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1944 Chicago Bears
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Record: 6-3-1, Finished 2nd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 258 points (25.8/g), 2nd of 11 in the NFL.
Allowed 172 points (17.2/g), 7th.
Differential of 86 points (8.6/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 7.2-2.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.2/g), 6th.
Coached by Hunk Anderson (6-3-1) (co-coach with Luke Johnsos)and Luke Johnsos (6-3-1)
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1944 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+ | 28 | 5 | 0 | 71 for 143, 1,018 yards, 11 td, 12 int, & 20 rushes for -96 yards and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 |
| QB | Johnny Long | 30 | Rook | 6 | 9 for 14, 128 yards, 1 td, 1 int, & 24 rushes for 2 yards and 0 td | |
| QB | Gene Ronzani | 35 | 11 | 5 | 26 for 56, 448 yards, 9 td, 5 int, & 12 rushes for 26 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Jim Fordham | 28 | Rook | 8 | 73 rushes for 381 yards, 4 td, & 1 catch for 13 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 8th / 67th pick / 1940 |
| LH | Bob Margarita | 24 | Rook | 8 | 88 rushes for 463 yards, 4 td, & 15 catches for 130 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 21st / 216th pick / 1944 |
| RH | Al Grygo | 26 | Rook | 8 | 53 rushes for 322 yards, 2 td, & 5 catches for 42 yards and 0 td | |
| LE | Connie Mack Berry | 29 | 5 | 7 | 21 catches for 378 yards, 6 td | |
| LT | Al Babartsky | 29 | 6 | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 35th pick / 1938 |
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| LG | Pete Gudauskas | 28 | 4 | 7 | ||
| C | Bulldog Turner+ | 25 | 4 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1940 |
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| RG | George Zorich | 29 | Rook | 10 | ||
| RT | Al Hoptowit | 29 | 2 | 7 | Cleveland Rams / 11th / 91st pick / 1938 |
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| RE | George Wilson | 30 | 7 | 10 | 24 catches for 265 yards, 4 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Pete Gudauskas | 28 | 4 | 7 | 0 of 0 field goals & 36 of 37 extra points | |
| P | Doug McEnulty | 22 | 1 | 1 | 25 punts for a 39.7 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Al Grygo | 26 | Rook | 8 | 11 punt returns for a 9.1 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Bob Margarita | 24 | Rook | 8 | 12 kick returns for a 23.2 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 21st / 216th pick / 1944 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Al Babartsky | 29 | T | 10 | 5 | 225 | 6-0 | Fordham | 4/19/1915 | 6 | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 35th pick / 1938 |
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| Connie Mack Berry | 29 | E | 10 | 7 | 215 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 4/19/1915 | 5 | ||
| Max Burnell | 29 | B | 2 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 5/7/1915 | Rook | ||
| Abe Croft | 24 | E | 10 | 0 | 183 | 6-0 | SMU | 3/12/1920 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 5th / 40th pick / 1944 |
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| Gary Famiglietti | 31 | FB-HB | 10 | 1 | 225 | 6-0 | Boston University | 11/28/1913 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 25th pick / 1938 |
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| Jim Fordham | 28 | FB | 10 | 8 | 215 | 5-11 | Georgia | 12/6/1916 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 8th / 67th pick / 1940 |
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| Bill Glenn | 26 | QB | 2 | 0 | 157 | 6-0 | Eastern Illinois | 3/15/1918 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 17th / 159th pick / 1941 |
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| Duke Greenich | 23 | B | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Mississippi | 10/16/1921 | Rook | ||
| Al Grygo | 26 | HB | 9 | 8 | 173 | 5-10 | South Carolina | 8/14/1918 | Rook | ||
| Pete Gudauskas | 28 | G | 10 | 7 | 222 | 6-2 | Murray State | 10/19/1916 | 4 | ||
| Al Hoptowit | 29 | T | 10 | 7 | 217 | 6-1 | Washington State | 9/7/1915 | 2 | Cleveland Rams / 11th / 91st pick / 1938 |
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| Elmo Kelly | 27 | E | 3 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Wichita State | 2/10/1917 | Rook | ||
| Johnny Long | 30 | QB-HB | 9 | 6 | 186 | 6-0 | Colgate | 12/13/1914 | Rook | ||
| Sid Luckman+ | 28 | QB-HB-DB | 7 | 0 | 197 | 6-0 | Columbia | 11/21/1916 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 |
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| Bob Margarita | 24 | HB | 10 | 8 | 178 | 5-11 | Brown | 11/3/1920 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 21st / 216th pick / 1944 |
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| Bob Masters | 33 | HB | 10 | 4 | 200 | 5-11 | Baylor | 6/26/1911 | 7 | ||
| Doug McEnulty | 22 | FB-HB | 10 | 1 | 215 | 6-3 | Wichita State | 1/16/1922 | 1 | ||
| Ray McLean | 29 | HB | 8 | 1 | 168 | 5-10 | St. Anselm | 12/6/1915 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 21st / 192nd pick / 1940 |
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| Tipp Mooney | 25 | B | 10 | 1 | 187 | 5-10 | Abilene Christian | 4/19/1919 | Rook | ||
| Fred Mundee | 31 | C-LB | 10 | 1 | 220 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 5/20/1913 | 1 | ||
| George Musso | 34 | G-T | 10 | 0 | 262 | 6-2 | Millikin | 4/8/1910 | 11 | ||
| Dick Plasman | 30 | E-T | 3 | 0 | 218 | 6-3 | Vanderbilt | 4/6/1914 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 28th pick / 1937 |
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| Paul Podmajersky | 28 | G | 1 | 0 | 220 | 5-11 | Illinois,Iowa,Michigan State,Wyoming | 11/17/1916 | Rook | ||
| Tom Roberts | 28 | T-G | 7 | 2 | 215 | 6-1 | DePaul | 4/1/1916 | 1 | New York Giants / 10th / 90th pick / 1939 |
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| Gene Ronzani | 35 | B | 8 | 5 | 200 | 5-9 | Marquette | 3/28/1909 | 11 | ||
| Dom Sigillo | 31 | T-G | 9 | 3 | 230 | 6-0 | Xavier (OH) | 3/7/1913 | 1 | ||
| Rudy Smeja | 24 | E | 10 | 3 | 195 | 6-2 | Michigan | 12/1/1920 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 24th pick / 1944 |
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| Ed Sprinkle | 21 | DE-E-G-LB | 9 | 3 | 206 | 6-1 | Hardin-Simmons,Navy | 9/3/1923 | Rook | ||
| Jake Sweeney | 22 | T | 8 | 3 | 240 | 6-3 | Cincinnati | 5/25/1922 | Rook | ||
| Bulldog Turner+ | 25 | C-T-LB-G | 10 | 9 | 237 | 6-1 | Hardin-Simmons | 3/10/1919 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1940 |
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| George Wilson | 30 | E-DE | 10 | 10 | 199 | 6-1 | Northwestern | 2/3/1914 | 7 | ||
| George Zorich | 29 | G-LB | 10 | 10 | 213 | 6-2 | Northwestern | 11/24/1915 | Rook | ||
| Team Total | 27.8 | 10 | 205.7 | 6-0.4 | 2.6 |