1943 Brooklyn Dodgers Roster

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-8
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Pete Cawthon (2-8)
Location: Brooklyn, New York
1943 Brooklyn Dodgers Statistics
1943 Brooklyn Dodgers Results

The Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League ended the 1943 season with a record of 2 wins and 8 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division.

The Dodgers scored only 65 points, worst in the league, and the shaky defensive squad surrendered 234. Dean McAdams passed for 315 yards, while George Cafego and Ken Heineman spent time under center, too. Frank Martin snagged 13 passes for 152 yards.

Pug Manders ran for a team-best 266 yards for Brooklyn.

Dean McAdams picked off 3 errant tosses from the opposition.

Pete Cawthon coached the team.

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# Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown GP GS
28Bill ArmstrongG6'1"210UCLA40
28John BanduraEAugust 7, 19196'0"206La-LafayetteHammond, IN USA10
26Bill BrownBB-QB-DBJune 1, 19176'0"202Texas TechMcKeesport, PA USA50
23George CafegoFBAugust 30, 19155'10"169TennesseeWhipple, WV USA53
35Merl ConditHBMarch 21, 19175'11"187West VirginiaBelle Vernon, PA USA87
37/3Bill ConkrightCApril 17, 19146'1"203OklahomaBeggs, OK USA74
57/6Bill DavisTNovember 10, 19166'1"234Texas TechGrapevine, TX USA81
8Marshall EdwardsFBApril 1, 19166'1"190Wake Forest10
44/21Jake FawcettLGMay 29, 19195'11"223SMUHillsboro, TX USA1010
34George GrandinetteGApril 13, 19175'9"215FordhamNew Haven, CT USA100
2Al GutknechtG-LBJune 11, 19176'0"205NiagaraArnold, PA USA20
10Ken HeinemanKRJanuary 13, 19185'9"168Texas-El PasoYorktown, TX USA86
27Cecil JohnsonTBSeptember 3, 19215'11"197Texas A&M-CommerceFranklin, TX USA92
41/20Lew JonesRGDecember 15, 19126'0"215Texas TechCleburne, TX USA107
25Bruiser KinardKOctober 23, 19146'1"216MississippiPelahatchie, MS USA1010
22Andy KowalskiREJune 2, 19206'1"199Mississippi St.Gloucester City, NJ USA86
9Pug MandersFBMay 5, 19136'0"200DrakeMilbank, SD USA109
19Tilly MantonBAugust 24, 19095'11"188LSURyan, OK USA103
43/26Jodie MarekFBMarch 7, 19165'11"182Texas TechTemple, TX USA81
12/7Frank MartinHBJune 13, 19195'10"177AlabamaCalera, AL USA101
15John MatisiTNovember 2, 19206'2"221DuquesneNew York, NY USA41
60/66Dean McAdamsPOctober 3, 19176'1"193WashingtonCaldwell, ID USA81
1Tex MooneyTMarch 8, 19176'5"280West Texas A&MEl Paso, TX USA20
33Pete OwensGFebruary 11, 19175'11"205Texas TechLittlefield, TX USA52
14Keith RanspotEDecember 11, 19136'3"205SMUWeatherford, TX USA92
30Frank SachseBJuly 24, 19176'0"197Texas TechBrice, TX USA60
42/30Herm SchmarrDEOctober 1, 19126'2"210CatholicNew Britain, CT USA52
39/5George SergienkoRTMay 22, 19186'1"248American Int.Chicopee Falls, MA USA108
16/32Joe SetcavageBBNovember 12, 19185'11"190DuquesneMahonoy City, PA USA106
33Vaughn StewartCJanuary 16, 19196'1"190AlabamaAnniston, AL USA10
18Bud SvendsenCFebruary 7, 19156'1"190MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN USA106
24Phil SwiadonGDecember 5, 19146'0"220NYUBrooklyn, NY USA30
29George WebbEApril 2, 19166'1"180Texas TechItasca, TX USA92
37/13Ray WehbaLEAugust 16, 19166'0"215USCSherman, TX USA109



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