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1947 Chicago Bears
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Record: 8-4-0, Finished 2nd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 363 points (30.2/g), 1st of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 241 points (20.1/g), 4th.
Differential of 122 points (10.2/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 8.7-3.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.9/g), 10th.
Coached by
George Halas (8-4-0)
Training Camp: St. Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Sid Luckman+ | 31 | 8 | 7 | 176 for 323, 2,712 yards, 24 td, 31 int, & 10 rushes for 86 yards and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 |
| FB | Eddie Allen | 27 | Rook | 5 | 12 rushes for 16 yards, 0 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 11th / 94th pick / 1946 |
| LH | Don Kindt | 22 | Rook | 11 | 61 rushes for 266 yards, 2 td, & 2 catches for 24 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 11th pick / 1947 |
| RH | Frank Minini | 26 | Rook | 9 | 26 rushes for 132 yards, 2 td, & 2 catches for 23 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1947 |
| RH | George McAfee | 29 | 7 | 0 | 63 rushes for 209 yards, 3 td, & 32 catches for 492 yards and 1 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 2nd pick / 1940 |
| LE | Ken Kavanaugh | 31 | 7 | 6 | 32 catches for 818 yards, 13 td | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1940 |
| LE | Allen Smith | 25 | Rook | 5 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 65th pick / 1947 | |
| LT | Fred Davis | 29 | 6 | 8 | 2 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 25th pick / 1941 |
| LG | Chuck Drulis | 29 | 5 | 8 | ||
| C | Bulldog Turner+ | 28 | 7 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1940 | |
| RG | Ray Bray | 30 | 8 | 8 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 9th / 76th pick / 1939 |
| RT | Walt Stickel | 25 | 1 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 21st / 215th pick / 1945 |
| RE | Ed Sprinkle | 24 | 3 | 5 | 4 catches for 43 yards, 0 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Ray McLean | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 of 1 field goal & 44 of 52 extra points | Chicago Bears / 21st / 192nd pick / 1940 |
| P | George Gulyanics | 26 | Rook | 4 | 23 punts for a 44.8 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | George McAfee | 29 | 7 | 0 | 18 punt returns for a 14.5 average and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 2nd pick / 1940 |
| KR | Frank Minini | 26 | Rook | 9 | 11 kick returns for a 23.7 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1947 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Allen | 27 | FB-LB | 9 | 5 | 200 | 6-1 | Pennsylvania | 5/5/1920 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 11th / 94th pick / 1946 | |
| Ray Bray | 30 | G-DG | 12 | 8 | 237 | 6-0 | West. Michigan,North Carolina | 2/1/1917 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 76th pick / 1939 | |
| Ed Cifers | 31 | E | 11 | 3 | 227 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 7/18/1916 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 6th / 50th pick / 1941 | |
| Stu Clarkson | 28 | LB-C | 12 | 3 | 217 | 6-2 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 7/4/1919 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 22nd / 200th pick / 1942 | |
| Fred Davis | 29 | T-DT | 12 | 8 | 244 | 6-3 | Alabama | 2/15/1918 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 25th pick / 1941 | |
| Chuck Drulis | 29 | G-LB | 12 | 8 | 216 | 5-10 | Temple | 3/8/1918 | 5 | ||
| Ed Ecker | 24 | DT-T | 12 | 0 | 276 | 6-7 | John Carroll | 1/21/1923 | Rook | ||
| Tom Farris | 27 | QB | 9 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 9/16/1920 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 99th pick / 1942 | |
| Bob Fenimore | 22 | HB | 10 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Oklahoma St. | 10/6/1925 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 1st / 1st pick / 1947 | |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 30 | HB | 12 | 4 | 190 | 6-0 | Stanford | 4/2/1917 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1941 | |
| Thurman Garrett | 24 | C | 10 | 1 | 268 | 6-3 | Oklahoma St. | 2/17/1923 | Rook | ||
| George Gulyanics | 26 | HB | 12 | 4 | 198 | 6-0 | Alabama | 6/11/1921 | Rook | ||
| Fred Hartman | 30 | T | 11 | 0 | 229 | 6-1 | Schreiner College,Rice | 5/21/1917 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 8th / 61st pick / 1941 | |
| Mike Holovak | 28 | FB-LB | 12 | 3 | 213 | 6-1 | Boston Col. | 9/19/1919 | 1 | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 5th pick / 1943 | |
| Mike Jarmoluk | 25 | DT-T-MG | 12 | 1 | 232 | 6-5 | Temple | 10/22/1922 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 62nd pick / 1945 | |
| Bill O. Johnson | 26 | G-LB | 6 | 1 | 210 | 6-0 | North Carolina,SMU | 2/1/1921 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 22nd / 209th pick / 1943 | |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 31 | E | 12 | 6 | 207 | 6-3 | LSU | 11/23/1916 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1940 | |
| Jim Keane | 23 | E-DE | 12 | 3 | 217 | 6-4 | Iowa,Northwestern | 1/11/1924 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 18th / 182nd pick / 1945 | |
| Don Kindt | 22 | DB-FB-HB | 12 | 11 | 207 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 7/2/1925 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 1st / 11th pick / 1947 | |
| Ed Kolman | 32 | T | 12 | 4 | 232 | 6-2 | Temple | 10/21/1915 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 37th pick / 1940 | |
| Sid Luckman+ | 31 | QB-HB-DB | 12 | 7 | 197 | 6-0 | Columbia | 11/21/1916 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 | |
| Jack Matheson | 27 | E-G | 3 | 0 | 221 | 6-2 | West. Michigan | 6/9/1920 | 4 | ||
| George McAfee | 29 | HB-DB | 12 | 0 | 178 | 6-0 | Duke | 3/13/1918 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 2nd pick / 1940 | |
| Ray McLean | 32 | HB | 12 | 0 | 168 | 5-10 | St. Anselm | 12/6/1915 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 21st / 192nd pick / 1940 | |
| Bill Milner | 28 | LB-G-DE | 12 | 4 | 228 | 6-1 | South Carolina,Duke | 3/7/1919 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 15th / 150th pick / 1944 | |
| Frank Minini | 26 | HB-BB | 12 | 9 | 209 | 6-1 | San Jose St. | 12/23/1921 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1947 | |
| Noah Mullins | 29 | HB | 12 | 2 | 182 | 5-11 | Kentucky | 5/23/1918 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 10th / 90th pick / 1942 | |
| Bill Osmanski | 32 | FB | 4 | 0 | 197 | 5-11 | Holy Cross | 12/29/1915 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 6th pick / 1939 | |
| Joe Osmanski | 30 | FB | 12 | 3 | 218 | 6-2 | Holy Cross | 12/26/1917 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 18th / 170th pick / 1941 | |
| Pat Preston | 26 | G | 3 | 2 | 216 | 6-2 | Wake Forest,Duke | 6/15/1921 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 17th / 159th pick / 1943 | |
| Russ Reader | 24 | DB | 2 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Michigan,Michigan St. | 6/26/1923 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 21st / 195th pick / 1947 | |
| Nick Sacrinty | 23 | QB | 11 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Wake Forest | 6/10/1924 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 17th / 172nd pick / 1945 | |
| Allen Smith | 25 | E-DE | 12 | 5 | 218 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 3/29/1922 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 8th / 65th pick / 1947 | |
| Ed Sprinkle | 24 | DE-E-G-LB | 12 | 5 | 206 | 6-1 | Hardin-Simmons,Navy | 9/3/1923 | 3 | ||
| Walt Stickel | 25 | T-DT | 12 | 12 | 247 | 6-3 | Tulsa,Pennsylvania | 3/31/1922 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 21st / 215th pick / 1945 | |
| Bulldog Turner+ | 28 | C-T-LB-G | 12 | 9 | 237 | 6-1 | Hardin-Simmons | 3/10/1919 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1940 | |
| Team Total | 27.3 | 12 | 213.5 | 6-1.3 | 2.8 |