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1939 Green Bay Packers
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Record: 9-2-0, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
1939 NFL Champions
Scored 233 points (21.2/g), 3rd of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 153 points (13.9/g), 4th.
Differential of 80 points (7.3/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 8.0-3.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +20 (1.8/g), 3rd.
Coached by Curly Lambeau (9-2-0)
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1939 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 | |||||
| HB | Andy Uram* | 24 | 1 | 5 | 52 rushes for 272 yards, 1 td, & 7 catches for 93 yards and 2 td | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 47th pick / 1938 |
| TB | Arnie Herber* | 29 | 9 | 7 | 18 rushes for -11 yards, 1 td, & 1 catch for 18 yards and 0 td | |
| TB | Cecil Isbell* | 24 | 1 | 5 | 132 rushes for 407 yards, 2 td, & 9 catches for 71 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1938 |
| FB | Ed Jankowski* | 26 | 2 | 6 | 75 rushes for 278 yards, 2 td, & 1 catch for 5 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 9th pick / 1937 |
| FB | Clarke Hinkle* | 30 | 7 | 5 | 135 rushes for 381 yards, 5 td, & 4 catches for 70 yards and 0 td | |
| BB | Larry Craig* | 23 | Rook | 8 | 2 rushes for 6 yards, 0 td, & 3 catches for 44 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 49th pick / 1939 |
| LE | Don Hutson*+ | 26 | 4 | 8 | 34 catches for 846 yards, 6 td, & 5 rushes for 26 yards and 0 td | |
| LT | Baby Ray* | 25 | 1 | 8 | ||
| LG | Russ Letlow* | 26 | 3 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1936 |
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| C | Bud Svendsen* | 24 | 2 | 10 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 39th pick / 1937 |
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| RG | Buckets Goldenberg* | 28 | 6 | 9 | ||
| RT | Bill Lee* | 28 | 4 | 9 | ||
| RE | Carl Mulleneaux* | 25 | 1 | 6 | 12 catches for 218 yards, 1 td | |
| RE | Milt Gantenbein* | 29 | 8 | 5 | 7 catches for 127 yards, 1 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Tiny Engebretsen* | 29 | 7 | 4 | 4 of 8 field goals & 18 of 19 extra points | |
| P | Clarke Hinkle* | 30 | 7 | 5 | 43 punts for a 40.7 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Frank Balasz* | 21 | Rook | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 18th / 169th pick / 1939 |
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| KR | Frank Balasz* | 21 | Rook | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 18th / 169th pick / 1939 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Balasz* | 21 | FB-LB-DB | 5 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | Iowa | 1/23/1918 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 18th / 169th pick / 1939 |
| John Biolo | 23 | G | 1 | 0 | 188 | 5-10 | Lake Forest | 2/8/1916 | Rook | |
| John Brennan | 26 | G | 2 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Michigan | 9/28/1913 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 19th / 179th pick / 1939 |
| Charley Brock* | 23 | C-HB-FB | 10 | 1 | 207 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 3/15/1916 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1939 |
| Hank Bruder* | 32 | B | 10 | 2 | 199 | 6-0 | Northwestern | 11/22/1907 | 8 | |
| Larry Buhler* | 22 | B | 3 | 1 | 210 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 5/28/1917 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 9th pick / 1939 |
| Larry Craig* | 23 | B-E | 11 | 8 | 211 | 6-1 | South Carolina | 6/27/1916 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 49th pick / 1939 |
| Tiny Engebretsen* | 29 | T-G | 11 | 4 | 238 | 6-1 | Northwestern | 7/27/1910 | 7 | |
| Milt Gantenbein* | 29 | E-DE | 11 | 5 | 193 | 6-0 | Wisconsin | 5/31/1910 | 8 | |
| Buckets Goldenberg* | 28 | G-BB | 9 | 9 | 215 | 5-10 | Wisconsin | 3/10/1911 | 6 | |
| Tom Greenfield* | 22 | C-LB | 8 | 0 | 213 | 6-4 | Arizona | 11/10/1917 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 15th / 139th pick / 1939 |
| Arnie Herber* | 29 | TB-HB-DB-QB-BB | 10 | 7 | 203 | 5-11 | Regis,Wisconsin | 4/2/1910 | 9 | |
| Clarke Hinkle* | 30 | FB-LB-HB-DB | 11 | 5 | 202 | 5-11 | Bucknell | 4/10/1909 | 7 | |
| Don Hutson*+ | 26 | E-DB-DE | 11 | 8 | 183 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/31/1913 | 4 | |
| Cecil Isbell* | 24 | TB-HB | 11 | 5 | 190 | 6-1 | Purdue | 7/11/1915 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1938 |
| Harry Jacunski* | 24 | E | 11 | 2 | 200 | 6-2 | Fordham | 10/20/1915 | Rook | |
| Ed Jankowski* | 26 | FB | 10 | 6 | 201 | 5-9 | Wisconsin | 6/23/1913 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 9th pick / 1937 |
| Paul Kell* | 24 | T | 9 | 2 | 217 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 7/8/1915 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 8th / 69th pick / 1939 |
| Warren Kilbourne | 23 | T | 4 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 6/20/1916 | Rook | |
| Jimmy Lawrence* | 26 | WB-HB | 3 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | TCU | 3/15/1913 | 3 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 5th pick / 1936 |
| Joe Laws* | 28 | HB | 10 | 3 | 186 | 5-9 | Iowa | 6/16/1911 | 5 | |
| Bill Lee* | 28 | T | 11 | 9 | 231 | 6-2 | Alabama | 10/19/1911 | 4 | |
| Russ Letlow* | 26 | G-T | 10 | 6 | 214 | 6-0 | San Francisco | 10/5/1913 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1936 |
| Allen Moore* | 30 | DE | 5 | 0 | 218 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 3/12/1909 | Rook | |
| Carl Mulleneaux* | 25 | E | 11 | 6 | 209 | 6-3 | Utah State | 9/16/1914 | 1 | |
| Baby Ray* | 25 | T | 11 | 8 | 249 | 6-6 | Vanderbilt | 9/30/1914 | 1 | |
| Herm Schneidman | 26 | BB-QB | 1 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Iowa | 11/22/1913 | 4 | |
| Charlie Schultz* | 23 | T | 9 | 1 | 230 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 10/8/1916 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 20th / 189th pick / 1939 |
| Ernie Smith* | 30 | T | 6 | 2 | 224 | 6-2 | USC | 11/26/1909 | 4 | |
| Frank Steen | 26 | E | 3 | 1 | 190 | 6-1 | Rice | 10/5/1913 | Rook | |
| Bud Svendsen* | 24 | C-LB-G | 11 | 10 | 190 | 6-1 | Minnesota | 2/7/1915 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 39th pick / 1937 |
| Tuffy Thompson | 25 | HB | 1 | 1 | 172 | 5-11 | Minnesota | 9/28/1914 | 2 | |
| Pete Tinsley* | 26 | G | 10 | 1 | 205 | 5-8 | Georgia | 3/16/1913 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 97th pick / 1938 |
| Frank Twedell | 22 | G | 4 | 0 | 220 | 5-11 | Minnesota | 5/29/1917 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 59th pick / 1939 |
| Andy Uram* | 24 | RB | 10 | 5 | 188 | 5-10 | Minnesota | 3/21/1915 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 47th pick / 1938 |
| Dick Weisgerber* | 24 | B | 4 | 1 | 205 | 5-10 | Willamette | 2/19/1915 | 1 | |
| Gust Zarnas* | 26 | G | 5 | 2 | 220 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 12/16/1913 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 40th pick / 1938 |
| Dick Zoll | 26 | G-T | 1 | 0 | 218 | 5-11 | Indiana | 12/10/1913 | 2 | |
| Team Total | 25.6 | 11 | 207.5 | 6-0.4 | 2.3 |