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1940 Brooklyn Dodgers
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Record: 8-3-0, Finished 2nd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 186 points (16.9/g), 4th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 120 points (10.9/g), 1st.
Differential of 66 points (6.0/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 8.1-2.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +19 (1.7/g), 4th.
Coached by Jock Sutherland (8-3-0)
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1940 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| HB | Banks McFadden | 23 | Rook | 7 | 85 rushes for 411 yards, 1 td, & 9 catches for 97 yards and 2 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 1st / 4th pick / 1940 |
| TB | Ace Parker+ | 28 | 3 | 10 | 89 rushes for 306 yards, 2 td, & 3 catches for 139 yards and 2 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 2nd / 13th pick / 1937 |
| FB | Pug Manders* | 27 | 1 | 11 | 80 rushes for 311 yards, 5 td, & 1 catch for 38 yards and 1 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 2nd / 11th pick / 1939 |
| BB | Rhoten Shetley | 22 | Rook | 8 | 7 rushes for 30 yards, 0 td, & 8 catches for 126 yards and 1 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 19th pick / 1940 |
| LE | Perry Schwartz+ | 25 | 2 | 11 | 21 catches for 370 yards, 3 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 43rd pick / 1938 |
| LT | Bruiser Kinard*+ | 26 | 2 | 8 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1938 |
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| LG | Steve Petro | 26 | Rook | 6 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 9th / 72nd pick / 1939 |
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| LG | Art Jocher | 25 | Rook | 5 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 9th / 74th pick / 1940 |
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| C | Bud Svendsen | 25 | 3 | 10 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 39th pick / 1937 |
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| RG | Jim Sivell | 26 | 2 | 11 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 10th / 83rd pick / 1938 |
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| RT | Walt Merrill | 23 | Rook | 5 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 5th / 34th pick / 1940 |
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| RT | John Golemgeske | 25 | 3 | 5 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 53rd pick / 1937 |
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| RE | Waddy Young | 24 | 1 | 10 | 7 catches for 85 yards, 0 td, & 1 rush for 1 yards and 0 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 20th pick / 1939 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Ralph Kercheval | 29 | 6 | 0 | 4 of 11 field goals & 3 of 3 extra points | |
| P | Ace Parker+ | 28 | 3 | 10 | 49 punts for a 38.3 average, 0 blocked | Brooklyn Dodgers / 2nd / 13th pick / 1937 |
| PR | Bill Bailey | 24 | Rook | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 4th / 29th pick / 1940 |
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| KR | Bill Bailey | 24 | Rook | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 4th / 29th pick / 1940 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Bill Bailey | 24 | E-DE | 10 | 1 | 213 | 6-3 | Duke | 4/12/1916 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 4th / 29th pick / 1940 |
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| Sherrill Busby | 24 | DE | 2 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Troy State | 6/17/1916 | Rook | ||
| Wendell Butcher | 26 | B | 5 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | Gustavus Adolphus | 3/28/1914 | 2 | ||
| George Cafego | 25 | FB-QB-HB | 10 | 4 | 169 | 5-10 | Tennessee | 8/30/1915 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 1st pick / 1940 |
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| Dick Cassiano | 23 | B | 10 | 1 | 175 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 10/7/1917 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 49th pick / 1940 |
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| Ty Coon | 25 | G | 9 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | North Carolina State | 7/26/1915 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 7th / 54th pick / 1940 |
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| Sam Francis | 27 | FB-HB | 11 | 0 | 207 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 10/26/1913 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 1st pick / 1937 |
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| John Golemgeske | 25 | T-G | 10 | 5 | 225 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 11/14/1915 | 3 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 53rd pick / 1937 |
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| Mike Gussie | 23 | G | 8 | 0 | 204 | 6-0 | West Virginia | 9/16/1917 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 13th / 114th pick / 1940 |
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| Red Heater | 22 | T | 8 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 9/22/1918 | Rook | ||
| Harold Hill | 26 | E | 9 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Samford | 12/8/1914 | 2 | ||
| Herman Hodges | 26 | E | 9 | 0 | 198 | 6-1 | Samford | 11/22/1914 | 1 | ||
| Art Jocher | 25 | G | 10 | 5 | 207 | 6-1 | Manhattan | 10/19/1915 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 9th / 74th pick / 1940 |
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| Ralph Kercheval | 29 | B | 10 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 12/1/1911 | 6 | ||
| Bruiser Kinard*+ | 26 | T | 9 | 8 | 216 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 10/23/1914 | 2 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1938 |
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| Ben Kish | 23 | B | 11 | 3 | 207 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 3/31/1917 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 8th / 61st pick / 1940 |
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| Frank Kristufek | 25 | T | 11 | 4 | 209 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 12/12/1915 | Rook | ||
| Bill Leckonby | 23 | TB | 11 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | St. Lawrence | 9/16/1917 | 1 | ||
| Pug Manders* | 27 | FB-HB | 11 | 11 | 200 | 6-0 | Drake | 5/5/1913 | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 2nd / 11th pick / 1939 |
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| Lou Mark | 26 | C-E | 11 | 1 | 210 | 6-1 | North Carolina State | 12/21/1914 | 2 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 12th / 103rd pick / 1938 |
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| Banks McFadden | 23 | HB | 11 | 7 | 180 | 6-2 | Clemson | 2/7/1917 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 1st / 4th pick / 1940 |
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| Walt Merrill | 23 | T | 11 | 5 | 217 | 6-2 | Alabama | 8/7/1917 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 5th / 34th pick / 1940 |
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| Ace Parker+ | 28 | TB-DB-QB | 11 | 10 | 178 | 6-0 | Duke | 5/17/1912 | 3 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 2nd / 13th pick / 1937 |
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| Steve Petro | 26 | G | 11 | 6 | 195 | 5-10 | Pittsburgh | 10/21/1914 | Rook | Pittsburgh Pirates / 9th / 72nd pick / 1939 |
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| Perry Schwartz+ | 25 | E | 11 | 11 | 199 | 6-2 | California | 4/27/1915 | 2 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 43rd pick / 1938 |
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| Rhoten Shetley | 22 | B | 11 | 8 | 208 | 5-11 | Furman | 2/7/1918 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 19th pick / 1940 |
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| Jim Sivell | 26 | G | 11 | 11 | 205 | 5-9 | Auburn | 3/12/1914 | 2 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 10th / 83rd pick / 1938 |
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| Bud Svendsen | 25 | C-LB-G | 11 | 10 | 190 | 6-1 | Minnesota | 2/7/1915 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 39th pick / 1937 |
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| Si Titus | 22 | C | 4 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Holy Cross | 9/23/1918 | Rook | ||
| Bob Winslow | 24 | DE | 2 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | USC | 9/18/1916 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 7th / 56th pick / 1940 |
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| Waddy Young | 24 | E | 11 | 10 | 205 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 9/4/1916 | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 20th pick / 1939 |
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| Frank Zadworney | 24 | HB-DB | 3 | 0 | 202 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 11/2/1916 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 8th / 64th pick / 1940 |
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| Team Total | 24.8 | 11 | 200.8 | 6-0.6 | 1.1 |