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1943 Chicago Bears
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Record: 8-1-1, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
1943 NFL Champions
Scored 303 points (30.3/g), 1st of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 157 points (15.7/g), 4th.
Differential of 146 points (14.6/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 8.3-1.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.5/g), 6th.
Coached by Hunk Anderson (8-1-1) (co-coach with Luke Johnsos) and Luke Johnsos (8-1-1)
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1943 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 | Sid Luckman+ | 27 | 4 | 3 | 110 for 202, 2,194 yards, 28 td, 12 int, & 22 rushes for -40 yards and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 |
| QB | Bob Snyder | 30 | 6 | 7 | 7 for 26, 116 yards, 0 td, 4 int, & 6 rushes for -20 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Gary Famiglietti | 30 | 5 | 4 | 64 rushes for 229 yards, 2 td, & 1 catch for 10 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 25th pick / 1938 |
| LH | Harry Clarke+ | 27 | 3 | 10 | 120 rushes for 556 yards, 2 td, & 23 catches for 535 yards and 7 td | Chicago Bears / 13th / 117th pick / 1940 |
| RH | Dante Magnani | 26 | 3 | 7 | 51 rushes for 310 yards, 2 td, & 6 catches for 88 yards and 1 td | Cleveland Rams / 19th / 175th pick / 1940 |
| LE | Jim Benton | 27 | 5 | 7 | 13 catches for 235 yards, 3 td | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 11th pick / 1938 |
| LT | Bill Steinkemper | 30 | Rook | 9 | ||
| LG | Danny Fortmann+ | 27 | 7 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 78th pick / 1936 |
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| C | Bulldog Turner+ | 24 | 3 | 10 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1940 |
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| RG | George Musso | 33 | 10 | 10 | ||
| RT | Al Hoptowit | 28 | 1 | 10 | Cleveland Rams / 11th / 91st pick / 1938 |
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| RE | George Wilson | 29 | 6 | 10 | 21 catches for 293 yards, 5 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bob Snyder | 30 | 6 | 7 | 2 of 7 field goals & 39 of 42 extra points | |
| P | Sid Luckman+ | 27 | 4 | 3 | 34 punts for a 35.9 average, 1 blocked | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 |
| PR | Harry Clarke+ | 27 | 3 | 10 | 10 punt returns for a 15.8 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 13th / 117th pick / 1940 |
| KR | Harry Clarke+ | 27 | 3 | 10 | 13 kick returns for a 25.1 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 13th / 117th pick / 1940 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Al Babartsky | 28 | T | 9 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Fordham | 4/19/1915 | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 35th pick / 1938 |
| Jim Benton | 27 | E | 9 | 7 | 200 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 9/25/1916 | 5 | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 11th pick / 1938 |
| Connie Mack Berry | 28 | E | 10 | 2 | 215 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 4/19/1915 | 4 | |
| Harry Clarke+ | 27 | HB-DB | 10 | 10 | 186 | 6-0 | West Virginia | 12/1/1916 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 13th / 117th pick / 1940 |
| Bernie Digris | 24 | T-G | 2 | 0 | 212 | 6-0 | Holy Cross | 6/9/1919 | Rook | |
| Gary Famiglietti | 30 | FB-HB | 10 | 4 | 225 | 6-0 | Boston University | 11/28/1913 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 25th pick / 1938 |
| Danny Fortmann+ | 27 | G-LB | 10 | 9 | 210 | 6-0 | Colgate | 4/11/1916 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 78th pick / 1936 |
| Bill Geyer | 24 | HB | 3 | 3 | 173 | 5-10 | Colgate | 10/3/1919 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 11th / 100th pick / 1942 |
| Pete Gudauskas | 27 | G | 6 | 0 | 222 | 6-2 | Murray State | 10/19/1916 | 3 | |
| Al Hoptowit | 28 | T | 10 | 10 | 217 | 6-1 | Washington State | 9/7/1915 | 1 | Cleveland Rams / 11th / 91st pick / 1938 |
| Tony Ippolito | 26 | G | 9 | 0 | 220 | 5-10 | Purdue | 9/19/1917 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 54th pick / 1939 |
| Jim Logan | 27 | G | 9 | 1 | 190 | 5-10 | Indiana | 12/22/1916 | Rook | |
| Sid Luckman+ | 27 | QB-HB-DB | 10 | 3 | 197 | 6-0 | Columbia | 11/21/1916 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 |
| Dante Magnani | 26 | HB-WB | 10 | 7 | 182 | 5-10 | St. Mary's (CA) | 3/16/1917 | 3 | Cleveland Rams / 19th / 175th pick / 1940 |
| Bob Masters | 32 | HB | 2 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Baylor | 6/26/1911 | 6 | |
| Al Matuza | 25 | C | 10 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Georgetown (DC) | 9/11/1918 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 68th pick / 1941 |
| Doug McEnulty | 21 | FB-HB | 8 | 3 | 215 | 6-3 | Wichita State | 1/16/1922 | Rook | |
| Ray McLean | 28 | HB | 10 | 0 | 168 | 5-10 | St. Anselm | 12/6/1915 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 21st / 192nd pick / 1940 |
| Monte Merkel | 27 | G | 1 | 1 | 215 | 5-10 | Kansas | 11/6/1916 | Rook | |
| Fred Mundee | 30 | C-LB | 5 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 5/20/1913 | Rook | |
| George Musso | 33 | G-T | 10 | 10 | 262 | 6-2 | Millikin | 4/8/1910 | 10 | |
| Bronko Nagurski | 35 | FB-LB-T | 8 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 11/3/1908 | 13 | |
| Ray Nolting | 30 | HB | 7 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Cincinnati | 11/8/1913 | 7 | |
| Bill Osmanski | 28 | FB | 4 | 3 | 197 | 5-11 | Holy Cross | 12/29/1915 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 6th pick / 1939 |
| Hampton Pool | 28 | E | 10 | 0 | 221 | 6-3 | Army,California,Stanford | 3/11/1915 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 77th pick / 1940 |
| John Siegal | 25 | E-DE | 3 | 1 | 203 | 6-1 | Columbia | 5/15/1918 | 4 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 17th / 155th pick / 1939 |
| Dom Sigillo | 30 | T-G | 6 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Xavier (OH) | 3/7/1913 | Rook | |
| Bob Snyder | 30 | TB-QB | 10 | 7 | 200 | 6-0 | Ohio | 2/6/1913 | 6 | |
| Bill Steinkemper | 30 | T | 10 | 9 | 220 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 12/27/1913 | Rook | |
| Bob Steuber | 22 | HB | 1 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | DePauw,Missouri | 10/25/1921 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 1st / 9th pick / 1943 |
| Bulldog Turner+ | 24 | C-T-LB-G | 10 | 10 | 237 | 6-1 | Hardin-Simmons | 3/10/1919 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1940 |
| Joe Vodicka | 22 | HB | 3 | 0 | 189 | 5-10 | Illinois State | 3/4/1921 | Rook | |
| George Wilson | 29 | E-DE | 10 | 10 | 199 | 6-1 | Northwestern | 2/3/1914 | 6 | |
| Team Total | 27.4 | 10 | 207.9 | 6-0.4 | 3.3 |