Frank Filchock
Frank Joseph Filchock
Born: October 18, 1916
Crucible, PA USA
Deceased: June 20, 1994
Washington County, OR
Position: TB-QB-HB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 193
College: Indiana
High School: Redstone (Republic, PA)
Career: 1938-1953
Drafted: 1938 in Round 2, #14 overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
Coaching record
Frank Filchock played from 1938 to 1953 during his career with the Baltimore Colts, Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tigers, Montreal Alouettes, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Saskatchewan Roughriders and Washington Redskins. Filchock threw for 8,232 yards in his career, completing 550 of 1,051 passes with 104 touchdowns and 99 interceptions. He also ran for 1,444 yards in 493 attempts with 7 rushing touchdowns.
 Washington Redskins |
 Pittsburgh Pirates |
 New York Giants |
 Hamilton Tigers |
 Baltimore Colts |
 Montreal Alouettes |
 Edmonton Eskimos |
 Saskatchewan Roughriders |
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | NFL Pittsburgh Pirates | 74 | 30 | 40.5 | 392 | 5.3 | 3 | 4.1 | 7 | 9.5 | 0 | 32.0 |
| 1938 | NFL Washington Redskins | 27 | 11 | 40.7 | 77 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 14.8 | 0 | 9.0 |
| 1939 | NFL Washington Redskins | 89 | 55 | 61.8 | 1094 | 12.3 | 11 | 12.4 | 7 | 7.9 | 99 | 111.6 |
| 1940 | NFL Washington Redskins | 54 | 28 | 51.9 | 460 | 8.5 | 6 | 11.1 | 9 | 16.7 | 0 | 78.2 |
| 1941 | NFL Washington Redskins | 68 | 28 | 41.2 | 327 | 4.8 | 1 | 1.5 | 11 | 16.2 | 35 | 21.8 |
| 1944 | NFL Washington Redskins | 147 | 84 | 57.1 | 1139 | 7.7 | 13 | 8.8 | 9 | 6.1 | 61 | 86.0 |
| 1945 | NFL Washington Redskins | 46 | 18 | 39.1 | 169 | 3.7 | 1 | 2.2 | 7 | 15.2 | 27 | 17.7 |
| 1946 | NFL New York Giants | 169 | 87 | 51.5 | 1262 | 7.5 | 12 | 7.1 | 25 | 14.8 | 57 | 60.2 |
| 1947 | CFL Hamilton Tigers | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 1949 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 18 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 1950 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 42.4 |
| 1950 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 1951 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 194 | 105 | 54.1 | 1826 | 9.4 | 12 | 6.2 | 10 | 5.2 | 0 | 85.5 |
| 1952 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 74 | 41 | 55.4 | 560 | 7.6 | 7 | 9.5 | 3 | 4.1 | 0 | 94.4 |
| 1953 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 106 | 62 | 58.5 | 925 | 8.7 | 5 | 4.7 | 7 | 6.6 | 0 | 75.4 |
| NFL | 677 | 342 | 50.5 | 4921 | 7.3 | 47 | 6.9 | 79 | 11.7 | 99 | ||
| CFL | 374 | 208 | 55.6 | 3311 | 8.9 | 57 | 15.2 | 20 | 5.3 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1051 | 550 | 52.3 | 8232 | 7.8 | 104 | 9.9 | 99 | 9.4 | 99 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | NFL Pittsburgh Pirates | 17 | 20 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | NFL Washington Redskins | 52 | 178 | 3.4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1939 | NFL Washington Redskins | 103 | 413 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1940 | NFL Washington Redskins | 50 | 126 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 1941 | NFL Washington Redskins | 115 | 383 | 3.3 | 51 | 1 |
| 1944 | NFL Washington Redskins | 33 | -34 | -1.0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1945 | NFL Washington Redskins | 9 | 21 | 2.3 | 29 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL New York Giants | 98 | 371 | 3.8 | 70 | 2 |
| 1951 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 3 | -11 | -3.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 4 | -9 | -2.2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1953 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 9 | -14 | -1.6 | 5 | 0 |
| NFL | 477 | 1478 | 3.1 | 70 | 7 | |
| CFL | 16 | -34 | -2.1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Totals | 493 | 1444 | 2.9 | 70 | 7 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 28 | 0 |
| 1945 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| NFL | 9 | 82 | 9.1 | 28 | 0 | |
| Totals | 9 | 82 | 9.1 | 28 | 0 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 |
| NFL | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | |
| Totals | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | NFL Washington Redskins | 7 | 157 | 22.4 | 68 | 1 |
| 1944 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 |
| 1945 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 17 | 0 |
| 1952 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL | 17 | 229 | 13.5 | 68 | 1 | |
| CFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 18 | 229 | 12.7 | 68 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | NFL Washington Redskins | 5 | 126 | 25.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 27 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 109 | 27.2 | 45 | 0 |
| NFL | 12 | 277 | 23.1 | 45 | 0 | |
| Totals | 12 | 277 | 23.1 | 45 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| 1952 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| NFL | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 19 | 0 | |
| CFL | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Totals | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 19 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1946 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1949 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 1 | ||||||
| NFL | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1938 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1939 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1940 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1941 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1946 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| 1949 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| NFL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |
| CFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Totals | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | NFL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 3 |
| 1938 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 6 | 2 |
| 1939 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 11 | 9 |
| 1940 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 10 | 0 |
| 1941 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 11 | 10 |
| 1944 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 10 | 6 |
| 1945 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 10 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL | New York Giants | 11 | 4 |
| 1947 | CFL | Hamilton Tigers | 8 | |
| 1949 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes | 12 | |
| 1950 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 1 | 0 |
| 1950 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes | 12 | |
| 1951 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 13 | 0 |
| 1952 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 12 | 0 |
| 1953 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 6 |
Honors
1939 - International News Service All-NFL (1st Team)
1939 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1939 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1944 - International News Service All-NFL (2nd Team)
1944 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1944 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1946 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1946 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1947 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1947 - CFL CFL East All-Star (1st Team)
1949 - CFL CFL East All-Star (1st Team)
1949 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1949 - CFL Ted Reeves All-Star
1950 - CFL CFL East All-Star (1st Team)
1950 - CFL CFL East All-Star
1952 - CFL CFL West All-Star (2nd Team)
