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1942 Chicago Bears
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Record: 11-0-0, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 376 points (34.2/g), 1st of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 84 points (7.6/g), 1st.
Differential of 292 points (26.5/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 10.7-0.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.6/g), 3rd.
Coached by George Halas (5-0-0), Hunk Anderson (6-0-0) (co-coach with Luke Johnsos)and Luke Johnsos (6-0-0)
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1942 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*+ | 26 | 3 | 10 | 57 for 105, 1,024 yards, 10 td, 13 int, & 13 rushes for -6 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 |
| QB | Charlie O'Rourke | 25 | Rook | 1 | 37 for 88, 951 yards, 11 td, 16 int, & 18 rushes for -17 yards and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 5th / 39th pick / 1941 |
| FB | Gary Famiglietti* | 29 | 4 | 8 | 118 rushes for 503 yards, 8 td, & 1 catch for 12 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 25th pick / 1938 |
| LH | Harry Clarke | 26 | 2 | 7 | 58 rushes for 273 yards, 4 td, & 6 catches for 131 yards and 2 td | Chicago Bears / 13th / 117th pick / 1940 |
| RH | Hugh Gallarneau | 25 | 1 | 9 | 68 rushes for 292 yards, 4 td, & 14 catches for 291 yards and 3 td | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1941 |
| LE | Bob Nowaskey | 24 | 2 | 6 | 6 catches for 128 yards, 0 td, & 1 rush for 3 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 7th / 55th pick / 1940 |
| LT | Ed Kolman* | 27 | 2 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 37th pick / 1940 |
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| LG | Danny Fortmann*+ | 26 | 6 | 11 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 78th pick / 1936 |
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| C | Bulldog Turner+ | 23 | 2 | 11 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1940 |
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| RG | Ray Bray | 25 | 3 | 10 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 76th pick / 1939 |
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| RT | Lee Artoe*+ | 25 | 2 | 11 | Chicago Bears / 11th / 97th pick / 1940 |
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| RE | George Wilson*+ | 28 | 5 | 11 | 9 catches for 89 yards, 0 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Frank Maznicki* | 22 | Rook | 1 | 4 of 5 field goals & 21 of 22 extra points | Chicago Bears / 8th / 70th pick / 1942 |
| P | Sid Luckman*+ | 26 | 3 | 10 | 24 punts for a 40.7 average, 0 blocked | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 |
| PR | Hugh Gallarneau | 25 | 1 | 9 | 9 punt returns for a 11.2 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1941 |
| KR | Harry Clarke | 26 | 2 | 7 | 5 kick returns for a 31.8 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 13th / 117th pick / 1940 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Len Akin | 26 | G-LB | 11 | 1 | 207 | 5-11 | Baylor | 4/8/1916 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 7th / 57th pick / 1940 |
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| Lee Artoe*+ | 25 | T | 11 | 11 | 234 | 6-3 | California,Santa Clara | 3/2/1917 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 11th / 97th pick / 1940 |
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| Connie Mack Berry | 27 | E | 10 | 1 | 215 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 4/19/1915 | 3 | ||
| Ray Bray | 25 | G-DG | 11 | 10 | 237 | 6-0 | North Carolina,Western Michigan | 2/1/1917 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 76th pick / 1939 |
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| Harry Clarke | 26 | HB-DB | 10 | 7 | 186 | 6-0 | West Virginia | 12/1/1916 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 13th / 117th pick / 1940 |
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| Stu Clarkson | 23 | LB-C | 7 | 0 | 217 | 6-2 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 7/4/1919 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 22nd / 200th pick / 1942 |
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| Chuck Drulis* | 24 | G-LB | 11 | 0 | 216 | 5-10 | Temple | 3/8/1918 | Rook | ||
| Gary Famiglietti* | 29 | FB-HB | 10 | 8 | 225 | 6-0 | Boston University | 11/28/1913 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 25th pick / 1938 |
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| Danny Fortmann*+ | 26 | G-LB | 11 | 11 | 210 | 6-0 | Colgate | 4/11/1916 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 78th pick / 1936 |
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| Hugh Gallarneau | 25 | HB | 10 | 9 | 190 | 6-0 | Stanford | 4/2/1917 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1941 |
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| Bill Geyer | 23 | HB | 5 | 0 | 173 | 5-10 | Colgate | 10/3/1919 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 11th / 100th pick / 1942 |
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| Bill Hempel | 22 | T | 8 | 0 | 238 | 6-0 | Carroll (WI) | 2/10/1920 | Rook | ||
| Al Hoptowit | 27 | T | 11 | 0 | 217 | 6-1 | Washington State | 9/7/1915 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 11th / 91st pick / 1938 |
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| Nick Kerasiotis | 24 | G | 9 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Iowa,St. Ambrose | 7/4/1918 | Rook | ||
| Adolph Kissell | 22 | HB | 4 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Boston College | 9/11/1920 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 21st / 195th pick / 1942 |
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| Ed Kolman* | 27 | T | 11 | 9 | 232 | 6-2 | Temple | 10/21/1915 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 37th pick / 1940 |
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| Sid Luckman*+ | 26 | QB-HB-DB | 11 | 10 | 197 | 6-0 | Columbia | 11/21/1916 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 |
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| Al Matuza | 24 | C | 11 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Georgetown (DC) | 9/11/1918 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 68th pick / 1941 |
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| Frank Maznicki* | 22 | HB | 11 | 1 | 181 | 5-9 | Boston College | 7/19/1920 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 8th / 70th pick / 1942 |
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| Ray McLean | 27 | HB | 11 | 2 | 168 | 5-10 | St. Anselm | 12/6/1915 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 21st / 192nd pick / 1940 |
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| Frank Morris | 24 | FB | 6 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Boston University | 5/25/1918 | Rook | ||
| George Musso | 32 | G-T | 11 | 0 | 262 | 6-2 | Millikin | 4/8/1910 | 9 | ||
| Ray Nolting | 29 | HB | 11 | 3 | 185 | 5-11 | Cincinnati | 11/8/1913 | 6 | ||
| Bob Nowaskey | 24 | E-DE | 11 | 6 | 205 | 6-0 | George Washington | 2/3/1918 | 2 | Cleveland Rams / 7th / 55th pick / 1940 |
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| Charlie O'Rourke | 25 | QB | 11 | 1 | 175 | 5-11 | Boston College | 5/10/1917 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 5th / 39th pick / 1941 |
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| Bill Osmanski | 27 | FB | 1 | 1 | 197 | 5-11 | Holy Cross | 12/29/1915 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 6th pick / 1939 |
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| John Petty* | 23 | FB | 10 | 2 | 228 | 6-1 | Purdue | 10/3/1919 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 9th / 80th pick / 1942 |
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| Hampton Pool | 27 | E | 11 | 0 | 221 | 6-3 | Army,California,Stanford | 3/11/1915 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 77th pick / 1940 |
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| John Siegal* | 24 | E-DE | 11 | 4 | 203 | 6-1 | Columbia | 5/15/1918 | 3 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 17th / 155th pick / 1939 |
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| Joe Stydahar | 30 | T | 9 | 2 | 233 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh,West Virginia | 3/16/1912 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 6th pick / 1936 |
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| Bulldog Turner+ | 23 | C-T-LB-G | 11 | 11 | 237 | 6-1 | Hardin-Simmons | 3/10/1919 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1940 |
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| Clint Wager | 22 | E | 7 | 0 | 218 | 6-6 | St. Mary's (MN) | 1/20/1920 | Rook | ||
| George Wilson*+ | 28 | E-DE | 11 | 11 | 199 | 6-1 | Northwestern | 2/3/1914 | 5 | ||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 11 | 209.3 | 6-0.6 | 2.0 |