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1947 Boston Yanks
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Record: 4-7-1, Finished 3rd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 168 points (14.0/g), 10th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 256 points (21.3/g), 6th.
Differential of -88 points (-7.3/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 3.2-8.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.8/g), 2nd.
Coached by Clipper Smith (4-7-1)
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1947 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 | |||||
| QB | Boley Dancewicz | 23 | 1 | 1 | 66 for 169, 1,203 yards, 11 td, 18 int, & 47 rushes for 145 yards and 1 td | Boston Yanks / 1st / 1st pick / 1946 |
| QB | Mike Micka | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 for 0, 0 yards, 0 td, 0 int, & 1 rush for -4 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 1st / 8th pick / 1944 |
| FB | Rudy Romboli | 24 | 1 | 9 | 23 rushes for 50 yards, 0 td, & 4 catches for 30 yards and 0 td | |
| LH | Joe Golding | 26 | Rook | 7 | 26 rushes for 71 yards, 1 td, & 6 catches for 52 yards and 2 td | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 31st pick / 1946 |
| RH | Frank Seno | 26 | 4 | 10 | 69 rushes for 212 yards, 0 td, & 12 catches for 118 yards and 1 td | |
| LE | Sam Goldman | 31 | 3 | 6 | 1 catch for 9 yards, 0 td | |
| LT | Tom Dean | 24 | 1 | 7 | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1945 |
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| LT | Rocco Canale | 30 | 4 | 5 | 1 fumble recovered | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 9th / 72nd pick / 1943 |
| LG | Bill Kennedy | 28 | 5 | 8 | ||
| C | Joe Domnanovich | 28 | 1 | 6 | 1 fumble recovered | Brooklyn Dodgers / 4th / 28th pick / 1943 |
| C | Bill Godwin | 28 | Rook | 5 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 8th / 64th pick / 1943 |
| RG | John Badaczewski | 25 | 1 | 12 | ||
| RT | Carroll Vogelaar | 27 | Rook | 10 | 1 fumble recovered | Boston Yanks / 5th / 27th pick / 1947 |
| RE | Nick Scollard | 27 | 1 | 10 | 3 catches for 19 yards, 0 td | Boston Yanks / 2nd / 12th pick / 1946 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Frank Maznicki | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 of 2 field goals & 19 of 21 extra points | Chicago Bears / 8th / 70th pick / 1942 |
| P | Howard Maley | 26 | 1 | 0 | 92 punts for a 40.6 average, 3 blocked | Brooklyn Tigers / 17th / 166th pick / 1944 |
| PR | Frank Seno | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 punt returns for a 17.8 average and 1 td | |
| KR | Frank Seno | 26 | 4 | 10 | 27 kick returns for a 23.6 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Badaczewski | 25 | G-DG | 12 | 12 | 239 | 6-1 | Case Western Reserve | 1/27/1922 | 1 | |
| Fritz Barzilauskas | 27 | G | 5 | 1 | 230 | 6-1 | Holy Cross,Yale | 6/13/1920 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 1st / 3rd pick / 1947 |
| Rocco Canale | 30 | T-G | 10 | 5 | 240 | 5-11 | Boston College | 5/1/1917 | 4 | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 9th / 72nd pick / 1943 |
| Bill Chipley | 27 | E-DB | 6 | 2 | 199 | 6-3 | Clemson,Washington & Lee | 7/2/1920 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 8th / 57th pick / 1947 |
| Bill Collins | 25 | G | 12 | 0 | 195 | 5-8 | Southwestern (TX),Texas | 3/4/1922 | Rook | |
| Hal Crisler | 24 | E | 10 | 1 | 215 | 6-4 | Iowa State,San Jose State | 12/31/1923 | 1 | |
| Don Currivan | 27 | E | 12 | 3 | 193 | 6-0 | Boston College | 3/6/1920 | 4 | Chicago Cardinals / 3rd / 18th pick / 1943 |
| Boley Dancewicz | 23 | QB-DB | 12 | 1 | 187 | 5-10 | Notre Dame | 10/3/1924 | 1 | Boston Yanks / 1st / 1st pick / 1946 |
| Tom Dean | 24 | T | 12 | 7 | 247 | 6-2 | Arkansas State,SMU | 5/27/1923 | 1 | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1945 |
| Don Deeks | 24 | T-G | 3 | 1 | 238 | 6-4 | Washington | 2/10/1923 | 2 | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 4th / 31st pick / 1945 |
| Joe Domnanovich | 28 | C-LB | 8 | 6 | 213 | 6-1 | Alabama | 3/18/1919 | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 4th / 28th pick / 1943 |
| Ed Fiorentino | 24 | DE | 4 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Boston College,Brown | 9/21/1923 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 12th / 120th pick / 1944 |
| Bill Godwin | 28 | C-LB | 12 | 5 | 241 | 6-3 | Georgia | 5/8/1919 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 8th / 64th pick / 1943 |
| Joe Golding | 26 | HB-DB | 12 | 7 | 184 | 6-0 | Oklahoma | 2/26/1921 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 31st pick / 1946 |
| Sam Goldman | 31 | E | 12 | 6 | 228 | 6-3 | Ohio State,Samford | 11/10/1916 | 3 | |
| Paul Governali | 26 | QB-TB | 4 | 0 | 193 | 5-11 | Columbia | 1/5/1921 | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 1st / 4th pick / 1943 |
| John Grigas | 27 | FB-HB | 9 | 2 | 204 | 6-0 | Holy Cross | 8/19/1920 | 4 | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 14th pick / 1943 |
| Bill Kennedy | 28 | G | 12 | 8 | 200 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 3/13/1919 | 5 | |
| Bob Long | 25 | HB | 2 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Tennessee | 4/9/1922 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 28th / 268th pick / 1946 |
| Howard Maley | 26 | HB | 12 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | SMU,Texas-Arlington | 12/6/1921 | 1 | Brooklyn Tigers / 17th / 166th pick / 1944 |
| Frank Maznicki | 27 | HB | 12 | 1 | 181 | 5-9 | Boston College | 7/19/1920 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 70th pick / 1942 |
| Bob McClure | 23 | G | 10 | 3 | 224 | 6-1 | Drake,Nevada-Reno | 7/8/1924 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 3rd / 17th pick / 1946 |
| Jim Mello | 27 | DB-FB-LB | 9 | 4 | 190 | 5-10 | Notre Dame | 11/8/1920 | Rook | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 6th / 47th pick / 1945 |
| Mike Micka | 26 | FB-HB-QB | 12 | 5 | 188 | 6-0 | Colgate | 6/18/1921 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 8th pick / 1944 |
| Bill Paschal | 26 | FB-HB | 8 | 4 | 201 | 6-0 | Georgia Tech | 5/28/1921 | 4 | |
| John Poto | 21 | HB | 6 | 1 | 194 | 5-10 | none | 4/10/1926 | Rook | |
| Tom Rodgers | 24 | T | 9 | 0 | 248 | 6-0 | Bucknell | 1/20/1923 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 29th / 267th pick / 1947 |
| Rudy Romboli | 24 | FB-LB | 12 | 9 | 213 | 5-10 | none | 5/1/1923 | 1 | |
| Joe Sabasteanski | 26 | G-LB-C | 10 | 2 | 207 | 6-0 | Fordham | 2/24/1921 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 11th / 94th pick / 1943 |
| Nick Scollard | 27 | E-QB | 12 | 10 | 217 | 6-4 | St. Joseph's (IN) | 4/3/1920 | 1 | Boston Yanks / 2nd / 12th pick / 1946 |
| Frank Seno | 26 | HB | 11 | 10 | 191 | 6-0 | George Washington | 2/15/1921 | 4 | |
| Alex Sidorik | 28 | T | 12 | 0 | 248 | 6-0 | Mississippi State | 12/19/1919 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 11th / 87th pick / 1947 |
| Steve Sucic | 26 | HB-FB | 3 | 1 | 210 | 6-0 | Illinois | 4/21/1921 | 1 | |
| Carroll Vogelaar | 27 | T-DT | 12 | 10 | 253 | 6-3 | Loyola Marymount,San Francisco | 4/8/1920 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 5th / 27th pick / 1947 |
| Joe Watt | 28 | HB-DB | 1 | 0 | 184 | 5-11 | Syracuse | 6/18/1919 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 7th / 47th pick / 1947 |
| Walt Williams | 28 | DB-TB-HB | 10 | 3 | 195 | 6-2 | Boston University | 2/12/1919 | 1 | |
| Jim Wright | 26 | G | 12 | 2 | 222 | 6-1 | SMU,Texas-Arlington | 9/12/1921 | Rook | Brooklyn Tigers / 13th / 122nd pick / 1944 |
| Joe Zeno | 28 | G-T | 2 | 0 | 234 | 5-10 | Holy Cross | 6/14/1919 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 5th / 36th pick / 1942 |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 12 | 211.4 | 6-0.3 | 1.4 |