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1939 Washington Redskins
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Record: 8-2-1, Finished 2nd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 242 points (22.0/g), 2nd of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 94 points (8.5/g), 2nd.
Differential of 148 points (13.5/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 9.9-1.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +18 (1.6/g), 4th.
Coached by Ray Flaherty (8-2-1)
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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 | Frank Filchock* | 23 | 1 | 9 | 103 rushes for 413 yards, 1 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Pirates / 2nd / 14th pick / 1938 |
| TB | Sammy Baugh* | 25 | 2 | 1 | 14 rushes for 46 yards, 0 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 1st / 6th pick / 1937 |
| FB | Andy Farkas*+ | 23 | 1 | 7 | 139 rushes for 547 yards, 5 td, & 16 catches for 437 yards and 5 td | Washington Redskins / 1st / 9th pick / 1938 |
| BB | Ernie Pinckert* | 32 | 7 | 9 | 5 rushes for 17 yards, 0 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | |
| WB | Jimmy Johnston | 22 | Rook | 5 | 7 rushes for 47 yards, 0 td, & 11 catches for 111 yards and 1 td | Washington Redskins / 10th / 88th pick / 1939 |
| LE | Wayne Millner | 26 | 3 | 8 | 19 catches for 294 yards, 4 td, & 4 rushes for 12 yards and 0 td | Boston Redskins / 8th / 65th pick / 1936 |
| LT | Turk Edwards* | 32 | 7 | 7 | ||
| LG | Clem Stralka | 26 | 1 | 9 | ||
| C | Mickey Parks | 24 | 1 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 9th / 79th pick / 1938 |
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| RG | Jim Karcher | 25 | 3 | 9 | ||
| RT | Jim Barber+ | 27 | 4 | 8 | ||
| RE | Charley Malone | 29 | 5 | 8 | 18 catches for 274 yards, 3 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bo Russell | 23 | Rook | 3 | 1 of 6 field goals & 15 of 16 extra points | Washington Redskins / 8th / 68th pick / 1939 |
| P | Sammy Baugh* | 25 | 2 | 1 | 26 punts for a 38.4 average, 1 blocked | Washington Redskins / 1st / 6th pick / 1937 |
| PR | Jim Barber+ | 27 | 4 | 8 | ||
| KR | Jim Barber+ | 27 | 4 | 8 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Barber+ | 27 | T | 10 | 8 | 223 | 6-3 | San Francisco | 7/21/1912 | 4 | |
| Sammy Baugh* | 25 | QB-TB | 9 | 1 | 182 | 6-2 | TCU | 3/17/1914 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 6th pick / 1937 |
| Keith Birlem | 24 | B-E | 3 | 0 | 198 | 5-11 | San Jose State | 5/4/1915 | Rook | |
| Hal Bradley | 26 | E | 1 | 1 | 205 | 6-4 | Elon | 11/23/1913 | 1 | |
| Victor Carroll | 27 | T-C-G | 11 | 3 | 235 | 6-3 | Nevada-Reno | 11/9/1912 | 3 | |
| Turk Edwards* | 32 | T | 11 | 7 | 255 | 6-2 | Washington State | 9/28/1907 | 7 | |
| Bud Erickson | 23 | C | 1 | 0 | 198 | 6-1 | Washington | 4/10/1916 | 1 | |
| Andy Farkas*+ | 23 | FB-HB-WB | 11 | 7 | 189 | 5-10 | Detroit Mercy | 5/2/1916 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 9th pick / 1938 |
| Dick Farman | 23 | G | 10 | 2 | 219 | 6-0 | Washington State | 7/26/1916 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 16th / 148th pick / 1939 |
| Frank Filchock* | 23 | TB-QB-HB | 11 | 9 | 193 | 5-10 | Indiana | 10/18/1916 | 1 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 2nd / 14th pick / 1938 |
| Jimmy German | 22 | TB | 8 | 1 | 180 | 6-0 | Centre | 11/6/1917 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 11th / 98th pick / 1939 |
| Don Irwin | 26 | FB-HB | 7 | 1 | 196 | 6-1 | Colgate | 7/22/1913 | 3 | Boston Redskins / 7th / 56th pick / 1936 |
| Jimmy Johnston | 22 | B | 11 | 5 | 193 | 6-1 | Washington | 4/16/1917 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 10th / 88th pick / 1939 |
| Ed Justice | 27 | WB-HB | 8 | 2 | 200 | 6-1 | Gonzaga | 11/19/1912 | 3 | |
| Jim Karcher | 25 | G | 11 | 9 | 207 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 5/2/1914 | 3 | |
| Max Krause | 30 | B | 2 | 0 | 202 | 5-10 | Gonzaga | 4/5/1909 | 6 | |
| Charley Malone | 29 | E | 11 | 8 | 206 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 6/18/1910 | 5 | |
| Bob Masterson | 24 | E | 10 | 3 | 213 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 1/5/1915 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 50th pick / 1938 |
| Bob McChesney | 27 | E | 8 | 3 | 195 | 6-2 | UCLA | 7/12/1912 | 3 | |
| Jim Meade | 25 | HB | 8 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Maryland | 2/28/1914 | Rook | |
| Wayne Millner | 26 | E-DE | 11 | 8 | 189 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 1/31/1913 | 3 | Boston Redskins / 8th / 65th pick / 1936 |
| Wilbur Moore | 23 | WB-HB-DB-FB | 10 | 3 | 187 | 5-11 | Minnesota | 4/22/1916 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 9th / 78th pick / 1939 |
| Boyd Morgan | 24 | B | 5 | 3 | 198 | 6-0 | USC | 10/24/1915 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 18th / 168th pick / 1939 |
| Mickey Parks | 24 | C-LB | 10 | 8 | 225 | 6-0 | Oklahoma | 12/4/1915 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 9th / 79th pick / 1938 |
| Ernie Pinckert* | 32 | B | 10 | 9 | 197 | 6-0 | USC | 5/1/1907 | 7 | |
| Bo Russell | 23 | T | 11 | 3 | 223 | 6-1 | Auburn | 1/23/1916 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 8th / 68th pick / 1939 |
| Clyde Shugart | 23 | G-T | 11 | 0 | 221 | 6-1 | Iowa State | 12/7/1916 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 17th / 158th pick / 1939 |
| Steve Slivinski | 22 | G-LB | 11 | 2 | 214 | 5-10 | Washington | 8/23/1917 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 13th / 118th pick / 1939 |
| Johnny Spirida | 25 | BB-E | 9 | 1 | 195 | 6-0 | St. Anselm | 11/4/1914 | Rook | |
| Clem Stralka | 26 | G-T | 10 | 9 | 215 | 5-10 | Georgetown (DC) | 5/19/1913 | 1 | |
| Dick Todd | 25 | B | 10 | 1 | 172 | 5-11 | Texas A&M | 10/2/1914 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 5th / 38th pick / 1939 |
| Jay Turner | 25 | BB-LB | 8 | 1 | 202 | 5-10 | George Washington | 7/11/1914 | 1 | |
| Steven Uhrinyak | 25 | G | 1 | 0 | 218 | 6-2 | Franklin & Marshall | 11/23/1914 | Rook | |
| Willie Wilkin | 23 | T | 11 | 4 | 261 | 6-4 | St. Mary's (CA) | 4/21/1916 | 1 | |
| Bill Young | 25 | T | 8 | 0 | 247 | 6-1 | Alabama | 5/20/1914 | 2 | |
| Team Total | 25.2 | 11 | 207.1 | 6-0.6 | 1.7 |