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1939 Cleveland Rams
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Record: 5-5-1, Finished 4th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 195 points (17.7/g), 4th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 164 points (14.9/g), 6th.
Differential of 31 points (2.8/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 6.6-4.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +16 (1.5/g), 5th.
Coached by Dutch Clark (5-5-1)
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1939 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 | Parker Hall*+ | 23 | Rook | 11 | 120 rushes for 458 yards, 2 td, & 1 catch for -16 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 3rd pick / 1939 |
| FB | Johnny Drake* | 23 | 2 | 11 | 118 rushes for 453 yards, 9 td, & 5 catches for 53 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 10th pick / 1937 |
| BB | Vic Spadaccini | 23 | 1 | 11 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 32 catches for 292 yards and 1 td | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 101st pick / 1938 |
| WB | Gaylon Smith | 23 | Rook | 4 | 58 rushes for 98 yards, 2 td, & 3 catches for 57 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 13th pick / 1939 |
| LE | Jim Benton* | 23 | 1 | 11 | 27 catches for 388 yards, 7 td, & 7 rushes for 19 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 11th pick / 1938 |
| LT | Chet Adams | 24 | Rook | 5 | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 103rd pick / 1939 |
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| LG | Ted Livingston | 26 | 2 | 9 | ||
| LG | Art Lewis | 28 | 3 | 5 | New York Giants / 1st / 9th pick / 1936 |
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| C | Bill Conkright | 25 | 2 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 48th pick / 1937 |
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| RG | Barney McGarry | 22 | Rook | 5 | Cleveland Rams / 6th / 43rd pick / 1939 |
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| RT | Elwyn Dunstan | 24 | 1 | 6 | ||
| RE | Johnny Wilson | 24 | Rook | 11 | 8 catches for 108 yards, 1 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Vic Spadaccini | 23 | 1 | 11 | 0 of 0 field goals & 12 of 16 extra points | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 101st pick / 1938 |
| P | Parker Hall*+ | 23 | Rook | 11 | 58 punts for a 40.8 average, 0 blocked | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 3rd pick / 1939 |
| PR | Chet Adams | 24 | Rook | 5 | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 103rd pick / 1939 |
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| KR | Chet Adams | 24 | Rook | 5 | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 103rd pick / 1939 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Chet Adams | 24 | T-E-DT | 9 | 5 | 233 | 6-3 | Ohio | 10/24/1915 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 103rd pick / 1939 |
| Alex Atty | 23 | G | 3 | 0 | 216 | 5-8 | West Virginia | 12/8/1916 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 18th / 163rd pick / 1939 |
| Lou Barle | 23 | HB-QB | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Minnesota-Duluth | 6/23/1916 | 1 | |
| Jim Benton* | 23 | E | 11 | 11 | 200 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 9/25/1916 | 1 | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 11th pick / 1938 |
| Lew Bostick | 23 | G-T | 7 | 2 | 197 | 6-0 | Alabama | 10/3/1916 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 9th / 73rd pick / 1939 |
| Chuck Cherundolo | 23 | C-LB | 10 | 3 | 215 | 6-1 | Penn State | 8/8/1916 | 2 | |
| Bill Conkright | 25 | C-LB-E-DE | 11 | 8 | 203 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 4/17/1914 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 48th pick / 1937 |
| Corby Davis | 25 | BB-FB-K | 11 | 0 | 212 | 5-11 | Indiana | 12/18/1914 | 1 | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 1st pick / 1938 |
| Jerry Dowd | 23 | C | 9 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | St. Mary's (CA) | 11/29/1916 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 7th / 53rd pick / 1939 |
| Johnny Drake* | 23 | B | 11 | 11 | 213 | 6-1 | Purdue | 3/27/1916 | 2 | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 10th pick / 1937 |
| Elwyn Dunstan | 24 | T | 7 | 6 | 238 | 6-3 | Portland | 2/4/1915 | 1 | |
| Ben Friend | 27 | T | 10 | 4 | 248 | 6-5 | LSU | 1/30/1912 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 15th / 133rd pick / 1939 |
| Parker Hall*+ | 23 | TB-HB | 11 | 11 | 198 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 12/10/1916 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 3rd pick / 1939 |
| Joel Hitt | 23 | E | 3 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Mississippi College | 12/30/1916 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 13th / 113th pick / 1939 |
| Tom Hupke | 29 | G-T | 8 | 1 | 192 | 5-10 | Alabama | 12/29/1910 | 5 | |
| Bill Lazetich | 23 | WB-DB | 6 | 1 | 195 | 6-0 | Montana | 10/16/1916 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 16th / 147th pick / 1939 |
| Art Lewis | 28 | T-G | 7 | 5 | 226 | 6-3 | Ohio | 2/18/1911 | 3 | New York Giants / 1st / 9th pick / 1936 |
| Ted Livingston | 26 | T-G | 11 | 9 | 219 | 6-3 | Indiana,Kansas State | 2/18/1913 | 2 | |
| Riley Matheson | 25 | G | 2 | 2 | 207 | 6-2 | Cameron,Texas-El Paso | 12/12/1914 | Rook | |
| Paul McDonough | 23 | E | 10 | 0 | 222 | 6-4 | Utah | 12/14/1916 | 1 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 9th / 74th pick / 1938 |
| Barney McGarry | 22 | G | 11 | 5 | 203 | 6-1 | Utah | 12/24/1917 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 6th / 43rd pick / 1939 |
| Bill McRaven | 25 | WB | 9 | 4 | 170 | 5-11 | Murray State | 2/23/1914 | Rook | |
| Kelly Moan | 27 | TB-DB | 2 | 0 | 193 | 6-0 | Washington State,West Virginia | 10/20/1912 | Rook | New York Giants / 7th / 58th pick / 1938 |
| Ralph Niehaus | 22 | T | 6 | 2 | 220 | 6-4 | Dayton | 11/19/1917 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 17th / 157th pick / 1939 |
| Maury Patt | 24 | E | 10 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Carnegie Mellon | 1/31/1915 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 47th pick / 1937 |
| Mike Perrie | 69 | QB | 2 | 0 | 197 | 5-11 | St. Mary's (CA) | 0/0/0 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 17th / 153rd pick / 1939 |
| Phil Ragazzo | 24 | T-G | 11 | 3 | 216 | 6-0 | Case Western Reserve | 6/24/1915 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 8th / 67th pick / 1938 |
| Mike Rodak | 22 | BB-G | 6 | 0 | 194 | 5-10 | Case Western Reserve | 2/11/1917 | Rook | |
| Doug Russell | 28 | TB-WB | 7 | 2 | 187 | 6-0 | Kansas State,Muskingum | 6/11/1911 | 5 | |
| Nate Schenker | 21 | T | 4 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Samford | 1/27/1918 | Rook | |
| Marty Slovak | 23 | TB-DB | 10 | 0 | 179 | 5-9 | Toledo | 12/25/1916 | Rook | |
| Branko Smilanich | 24 | HB | 2 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Arizona | 10/17/1915 | Rook | |
| Gaylon Smith | 23 | FB-WB-BB-DB-LB | 11 | 4 | 202 | 5-11 | Rhodes | 7/15/1916 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 13th pick / 1939 |
| Vic Spadaccini | 23 | B | 11 | 11 | 222 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 3/2/1916 | 1 | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 101st pick / 1938 |
| Johnny Wilson | 24 | E | 11 | 11 | 203 | 6-3 | Case Western Reserve | 11/2/1915 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 25.3 | 11 | 206.3 | 6-0.8 | 0.8 |