1945 Philadelphia Eagles season

NFL team season November 2013 March 2026 Philadelphia Eagles 1945 7–3 2nd NFL Eastern Greasy Neale Shibe Park Did not qualify Eagles seasons The 1945 Philadelphia Eagles season was the Eagles' 13th in the league. The team failed to improve on its previous output of 7–1–2, losing three games.1945 Philadelphia Eagles As a result, the team also failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 13th consecutive season. Offseason NFL draft The 1945 NFL draft was held on April 8, 1945. It was the last draft held in Chicago; later in the year, the league moved its offices to Philadelphia. The Eagles ended up with picks in thirty of the thirty-two rounds in the draft, and picked ninth in each of those rounds. The teams with the five worst records in the 1944 season were the only teams picking in rounds two and four. Future Hall of Famers in this draft included Charley Trippi, a halfback from Georgia who was chosen in the first round and was the number one pick of the Chicago Cardinals. Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, a wide receiver from Michigan was chosen as fifth overall by the Cleveland Rams. Pete Pihos, a defensive end from Indiana University, Tom Fears, an end from UCLA, and Arnie Weinmeister, a defensive tackle from Washington were also part of this draft. Player selections The table shows the Eagles selections, 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.= Hall of Famer Rd PickPlayerPosition School Rd PickPlayerPosition School 1 8 John Yonakor Defensive end Notre Dame 2 No PICK 3 25 Alvin Dark Back LSU 4 No PICK 5 41 Pete Pihos Wide receiverIndiana 6 52 Chuck Dellago Guard Minnesota 7 63 Gonzalo Morales Back St. Mary's (CA) 8 41 Sam Robinson Back Washington 9 85 Forrest Hall Back San Francisco 10 96 Joe Sadonis Tackle Fordham 11 107 Rudy Mobley Back Hardin–Simmons 12 118 Jim Newmeyer Tackle St. Vincent 13 129 Bill Chambers Tackle UCLA 14 140 John Duda Back Virginia 15 151 Bill Montgomery Back Louisiana State 16 162 Howard Werner End Syracuse 17 173 Jim Austin Back Missouri 18 184 Quentin Klenk Tackle USC 19 195 Joe Spencer Tackle Oklahoma A & M 20 206 Leo Pratt Tackle Oklahoma A & M 21 217 Phil Teschner Tackle Brown 22 2228 John Magee Guard Rice 23 239 Norm "Monk" Mosley Back Alabama 24 250 Blair Brown Guard Oklahoma A & M 25 261 Bob Hall End Stanford 26 272 Dan Talcott Tackle Nevada-Reno 27 283 Bill Thompson Tackle New Mexico 28 294 Al Fleming Center Wichita State 29 305 Leo Benjamin Center West Virginia 30 316 Jim Dougherty Back University of Miami (OH) 31 292 Ken Reese Back Alabama 32 298 Loren Braner Center Pittsburgh Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 October 7 Chicago Cardinals W 21–6 1–0 Shibe Park 25,581 2 October 14 at Detroit Lions L 24–28 1–1 Briggs Stadium 22,580 3 October 21 at Washington Redskins L 14–24 1–2 Griffith Stadium 35,550 4 October 28 Cleveland Rams W 28–14 2–2 Shibe Park 38,149 5 November 4 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 45–3 3–2 Forbes Field 23,018 6 November 11 New York Giants W 38–17 4–2 Shibe Park 30,047 7 November 18 Pittsburgh Steelers W 30–6 5–2 Shibe Park 23,838 8 November 25 Washington Redskins W 16–0 6–2 Shibe Park 37,306 9 December 2 at New York Giants L 21–28 6–3 Polo Grounds 45,372 10 December 9 Yanks W 35–7 7–3 Shibe Park 27,905 Standings Roster (All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history) = 1945 Pro All-StarPlayers are identified as a 1945 Pro All-Star. + = 1st team All-Star NO.PlayerAGEPOSGPGSWTHTYRSCollege Greasy Neale 53 Coach 1945 record7–3–0NFL-Eagles Lifetime23–25–4 5th West Virginia Wesleyan Ben Agajanian26K 1 1 2156–0RookieNew Mexico Bruno Banducci25G982165–11 1 Stanford Jack Banta28HB511915–114USC Mel Bleeker25HB441895–11 1 USC Johnny Butler27HB-TB701855–102Tennessee Larry Cabrelli28E-DB1081945–114Colgate Rocco Canale28T-G302405–112Boston College Jim Castiglia27FB112085–114Georgetown (DC) Enio Conti32G2 12045–114Arkansas, andBucknell Dick Erdlitz25HB701815–103Northwestern Jack Ferrante29E-DE1081976–14 none Terry Fox27FB-LB202086–14Miami (FL) George Fritts26T10 12055–114Clemson Tigers football Charlie Gauer24FB-E702136–22Colgate Jack Hinkle28B321956–05Syracuse Dick Humbert27E-DE421796–14Richmond Abe Karnofsky23QB-HB-DB821755–10RookieArizona Bucko Kilroy24G-MG-T-DT902436–22Notre Dame, and Temple Ben Kish28B952076–05Pittsburgh Vic Lindskog31C1062036–1 1 Stanford Mike Mandarino24T-C-G502405–11 1 La Salle Bap Manzini25C941955–11 1 St. Vincent Duke Maronic24G822095–9 1 none Flip McDonald24E922006–2 1 Oklahoma Fred Meyer26E-DE801906–23Stanford Eddie Michaels31G982055–119Villanova Red Ramsey34E201966–07Texas Tech John Rogalla28FB842156–0RookieScranton Jack Sanders28G302196–05SMU Vic Sears27T-DT1092236–34Oregon State Allie Sherman22QB1011705–112Brooklyn Abe Shires28T702206–2RookieTennessee John G. Smith T102006–2RookieFlorida Milt Smith26DB-QB501856–3RookieUCLA Ernie Steele28HB-DB711876–03Washington Gil Steinke26HB7 1 1756–0RookieTexas A&M-Kingsville Bob Suffridge29G1012056–04Tennessee Tommy Thompson29QB801926–15Tulsa Steve Van Buren+25HB1092006–0 1 LSU Buzz Warren29TB-HB101755–11RookieTennessee Al Wistert+25T-G-DT10102146–12Michigan Roy Zimmerman27QB-WB-K1082016–25San Jose State 41 Players Team Average 26.3 10 201.5 6–0.1 2.5 References Category:Philadelphia Eagles seasons Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia