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1949 Los Angeles Dons
Franchise Index: Previous Season
Record: 4-8-0, Finished 4th in AAFC
AAFC Season Summary
Scored 253 points (21.1/g), 3rd of 7 in the AAFC.
Allowed 322 points (26.8/g), 6th.
Differential of -69 points (-5.8/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 4.3-7.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.2/g), 5th.
Coached by Jimmy Phelan (4-8-0)
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1949 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 | |||||
| TB | Glenn Dobbs | 29 | 3 | 6 | 34 rushes for 161 yards, 3 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1943 |
| TB | George Taliaferro | 22 | Rook | 4 | 95 rushes for 472 yards, 5 td, & 0 catches for 42 yards and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 13th / 129th pick / 1949 |
| FB | Hosea Rodgers | 28 | Rook | 9 | 131 rushes for 494 yards, 5 td, & 7 catches for 97 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 3rd / 20th pick / 1946 |
| RH | Billy Grimes | 22 | Rook | 7 | 83 rushes for 429 yards, 4 td, & 13 catches for 189 yards and 2 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 20th pick / 1949 |
| BB | George Murphy | 23 | Rook | 7 | 1 rush for 0 yards, 0 td, & 1 catch for 17 yards and 0 td | |
| BB | Bob Hoffman | 32 | 9 | 5 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 2 catches for 21 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 9th / 78th pick / 1940 |
| LE | Burr Baldwin | 27 | 2 | 8 | 2 catches for 26 yards, 0 td, & 1 rush for 1 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 20th pick / 1947 |
| LE | Dick Wilkins | 24 | Rook | 3 | 32 catches for 589 yards, 3 td, & 8 rushes for 28 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 25th / 226th pick / 1948 |
| LT | Bob Reinhard | 29 | 3 | 12 | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 34th pick / 1942 |
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| LG | Al Lolotai | 29 | 4 | 6 | ||
| C | Robert Nelson | 29 | 8 | 11 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 35th pick / 1941 |
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| RG | Knox Ramsey | 23 | 1 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 32nd pick / 1948 |
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| RG | Bob Dobelstein | 27 | 3 | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 4th / 28th pick / 1945 |
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| RT | Buddy Tinsley | 25 | Rook | 10 | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 54th pick / 1948 |
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| RE | Len Ford | 23 | 1 | 8 | 36 catches for 577 yards, 1 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Robert Nelson | 29 | 8 | 11 | 3 of 6 field goals & 34 of 35 extra points | Detroit Lions / 5th / 35th pick / 1941 |
| P | Glenn Dobbs | 29 | 3 | 6 | 39 punts for a 42.3 average, 0 blocked | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1943 |
| PR | Shorty McWilliams | 23 | Rook | 2 | 8 punt returns for a 14.0 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 8th / 62nd pick / 1948 |
| KR | Billy Grimes | 22 | Rook | 7 | 16 kick returns for a 25.7 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 20th pick / 1949 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Joe Aguirre | 31 | E | 4 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | St. Mary's (CA) | 10/17/1918 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 100th pick / 1941 |
| Burr Baldwin | 27 | E-DE | 9 | 8 | 197 | 6-1 | UCLA | 6/13/1922 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 20th pick / 1947 |
| John Brown | 27 | LB-C | 12 | 3 | 230 | 6-4 | North Carolina Central | 4/9/1922 | 2 | |
| Walt Clay | 25 | B | 10 | 1 | 196 | 5-11 | Colorado | 1/8/1924 | 3 | New York Giants / 10th / 85th pick / 1946 |
| Paul Crowe | 25 | B | 7 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | St. Mary's (CA) | 10/23/1924 | 1 | |
| Harper Davis | 24 | DB | 11 | 0 | 173 | 5-11 | Mississippi State | 12/11/1925 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1949 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 29 | TB-QB | 12 | 6 | 210 | 6-4 | Tulsa | 7/12/1920 | 3 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1943 |
| Bob Dobelstein | 27 | G | 8 | 5 | 214 | 5-11 | Tennessee | 10/27/1922 | 3 | Chicago Cardinals / 4th / 28th pick / 1945 |
| John Donaldson | 24 | DB-TB | 1 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Georgia | 8/22/1925 | Rook | |
| Dan Dworsky | 22 | LB | 11 | 0 | 211 | 6-0 | Michigan | 10/4/1927 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1949 |
| Oliver Fletcher | 26 | G | 3 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | USC | 2/5/1923 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 20th / 198th pick / 1949 |
| Len Ford | 23 | DE-E | 12 | 8 | 245 | 6-4 | Michigan,Morgan State | 2/18/1926 | 1 | |
| Billy Grimes | 22 | HB | 12 | 7 | 195 | 6-1 | Oklahoma State | 7/27/1927 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 20th pick / 1949 |
| Ed Henke | 22 | DE-LB-G | 11 | 0 | 227 | 6-3 | USC | 12/13/1927 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 13th / 128th pick / 1949 |
| Bob Hoffman | 32 | B | 12 | 5 | 208 | 6-1 | USC | 12/13/1917 | 9 | Washington Redskins / 9th / 78th pick / 1940 |
| Lew Holder | 26 | E | 12 | 1 | 191 | 6-0 | Texas | 10/10/1923 | Rook | |
| Earl Howell | 25 | HB | 12 | 3 | 180 | 5-10 | Mississippi | 9/28/1924 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 47th pick / 1949 |
| Ed Kelley | 25 | T | 12 | 2 | 230 | 6-4 | Texas | 2/18/1924 | Rook | New York Giants / 30th / 276th pick / 1948 |
| Bob M. Kennedy | 21 | DB-HB | 10 | 1 | 178 | 6-0 | North Carolina | 9/16/1928 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 8th / 78th pick / 1949 |
| Al Lolotai | 29 | G | 8 | 6 | 224 | 6-0 | Weber Junior College | 6/22/1920 | 4 | |
| Shorty McWilliams | 23 | DB-HB | 12 | 2 | 185 | 5-11 | Army,Mississippi State | 5/12/1926 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 8th / 62nd pick / 1948 |
| George Murphy | 23 | BB | 11 | 7 | 200 | 6-0 | USC | 5/10/1926 | Rook | |
| Robert Nelson | 29 | C-T-DT-LB | 12 | 11 | 214 | 6-1 | Baylor | 1/30/1920 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 35th pick / 1941 |
| Mike Perrotti | 26 | T | 12 | 3 | 243 | 6-3 | Cincinnati,Ohio State | 6/12/1923 | 1 | |
| Joyce Pipkin | 25 | E-DE-BB | 11 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 1/9/1924 | 1 | |
| Knox Ramsey | 23 | G | 12 | 8 | 216 | 6-1 | William & Mary | 2/13/1926 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 32nd pick / 1948 |
| Bob Reinhard | 29 | T-FB | 12 | 12 | 234 | 6-4 | California | 10/17/1920 | 3 | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 34th pick / 1942 |
| Hosea Rodgers | 28 | FB | 12 | 9 | 192 | 6-1 | Alabama,North Carolina | 12/25/1921 | Rook | New York Giants / 3rd / 20th pick / 1946 |
| Jim Spavital | 23 | FB-LB | 12 | 3 | 210 | 6-1 | Oklahoma State | 9/15/1926 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 11th pick / 1948 |
| George Taliaferro | 22 | HB-TB-QB-DB | 11 | 4 | 196 | 5-11 | Indiana | 1/8/1927 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 13th / 129th pick / 1949 |
| Buddy Tinsley | 25 | T | 10 | 10 | 245 | 6-4 | Baylor | 8/16/1924 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 54th pick / 1948 |
| Ben Whaley | 23 | G | 3 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Virginia State | 10/14/1926 | Rook | |
| Dick Wilkins | 24 | E | 11 | 3 | 194 | 6-2 | Oregon | 9/28/1925 | Rook | New York Giants / 25th / 226th pick / 1948 |
| Ernie Williamson | 27 | T | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Apprentice,North Carolina | 9/9/1922 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 79th pick / 1947 |
| Ab Wimberly | 23 | DE-E | 12 | 4 | 213 | 6-1 | LSU | 5/4/1926 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 12th / 99th pick / 1948 |
| Dick Woodard | 23 | LB-C | 12 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Iowa | 7/26/1926 | Rook | New York Giants / 21st / 186th pick / 1948 |
| Team Total | 25.2 | 12 | 209.4 | 6-1.3 | 1.4 |