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1947 New York Yankees
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Record: 11-2-1, Finished 1st in AAFC East Division
AAFC Season Summary
Scored 378 points (27.0/g), 2nd of 8 in the AAFC.
Allowed 239 points (17.1/g), 2nd.
Differential of 139 points (9.9/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 10.5-3.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 5th.
Coached by Ray Flaherty (11-2-1)
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1947 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 | Spec Sanders+ | 29 | 1 | 12 | 231 rushes for 1,432 yards, 18 td, & 1 catch for 13 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 1st / 6th pick / 1942 |
| FB | Buddy Young | 21 | Rook | 8 | 116 rushes for 712 yards, 3 td, & 27 catches for 303 yards and 2 td | |
| FB | Eddie Prokop | 25 | 1 | 4 | 76 rushes for 324 yards, 4 td, & 3 catches for 79 yards and 1 td | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 1st / 4th pick / 1945 |
| BB | Lloyd Cheatham | 28 | 5 | 10 | 1 rush for -2 yards, 0 td, & 4 catches for 124 yards and 2 td | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 14th pick / 1942 |
| WB | Bob Sweiger | 28 | 1 | 11 | 9 rushes for 44 yards, 0 td, & 11 catches for 108 yards and 1 td | New York Giants / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1942 |
| WB | Harry Burrus | 26 | 1 | 5 | 1 rush for 5 yards, 0 td, & 8 catches for 192 yards and 2 td | Chicago Bears / 6th / 50th pick / 1942 |
| LE | Jack Russell | 28 | 1 | 14 | 20 catches for 368 yards, 2 td | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1943 |
| LT | Derrell Palmer | 25 | 1 | 11 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 49th pick / 1943 |
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| LG | Roman Bentz | 28 | 1 | 13 | Washington Redskins / 25th / 240th pick / 1943 |
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| C | Lou Sossamon | 26 | 1 | 14 | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 6th / 47th pick / 1943 |
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| RG | Dick Barwegan | 26 | Rook | 14 | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 6th / 44th pick / 1945 |
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| RT | Harvey Johnson | 28 | 1 | 0 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 43rd pick / 1943 |
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| RE | Bruce Alford+ | 25 | 1 | 13 | 20 catches for 298 yards, 5 td | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 8th / 62nd pick / 1943 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Harvey Johnson | 28 | 1 | 0 | 7 of 8 field goals & 49 of 51 extra points | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 43rd pick / 1943 |
| P | Spec Sanders+ | 29 | 1 | 12 | 46 punts for a 42.1 average, 2 blocked | Washington Redskins / 1st / 6th pick / 1942 |
| PR | Buddy Young | 21 | Rook | 8 | 8 punt returns for a 15.9 average and 1 td | |
| KR | Spec Sanders+ | 29 | 1 | 12 | 22 kick returns for a 27.0 average and 1 td | Washington Redskins / 1st / 6th pick / 1942 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Bruce Alford+ | 25 | E-DB | 13 | 13 | 190 | 6-0 | TCU | 9/12/1922 | 1 | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 8th / 62nd pick / 1943 |
| Jack Baldwin | 26 | C-LB | 2 | 0 | 223 | 6-3 | Centenary | 7/31/1921 | 1 | Brooklyn Tigers / 24th / 243rd pick / 1944 |
| Dick Barwegan | 26 | G | 14 | 14 | 227 | 6-1 | Purdue | 12/25/1921 | Rook | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 6th / 44th pick / 1945 |
| Roman Bentz | 28 | G-T | 13 | 13 | 230 | 6-2 | Tulane | 9/1/1919 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 25th / 240th pick / 1943 |
| Harry Burrus | 26 | B-E | 14 | 5 | 195 | 6-1 | Hardin-Simmons | 4/6/1921 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 50th pick / 1942 |
| Fred Cardinal | 22 | B | 1 | 0 | 220 | 5-11 | Baldwin-Wallace,Notre Dame | 2/12/1925 | Rook | |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 28 | B | 14 | 10 | 211 | 6-2 | Auburn | 3/20/1919 | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 14th pick / 1942 |
| Van Davis | 26 | DE-E | 13 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Georgia | 10/5/1921 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 108th pick / 1943 |
| Paul Duke | 23 | C-LB | 10 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 9/24/1924 | Rook | New York Giants / 4th / 30th pick / 1946 |
| Jack Durishan | 25 | T-G | 6 | 1 | 230 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 7/7/1922 | Rook | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 29th / 277th pick / 1943 |
| Charlie Elliott | 26 | T | 10 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Oregon | 12/30/1921 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 22nd / 203rd pick / 1947 |
| Ed Grain | 25 | G | 2 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Pennsylvania | 2/25/1922 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 7th / 46th pick / 1947 |
| Harvey Johnson | 28 | T-LB-BB-FB-G | 14 | 0 | 212 | 5-11 | William & Mary | 6/22/1919 | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 43rd pick / 1943 |
| Nate Johnson | 27 | T-DT | 14 | 14 | 244 | 6-3 | Illinois | 6/18/1920 | 1 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 26 | B | 14 | 1 | 195 | 5-11 | Washington State | 6/29/1921 | 1 | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 4th / 27th pick / 1943 |
| Bruiser Kinard | 33 | T | 14 | 3 | 216 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 10/23/1914 | 9 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1938 |
| Roy Kurrasch | 25 | E | 10 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | UCLA | 10/8/1922 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 9th / 68th pick / 1947 |
| Ted Ossowski | 25 | T | 3 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Oregon State,USC | 5/12/1922 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 16th / 160th pick / 1944 |
| Derrell Palmer | 25 | DT-T | 14 | 11 | 240 | 6-2 | TCU | 8/27/1922 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 49th pick / 1943 |
| Ollie Poole | 25 | DE-E | 5 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Mississippi,North Carolina | 4/18/1922 | Rook | New York Giants / 15th / 147th pick / 1944 |
| Dewey Proctor | 26 | FB-LB | 11 | 1 | 215 | 5-11 | Furman | 7/1/1921 | 1 | New York Giants / 3rd / 21st pick / 1943 |
| Eddie Prokop | 25 | B | 13 | 4 | 200 | 5-11 | Georgia Tech | 2/11/1922 | 1 | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 1st / 4th pick / 1945 |
| Ben Raimondi | 22 | TB | 7 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | Indiana,William & Mary | 1/23/1925 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 6th / 41st pick / 1947 |
| Charley Riffle | 29 | G | 14 | 4 | 212 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 1/6/1918 | 3 | |
| Harmon Rowe | 24 | DB-HB | 10 | 0 | 182 | 6-0 | Baylor,San Francisco | 8/22/1923 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1946 |
| Roy Ruskusky | 26 | E | 11 | 1 | 200 | 6-3 | St. Mary's (CA) | 4/6/1921 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 25th / 260th pick / 1944 |
| Jack Russell | 28 | E-DE | 14 | 14 | 215 | 6-1 | Baylor | 8/29/1919 | 1 | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1943 |
| Spec Sanders+ | 29 | TB-DB-HB | 14 | 12 | 196 | 6-1 | Texas | 1/26/1918 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 6th pick / 1942 |
| Vic Schleich | 27 | T | 11 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 4/26/1920 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 10th / 83rd pick / 1943 |
| Ed Sharkey | 20 | LB-G-T-DG | 9 | 0 | 229 | 6-3 | Duke,Nevada-Reno | 7/6/1927 | Rook | |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 27 | B | 3 | 1 | 190 | 5-11 | Georgia | 10/10/1920 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 1st pick / 1943 |
| Lou Sossamon | 26 | C-LB | 14 | 14 | 207 | 6-1 | South Carolina | 6/2/1921 | 1 | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 6th / 47th pick / 1943 |
| Henry Stanton | 27 | E | 9 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Arizona | 8/24/1920 | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 47th pick / 1942 |
| Ralph Stewart | 22 | C-LB | 9 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Missouri,Notre Dame | 12/10/1925 | Rook | New York Giants / 26th / 244th pick / 1947 |
| Bob Sweiger | 28 | WB-BB-HB | 14 | 11 | 209 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 9/20/1919 | 1 | New York Giants / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1942 |
| John Sylvester | 24 | DB-HB | 7 | 0 | 183 | 6-0 | Temple | 1/14/1923 | Rook | |
| Lowell Wagner | 24 | B | 7 | 3 | 194 | 6-0 | USC | 8/21/1923 | 1 | |
| Joe Yackanich | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 205 | 5-10 | Fordham | 3/31/1922 | 1 | Cleveland Rams / 20th / 207th pick / 1944 |
| Buddy Young | 21 | HB-FB-DB | 14 | 8 | 175 | 5-4 | Illinois | 1/5/1926 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 25.6 | 14 | 210.1 | 6-0.6 | 1.0 |