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1941 Chicago Bears
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Record: 10-1-0, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
1941 NFL Champions
Scored 396 points (36.0/g), 1st of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 147 points (13.4/g), 4th.
Differential of 249 points (22.6/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 10.0-1.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +18 (1.6/g), 2nd.
Coached by George Halas (10-1-0)
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1941 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 | Sid Luckman*+ | 25 | 2 | 11 | 68 for 119, 1,181 yards, 9 td, 6 int, & 18 rushes for 18 yards and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 |
| FB | Bill Osmanski* | 26 | 2 | 7 | 70 rushes for 371 yards, 4 td, & 4 catches for 52 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 6th pick / 1939 |
| FB | Norm Standlee* | 22 | Rook | 3 | 81 rushes for 414 yards, 5 td, & 2 catches for -3 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1941 |
| LH | Ray Nolting* | 28 | 5 | 5 | 40 rushes for 169 yards, 1 td, & 4 catches for 68 yards and 0 td | |
| RH | Hugh Gallarneau* | 24 | Rook | 8 | 49 rushes for 304 yards, 8 td, & 11 catches for 204 yards and 2 td | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1941 |
| LE | Dick Plasman* | 27 | 4 | 5 | 14 catches for 283 yards, 0 td, & 1 rush for 1 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 28th pick / 1937 |
| LE | Bob Nowaskey* | 23 | 1 | 5 | 12 catches for 199 yards, 1 td, & 3 rushes for 5 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 7th / 55th pick / 1940 |
| LT | Ed Kolman* | 26 | 1 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 37th pick / 1940 |
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| LG | Danny Fortmann*+ | 25 | 5 | 11 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 78th pick / 1936 |
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| C | Bulldog Turner*+ | 22 | 1 | 10 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1940 |
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| RG | Ray Bray* | 24 | 2 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 76th pick / 1939 |
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| RT | Lee Artoe* | 24 | 1 | 11 | Chicago Bears / 11th / 97th pick / 1940 |
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| RE | John Siegal* | 23 | 2 | 7 | 9 catches for 220 yards, 3 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 17th / 155th pick / 1939 |
| RE | George Wilson* | 27 | 4 | 5 | 4 catches for 75 yards, 0 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bob Snyder* | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 of 2 field goals & 20 of 24 extra points | |
| P | Sid Luckman*+ | 25 | 2 | 11 | 13 punts for a 41.1 average, 0 blocked | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 |
| PR | Bob Swisher* | 27 | 3 | 3 | 7 punt returns for a 14.4 average and 0 td | |
| KR | George McAfee*+ | 23 | 1 | 2 | 7 kick returns for a 31.9 average and 1 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 2nd pick / 1940 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Lee Artoe* | 24 | T | 11 | 11 | 234 | 6-3 | California,Santa Clara | 3/2/1917 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 11th / 97th pick / 1940 |
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| Al Baisi* | 24 | G | 9 | 0 | 217 | 6-0 | West Virginia | 9/6/1917 | 1 | ||
| Ray Bray* | 24 | G-DG | 11 | 7 | 237 | 6-0 | North Carolina,Western Michigan | 2/1/1917 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 76th pick / 1939 |
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| Young Bussey* | 24 | QB | 10 | 0 | 184 | 5-9 | LSU | 10/4/1917 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 20th / 187th pick / 1940 |
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| Harry Clarke* | 25 | HB-DB | 10 | 3 | 186 | 6-0 | West Virginia | 12/1/1916 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 13th / 117th pick / 1940 |
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| Gary Famiglietti* | 28 | FB-HB | 7 | 2 | 225 | 6-0 | Boston University | 11/28/1913 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 25th pick / 1938 |
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| John Federovitch* | 24 | T | 11 | 0 | 263 | 6-5 | Davis & Elkins | 6/26/1917 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 7th / 59th pick / 1941 |
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| Aldo Forte* | 23 | G-T | 10 | 4 | 213 | 6-0 | Montana | 1/20/1918 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 21st / 191st pick / 1939 |
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| Danny Fortmann*+ | 25 | G-LB | 11 | 11 | 210 | 6-0 | Colgate | 4/11/1916 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 78th pick / 1936 |
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| Hugh Gallarneau* | 24 | HB | 11 | 8 | 190 | 6-0 | Stanford | 4/2/1917 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1941 |
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| Bill Hughes* | 26 | G-C | 6 | 0 | 226 | 6-1 | Texas | 4/11/1915 | 4 | ||
| Ken Kavanaugh* | 25 | E | 11 | 0 | 207 | 6-3 | LSU | 11/23/1916 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1940 |
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| Ed Kolman* | 26 | T | 11 | 9 | 232 | 6-2 | Temple | 10/21/1915 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 37th pick / 1940 |
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| Hal Lahar* | 22 | G | 8 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Oklahoma | 7/14/1919 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 9th / 79th pick / 1941 |
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| Sid Luckman*+ | 25 | QB-HB-DB | 11 | 11 | 197 | 6-0 | Columbia | 11/21/1916 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 |
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| Joe Maniaci* | 27 | B | 7 | 0 | 212 | 6-1 | Fordham | 1/23/1914 | 5 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 49th pick / 1936 |
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| Al Matuza* | 23 | C | 10 | 1 | 200 | 6-2 | Georgetown (DC) | 9/11/1918 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 8th / 68th pick / 1941 |
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| George McAfee*+ | 23 | HB-DB | 11 | 2 | 178 | 6-0 | Duke | 3/13/1918 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 2nd pick / 1940 |
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| Ray McLean* | 26 | HB | 10 | 0 | 168 | 5-10 | St. Anselm | 12/6/1915 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 21st / 192nd pick / 1940 |
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| Joe Mihal* | 25 | T | 9 | 0 | 234 | 6-2 | Purdue | 4/2/1916 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 19th pick / 1939 |
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| George Musso* | 31 | G-T | 10 | 0 | 262 | 6-2 | Millikin | 4/8/1910 | 8 | ||
| Ray Nolting* | 28 | HB | 9 | 5 | 185 | 5-11 | Cincinnati | 11/8/1913 | 5 | ||
| Bob Nowaskey* | 23 | E-DE | 11 | 5 | 205 | 6-0 | George Washington | 2/3/1918 | 1 | Cleveland Rams / 7th / 55th pick / 1940 |
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| Bill Osmanski* | 26 | FB | 10 | 7 | 197 | 5-11 | Holy Cross | 12/29/1915 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 6th pick / 1939 |
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| Dick Plasman* | 27 | E-T | 10 | 5 | 218 | 6-3 | Vanderbilt | 4/6/1914 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 28th pick / 1937 |
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| Hampton Pool* | 26 | E | 7 | 0 | 221 | 6-3 | Army,California,Stanford | 3/11/1915 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 77th pick / 1940 |
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| John Siegal* | 23 | E-DE | 11 | 7 | 203 | 6-1 | Columbia | 5/15/1918 | 2 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 17th / 155th pick / 1939 |
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| Bob Snyder* | 28 | TB-QB | 11 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Ohio | 2/6/1913 | 4 | ||
| Norm Standlee* | 22 | FB-LB | 10 | 3 | 238 | 6-2 | Stanford | 7/19/1919 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1941 |
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| Joe Stydahar* | 29 | T | 8 | 2 | 233 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh,West Virginia | 3/16/1912 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 6th pick / 1936 |
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| Bob Swisher* | 27 | HB | 11 | 3 | 163 | 5-11 | Northwestern | 7/14/1914 | 3 | ||
| Bulldog Turner*+ | 22 | C-T-LB-G | 11 | 10 | 237 | 6-1 | Hardin-Simmons | 3/10/1919 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1940 |
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| George Wilson* | 27 | E-DE | 11 | 5 | 199 | 6-1 | Northwestern | 2/3/1914 | 4 | ||
| Team Total | 25.2 | 11 | 212.1 | 6-0.8 | 2.2 |