1942 Brooklyn Dodgers
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Record: 3-8-0, Finished 4th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 100 points (9.1/g), 8th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 168 points (15.3/g), 5th.
Differential of -68 points (-6.2/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 2.5-8.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.7/g), 9th.
Coached by
Mike Getto (3-8-0)
Training Camp: Hun Junior School (Princeton, New Jersey)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| HB | Merl Condit* | 25 | 2 | 11 | 129 rushes for 647 yards, 2 td, & 9 catches for 111 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 15th pick / 1940 |
| TB | Dean McAdams | 25 | 1 | 10 | 110 rushes for 314 yards, 0 td, & 3 catches for 11 yards and 0 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 1st / 8th pick / 1941 |
| FB | Pug Manders | 29 | 3 | 11 | 93 rushes for 316 yards, 6 td, & 4 catches for 53 yards and 0 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 2nd / 11th pick / 1939 |
| BB | Wendell Butcher | 28 | 4 | 8 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 1 catch for 16 yards and 0 td | |
| LE | Perry Schwartz* | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 catches for 200 yards, 1 td, & 2 rushes for 20 yards and 0 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 43rd pick / 1938 |
| LT | Bruiser Kinard* | 28 | 4 | 11 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1938 | |
| LG | George Kinard | 26 | 1 | 7 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 13th / 118th pick / 1941 | |
| C | Bobby Robertson | 25 | Rook | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 1st / 7th pick / 1942 | |
| RG | Jim Sivell | 28 | 4 | 8 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 10th / 83rd pick / 1938 | |
| RT | Walt Merrill | 25 | 2 | 11 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 5th / 34th pick / 1940 | |
| RE | Ed Rucinski* | 26 | 1 | 9 | 9 catches for 99 yards, 1 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 49th pick / 1941 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Merl Condit* | 25 | 2 | 11 | 3 of 6 field goals & 10 of 10 extra points | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 15th pick / 1940 |
| P | Dean McAdams | 25 | 1 | 10 | 52 punts for a 41.5 average, 1 blocked | Brooklyn Dodgers / 1st / 8th pick / 1941 |
| PR | Merl Condit* | 25 | 2 | 11 | 21 punt returns for a 10.0 average and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 15th pick / 1940 |
| KR | Pug Manders | 29 | 3 | 11 | 9 kick returns for a 23.3 average and 0 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 2nd / 11th pick / 1939 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Butcher | 28 | B | 11 | 8 | 197 | 6-1 | Gustavus Adolphus | 3/28/1914 | 4 | ||
| Merl Condit* | 25 | HB | 11 | 11 | 187 | 5-11 | West Virginia,Carnegie Mellon | 3/21/1917 | 2 | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 15th pick / 1940 | |
| Gerry Courtney | 24 | TB | 5 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Syracuse | 3/2/1918 | Rook | ||
| Art Deremer | 25 | C | 5 | 0 | 208 | 6-3 | Niagara | 12/16/1917 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 13th / 117th pick / 1942 | |
| Don Eliason | 24 | E | 4 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Hamline | 7/24/1918 | Rook | ||
| Walt Fedora | 24 | FB | 8 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | George Washington | 9/15/1918 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 22nd / 197th pick / 1942 | |
| Bob Gifford | 24 | BB | 5 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Denver | 11/12/1918 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 9th / 77th pick / 1942 | |
| Herman Hodges | 28 | E | 10 | 3 | 198 | 6-1 | Samford | 11/22/1914 | 3 | ||
| Billy Jefferson | 24 | HB | 3 | 0 | 208 | 6-2 | Mississippi St. | 3/17/1918 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 12th / 105th pick / 1941 | |
| Bob Jeffries | 23 | G | 4 | 0 | 206 | 6-2 | Missouri | 8/19/1919 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 7th / 60th pick / 1942 | |
| Art Jocher | 27 | G | 11 | 4 | 207 | 6-1 | Manhattan | 10/19/1915 | 2 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 9th / 74th pick / 1940 | |
| Thurman Jones | 24 | FB-DB | 4 | 0 | 198 | 5-10 | Abilene Christian | 4/6/1918 | 1 | ||
| Mike Jurich | 23 | T | 11 | 0 | 234 | 6-1 | Denver | 1/7/1919 | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 15th / 138th pick / 1941 | |
| Bernie Kapitansky | 21 | G | 7 | 0 | 212 | 6-1 | Long Island | 1/1/1921 | Rook | ||
| Duce Keahey | 25 | T | 1 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | George Washington | 1/20/1917 | Rook | ||
| Bruiser Kinard* | 28 | T | 11 | 11 | 216 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 10/23/1914 | 4 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1938 | |
| George Kinard | 26 | G | 7 | 7 | 202 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 10/9/1916 | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 13th / 118th pick / 1941 | |
| Pug Manders | 29 | FB-HB | 11 | 11 | 200 | 6-0 | Drake | 5/5/1913 | 3 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 2nd / 11th pick / 1939 | |
| Dean McAdams | 25 | TB-HB | 11 | 10 | 193 | 6-1 | Washington | 10/3/1917 | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 1st / 8th pick / 1941 | |
| Hal McCullough | 24 | TB | 9 | 0 | 170 | 5-11 | Cornell | 4/4/1918 | Rook | ||
| Curt Mecham | 22 | TB | 8 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Oregon | 3/2/1920 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1942 | |
| Walt Merrill | 25 | T | 11 | 11 | 217 | 6-2 | Alabama | 8/7/1917 | 2 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 5th / 34th pick / 1940 | |
| Mike Nixon | 31 | HB | 3 | 0 | 181 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 11/21/1911 | 7 | ||
| Don Pierce | 23 | C | 2 | 0 | 186 | 6-1 | Kansas | 2/7/1919 | Rook | ||
| Norbert Raemer | 22 | G | 1 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Kansas St. | 7/3/1920 | Rook | ||
| Bobby Robertson | 25 | C-HB-DB | 11 | 1 | 185 | 5-11 | USC,St. Mary's (CA) | 6/18/1917 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 1st / 7th pick / 1942 | |
| Tom Robertson | 25 | C | 9 | 8 | 199 | 6-0 | Kansas,LSU,Tulsa | 7/25/1917 | 1 | ||
| Ed Rucinski* | 26 | E | 11 | 9 | 198 | 6-2 | Indiana | 7/12/1916 | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 49th pick / 1941 | |
| Perry Schwartz* | 27 | E | 11 | 10 | 199 | 6-2 | California | 4/27/1915 | 4 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 43rd pick / 1938 | |
| Rhoten Shetley | 24 | B | 3 | 3 | 208 | 5-11 | Furman | 2/7/1918 | 2 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 19th pick / 1940 | |
| Jim Sivell | 28 | G | 8 | 8 | 205 | 5-9 | Auburn | 3/12/1914 | 4 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 10th / 83rd pick / 1938 | |
| Bud Svendsen | 27 | C-LB-G | 4 | 3 | 190 | 6-1 | Minnesota | 2/7/1915 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 39th pick / 1937 | |
| Si Titus | 24 | C | 9 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Holy Cross | 9/23/1918 | 2 | ||
| Joe Tofil | 24 | E | 11 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Indiana | 3/15/1918 | Rook | ||
| Jack Vetter | 22 | HB-DB | 4 | 0 | 198 | 6-2 | McPherson | 10/30/1920 | Rook | ||
| Bernie Weiner | 24 | G-T | 10 | 3 | 222 | 5-11 | Kansas St. | 1/24/1918 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 11th / 98th pick / 1941 | |
| Team Total | 25.0 | 11 | 200.8 | 6-0.5 | 1.4 |