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1944 Brooklyn Tigers
Franchise Index: Previous Season
Record: 0-10-0, Finished 5th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 69 points (6.9/g), 10th of 11 in the NFL.
Allowed 166 points (16.6/g), 6th.
Differential of -97 points (-9.7/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 1.1-8.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -18 (-1.8/g), 10th.
Coached by Frank Bridges (0-5-0), Pete Cawthon (0-5-0) and Ed Kubale (0-5-0) (co-coach with Frank Bridges)
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1944 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 | |||||
| HB | Ray Hare | 27 | 4 | 9 | 72 rushes for 196 yards, 0 td, & 9 catches for 206 yards and 1 td | |
| TB | Johnny Butler | 26 | 1 | 3 | 40 rushes for 46 yards, 0 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 51st pick / 1942 |
| FB | Pug Manders | 31 | 5 | 9 | 127 rushes for 430 yards, 5 td, & 6 catches for 78 yards and 0 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 2nd / 11th pick / 1939 |
| BB | Bill Brown | 27 | 1 | 6 | 4 rushes for 10 yards, 0 td, & 2 catches for 10 yards and 0 td | |
| LE | Bob Masterson | 29 | 6 | 9 | 24 catches for 258 yards, 1 td | Chicago Bears / 6th / 50th pick / 1938 |
| LT | Bruiser Kinard+ | 30 | 6 | 10 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1938 |
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| LG | Floyd Rhea | 24 | 1 | 7 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 15th / 134th pick / 1943 |
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| C | George W. Smith | 30 | 7 | 8 | ||
| RG | Tony Leon | 27 | 1 | 10 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 70th pick / 1943 |
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| RT | George Doherty | 24 | Rook | 7 | Brooklyn Tigers / 20th / 199th pick / 1944 |
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| RE | Joe Carter | 34 | 11 | 9 | 13 catches for 143 yards, 0 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bob Masterson | 29 | 6 | 9 | 0 of 5 field goals & 0 of 0 extra points | Chicago Bears / 6th / 50th pick / 1938 |
| P | Cecil Johnson | 23 | 1 | 3 | 23 punts for a 42.7 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Cecil Johnson | 23 | 1 | 3 | 7 punt returns for a 14.6 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Pug Manders | 31 | 5 | 9 | 11 kick returns for a 20.6 average and 0 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 2nd / 11th pick / 1939 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Tony Aiello | 23 | WB-BB | 1 | 0 | 165 | 5-6 | Youngstown State | 4/29/1921 | Rook | |
| Bill Brown | 27 | BB-QB-DB | 10 | 6 | 202 | 6-0 | Texas Tech | 6/1/1917 | 1 | |
| Johnny Butler | 26 | HB-TB | 6 | 3 | 185 | 5-10 | Tennessee | 9/10/1918 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 51st pick / 1942 |
| Joe Carter | 34 | E | 10 | 9 | 201 | 6-1 | Austin,SMU | 7/23/1910 | 11 | |
| George Doherty | 24 | T-G | 10 | 7 | 218 | 6-1 | Louisiana Tech | 9/5/1920 | Rook | Brooklyn Tigers / 20th / 199th pick / 1944 |
| John Ellis | 25 | G | 6 | 1 | 212 | 5-10 | Vanderbilt | 12/21/1919 | Rook | |
| Tony Falkenstein | 29 | FB-BB | 6 | 1 | 205 | 5-10 | St. Mary's (CA) | 2/16/1915 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 107th pick / 1938 |
| Kenny Fryer | 26 | TB | 3 | 2 | 200 | 6-0 | Case Western Reserve,West Virginia | 11/17/1918 | Rook | |
| Ray Hare | 27 | B | 10 | 9 | 204 | 6-1 | Gonzaga | 11/21/1917 | 4 | |
| Cecil Johnson | 23 | TB-DB-HB | 7 | 3 | 197 | 5-11 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 9/3/1921 | 1 | |
| Bruiser Kinard+ | 30 | T | 10 | 10 | 216 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 10/23/1914 | 6 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1938 |
| Andy Kowalski | 24 | E | 10 | 1 | 199 | 6-1 | Mississippi State | 6/2/1920 | 1 | |
| Bill LaFitte | 18 | E | 4 | 0 | 171 | 6-1 | Ouachita Baptist | 1/23/1926 | Rook | |
| Tony Leon | 27 | G-LB | 10 | 10 | 203 | 5-9 | Alabama | 2/18/1917 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 70th pick / 1943 |
| Pug Manders | 31 | FB-HB | 10 | 9 | 200 | 6-0 | Drake | 5/5/1913 | 5 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 2nd / 11th pick / 1939 |
| Steve Marko | 20 | HB | 4 | 1 | 200 | 6-0 | none | 5/26/1924 | Rook | |
| Frank Martin | 25 | HB | 6 | 0 | 177 | 5-10 | Alabama | 6/13/1919 | 1 | |
| Bob Masterson | 29 | E | 10 | 9 | 213 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 1/5/1915 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 50th pick / 1938 |
| Flip McDonald | 23 | E | 2 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 2/12/1921 | Rook | |
| Charlie McGibbony | 29 | TB | 7 | 2 | 160 | 5-10 | Alabama,Central Arkansas | 10/23/1915 | Rook | |
| John McMichaels | 27 | TB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Birmingham-Southern | 12/14/1917 | Rook | |
| Bill Reynolds | 26 | HB | 5 | 1 | 183 | 5-8 | Mississippi | 10/10/1918 | Rook | |
| Floyd Rhea | 24 | G | 8 | 7 | 218 | 6-0 | Oregon | 9/21/1920 | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 15th / 134th pick / 1943 |
| Frank Sachse | 27 | B | 6 | 0 | 197 | 6-0 | Texas Tech | 7/24/1917 | 1 | |
| George Sergienko | 26 | T | 10 | 3 | 248 | 6-1 | American International College | 5/22/1918 | 1 | |
| Jim Sivell | 30 | G | 5 | 0 | 205 | 5-9 | Auburn | 3/12/1914 | 6 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 10th / 83rd pick / 1938 |
| George W. Smith | 30 | C | 10 | 8 | 220 | 6-2 | California | 6/3/1914 | 7 | |
| Vaughn Stewart | 25 | C | 9 | 2 | 190 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/16/1919 | 1 | |
| Frank Strom | 28 | T | 7 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | Tulsa | 8/29/1916 | Rook | |
| Chuck Taylor | 24 | BB-LB | 10 | 3 | 190 | 5-10 | Arkansas Tech,Ouachita Baptist | 1/12/1920 | Rook | |
| Bob Trocolor | 27 | QB-HB | 2 | 0 | 207 | 6-2 | Alabama,Long Island | 3/31/1917 | 2 | |
| Rocky Uguccioni | 26 | E | 10 | 1 | 195 | 6-0 | Murray State | 4/19/1918 | Rook | |
| Charlie Ware | 26 | T | 7 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Birmingham-Southern | 3/2/1918 | Rook | |
| George Weeks | 26 | DE | 3 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Alabama | 12/16/1918 | Rook | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 14th / 122nd pick / 1943 |
| Gordon Wilson | 29 | G-T | 7 | 2 | 228 | 6-0 | Texas-El Paso | 11/23/1915 | 3 | Cleveland Rams / 16th / 144th pick / 1941 |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 10 | 202.6 | 5-11.8 | 1.7 |