 6-2 | St. Mary's (CA) | 7/31/1913 | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1936 |
| Tony Kaska | 26 | BB-HB | 10 | 6 | 193 | 5-11 | Illinois Wesleyan | 7/1/1911 | 2 | |
| Shipwreck Kelly | 27 | B | 2 | 1 | 190 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 7/8/1910 | 5 | |
| Ralph Kercheval | 26 | B | 9 | 3 | 190 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 12/1/1911 | 3 | |
| Fred King | 24 | HB | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Hobart | 6/3/1913 | Rook | |
| Henry Krause | 24 | C-G | 5 | 3 | 211 | 6-1 | St. Louis | 8/28/1913 | 1 | |
| Bill Lee | 26 | T | 5 | 4 | 231 | 6-2 | Alabama | 10/19/1911 | 2 | |
| Rube Leisk | 22 | G | 11 | 7 | 195 | 6-0 | LSU | 7/12/1915 | Rook | |
| Father Lumpkin | 30 | B | 5 | 3 | 211 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 1/27/1907 | 7 | |
| Joe Maniaci | 23 | B | 11 | 8 | 212 | 6-1 | Fordham | 1/23/1914 | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 49th pick / 1936 |
| Buster Mitchell | 31 | E-T | 11 | 6 | 205 | 6-0 | Davis & Elkins | 2/16/1906 | 6 | |
| Don Nelson | 22 | G | 11 | 4 | 200 | 5-10 | Iowa | 5/12/1915 | Rook | |
| Reino Nori | 24 | QB | 6 | 1 | 165 | 5-7 | Northern Illinois | 2/26/1913 | Rook | |
| Ace Parker | 25 | TB-DB-QB | 4 | 4 | 178 | 6-0 | Duke | 5/17/1912 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 2nd / 13th pick / 1937 |
| Ray Reckmack | 23 | E-HB | 1 | 0 | 198 | 6-0 | Syracuse | 8/26/1914 | Rook | |
| Sandy Sandberg | 27 | T | 3 | 1 | 228 | 6-2 | Iowa Wesleyan | 6/14/1910 | 3 | |
| Ed Skoronski | 27 | E-C-LB | 5 | 4 | 213 | 6-2 | Georgetown (DC),Purdue | 10/15/1910 | 2 | |
| Jim Whatley | 24 | T-DE-E | 11 | 7 | 223 | 6-5 | Alabama | 3/11/1913 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 26.2 | 11 | 201.2 | 6-0.7 | 1.4 |