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1946 Los Angeles Dons
Record: 7-5-2, Finished 3rd in AAFC West Division
AAFC Season Summary
Scored 305 points (21.8/g), 3rd of 9 in the AAFC.
Allowed 290 points (20.7/g), 5th.
Differential of 15 points (1.1/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 7.4-6.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 6th.
Coached by Dudley DeGroot (7-5-2)
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1946 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 | Charlie O'Rourke | 29 | 4 | 8 | 105 for 182, 1,250 yards, 12 td, 14 int, & 47 rushes for 50 yards and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 5th / 39th pick / 1941 |
| QB | Angelo Bertelli | 25 | Rook | 3 | 67 for 127, 917 yards, 7 td, 14 int, & 11 rushes for -16 yards and 1 td | Boston Yanks / 1st / 1st pick / 1944 |
| FB | John Kimbrough | 28 | Rook | 7 | 122 rushes for 473 yards, 6 td, & 9 catches for 162 yards and 1 td | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1941 |
| LH | Bob Seymour | 30 | 6 | 8 | 37 rushes for 165 yards, 0 td, & 17 catches for 188 yards and 3 td | Washington Redskins / 10th / 88th pick / 1940 |
| LH | Chuck Fenenbock | 29 | 3 | 7 | 50 rushes for 420 yards, 3 td, & 11 catches for 67 yards and 0 td | |
| RH | Bernie Nygren | 28 | Rook | 5 | 26 rushes for 111 yards, 0 td, & 13 catches for 170 yards and 1 td | |
| LE | Joe Aguirre | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 catches for 246 yards, 2 td, & 2 rushes for -5 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 11th / 100th pick / 1941 |
| LE | Bob Nowaskey | 28 | 6 | 5 | 19 catches for 198 yards, 3 td, & 3 rushes for 14 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 7th / 55th pick / 1940 |
| LT | Bob Reinhard | 26 | Rook | 14 | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 34th pick / 1942 |
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| LG | Al Lolotai | 26 | 1 | 12 | ||
| C | Robert Nelson | 26 | 5 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 35th pick / 1941 |
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| C | Don Nolander | 25 | Rook | 7 | Washington Redskins / 32nd / 325th pick / 1945 |
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| RG | Bill Radovich+ | 31 | 8 | 12 | ||
| RT | Lee Artoe | 29 | 6 | 13 | Chicago Bears / 11th / 97th pick / 1940 |
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| RE | Dale Gentry | 29 | Rook | 9 | 24 catches for 341 yards, 3 td, & 5 rushes for 29 yards and 1 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Joe Aguirre | 28 | 5 | 9 | 4 of 11 field goals & 31 of 32 extra points | Washington Redskins / 11th / 100th pick / 1941 |
| P | Bob Reinhard | 26 | Rook | 14 | 44 punts for a 45.4 average, 1 blocked | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 34th pick / 1942 |
| PR | Bob Seymour | 30 | 6 | 8 | 18 punt returns for a 11.7 average and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 10th / 88th pick / 1940 |
| KR | Chuck Fenenbock | 29 | 3 | 7 | 17 kick returns for a 28.2 average and 1 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Joe Aguirre | 28 | E | 14 | 9 | 225 | 6-4 | St. Mary's (CA) | 10/17/1918 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 100th pick / 1941 |
| Lee Artoe | 29 | T | 14 | 13 | 234 | 6-3 | California,Santa Clara | 3/2/1917 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 11th / 97th pick / 1940 |
| Earl Audet | 25 | T | 13 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | Georgetown (DC),USC | 5/14/1921 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1944 |
| Angelo Bertelli | 25 | QB | 12 | 3 | 190 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 6/18/1921 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 1st / 1st pick / 1944 |
| Harry Clarke | 30 | HB-DB | 14 | 2 | 186 | 6-0 | West Virginia | 12/1/1916 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 13th / 117th pick / 1940 |
| Gil Duggan | 32 | T | 11 | 0 | 229 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 12/26/1914 | 6 | New York Giants / 15th / 140th pick / 1939 |
| Earl Elsey | 26 | HB | 13 | 3 | 175 | 5-8 | Loyola Marymount | 6/23/1920 | Rook | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 29 | HB-TB | 13 | 7 | 174 | 5-9 | UCLA | 8/28/1917 | 3 | |
| Ray Frankowski | 27 | G | 12 | 2 | 223 | 5-11 | Washington | 9/14/1919 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1942 |
| Dale Gentry | 29 | E | 14 | 9 | 223 | 6-3 | St. Mary's (CA),Washington State | 7/2/1917 | Rook | |
| Bill Kerr | 31 | E | 11 | 1 | 220 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 11/10/1915 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 129th pick / 1940 |
| John Kimbrough | 28 | FB | 14 | 7 | 210 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 6/14/1918 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1941 |
| Al Krueger | 27 | HB-E | 10 | 3 | 190 | 6-0 | USC | 4/3/1919 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 60th pick / 1941 |
| Al Lolotai | 26 | G | 14 | 12 | 224 | 6-0 | Weber Junior College | 6/22/1920 | 1 | |
| Andy Marefos | 29 | FB-HB | 13 | 4 | 223 | 6-0 | St. Mary's (CA) | 7/16/1917 | 5 | New York Giants / 12th / 107th pick / 1941 |
| Jack McQuary | 26 | HB-DB | 1 | 0 | 208 | 6-1 | California | 6/20/1920 | Rook | |
| Bus Mertes | 25 | B | 9 | 3 | 201 | 6-0 | Iowa | 10/6/1921 | 1 | |
| Joe Mihal | 30 | T | 12 | 0 | 234 | 6-2 | Purdue | 4/2/1916 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 19th pick / 1939 |
| Bob Mitchell | 25 | HB-QB-DB | 11 | 3 | 195 | 5-11 | Stanford | 1/27/1921 | Rook | |
| Paul Mitchell | 26 | DT-T | 10 | 3 | 235 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 8/10/1920 | Rook | Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers / 2nd / 12th pick / 1944 |
| Jack Morton | 24 | E-DE-DB | 12 | 1 | 197 | 6-0 | Missouri,Purdue | 7/22/1922 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 84th pick / 1944 |
| Robert Nelson | 26 | C-T-DT-LB | 10 | 6 | 214 | 6-1 | Baylor | 1/30/1920 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 35th pick / 1941 |
| Don Nolander | 25 | C | 11 | 7 | 210 | 6-1 | Minnesota | 9/14/1921 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 32nd / 325th pick / 1945 |
| Bob Nowaskey | 28 | E-DE | 14 | 5 | 205 | 6-0 | George Washington | 2/3/1918 | 6 | Cleveland Rams / 7th / 55th pick / 1940 |
| Bernie Nygren | 28 | HB-DB | 14 | 5 | 193 | 5-9 | Gustavus Adolphus,San Jose State | 11/14/1918 | Rook | |
| Charlie O'Rourke | 29 | QB | 14 | 8 | 175 | 5-11 | Boston College | 5/10/1917 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 39th pick / 1941 |
| John Polanski | 28 | FB | 13 | 3 | 211 | 6-2 | Wake Forest | 9/6/1918 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 95th pick / 1942 |
| Bill Radovich+ | 31 | G | 14 | 12 | 238 | 5-10 | USC | 6/24/1915 | 8 | |
| Bob Reinhard | 26 | T-FB | 14 | 14 | 234 | 6-4 | California | 10/17/1920 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 34th pick / 1942 |
| Hank Rockwell | 29 | G | 13 | 1 | 231 | 6-4 | Arizona State | 2/10/1917 | 6 | |
| Bob Seymour | 30 | HB-FB | 13 | 8 | 205 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 6/13/1916 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 88th pick / 1940 |
| Bob Sneddon | 25 | DB-HB-WB | 11 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | St. Mary's (CA),Weber State | 7/9/1921 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 94th pick / 1944 |
| Frank Trigilio | 27 | FB | 1 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Alfred,Vermont | 1/19/1919 | Rook | |
| Paul Vinnola | 24 | HB-DB | 13 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Santa Clara | 8/24/1922 | Rook | |
| Frank Yokas | 22 | G | 12 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | none | 2/27/1924 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 209.5 | 6-0.5 | 2.5 |