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1939 Chicago Bears
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Record: 8-3-0, Finished 2nd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 298 points (27.1/g), 1st of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 157 points (14.3/g), 5th.
Differential of 141 points (12.8/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 9.0-2.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +23 (2.1/g), 2nd.
Coached by George Halas (8-3-0)
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1939 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 | |||||
| QB | Bernie Masterson | 28 | 5 | 7 | 44 for 113, 914 yards, 8 td, 9 int, & 21 rushes for -31 yards and 2 td | |
| FB | Joe Maniaci | 25 | 3 | 6 | 77 rushes for 544 yards, 4 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 49th pick / 1936 |
| FB | Bill Osmanski*+ | 24 | Rook | 3 | 121 rushes for 699 yards, 7 td, & 3 catches for 65 yards and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 6th pick / 1939 |
| LH | Sid Luckman | 23 | Rook | 7 | 24 rushes for 42 yards, 0 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 |
| LH | Bob Swisher | 25 | 1 | 5 | 30 rushes for 192 yards, 2 td, & 7 catches for 228 yards and 1 td | |
| RH | Ray Nolting | 26 | 3 | 9 | 50 rushes for 216 yards, 2 td, & 6 catches for 87 yards and 1 td | |
| LE | Les McDonald | 25 | 2 | 8 | 16 catches for 261 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for -2 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 8th pick / 1937 |
| LT | Joe Stydahar*+ | 27 | 3 | 10 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 6th pick / 1936 |
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| LG | Danny Fortmann+ | 23 | 3 | 10 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 78th pick / 1936 |
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| C | Frank Bausch | 31 | 5 | 8 | ||
| RG | George Musso* | 29 | 6 | 10 | ||
| RT | Russ Thompson | 27 | 3 | 8 | ||
| RE | George Wilson | 25 | 2 | 9 | 5 catches for 66 yards, 0 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jack Manders | 30 | 6 | 2 | 3 of 7 field goals & 17 of 20 extra points | |
| P | Sid Luckman | 23 | Rook | 7 | 27 punts for a 44.4 average, 0 blocked | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 |
| PR | Chuck Apolskis | 25 | 1 | 0 | ||
| KR | Chuck Apolskis | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Apolskis | 25 | E | 1 | 0 | 207 | 6-2 | DePaul | 12/18/1914 | 1 | ||
| Dick Bassi | 24 | G | 10 | 1 | 214 | 5-11 | Santa Clara | 1/1/1915 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 36th pick / 1937 |
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| Frank Bausch | 31 | C | 11 | 8 | 220 | 6-3 | Kansas | 6/14/1908 | 5 | ||
| Ray Bray | 22 | G-DG | 11 | 0 | 237 | 6-0 | North Carolina,Western Michigan | 2/1/1917 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 9th / 76th pick / 1939 |
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| Chet Chesney | 23 | C-LB | 7 | 1 | 227 | 6-2 | DePaul | 3/9/1916 | Rook | ||
| Gary Famiglietti | 26 | FB-HB | 10 | 2 | 225 | 6-0 | Boston University | 11/28/1913 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 25th pick / 1938 |
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| Aldo Forte | 21 | G-T | 10 | 1 | 213 | 6-0 | Montana | 1/20/1918 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 21st / 191st pick / 1939 |
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| Danny Fortmann+ | 23 | G-LB | 11 | 10 | 210 | 6-0 | Colgate | 4/11/1916 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 78th pick / 1936 |
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| Charles Heileman | 24 | E | 2 | 0 | 197 | 6-2 | Iowa State | 1/25/1915 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 7th / 56th pick / 1939 |
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| Bert Johnson | 27 | FB-BB-HB | 1 | 0 | 212 | 6-0 | Kentucky | 2/18/1912 | 2 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 5th / 42nd pick / 1937 |
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| Sid Luckman | 23 | QB-HB-DB | 11 | 7 | 197 | 6-0 | Columbia | 11/21/1916 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 |
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| Bob MacLeod | 22 | HB | 9 | 1 | 190 | 6-0 | Dartmouth | 10/15/1917 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 1st / 5th pick / 1939 |
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| Jack Manders | 30 | HB-FB | 11 | 2 | 203 | 6-1 | Minnesota | 1/13/1909 | 6 | ||
| Joe Maniaci | 25 | B | 9 | 6 | 212 | 6-1 | Fordham | 1/23/1914 | 3 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 49th pick / 1936 |
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| Eggs Manske | 27 | E | 11 | 1 | 185 | 6-0 | Northwestern | 7/4/1912 | 4 | ||
| Bernie Masterson | 28 | QB | 11 | 7 | 195 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 8/10/1911 | 5 | ||
| Les McDonald | 25 | E | 11 | 8 | 200 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 9/19/1914 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 8th pick / 1937 |
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| George Musso* | 29 | G-T | 11 | 10 | 262 | 6-2 | Millikin | 4/8/1910 | 6 | ||
| Ray Nolting | 26 | HB | 11 | 9 | 185 | 5-11 | Cincinnati | 11/8/1913 | 3 | ||
| Bill Osmanski*+ | 24 | FB | 10 | 3 | 197 | 5-11 | Holy Cross | 12/29/1915 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 1st / 6th pick / 1939 |
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| Billy Patterson | 21 | B | 8 | 1 | 167 | 5-10 | Baylor | 8/20/1918 | Rook | Pittsburgh Pirates / 3rd / 17th pick / 1939 |
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| Dick Plasman | 25 | E-T | 11 | 3 | 218 | 6-3 | Vanderbilt | 4/6/1914 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 28th pick / 1937 |
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| Dick Schweidler | 24 | HB | 4 | 0 | 182 | 6-0 | St. Louis | 8/18/1915 | 1 | ||
| Alec Shellogg | 25 | T | 1 | 1 | 215 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 2/7/1914 | Rook | ||
| Solly Sherman | 22 | QB | 7 | 1 | 190 | 6-1 | Chicago | 9/25/1917 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 18th / 166th pick / 1939 |
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| John Siegal | 21 | E-DE | 10 | 1 | 203 | 6-1 | Columbia | 5/15/1918 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 17th / 155th pick / 1939 |
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| Bob Snyder | 26 | TB-QB | 8 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Ohio | 2/6/1913 | 2 | ||
| Anton Stolfa | 22 | QB-DB | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Luther | 9/6/1917 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 14th / 126th pick / 1939 |
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| Joe Stydahar*+ | 27 | T | 11 | 10 | 233 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh,West Virginia | 3/16/1912 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 6th pick / 1936 |
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| Frank Sullivan | 27 | C-LB | 9 | 2 | 206 | 6-3 | Loyola (LA) | 8/16/1912 | 4 | ||
| Bob Swisher | 25 | HB | 9 | 5 | 163 | 5-11 | Northwestern | 7/14/1914 | 1 | ||
| Russ Thompson | 27 | T | 11 | 8 | 249 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 5/10/1912 | 3 | ||
| Jack Torrance | 27 | T | 8 | 2 | 285 | 6-5 | LSU | 6/20/1912 | Rook | ||
| Milt Trost | 26 | T-E | 10 | 1 | 206 | 6-1 | Marquette | 3/4/1913 | 4 | ||
| George Wilson | 25 | E-DE | 11 | 9 | 199 | 6-1 | Northwestern | 2/3/1914 | 2 | ||
| Team Total | 25.0 | 11 | 208.5 | 6-1.1 | 1.8 |