1944 Brooklyn Tigers season

National Football League team season November 2013 March 2026 Tigers-Redskins-gameprogram-441112.jpg Brooklyn Tigers 1944 0–10 5th NFL Eastern Dan Topping Tom Gallery Frank Bridges, Pete Cawthon, and Ed Kubale Ebbets Field Did not qualify 1943 1945 (Yanks) ← 1943 Dodgers Brooklyn seasons 1945 Yanks → The 1944 Brooklyn Tigers season was their 15th and final season in the league before merging with the Boston Yanks. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 2–8, losing all ten games.1944 Brooklyn Tigers They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 13th consecutive season. Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 September 17 at Green Bay Packers L 7–14 0–1 Wisconsin State Fair Park 12,994 Recap 2 October 8 at Detroit Lions L 14–19 0–2 Briggs Stadium 15,702 Recap 3 October 15 New York Giants L 7–14 0–3 Ebbets Field 24,854 Recap 4 October 22 at Washington Redskins L 14–17 0–4 Griffith Stadium 35,540 Recap 5 October 29 Boston Yanks L 14–17 0–5 Ebbets Field 13.237 Recap 6 November 5 Philadelphia Eagles L 7–21 0–6 Ebbets Field 15,289 Recap 7 November 12 Washington Redskins L 0–10 0–7 Ebbets Field 20,404 Recap 8 November 19 at Boston Yanks L 6–13 0–8 Fenway Park 15,666 Recap 9 November 26 at New York Giants L 0–7 0–9 Polo Grounds 29,387 Recap 10 December 3 at Philadelphia Eagles L 0–34 0–10 Shibe Park 13,467 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Standings thumb|right|260px|Program for an exhibition game between the Tigers and an Army service team. Fort Francis D. Warren, Cheyenne, Wyoming, September 10, 1944. Draft The 1944 NFL draft was held on April 19, 1944, at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia. By agreement of league owners, the new Boston Yanks franchise received the first pick of the first round and then were subsequently assigned 11th in the order of draft selection.George Strickler (ed.), Record and Rules Manual, 1944. Chicago: National Football League, 1944; p. 87. Although there were 32 rounds in the 1944 draft, each of the league's 11 teams selected 30 players, for a total of 330 players picked.Strickler (ed.), Record and Rules Manual, 1944, pp. 77–87, passim. The five worst-finishing teams of the 1943 season picked alone in rounds 2 and 4, while the five best-finishing teams plus the expansion Yanks picked alone in rounds 31 and 32. The complete list of players drafted by the Brooklyn Tigers in 1944 follows."1944 Brooklyn Tigers Draftees ," Pro Football Reference, www.pro-football-reference.com/ Due to the demands of World War II, only one of these players actually played for the Tigers during the 1944 season. Two others played for the merged franchise operating as the Yanks from 1945. 1944 Brooklyn Tigers 1 3 Creighton Miller Back Notre Dame 2 13 Jim Callahan Tailback Texas Played in NFL in 1946 3 18 Ralph Park Back Texas 4 29 Rudy Sikich Tackle Minnesota Played in NFL in 1945 5 34 Verne Ullom End Cincinnati 6 45 Bruce McDonald End Illinois State 7 56 Bob Graiziger Guard Minnesota 8 67 Jack Sachse Center Texas Played for this franchise in 1945 9 78 Mitchell Olenski Tackle Alabama Played in AAFC in 1946 10 89 Aldo Cenci Back Penn State 11 100 John Bicanich Guard Minnesota 12 111 Jim Tyree End Oklahoma 13 122 Jim Wright Guard SMU 14 133 John Genis Tackle Illinois 15 144 Billy J. Murphy Back Mississippi State 16 155 Doug Essick End USC 17 166 Howard Maley Halfback SMU 18 177 Don Willer Tackle USC 19 188 Howard Callanan Back USC 20 199 George Doherty Tackle Louisiana Tech yes Played for Brooklyn in 1944 21 210 Mike Mihalic Guard Mississippi State 22 221 Ted Cook End Alabama Played in NFL in 1947 23 232 Bucky Gillenwater Tackle Texas 24 243 Jack Baldwin Center Centenary Played in AAFC in 1946 25 254 Dick Manning Back USC 26 265 Ray Grierson End Illinois 27 276 Joe Golding Back Oklahoma Played for this franchise in 1947 28 287 Bob Zimny Tackle Indiana Played in NFL in 1945 29 298 Marty Frohm Tackle Mississippi State 30 309 Howard Blose Back Cornell no no Roster Backs •   9 - Pug Manders FB/LB • 10 - Frank Martin RB/CB • 11 - Charles McGibbony RB/CB/P • 12 - Kenny Fryer RB/CB/P • 19 - Johnny Butler RB/CB/P • 21 - Charlie Taylor RB/S • 26 - Bill Brown RB/S • 27 - Steve Marko RB/CB • 30 - Frank Sachse RB/CB • 42 - Ray Hare RB/CB Linemen/Linebackers • 16 - John Ellis G/DG • 17 - Tony Leon G/DG • 24 - Floyd Rhea G/DG • 23 - Gordon Wilson G/DG • 25 - Bruiser Kinard T/DT/K • 33 - Vaughn Stewart C/LB • 36 - Frank Strom T/DT • 38 - George Doherty T/DT • 43 - Charlie Ware T/DT • 44 - George Sergienko T/DT • 57 - George Smith C/LB Ends • 18 - George Weeks • 22 - Andy Kowalski • 28 - Bob Masterson K • 35 - Rocky Eguccioni • 55 - Joe Carter Reserve • 31 - Bill LaFitte (military) E rookies in italics References Category:Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) seasons Brooklyn Tigers Brooklyn Category:1940s in Brooklyn Category:Flatbush, Brooklyn