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1951 Philadelphia Eagles
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Record: 4-8-0, Finished 5th in NFL American Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 234 points (19.5/g), 9th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 264 points (22.0/g), 7th.
Differential of -30 points (-2.5/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 5.1-6.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.8/g), 11th.
Coached by Bo McMillin (2-0-0)and Wayne Millner (2-8-0)
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1951 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Adrian Burk | 24 | 1 | 12 | 92 for 218, 1,329 yards, 14 td, 23 int, & 28 rushes for 12 yards and 1 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1950 |
| FB | Jim Parmer | 25 | 3 | 0 | 92 rushes for 316 yards, 2 td, & 13 catches for 80 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 25th / 234th pick / 1948 |
| LH | Steve Van Buren | 31 | 7 | 0 | 112 rushes for 327 yards, 6 td, & 4 catches for 28 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 5th pick / 1944 |
| RH | Frank Ziegler | 28 | 2 | 0 | 113 rushes for 418 yards, 2 td, & 8 catches for 59 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 29th pick / 1949 |
| LE | Bobby Walston | 23 | Rook | 0 | 31 catches for 512 yards, 8 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 14th / 166th pick / 1951 |
| LT | Vic Sears | 33 | 10 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 33rd pick / 1941 |
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| LG | Walt Barnes | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| C | Vic Lindskog+ | 37 | 7 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 13th pick / 1942 |
| RG | Al Wistert | 31 | 8 | 0 | 3 fumbles recovered | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 5th / 32nd pick / 1943 |
| RT | Bucko Kilroy | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RE | Pete Pihos* | 28 | 4 | 0 | 35 catches for 536 yards, 5 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 41st pick / 1945 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bud Grant | 24 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 14th pick / 1950 |
| LDE | Jay MacDowell | 32 | 5 | 0 | Cleveland Rams / 3rd / 19th pick / 1941 |
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| LDT | Vic Sears | 33 | 10 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 33rd pick / 1941 |
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| MG | Al Wistert | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 5th / 32nd pick / 1943 |
| RDT | Mike Jarmoluk* | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 7th / 62nd pick / 1945 |
| RDE | Pete Pihos* | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 41st pick / 1945 |
| LLB | Chuck Bednarik*+ | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 1st pick / 1949 |
| RLB | Gerry Cowhig | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Rams / 6th / 48th pick / 1945 |
| RLB | Ken Farragut | 23 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 68th pick / 1951 |
| LDH | Russ Craft* | 32 | 5 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 15th / 132nd pick / 1943 |
| RDH | Dan Sandifer | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 5th / 28th pick / 1948 |
| LS | Al Pollard | 23 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Yanks / 21st / 251st pick / 1951 |
| RS | Frank Reagan | 32 | 10 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1941 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bobby Walston | 23 | Rook | 0 | 6 of 11 field goals & 28 of 31 extra points | Philadelphia Eagles / 14th / 166th pick / 1951 |
| P | Adrian Burk | 24 | 1 | 12 | 67 punts for a 39.5 average, 0 blocked | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1950 |
| PR | Al Pollard | 23 | Rook | 0 | 15 punt returns for a 7.6 average and 0 td | New York Yanks / 21st / 251st pick / 1951 |
| KR | Al Pollard | 23 | Rook | 0 | 14 kick returns for a 23.3 average and 0 td | New York Yanks / 21st / 251st pick / 1951 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Neill Armstrong | 25 | E-DB | 6 | 0 | 189 | 6-2 | Oklahoma State | 3/9/1926 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 8th pick / 1947 |
| 74 | Walt Barnes | 33 | G | 12 | 0 | 238 | 6-1 | LSU | 1/26/1918 | 3 | |
| 60 | Chuck Bednarik*+ | 26 | LB-C | 12 | 0 | 233 | 6-3 | Pennsylvania | 5/1/1925 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 1st pick / 1949 |
| 10 | Adrian Burk | 24 | QB | 12 | 12 | 190 | 6-2 | Baylor | 12/14/1927 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1950 |
| 36 | Gerry Cowhig | 30 | LB-FB-DB | 11 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 7/5/1921 | 4 | Cleveland Rams / 6th / 48th pick / 1945 |
| 33 | Russ Craft* | 32 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 178 | 5-9 | Alabama | 10/15/1919 | 5 | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 15th / 132nd pick / 1943 |
| 53 | Ken Farragut | 23 | C-LB | 11 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 12/23/1928 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 68th pick / 1951 |
| 64 | Mario Giannelli | 31 | MG-G | 10 | 0 | 265 | 6-0 | Boston College | 12/24/1920 | 3 | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 20th / 201st pick / 1945 |
| 86 | Bud Grant | 24 | E-DE | 12 | 0 | 199 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 5/20/1927 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 14th pick / 1950 |
| 89 | John Green | 30 | DE-E | 1 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Tulsa | 10/14/1921 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 16th / 162nd pick / 1944 |
| 73 | Roscoe Hansen | 22 | T-DT | 9 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 9/24/1929 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 29th / 346th pick / 1951 |
| 78 | Mike Jarmoluk* | 29 | DT-T-MG | 12 | 0 | 232 | 6-5 | Temple | 10/22/1922 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 62nd pick / 1945 |
| 76 | Bucko Kilroy | 30 | G-MG-T-DT | 12 | 0 | 243 | 6-2 | Notre Dame,Temple | 5/30/1921 | 8 | |
| 52 | Vic Lindskog+ | 37 | C | 11 | 0 | 203 | 6-1 | Stanford | 12/3/1914 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 13th pick / 1942 |
| 88 | Jay MacDowell | 32 | T-DE | 12 | 0 | 217 | 6-2 | Washington | 9/14/1919 | 5 | Cleveland Rams / 3rd / 19th pick / 1941 |
| 39 | Bill Mackrides | 26 | QB | 6 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | Nevada-Reno | 7/8/1925 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 19th pick / 1947 |
| 67 | John Magee | 28 | G | 12 | 0 | 220 | 5-10 | La-Lafayette,Rice | 7/21/1923 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 22nd / 228th pick / 1945 |
| 49 | Pat McHugh | 32 | DB-HB | 8 | 0 | 166 | 5-11 | Georgia Tech | 12/21/1919 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 12th / 108th pick / 1946 |
| 81 | Red O'Quinn | 26 | DB-E | 5 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Wake Forest | 9/7/1925 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 31st pick / 1949 |
| 43 | Jim Parmer | 25 | FB-HB | 11 | 0 | 193 | 6-0 | Oklahoma State,Texas A&M | 4/25/1926 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 25th / 234th pick / 1948 |
| 35 | Pete Pihos* | 28 | E-DE | 12 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Indiana | 10/22/1923 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 41st pick / 1945 |
| 21 | Al Pollard | 23 | HB-FB | 6 | 0 | 196 | 6-0 | Army,Loyola Marymount | 9/7/1928 | Rook | New York Yanks / 21st / 251st pick / 1951 |
| 30 | Bosh Pritchard | 32 | HB | 6 | 0 | 164 | 5-11 | Georgia Tech,VMI | 9/10/1919 | 9 | |
| 11 | John Rauch | 24 | QB-DB | 4 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Georgia | 8/20/1927 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 2nd pick / 1949 |
| 40 | Frank Reagan | 32 | B | 12 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | Pennsylvania | 7/28/1919 | 10 | New York Giants / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1941 |
| 68 | Ray Romero | 24 | G | 7 | 0 | 213 | 5-11 | Kansas State | 12/31/1927 | Rook | |
| 31 | Dan Sandifer | 24 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | LSU | 3/1/1927 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 5th / 28th pick / 1948 |
| 27 | Clyde Scott | 27 | HB-DB | 12 | 0 | 174 | 6-0 | Arkansas,Navy | 8/29/1924 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 8th pick / 1948 |
| 79 | Vic Sears | 33 | T-DT | 12 | 0 | 223 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 3/4/1918 | 10 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 33rd pick / 1941 |
| 72 | Dick Steere | 24 | G | 5 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Drake | 3/2/1927 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 53rd pick / 1951 |
| 75 | Walt Stickel | 29 | T-DT | 11 | 0 | 247 | 6-3 | Pennsylvania,Tulsa | 3/31/1922 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 21st / 215th pick / 1945 |
| 45 | Joe Sutton | 27 | DB-HB | 11 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Temple | 4/26/1924 | 2 | |
| 17 | Ebert Van Buren | 27 | DB-LB-FB-HB | 12 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | LSU | 12/6/1924 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 7th pick / 1951 |
| 15 | Steve Van Buren | 31 | HB | 10 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | LSU | 12/28/1920 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 5th pick / 1944 |
| 83 | Bobby Walston | 23 | E-HB-K | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Georgia | 10/17/1928 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 14th / 166th pick / 1951 |
| 44 | Norm Willey | 24 | DE-G-E | 11 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Marshall | 8/22/1927 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 170th pick / 1950 |
| 70 | Al Wistert | 31 | T-G-DT | 12 | 0 | 214 | 6-1 | Michigan | 12/28/1920 | 8 | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 5th / 32nd pick / 1943 |
| 41 | Frank Ziegler | 28 | HB-DB | 12 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Georgia Tech | 10/1/1923 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 29th pick / 1949 |
| Team Total | 27.8 | 12 | 206.1 | 6-1.0 | 3.4 |