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1947 Detroit Lions
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Record: 3-9-0, Finished 5th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 231 points (19.2/g), 8th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 305 points (25.4/g), 8th.
Differential of -74 points (-6.2/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 4.1-7.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.8/g), 8th.
Coached by Gus Dorais (3-9-0)
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1947 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 | Roy Zimmerman | 29 | 7 | 7 | 57 for 138, 867 yards, 7 td, 9 int, & 13 rushes for 28 yards and 1 td | Washington Redskins / 7th / 58th pick / 1940 |
| QB | Clyde LeForce | 24 | Rook | 2 | 94 for 175, 1,384 yards, 13 td, 20 int, & 18 rushes for 143 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 19th / 194th pick / 1945 |
| FB | Camp Wilson | 25 | 1 | 7 | 89 rushes for 412 yards, 0 td, & 5 catches for 96 yards and 0 td | |
| LH | Bill Dudley | 28 | 5 | 8 | 80 rushes for 302 yards, 2 td, & 27 catches for 375 yards and 7 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 1st pick / 1942 |
| RH | Elmer Madarik | 25 | 2 | 5 | 19 rushes for 29 yards, 1 td, & 4 catches for 75 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 18th / 178th pick / 1944 |
| LE | John Greene | 27 | 3 | 6 | 38 catches for 621 yards, 5 td | Detroit Lions / 5th / 35th pick / 1944 |
| LE | Ted Cook | 25 | Rook | 5 | 7 catches for 111 yards, 1 td | Brooklyn Tigers / 22nd / 221st pick / 1944 |
| LT | Russ Thomas | 23 | 1 | 12 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1946 |
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| LG | Stan Batinski | 30 | 6 | 9 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| C | Merv Pregulman | 25 | 1 | 9 | 2 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1944 |
| RG | Chuck DeShane | 29 | 2 | 10 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RT | Mitch Olenski | 26 | 1 | 8 | Brooklyn Tigers / 9th / 78th pick / 1944 |
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| RE | Ted Cremer | 28 | 1 | 10 | 13 catches for 117 yards, 1 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Roy Zimmerman | 29 | 7 | 7 | 5 of 11 field goals & 30 of 31 extra points | Washington Redskins / 7th / 58th pick / 1940 |
| P | Roy Zimmerman | 29 | 7 | 7 | 49 punts for a 42.4 average, 1 blocked | Washington Redskins / 7th / 58th pick / 1940 |
| PR | Bill Dudley | 28 | 5 | 8 | 11 punt returns for a 16.5 average and 1 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 1st pick / 1942 |
| KR | Bill Dudley | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 kick returns for a 23.9 average and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 1st pick / 1942 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Batinski | 30 | G-T | 12 | 9 | 215 | 5-10 | Temple | 3/4/1917 | 6 | |
| Ben Chase | 24 | G | 11 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Navy | 3/18/1923 | Rook | |
| Ted Cook | 25 | E-DB | 11 | 5 | 195 | 6-2 | Alabama | 2/6/1922 | Rook | Brooklyn Tigers / 22nd / 221st pick / 1944 |
| Ted Cremer | 28 | E-DE | 12 | 10 | 209 | 6-2 | Auburn | 3/16/1919 | 1 | |
| Bob DeFruiter | 29 | HB | 8 | 2 | 190 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 6/3/1918 | 2 | |
| Robert Derleth | 25 | T | 1 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/9/1922 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 29th / 299th pick / 1944 |
| Chuck DeShane | 29 | B-G | 11 | 10 | 212 | 6-1 | Alabama | 12/10/1918 | 2 | |
| Bill Dudley | 28 | HB-TB-QB | 9 | 8 | 182 | 5-10 | Virginia | 12/24/1919 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 1st pick / 1942 |
| Jack Dugger | 24 | T-DE | 12 | 3 | 230 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 1/13/1923 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 12th pick / 1945 |
| Leon Fichman | 26 | T | 1 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Alabama | 2/23/1921 | 1 | |
| John Greene | 27 | E-G-B | 12 | 6 | 210 | 6-0 | Michigan | 4/21/1920 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 35th pick / 1944 |
| George Hekkers | 24 | T | 6 | 0 | 241 | 6-4 | Wisconsin | 2/18/1923 | 1 | |
| Ralph Heywood | 26 | E-DE | 12 | 1 | 203 | 6-2 | USC | 9/11/1921 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 19th pick / 1944 |
| Bill Hillman | 26 | B | 2 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Tennessee | 11/11/1921 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 27th / 246th pick / 1947 |
| Bob Ivory | 23 | G | 3 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | Detroit Mercy | 1/29/1924 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 26th / 270th pick / 1945 |
| Tommy James | 24 | DB-HB | 2 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 9/16/1923 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 17th / 146th pick / 1947 |
| Elmer Jones | 27 | G-LB | 10 | 2 | 224 | 6-0 | Franklin & Marshall,Wake Forest | 8/4/1920 | 1 | New York Giants / 2nd / 15th pick / 1946 |
| Pete Kmetovic | 28 | HB | 11 | 1 | 175 | 5-9 | Stanford | 12/27/1919 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 3rd pick / 1942 |
| Les Lear | 29 | T | 10 | 1 | 225 | 5-11 | Manitoba | 8/22/1918 | 3 | |
| Clyde LeForce | 24 | QB | 9 | 2 | 176 | 5-11 | Tulsa | 6/4/1923 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 19th / 194th pick / 1945 |
| Elmer Madarik | 25 | HB-WB | 8 | 5 | 200 | 5-11 | Detroit Mercy | 7/15/1922 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 18th / 178th pick / 1944 |
| Joe Margucci | 26 | HB-QB | 11 | 4 | 182 | 5-10 | USC | 9/5/1921 | Rook | |
| Kelley Mote | 24 | E-DE-DB | 12 | 1 | 189 | 6-2 | Duke,South Carolina | 4/27/1923 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 16th / 147th pick / 1946 |
| Reed Nilsen | 26 | C | 2 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | BYU | 1/13/1921 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 16th / 136th pick / 1947 |
| Bill O'Brien | 23 | HB | 9 | 1 | 180 | 6-0 | none | 8/25/1924 | Rook | |
| Mitch Olenski | 26 | T | 12 | 8 | 222 | 6-3 | Alabama | 1/13/1921 | 1 | Brooklyn Tigers / 9th / 78th pick / 1944 |
| Merv Pregulman | 25 | C-G | 12 | 9 | 215 | 6-3 | Michigan | 10/10/1922 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1944 |
| Ken Reese | 26 | HB-QB | 4 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Alabama | 4/30/1921 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 31st / 322nd pick / 1945 |
| Floyd Rhea | 27 | G | 2 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Oregon | 9/21/1920 | 4 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 15th / 134th pick / 1943 |
| Dave Ryan | 24 | TB-HB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Hardin-Simmons | 2/3/1923 | 2 | |
| John Sanchez | 27 | T | 3 | 0 | 239 | 6-3 | Redlands,San Francisco | 10/12/1920 | Rook | New York Giants / 9th / 81st pick / 1944 |
| Cecil Souders | 26 | E-T | 11 | 4 | 210 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 1/3/1921 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 25th / 259th pick / 1945 |
| Ed Stacco | 22 | T | 10 | 0 | 261 | 6-2 | Colgate | 4/16/1925 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 25th / 238th pick / 1946 |
| Dick Stovall | 25 | LB-G-C | 11 | 0 | 202 | 6-0 | Abilene Christian | 5/4/1922 | Rook | |
| Steve Sucic | 26 | HB-FB | 5 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Illinois | 4/21/1921 | 1 | |
| Frank Szymanski | 24 | C | 12 | 3 | 225 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 7/6/1923 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1945 |
| Russ Thomas | 23 | T | 12 | 12 | 237 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 7/24/1924 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1946 |
| Walt Vezmar | 22 | G | 2 | 0 | 235 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 1/1/1925 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 13th / 106th pick / 1947 |
| Bill Ward | 26 | G | 4 | 2 | 230 | 6-0 | Washington,Washington State | 2/19/1921 | 1 | |
| Joe Watt | 28 | HB-DB | 8 | 4 | 184 | 5-11 | Syracuse | 6/18/1919 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 7th / 47th pick / 1947 |
| Bob Westfall | 28 | FB-LB-TB | 12 | 3 | 190 | 5-8 | Michigan | 5/5/1919 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 5th pick / 1942 |
| Bob Wiese | 24 | B | 12 | 2 | 198 | 6-3 | Michigan | 1/25/1923 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 5th / 39th pick / 1945 |
| Camp Wilson | 25 | FB | 12 | 7 | 200 | 6-1 | Hardin-Simmons,Tarleton State,Tulsa | 3/29/1922 | 1 | |
| Roy Zimmerman | 29 | QB-WB-K | 12 | 7 | 201 | 6-2 | San Jose State | 2/20/1918 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 58th pick / 1940 |
| Team Total | 25.8 | 12 | 208.8 | 6-0.5 | 1.3 |