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1940 NFL Player Debuts

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League Champion: Chicago Bears

Passing Leader: Sammy Baugh, 1367 Yds

Rushing Leader: Whizzer White, 514 Yds

Receiving Leader: Don Looney, 707 Yds

1940 Player Debuts

1940 Player Debuts Table
			Misc					Passing					Rushing			Receiving
Player	Pos	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Solo	Int	Sk
Bob Adkins	BB-DE-G-LB	1945	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	4	73	1		4
Stan Andersen	T-E	1941	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	79	0
Steve Andrako	C-LB	1940	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Artoe	T	1948	1	3	7	0	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Bailey	E-DE	1941	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	26	0
Al Baisi	G	1947	0	2	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Beinor	T-DE	1942	0	1	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Brock	B	1945	0	0	3	0	58	19	67	519	7	4	254	804	10	59	761	6		13
Sherrill Busby	DE	1940	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Busler	T	1945	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Bykowski	G	1940	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Cafego	FB-QB-HB	1945	0	0	2	0	35	77	161	966	5	16	155	77	1	13	133	0		2
Bill Callihan	B-T	1945	0	0	4	0	62	3	8	34	1	4	33	105	1	32	387	4		8
Dick Cassiano	B	1940	0	0	0	0	10	9	30	128	1	2	35	84	0	2	67	2
Andy Chisick	C	1941	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Marty Christiansen	FB	1940	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	32	71	1	0	0	0
Beryl Clark	B	1940	0	0	0	0	9	25	58	316	2	6	39	9	0	1	20	0		2
Harry Clarke	HB-DB	1948	1	2	2	0	74	0	4	0	0	3	390	1711	10	51	1022	11		13
Boyd Clay	T	1944	0	0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Merl Condit	HB	1946	0	2	4	0	54	10	48	152	1	6	421	1713	11	32	323	2		12
Ty Coon	G	1940	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Coppage	E	1947	0	0	2	0	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	65	736	3
Olie Cordill	WB-HB-P	1940	0	1	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	24	73	0	14	158	2		1
Clem Crabtree	T-G	1941	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Davis	T	1946	0	0	1	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4
Billy Dewell	E	1949	0	1	6	0	69	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0	177	2657	17
Gil Duggan	T	1947	0	0	3	0	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Kay Eakin	HB	1946	0	0	0	0	31	41	107	601	3	12	56	-26	0	11	148	1		4
Monk Edwards	G-C-T	1946	0	0	2	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ev Elkins	B	1940	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Emmons	B	1940	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	29	77	1	3	19	1
Dick Evans	E	1943	0	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	145	0
Bob Fisher	T	1940	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Fisk	E-DE	1948	0	0	4	0	83	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	69	791	3
Tony Furst	T	1944	0	0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Fred Gehrke	HB	1950	0	0	5	0	69	1	3	29	0	0	343	1664	14	56	529	7		13
Jim Gillette	HB	1948	0	0	1	0	52	0	4	0	0	2	172	831	4	24	376	2		14
Jerry Ginney	G	1940	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clark Goff	T	1940	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wendell Goldsmith	C	1940	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shag Goolsby	C	1940	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Gudauskas	G	1945	0	0	2	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2
Mike Gussie	G	1940	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	1
Johnny Hackenbruck	T	1940	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elmer Hackney	FB	1946	0	0	0	0	61	2	5	18	0	0	220	846	10	19	135	1		5
Johnny Hall	WB-HB	1943	0	0	2	0	37	2	9	24	0	4	118	296	3	28	537	5		4
Jack Haman	C	1941	0	0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0		6
Ray Hare	B	1946	0	1	2	0	51	0	1	0	0	0	133	542	2	28	359	1		5
Max Harrison	E	1940	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	96	0
Red Heater	T	1940	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Heineman	TB	1943	0	0	1	0	11	21	65	359	4	9	55	121	0	0	0	0		3
Jack Hinkle	B	1947	0	0	2	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	238	1067	5	7	68	0		9
Bob Hoffman	B	1949	0	0	0	0	54	0	0	0	0	0	111	398	10	7	71	1		3
Pop Ivy	E	1947	0	1	2	0	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53	513	1		3
Art Jocher	G	1942	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1
Smiley Johnson	G-LB	1941	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Ken Kavanaugh	E	1950	0	2	5	0	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	162	3626	50		1
Bob Kellogg	TB	1940	0	0	0	0	3	6	18	42	0	4	9	31	0	0	0	0
Walt Kichefski	E	1944	0	0	2	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	411	1
George Kiick	FB	1945	0	0	1	0	17	0	2	0	0	1	81	257	1	4	20	0
Michael Kinek	E	1940	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Kish	B	1949	0	0	3	0	83	0	0	0	0	0	74	344	1	38	420	2		18
Ed Kolman	T	1949	0	3	2	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Kristufek	T	1941	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Kuharich	G	1945	1	1	3	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3
Grenny Lansdell	HB	1940	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	23	0	0	7	9	0	0	0	0
Don Looney	E	1942	0	1	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	-4	0	75	952	6
Lloyd Madden	WB-DB	1940	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	29	186	2	4	90	1
Dante Magnani	HB-WB	1950	0	1	4	0	84	0	1	0	0	0	331	1466	3	79	942	10		8
George McAfee	HB-DB	1950	1	1	4	0	75	6	22	94	3	1	341	1685	21	85	1359	11		25
Banks McFadden	HB	1940	0	0	1	0	11	3	8	103	1	1	85	411	1	9	97	2		2
Ed McGee	T	1946	0	0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
John McLaughry	BB	1940	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0
Ray McLean	HB	1947	0	2	0	0	76	0	0	0	0	0	152	412	5	103	2232	21		18
Walt Merrill	T	1942	0	0	3	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Mihal	T	1947	0	2	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Moore	G	1940	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Moore	BB-LB	1941	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	4	29	1
Jack Morlock	WB	1940	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn Morris	E	1940	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Bill Murphy	G	1941	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harvey Murphy	E	1940	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Nery	G	1941	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Nielsen	FB	1940	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	73	269	1	2	17	0
Jack Nix	WB	1940	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Noppenberg	B	1941	0	0	0	0	15	0	3	0	0	0	13	20	0	4	74	0		1
Bob Nowaskey	E-DE	1950	0	2	2	0	95	0	0	0	0	0	8	26	0	51	767	6		4
Glenn Olson	BB	1940	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rupert Pate	G	1942	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bolo Perdue	DE-E	1946	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	28	0
Steve Petro	G	1941	0	0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rocco Pirro	G-B-T	1949	0	0	4	0	71	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	31	0		1
Hampton Pool	E	1946	0	2	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	903	11
Cotton Price	TB-DB-QB	1946	0	1	0	0	35	94	225	1314	8	24	97	174	2	3	23	0		1
Dom Principe	B-LB	1946	0	0	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	51	152	2	9	112	0		1
Keith Ranspot	E	1945	0	0	2	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	491	4
Ray Riddick	E	1946	0	0	2	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	285	1
Hank Rockwell	G	1948	0	0	0	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	11	1		5
Stillman Rouse	E	1940	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	17	0
Jack Sanders	G	1945	0	0	2	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Sandy Sanford	E	1940	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	0
John Schmidt	C	1940	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elbie Schultz	T-G	1947	0	0	5	0	86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Seeman	E	1940	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Seymour	HB-FB	1946	0	1	2	0	73	0	0	0	0	0	397	1311	12	72	817	11		18
Rhoten Shetley	B	1946	0	0	2	0	38	1	5	2	0	1	17	58	0	16	196	2		3
Fred Shirey	T	1941	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Shirk	E-DE	1940	0	1	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	91	0		1
Harry Smith	T	1940	0	1	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Speelman	G	1940	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ralph Stevenson	G-LB	1940	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Thompson	QB	1950	0	1	5	0	99	732	1424	10385	91	103	293	25	6	8	85	1		12
Bob Titchenal	E-C-LB-DE	1947	0	1	2	0	60	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	15	264	2		3
Si Titus	C	1945	0	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2
Carl Tomasello	E	1940	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mario Tonelli	FB	1940	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	51	148	1	5	53	0
Sam Tsoutsouvas	C-LB	1940	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bulldog Turner	C-T-LB-G	1952	7	4	12	0	138	0	0	0	0	0	1	48	1	1	2	0		17
Hal Van Every	TB-HB	1941	0	0	0	0	20	23	71	394	4	8	63	281	2	5	44	0		6
Foster Watkins	QB-HB	1941	0	0	0	0	20	34	95	627	2	3	29	-65	0	4	36	0
Joe Wendlick	E	1941	0	0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	151	0
Rex Williams	C	1945	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Winslow	DE	1940	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Wood	T	1940	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Woudenberg	T	1949	0	1	6	0	83	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0
John Yurchey	HB-DB	1940	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Zadworney	HB-DB	1940	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0
Roy Zimmerman	QB-WB-K	1948	0	1	6	0	84	299	703	4801	44	70	200	244	6	5	36	0		19
Lou Zontini	B	1946	0	0	0	0	40	2	3	18	0	0	48	133	3	4	110	1		4

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