1950 Philadelphia Eagles season

NFL team season November 2013 March 2026 Philadelphia Eagles 1950 6–6 3rd (tied) NFL American Greasy Neale MG Walt BarnesDE John GreenRT Al WistertRE Pete PihosLB/C Chuck Bednarik Happy Hundred Shibe Park Did not qualify Eagles seasons The 1950 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 18th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 11–1, winning only six games.1950 Philadelphia Eagles The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in four seasons. Off season The National Football League and the All-America Football Conference came to an agreement. The Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns, and San Francisco 49ers would join the older NFL. The Philadelphia Eagles would meet the Cleveland Browns in a Saturday night game to open the 1950 season in Philadelphia Municipal Stadium instead of Shibe Park for more seating. On September 16, 1950, a crowd of 71,237 turned out in Philadelphia to watch as the Browns won 35–10. NFL draft The 1950 NFL draft was held on January 20–21, 1950. The former AAFC teams got to pick with the NFL teams and the Detroit Lions won the lottery pick. They used it to select Leon Hart, who played end at the University of Notre Dame. With an 11–1 record in the 1949 season and Cleveland at 9–1–2, the Eagles picked last in each round. The Eagles first draft pick went to University of Minnesota for football and basketball. He chose and played for the Minneapolis Lakers in the NBA during the 1950 season. He would join the Eagles in 1951 but left the Eagles after two seasons over money to play in Canadian Football League. He would later go into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1994. Player selections The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away. = Pro BowlerPlayers are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.= NFL Hall of Famer=Canadian Football Hall of Famer Rd Pick PlayerPosition School 1 14 Bud Grant(Also Pro Football Hall of Fame member as Vikings coach) End Minnesota 2 27 Pick Taken by Detroit Lions 3 40 Bob SandersBack Oregon 4 53 Bob McChesneyEnd Hardin–Simmons 5 66 Mike KaysserianBack University of Detroit 6 79 Lloyd McDermottTackle Kentucky 7 92 Mel OlixBackMiami (OH) 8 105 Dick O'HanlonTackle Ohio State 9 118 Bobby WilsonBack Mississippi 10 131 Ernie JohnsonBack UCLA 11 144 Bobby LantripBackRice 12 157 Frank MahoneyEnd Brown 13 170 Norm "Wildman" WilleyBack Marshall 14 183 Billy HixEnd Arkansas 15 196 Herb CareyBack Dartmouth 16 209 Jim MarckTackle Xavier 17 222 Jerry TaylorCenter Mississippi 18 235 Ed TunnicliffBack Northwestern 19 248 Darrell RobinsonEndOregon 20 261 BenJamin NixxGuard Michigan 21 274 Marv CrossBack Washington State 22 287 Jim HagueEndOhio State 23 300 Al LeskoTackle St. Bonaventure 24 313 Tom DeSylviaGuard Oregon State 25 326 Jim EaglesCenter North Texas State 26 339 Rod FranzGuard California 27 352 Bill MartinBack USC 28 365 Don BursonBack Northwestern University 29 378 Wes CurtierTackle Richmond 30 391 Dud ParkerBack Baylor 1950 AAFC dispersal draft The NFL and AAFC were rivals for four years. In 1949 it was agreed to allow three teams from the AAFC to join the NFL; there was an AAFC dispersal draft of players done. Below are whom the Eagles selected in the draft. The National Football League held the dispersal draft on June 2, 1950. The draft order was determined by the order of finish of the 1949 season. Because Green Bay and Baltimore were the weakest teams they were given extra picks: two picks each between rounds 3 and 4, one between rounds 5 and 6, 7 and 8 and between 9 and 10. Round Pick Player Position School AAFC Team 1 13 Lindell Pearson Halfback Oklahoma 2 26 Jerry Krall Fullback Ohio State Los Angeles Dons 3 39 George Pastre Tackle Los Angeles Dons 4 56 Paul Gibson End North Carolina St.Buffalo Bills 5 69 Joseph Sutton Halfback Temple Buffalo Bills 6 84 Hosea Rodgers Fullback Alabama and North Carolina Los Angeles Dons 7 97 Don Panciera Quarterback Boston College and San Francisco New York Yankees 8 112 Caleb Washington Center Brooklyn Dodgers 9 125 Carmen Falcone Quarterback 10 140 Gil Johnson Quarter/Half Back SMUNew York Yankees Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 September 16 Cleveland Browns L 10–35 0–1 Philadelphia Municipal Stadium 71,237 Recap 2 September 24 at Chicago Cardinals W 45–7 1–1 Comiskey Park 24,914 Recap — Bye 3 October 7, 1950 Los Angeles Rams W 56–20 2–1 Shibe Park 24,134 Recap 4 October 15 at Baltimore Colts W 24–14 3–1 Municipal Stadium 14,413 Recap 5 October 22 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 17–10 4–1 Forbes Field 35,662 Recap 6 October 29 Washington Redskins W 35–3 5–1 Shibe Park 33,707 Recap 7 November 5 Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–9 5–2 Shibe Park 24,629 Recap 8 November 12 at Washington Redskins W 33–0 6–2 Griffith Stadium 29,407 Recap 9 November 19 Chicago Cardinals L 10–14 6–3 Shibe Park 28,368 Recap 10 November 26 at New York Giants L 3–7 6–4 Polo Grounds 24,093 Recap 11 December 3 at Cleveland Browns L 7–13 6–5 Cleveland Stadium 37,490 Recap 12 December 10 New York Giants L 7–9 6–6 Shibe Park 26,440 Recap Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. Roster (All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history) = 1950 Pro Bowl SelectionPlayers are identified as a 1950 Pro Bowl. = Hall of Famer + After name means 1st team selection NO. PlayerAGE POS GP GSWTHTYRSCollege Greasy Neale 59 Coach 10th West Virginia Wesleyan80Neill Armstrong24E-DB1201896–23Oklahoma State74Walt Barnes32G1202386–12LSU60Chuck Bednarik+25LB-C1202336–3 1 Pennsylvania21Bill Boedeker26HB101925–114DePaul 33Russ Craft31DB-HB1201785–94Alabama83Jack Ferrante34E-DE1201976–19 none64Mario Giannelli30MG-G1202656–02Boston College89John Green*29DE-E1201926–13Tulsa 85Billy Hix21E1102156–2RookieArkansas 78Mike Jarmoluk28DT-T-MG1202326–54Temple76Bucko Kilroy29G-MG-T-DT1202436–27Notre Dame, and Temple 21Toy Ledbetter23HB1001985–10RookieOklahoma State52Vic Lindskog36C1202036–16Stanford88Jay McDowell31T-DE1202176–24Washington39Bill Mackrides25QB801825–113Nevada-Reno67John Magee27G1202205–102La-Lafayette, Rice61Duke Maronic29G1202095–96 none49Pat McHugh31DB-HB1201665–113Georgia Tech36Joe Muha29FB-LB1102056–14VMI32Jack Myers26FB-QB-LB1202006–22UCLA43Jim Parmer24FB-HB1001936–02Oklahoma State, and Texas A&M65Cliff Patton27G-LB1202436–24TCU35Pete Pihos*27E-DE1202106–13Indiana 40Frank Reagan31B1201825–119Pennsylvania31Dan Sandifer23DB-HB501906–12LSU 27Clyde Scott26HB-DB101746–01Arkansas, and Navy79Vic Sears32T-DT1202236–39Oregon State72Walt Stickel28T-DT1202476–34Pennsylvania, and Tulsa 45Joe Sutton26DB-HB901805–11 1 Temple 11Tommy Thompson34QB12121926–110 Tulsa15Steve Van Buren30HB1002006–06LSU 44Norm WilleyDE-G-E231202246–2RookieMarshall70Al WistertG-T-DT301102146–17Michigan53Alex Wojciechowicz35C-LB-E702175–1112Fordham41Frank Ziegler27HB-DB1201755–11 1 Georgia Tech 35 Players Team Average 28.3 12 206.8 6–0.6 4.0 Standings thumb|right|260px|Program for the Eagles' October 29 home game against the Washington Redskins. References Category:Philadelphia Eagles seasons Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia