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1940 Detroit Lions
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Record: 5-5-1, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 138 points (12.5/g), 7th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 153 points (13.9/g), 5th.
Differential of -15 points (-1.4/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 4.8-6.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +22 (2.0/g), 2nd.
Coached by Potsy Clark (5-5-1)
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1940 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 | |||||
| TB | Whizzer White+ | 23 | 2 | 9 | 146 rushes for 514 yards, 5 td, & 4 catches for 55 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Pirates / 1st / 4th pick / 1938 |
| TB | Dwight Sloan | 26 | 2 | 5 | 58 rushes for 225 yards, 0 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | Chicago Cardinals / 10th / 85th pick / 1938 |
| FB | Howie Weiss | 23 | 1 | 4 | 79 rushes for 298 yards, 3 td, & 4 catches for 56 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1939 |
| BB | Fred Vanzo | 24 | 2 | 10 | 1 rush for -1 yards, 0 td, & 7 catches for 75 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1938 |
| WB | Lloyd Cardwell | 27 | 3 | 8 | 48 rushes for 186 yards, 2 td, & 20 catches for 349 yards and 1 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 7th pick / 1937 |
| LE | Stillman Rouse | 23 | Rook | 5 | 2 catches for 17 yards, 0 td, & 2 rushes for 0 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 15th / 136th pick / 1940 |
| LT | Jack Johnson | 31 | 6 | 6 | ||
| LG | Socko Wiethe+ | 28 | 1 | 9 | ||
| C | Tony Calvelli | 25 | 1 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 97th pick / 1939 |
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| C | Alex Wojciechowicz | 25 | 2 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1938 |
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| RG | Bill Feldhaus | 28 | 3 | 11 | ||
| RT | Harry Smith* | 22 | Rook | 8 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 36th pick / 1940 |
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| RE | Chuck Hanneman | 26 | 3 | 6 | 14 catches for 224 yards, 0 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Chuck Hanneman | 26 | 3 | 6 | 2 of 4 field goals & 10 of 10 extra points | |
| P | Whizzer White+ | 23 | 2 | 9 | 52 punts for a 41.0 average, 0 blocked | Pittsburgh Pirates / 1st / 4th pick / 1938 |
| PR | Bill Callihan | 24 | Rook | 1 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 77th pick / 1939 |
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| KR | Bill Callihan | 24 | Rook | 1 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 77th pick / 1939 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Bill Callihan | 24 | B-T | 10 | 1 | 217 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 5/15/1916 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 9th / 77th pick / 1939 |
| Tony Calvelli | 25 | C-G | 11 | 6 | 189 | 5-10 | Stanford | 7/16/1915 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 97th pick / 1939 |
| Lloyd Cardwell | 27 | WB-DB-FB | 10 | 8 | 195 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 4/19/1913 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 7th pick / 1937 |
| Clem Crabtree | 22 | T-G | 9 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Wake Forest | 11/11/1918 | Rook | |
| Dave Diehl | 22 | E | 10 | 2 | 195 | 6-0 | Michigan State | 9/30/1918 | 1 | |
| Bill Feldhaus | 28 | G-T | 11 | 11 | 226 | 6-0 | Cincinnati | 12/8/1912 | 3 | |
| Bill Fisk | 24 | E-DE | 10 | 3 | 200 | 6-0 | USC | 11/5/1916 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 21st pick / 1940 |
| Tony Furst | 22 | T | 9 | 4 | 217 | 6-1 | Dayton | 4/26/1918 | Rook | |
| Johnny Hackenbruck | 25 | T | 7 | 2 | 215 | 6-2 | Oregon State | 10/20/1915 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 17th / 156th pick / 1940 |
| Chuck Hanneman | 26 | E | 9 | 6 | 220 | 6-0 | Eastern Michigan | 9/26/1914 | 3 | |
| Jack Johnson | 31 | T | 11 | 6 | 216 | 6-4 | Utah | 11/28/1909 | 6 | |
| Steve Maronic | 23 | T | 5 | 1 | 225 | 6-0 | North Carolina | 5/30/1917 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 37th pick / 1939 |
| Les McDonald | 26 | E | 1 | 0 | 200 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 9/19/1914 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 8th pick / 1937 |
| Paul Moore | 22 | BB-LB | 7 | 0 | 208 | 5-9 | Presbyterian | 1/23/1918 | Rook | |
| Jack Morlock | 24 | WB | 4 | 0 | 165 | 5-10 | Marshall | 4/7/1916 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 14th / 126th pick / 1940 |
| Glen Morris | 28 | E | 4 | 2 | 200 | 6-0 | Colorado State | 6/8/1912 | Rook | |
| Butch Morse | 30 | E | 2 | 0 | 199 | 6-2 | Oregon | 12/5/1910 | 5 | |
| Cotton Price* | 22 | TB-DB-QB | 9 | 1 | 180 | 6-1 | Texas A&M | 5/31/1918 | Rook | |
| Bill Radovich | 25 | G | 10 | 2 | 238 | 5-10 | USC | 6/24/1915 | 2 | |
| Bill Rogers | 27 | T | 7 | 0 | 243 | 5-11 | Villanova | 6/24/1913 | 2 | |
| Stillman Rouse | 23 | E | 10 | 5 | 205 | 6-2 | Missouri | 9/22/1917 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 15th / 136th pick / 1940 |
| Kent Ryan | 25 | HB | 10 | 4 | 193 | 6-2 | Utah State | 2/2/1915 | 2 | |
| Bill Shepherd | 29 | B | 3 | 2 | 198 | 5-9 | Western Maryland | 12/4/1911 | 5 | |
| Dwight Sloan | 26 | B | 11 | 5 | 180 | 5-10 | Arkansas | 4/7/1914 | 2 | Chicago Cardinals / 10th / 85th pick / 1938 |
| Harry Smith* | 22 | T | 10 | 8 | 215 | 5-11 | USC | 8/26/1918 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 5th / 36th pick / 1940 |
| Harry Speelman | 24 | G | 4 | 0 | 220 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 10/4/1916 | Rook | |
| Cal Thomas | 25 | G | 8 | 1 | 210 | 6-2 | Tulsa | 7/1/1915 | 1 | |
| Sam Tsoutsouvas | 23 | C-LB | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Oregon State | 10/8/1917 | Rook | |
| Fred Vanzo | 24 | BB-LB | 10 | 10 | 230 | 6-2 | Northwestern | 1/8/1916 | 2 | New York Giants / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1938 |
| Howie Weiss | 23 | FB | 11 | 4 | 210 | 6-0 | Wisconsin | 10/12/1917 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1939 |
| Whizzer White+ | 23 | TB-HB | 11 | 9 | 187 | 6-1 | Colorado | 6/8/1917 | 2 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 1st / 4th pick / 1938 |
| Socko Wiethe+ | 28 | G-LB | 10 | 9 | 198 | 6-0 | Xavier (OH) | 10/17/1912 | 1 | |
| Bob Winslow | 24 | DE | 8 | 4 | 205 | 6-2 | USC | 9/18/1916 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 7th / 56th pick / 1940 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 25 | C-LB-E | 11 | 5 | 217 | 5-11 | Fordham | 8/12/1915 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1938 |
| Team Total | 24.9 | 11 | 207.2 | 6-0.4 | 1.4 |