1935 Pittsburgh Pirates
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Record: 4-8-0, Finished 3rd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 100 points (8.3/g), 5th of 9 in the NFL.
Allowed 209 points (17.4/g), 9th.
Differential of -109 points (-9.1/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 1.8-10.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.7/g), 9th.
Coached by
Joe Bach (4-8-0)
Training Camp: South Park (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| HB | Art Strutt | 23 | Rook | 5 | 46 rushes for 111 yards, 0 td, & 7 catches for 112 yards and 0 td | |
| HB | Heinie Weisenbaugh | 21 | Rook | 5 | 21 rushes for 11 yards, 0 td, & 6 catches for 67 yards and 2 td | |
| TB | Johnny Gildea | 25 | Rook | 10 | 49 rushes for 1 yards, 0 td, & 4 catches for 61 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Silvio Zaninelli | 22 | 1 | 6 | 22 rushes for 15 yards, 0 td, & 1 catch for 7 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Buzz Wetzel | 25 | Rook | 5 | 19 rushes for 41 yards, 1 td, & 4 catches for 18 yards and 0 td | |
| BB | John Turley | 23 | Rook | 9 | 4 rushes for -3 yards, 0 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | |
| LE | Vic Vidoni | 23 | Rook | 8 | 11 catches for 111 yards, 0 td | |
| LT | Sandy Sandberg | 25 | 1 | 9 | ||
| LG | George Rado | 23 | Rook | 8 | ||
| C | Ben Ciccone | 26 | 1 | 6 | ||
| C | Lee Mulleneaux | 27 | 3 | 5 | ||
| RG | Bob Hoel | 22 | Rook | 9 | ||
| RT | Armand Niccolai | 24 | 1 | 10 | ||
| RT | Stan Olejniczak | 23 | Rook | 6 | ||
| RE | Bill Sortet | 23 | 2 | 8 | 7 catches for 178 yards, 0 td | |
| RE | Ben Smith | 24 | 2 | 6 | 9 catches for 166 yards, 0 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Al Arndt | 24 | Rook | 2 | ||
| P | Al Arndt | 24 | Rook | 2 | ||
| PR | Al Arndt | 24 | Rook | 2 | ||
| KR | Al Arndt | 24 | Rook | 2 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Arndt | 24 | G | 7 | 2 | 205 | 5-11 | South Dakota St. | 7/15/1911 | Rook | ||
| Gene Augusterfer | 21 | BB-DB | 1 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | Catholic | 10/4/1914 | Rook | ||
| Maury Bray | 26 | T | 12 | 1 | 220 | 6-2 | SMU | 8/27/1909 | Rook | ||
| Glenn Campbell | 31 | E | 1 | 0 | 199 | 5-11 | Emporia St. | 4/20/1904 | 6 | ||
| Cy Casper | 23 | B | 9 | 4 | 190 | 6-0 | TCU | 5/28/1912 | 1 | ||
| Ben Ciccone | 26 | C | 12 | 6 | 197 | 5-10 | Duquesne | 10/10/1909 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Cosgrove | HB | 1 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | none | 0/0/0 | Rook | |||
| John Doehring | 26 | B | 2 | 1 | 216 | 6-0 | none | 11/6/1909 | 3 | ||
| Cliff Dolaway | 22 | E | 4 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Carnegie Mellon | 12/11/1913 | Rook | ||
| Swede Ellstrom | 29 | WB-HB | 3 | 1 | 203 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 5/15/1906 | 1 | ||
| Johnny Gildea | 25 | B | 12 | 10 | 205 | 6-2 | St. Bonaventure | 3/9/1910 | Rook | ||
| Norm Greeney | 25 | G | 1 | 0 | 212 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 5/7/1910 | 2 | ||
| Henry Hayduk | 22 | G | 8 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Washington St. | 9/26/1913 | Rook | ||
| Warren Heller | 25 | HB-TB | 12 | 1 | 195 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 11/24/1910 | 1 | ||
| Bob Hoel | 22 | G-T | 12 | 9 | 208 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 6/5/1913 | Rook | ||
| Joe Kresky | 29 | G-T | 1 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Wisconsin | 4/27/1906 | 3 | ||
| Jim Levey | 29 | B | 8 | 1 | 156 | 5-10 | none | 9/13/1906 | 1 | ||
| Joe Malkovich | 23 | C | 2 | 1 | 205 | 6-3 | Duquesne | 1/17/1912 | Rook | ||
| Lee Mulleneaux | 27 | C-WB | 7 | 5 | 221 | 6-2 | Northern Arizona | 4/1/1908 | 3 | ||
| Armand Niccolai | 24 | T-G | 12 | 10 | 226 | 6-2 | Duquesne | 11/8/1911 | 1 | ||
| Mike Nixon | 24 | HB | 3 | 0 | 181 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 11/21/1911 | Rook | ||
| Stan Olejniczak | 23 | T | 12 | 6 | 220 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 5/21/1912 | Rook | ||
| Swede Pittman | 27 | C-LB | 2 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Hardin-Simmons | 2/23/1908 | Rook | ||
| George Rado | 23 | G-DE | 11 | 8 | 194 | 5-9 | Duquesne | 10/24/1912 | Rook | ||
| Dave Ribble | 28 | G-T | 3 | 2 | 225 | 6-1 | Hardin-Simmons | 3/28/1907 | 3 | ||
| Sandy Sandberg | 25 | T | 11 | 9 | 228 | 6-2 | Iowa Wesleyan | 6/14/1910 | 1 | ||
| Mike Sebastian | 25 | HB-WB | 2 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 6/7/1910 | Rook | ||
| Ed Skoronski | 25 | E-C-LB | 3 | 0 | 213 | 6-2 | Georgetown (DC),Purdue | 10/15/1910 | Rook | ||
| Ben Smith | 24 | E-BB-DE | 11 | 6 | 208 | 6-3 | Alabama | 6/16/1911 | 2 | ||
| Bull Snyder | 24 | G | 7 | 3 | 230 | 6-2 | Ohio | 10/29/1911 | 1 | ||
| Bill Sortet | 23 | E | 12 | 8 | 187 | 6-1 | West Virginia | 6/25/1912 | 2 | ||
| Art Strutt | 23 | HB | 9 | 5 | 202 | 6-0 | Duquesne | 12/4/1912 | Rook | ||
| John Turley | 23 | BB | 10 | 9 | 183 | 5-10 | Ohio Wesleyan | 11/20/1912 | Rook | ||
| Vic Vidoni | 23 | E-DE | 11 | 8 | 210 | 6-1 | Duquesne | 12/8/1912 | Rook | ||
| Heinie Weisenbaugh | 21 | B | 5 | 5 | 190 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 3/12/1914 | Rook | ||
| Buzz Wetzel | 25 | FB-LB | 9 | 5 | 190 | 5-10 | Ohio St. | 11/7/1910 | Rook | ||
| Joe Wiehl | 25 | T | 3 | 0 | 254 | 5-11 | Washington & Jefferson,Duquesne | 1/30/1910 | Rook | ||
| Silvio Zaninelli | 22 | B | 11 | 6 | 207 | 5-10 | Duquesne | 12/9/1913 | 1 | ||
| Team Total | 24.0 | 12 | 204.3 | 5-0.0 | 0.9 |