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1940 Green Bay Packers
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Record: 6-4-1, Finished 2nd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 238 points (21.6/g), 2nd of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 155 points (14.1/g), 6th.
Differential of 83 points (7.5/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 8.1-2.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +21 (1.9/g), 3rd.
Coached by Curly Lambeau (6-4-1)
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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 | |||||
| HB | Lou Brock | 23 | Rook | 4 | 18 rushes for 60 yards, 0 td, & 5 catches for 97 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1940 |
| TB | Cecil Isbell | 25 | 2 | 5 | 97 rushes for 270 yards, 4 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1938 |
| TB | Arnie Herber | 30 | 10 | 4 | 6 rushes for -23 yards, 0 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Clarke Hinkle* | 31 | 8 | 8 | 109 rushes for 383 yards, 2 td, & 4 catches for 28 yards and 1 td | |
| BB | Larry Craig | 24 | 1 | 5 | 3 rushes for 9 yards, 0 td, & 6 catches for 67 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 49th pick / 1939 |
| BB | Bob Adkins | 23 | Rook | 5 | 1 rush for 5 yards, 0 td, & 4 catches for 73 yards and 1 td | |
| LE | Don Hutson*+ | 27 | 5 | 6 | 45 catches for 664 yards, 7 td | |
| LE | Harry Jacunski | 25 | 1 | 5 | 2 catches for 29 yards, 0 td | |
| LT | Baby Ray | 26 | 2 | 8 | ||
| LG | Russ Letlow | 27 | 4 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1936 |
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| C | Charley Brock* | 24 | 1 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1939 |
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| RG | Buckets Goldenberg | 29 | 7 | 8 | ||
| RT | Bill Lee | 29 | 5 | 8 | ||
| RE | Ray Riddick | 23 | Rook | 7 | 11 catches for 148 yards, 0 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Clarke Hinkle* | 31 | 8 | 8 | 9 of 14 field goals & 3 of 3 extra points | |
| P | Clarke Hinkle* | 31 | 8 | 8 | 22 punts for a 37.2 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Bob Adkins | 23 | Rook | 5 | ||
| KR | Bob Adkins | 23 | Rook | 5 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Bob Adkins | 23 | BB-DE-G-LB | 10 | 5 | 213 | 6-1 | Marshall | 2/17/1917 | Rook | |
| Frank Balasz | 22 | FB-LB-DB | 7 | 1 | 212 | 6-2 | Iowa | 1/23/1918 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 18th / 169th pick / 1939 |
| Connie Mack Berry | 25 | E | 1 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 4/19/1915 | 1 | |
| Charley Brock* | 24 | C-HB-FB | 11 | 4 | 207 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 3/15/1916 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1939 |
| Lou Brock | 23 | B | 11 | 4 | 195 | 6-0 | Purdue | 12/9/1917 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1940 |
| Larry Buhler | 23 | B | 7 | 2 | 210 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 5/28/1917 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 9th pick / 1939 |
| Larry Craig | 24 | B-E | 11 | 5 | 211 | 6-1 | South Carolina | 6/27/1916 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 49th pick / 1939 |
| Leo Disend | 25 | T | 5 | 2 | 224 | 6-2 | Albright | 11/7/1915 | 2 | |
| Tiny Engebretsen | 30 | T-G | 8 | 2 | 238 | 6-1 | Northwestern | 7/27/1910 | 8 | |
| Dick Evans | 23 | E | 7 | 0 | 205 | 6-3 | Iowa | 5/31/1917 | Rook | |
| Beattie Feathers | 32 | HB-WB | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Tennessee | 8/4/1908 | 6 | |
| Milt Gantenbein | 30 | E-DE | 5 | 1 | 193 | 6-0 | Wisconsin | 5/31/1910 | 9 | |
| Buckets Goldenberg | 29 | G-BB | 11 | 8 | 215 | 5-10 | Wisconsin | 3/10/1911 | 7 | |
| Tom Greenfield | 23 | C-LB | 9 | 3 | 213 | 6-4 | Arizona | 11/10/1917 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 15th / 139th pick / 1939 |
| Arnie Herber | 30 | TB-HB-DB-QB-BB | 10 | 4 | 203 | 5-11 | Regis,Wisconsin | 4/2/1910 | 10 | |
| Clarke Hinkle* | 31 | FB-LB-HB-DB | 10 | 8 | 202 | 5-11 | Bucknell | 4/10/1909 | 8 | |
| Don Hutson*+ | 27 | E-DB-DE | 11 | 6 | 183 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/31/1913 | 5 | |
| Cecil Isbell | 25 | TB-HB | 10 | 5 | 190 | 6-1 | Purdue | 7/11/1915 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1938 |
| Harry Jacunski | 25 | E | 10 | 5 | 200 | 6-2 | Fordham | 10/20/1915 | 1 | |
| Ed Jankowski | 27 | FB | 7 | 1 | 201 | 5-9 | Wisconsin | 6/23/1913 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 9th pick / 1937 |
| Smiley Johnson | 24 | G-LB | 11 | 1 | 198 | 5-9 | Georgia | 9/22/1916 | Rook | |
| Paul Kell | 25 | T | 11 | 2 | 217 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 7/8/1915 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 8th / 69th pick / 1939 |
| Joe Laws | 29 | HB | 3 | 2 | 186 | 5-9 | Iowa | 6/16/1911 | 6 | |
| Bill Lee | 29 | T | 11 | 8 | 231 | 6-2 | Alabama | 10/19/1911 | 5 | |
| Russ Letlow | 27 | G-T | 11 | 7 | 214 | 6-0 | San Francisco | 10/5/1913 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1936 |
| Lou Midler | 25 | G-T | 7 | 1 | 223 | 6-1 | Minnesota | 7/21/1915 | 1 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 5th / 34th pick / 1938 |
| Carl Mulleneaux* | 26 | E | 10 | 3 | 209 | 6-3 | Utah State | 9/16/1914 | 2 | |
| Baby Ray | 26 | T | 11 | 8 | 249 | 6-6 | Vanderbilt | 9/30/1914 | 2 | |
| Ray Riddick | 23 | E | 10 | 7 | 211 | 6-1 | Fordham | 10/17/1917 | Rook | |
| Charlie Schultz | 24 | T | 2 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 10/8/1916 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 20th / 189th pick / 1939 |
| George Seeman | 24 | E | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Nebraska | 4/3/1916 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 8th / 69th pick / 1940 |
| Champ Seibold | 29 | T | 10 | 1 | 240 | 6-4 | Ripon,Wisconsin | 12/5/1911 | 6 | |
| Fred Shirey | 24 | T | 3 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | Nebraska,Washington & Jefferson | 1/12/1916 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 32nd pick / 1938 |
| George Svendsen | 27 | C | 10 | 4 | 230 | 6-4 | Minnesota,Oregon State | 3/22/1913 | 5 | |
| Pete Tinsley | 27 | G | 7 | 2 | 205 | 5-8 | Georgia | 3/16/1913 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 97th pick / 1938 |
| Andy Uram | 25 | RB | 11 | 4 | 188 | 5-10 | Minnesota | 3/21/1915 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 47th pick / 1938 |
| Hal Van Every | 22 | TB-HB | 9 | 2 | 195 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 2/10/1918 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 9th pick / 1940 |
| Dick Weisgerber | 25 | B | 10 | 1 | 205 | 5-10 | Willamette | 2/19/1915 | 2 | |
| Bobby Wood | 24 | T | 2 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Alabama | 1/14/1916 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 4th / 30th pick / 1940 |
| Gust Zarnas | 27 | G | 9 | 2 | 220 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 12/16/1913 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 40th pick / 1938 |
| Team Total | 25.8 | 11 | 210.4 | 6-0.8 | 2.7 |