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1945 Green Bay Packers
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Record: 6-4-0, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 258 points (25.8/g), 2nd of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 173 points (17.3/g), 4th.
Differential of 85 points (8.5/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 7.2-2.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (1.0/g), 1st.
Coached by Curly Lambeau (6-4-0)
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1945 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 | Joe Laws | 34 | 11 | 6 | 16 rushes for 82 yards, 0 td, & 2 catches for 11 yards and 0 td | |
| TB | Irv Comp | 26 | 2 | 7 | 57 rushes for 92 yards, 1 td, & 1 catch for 50 yards and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1943 |
| TB | Roy McKay | 25 | 1 | 1 | 71 rushes for 231 yards, 2 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 38th pick / 1943 |
| FB | Ted Fritsch | 25 | 3 | 9 | 89 rushes for 282 yards, 7 td, & 3 catches for 13 yards and 0 td | |
| BB | Larry Craig | 29 | 6 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 49th pick / 1939 |
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| LE | Clyde Goodnight | 21 | Rook | 9 | 7 catches for 283 yards, 3 td, & 8 rushes for 26 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1945 |
| LT | Baby Ray | 31 | 7 | 5 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| LG | Chuck Tollefson | 28 | 1 | 5 | ||
| LG | Glen Sorenson | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| C | Charley Brock+ | 29 | 6 | 6 | 5 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1939 |
| RG | Pete Tinsley | 32 | 7 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 97th pick / 1938 |
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| RT | Paul Lipscomb | 22 | Rook | 10 | 3 fumbles recovered | |
| RE | Joel Mason | 33 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Don Hutson+ | 32 | 10 | 0 | 2 of 4 field goals & 31 of 35 extra points | |
| P | Roy McKay | 25 | 1 | 1 | 44 punts for a 41.2 average, 0 blocked | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 38th pick / 1943 |
| PR | Joe Laws | 34 | 11 | 6 | 12 punt returns for a 6.5 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Ted Fritsch | 25 | 3 | 9 | 8 kick returns for a 34.9 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Adkins | 28 | BB-DE-G-LB | 4 | 0 | 213 | 6-1 | Marshall | 2/17/1917 | 5 | |
| Solon Barnett | 24 | T-G | 4 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Baylor,Southwestern (TX) | 3/30/1921 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 14th / 134th pick / 1945 |
| Charley Brock+ | 29 | C-HB-FB | 10 | 6 | 207 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 3/15/1916 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1939 |
| Lou Brock | 28 | B | 10 | 4 | 195 | 6-0 | Purdue | 12/9/1917 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1940 |
| Mike Bucchianeri | 28 | G | 5 | 0 | 212 | 5-10 | Indiana | 1/9/1917 | 4 | |
| Irv Comp | 26 | B | 9 | 7 | 204 | 6-2 | Benedictine | 5/17/1919 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1943 |
| Larry Craig | 29 | B-E | 10 | 9 | 211 | 6-1 | South Carolina | 6/27/1916 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 49th pick / 1939 |
| Bernie Crimmins | 26 | G-HB-FB | 6 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 4/19/1919 | Rook | |
| Tiny Croft | 25 | T | 9 | 2 | 287 | 6-3 | Alabama,Ripon | 11/7/1920 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 20th / 186th pick / 1942 |
| Bob Flowers | 28 | C-LB | 10 | 4 | 210 | 6-1 | Texas,Texas Tech | 8/6/1917 | 3 | |
| Ray Frankowski | 26 | G | 2 | 0 | 223 | 5-11 | Washington | 9/14/1919 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1942 |
| Ted Fritsch | 25 | FB | 10 | 9 | 210 | 5-10 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10/31/1920 | 3 | |
| Ed Frutig | 25 | E | 1 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Michigan | 8/19/1920 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 37th pick / 1941 |
| Buckets Goldenberg | 34 | G-BB | 4 | 0 | 215 | 5-10 | Wisconsin | 3/10/1911 | 12 | |
| Clyde Goodnight | 21 | E | 10 | 9 | 196 | 6-1 | Tulsa | 3/3/1924 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1945 |
| Don Hutson+ | 32 | E-DB-DE | 10 | 0 | 183 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/31/1913 | 10 | |
| Ken Keuper | 27 | B | 9 | 2 | 207 | 6-0 | Georgia | 11/14/1918 | Rook | |
| Bill Kuusisto | 27 | G | 10 | 1 | 228 | 6-0 | Minnesota,Wisconsin | 4/26/1918 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 8th / 66th pick / 1941 |
| Joe Laws | 34 | HB | 10 | 6 | 186 | 5-9 | Iowa | 6/16/1911 | 11 | |
| Paul Lipscomb | 22 | T-DT | 10 | 10 | 246 | 6-5 | Tennessee | 1/13/1923 | Rook | |
| Nolan Luhn | 24 | E | 9 | 4 | 200 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 7/27/1921 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 25th / 263rd pick / 1945 |
| Joel Mason | 33 | E | 10 | 5 | 199 | 6-0 | Western Michigan | 3/12/1912 | 6 | |
| Roy McKay | 25 | TB-HB-FB | 10 | 1 | 193 | 6-0 | Texas | 2/2/1920 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 38th pick / 1943 |
| Forrest McPherson | 34 | G-C-T | 5 | 0 | 233 | 5-11 | Nebraska | 10/22/1911 | 10 | |
| Russ Mosley | 27 | HB | 6 | 0 | 170 | 5-10 | Alabama | 7/22/1918 | Rook | |
| Carl Mulleneaux | 31 | E | 5 | 1 | 209 | 6-3 | Utah State | 9/16/1914 | 7 | |
| Ed Neal | 27 | MG-C-G-T | 9 | 0 | 285 | 6-4 | LSU,Ouachita Baptist,Tulane | 12/31/1918 | Rook | |
| Ernie Pannell | 28 | T | 7 | 3 | 220 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 2/2/1917 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 16th / 146th pick / 1941 |
| Don Perkins | 28 | B | 7 | 0 | 196 | 6-0 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 9/18/1917 | 1 | |
| Baby Ray | 31 | T | 10 | 5 | 249 | 6-6 | Vanderbilt | 9/30/1914 | 7 | |
| Chuck Sample | 25 | FB | 1 | 0 | 205 | 5-9 | Toledo | 1/5/1920 | 3 | |
| Bruce Smith | 25 | HB-DB-TB | 3 | 2 | 197 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 2/8/1920 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 13th / 119th pick / 1942 |
| Ken Snelling | 27 | FB-LB | 2 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | UCLA | 12/11/1918 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 58th pick / 1943 |
| Glen Sorenson | 25 | G | 10 | 5 | 217 | 6-0 | Utah State | 2/29/1920 | 2 | |
| Ben Starret | 28 | BB-TB | 8 | 0 | 213 | 5-11 | St. Mary's (CA) | 11/19/1917 | 4 | |
| Pete Tinsley | 32 | G | 10 | 9 | 205 | 5-8 | Georgia | 3/16/1913 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 97th pick / 1938 |
| Chuck Tollefson | 28 | G | 9 | 5 | 215 | 6-0 | Iowa | 2/28/1917 | 1 | |
| Alex Urban | 28 | DE-E | 1 | 0 | 207 | 6-3 | South Carolina | 7/16/1917 | 4 | |
| Team Total | 27.6 | 10 | 212.5 | 6-0.5 | 3.6 |