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1944 Green Bay Packers
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Record: 8-2-0, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
1944 NFL Champions
Scored 238 points (23.8/g), 3rd of 11 in the NFL.
Allowed 141 points (14.1/g), 4th.
Differential of 97 points (9.7/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 7.8-2.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (1.0/g), 2nd.
Coached by Curly Lambeau (8-2-0)
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1944 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 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 36 rushes for 200 yards, 3 td, & 4 catches for 74 yards and 2 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1940 |
| TB | Irv Comp | 25 | 1 | 8 | 52 rushes for 134 yards, 2 td, & 2 catches for 16 yards and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1943 |
| FB | Ted Fritsch | 24 | 2 | 7 | 94 rushes for 322 yards, 4 td, & 3 catches for 5 yards and 0 td | |
| BB | Larry Craig | 28 | 5 | 8 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 2 catches for 17 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 49th pick / 1939 |
| LE | Don Hutson+ | 31 | 9 | 7 | 58 catches for 866 yards, 9 td, & 12 rushes for 87 yards and 0 td | |
| LT | Tiny Croft | 24 | 2 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 20th / 186th pick / 1942 |
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| LG | Glen Sorenson | 24 | 1 | 6 | ||
| C | Charley Brock | 28 | 5 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1939 |
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| RG | Pete Tinsley | 31 | 6 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 97th pick / 1938 |
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| RT | Paul Berezney | 29 | 2 | 6 | ||
| RE | Harry Jacunski | 29 | 5 | 9 | 9 catches for 151 yards, 0 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Don Hutson+ | 31 | 9 | 7 | 0 of 3 field goals & 31 of 33 extra points | |
| P | Lou Brock | 27 | 4 | 5 | 14 punts for a 35.1 average, 0 blocked | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1940 |
| PR | Joe Laws | 33 | 10 | 4 | 15 punt returns for a 7.9 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Ted Fritsch | 24 | 2 | 7 | 11 kick returns for a 26.2 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Paul Berezney | 29 | T | 10 | 6 | 220 | 6-2 | Fordham | 9/25/1915 | 2 | |
| Dick Bilda | 25 | B | 3 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Marquette | 5/17/1919 | Rook | |
| Charley Brock | 28 | C-HB-FB | 10 | 6 | 207 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 3/15/1916 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1939 |
| Lou Brock | 27 | B | 5 | 5 | 195 | 6-0 | Purdue | 12/9/1917 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1940 |
| Mike Bucchianeri | 27 | G | 8 | 1 | 212 | 5-10 | Indiana | 1/9/1917 | 3 | |
| Tony Canadeo | 25 | HB-TB-FB-DB | 3 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Gonzaga | 5/5/1919 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 9th / 77th pick / 1941 |
| Irv Comp | 25 | B | 10 | 8 | 204 | 6-2 | Benedictine | 5/17/1919 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1943 |
| Larry Craig | 28 | B-E | 10 | 8 | 211 | 6-1 | South Carolina | 6/27/1916 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 49th pick / 1939 |
| Tiny Croft | 24 | T | 10 | 7 | 287 | 6-3 | Alabama,Ripon | 11/7/1920 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 20th / 186th pick / 1942 |
| Paul Duhart | 24 | B | 8 | 2 | 180 | 6-0 | Florida | 12/30/1920 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1945 |
| Bob Flowers | 27 | C-LB | 8 | 4 | 210 | 6-1 | Texas,Texas Tech | 8/6/1917 | 2 | |
| Ted Fritsch | 24 | FB | 9 | 7 | 210 | 5-10 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10/31/1920 | 2 | |
| Buckets Goldenberg | 33 | G-BB | 9 | 2 | 215 | 5-10 | Wisconsin | 3/10/1911 | 11 | |
| Don Hutson+ | 31 | E-DB-DE | 10 | 7 | 183 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/31/1913 | 9 | |
| Harry Jacunski | 29 | E | 9 | 9 | 200 | 6-2 | Fordham | 10/20/1915 | 5 | |
| Bob Kahler | 27 | DB-HB | 8 | 0 | 201 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 2/13/1917 | 2 | |
| Bob Kercher | 26 | E | 2 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | Georgetown (DC) | 1/14/1918 | Rook | |
| Bill Kuusisto | 26 | G | 10 | 3 | 228 | 6-0 | Minnesota,Wisconsin | 4/26/1918 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 8th / 66th pick / 1941 |
| Joe Laws | 33 | HB | 10 | 4 | 186 | 5-9 | Iowa | 6/16/1911 | 10 | |
| Joel Mason | 32 | E | 10 | 2 | 199 | 6-0 | Western Michigan | 3/12/1912 | 5 | |
| Roy McKay | 24 | TB-HB-FB | 3 | 1 | 193 | 6-0 | Texas | 2/2/1920 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 38th pick / 1943 |
| Forrest McPherson | 33 | G-C-T | 4 | 0 | 233 | 5-11 | Nebraska | 10/22/1911 | 9 | |
| Don Perkins | 27 | B | 10 | 2 | 196 | 6-0 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 9/18/1917 | Rook | |
| Baby Ray | 30 | T | 9 | 3 | 249 | 6-6 | Vanderbilt | 9/30/1914 | 6 | |
| Ade Schwammel | 36 | T | 8 | 4 | 225 | 6-2 | Oregon State | 10/14/1908 | 10 | |
| Glen Sorenson | 24 | G | 10 | 6 | 217 | 6-0 | Utah State | 2/29/1920 | 1 | |
| Ben Starret | 27 | BB-TB | 7 | 3 | 213 | 5-11 | St. Mary's (CA) | 11/19/1917 | 3 | |
| Pete Tinsley | 31 | G | 10 | 7 | 205 | 5-8 | Georgia | 3/16/1913 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 97th pick / 1938 |
| Chuck Tollefson | 27 | G | 7 | 1 | 215 | 6-0 | Iowa | 2/28/1917 | Rook | |
| Alex Urban | 27 | DE-E | 3 | 1 | 207 | 6-3 | South Carolina | 7/16/1917 | 3 | |
| Ray Wehba | 28 | E | 10 | 1 | 215 | 6-0 | USC | 8/16/1916 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 27.9 | 10 | 210.1 | 6-0.5 | 3.6 |