1944 Philadelphia Eagles season

NFL team season November 2013 March 2026 1944 Eagles pennant (3818214195) (cropped).jpg Pennant of the 1944 roster Philadelphia Eagles 1944 7–1–2 2nd NFL Eastern Alexis Thompson Harry Thayer Greasy Neale Shibe Park Did not qualify 1943 (Steagles) Eagles seasons The 1944 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 12th in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 5–4–1, winning seven games.1944 Philadelphia Eagles The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 12th consecutive season. It was the team's first winning record as the Eagles. Rookie Mel Bleeker was the NFL's top receiver, as he played 9 games for the Eagles, starting three of them.https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BleeMe20.htm Mel Bleeker Stats Pro-Football-Reference.com He was second in the NFL in long reception (75), third in touchdowns (8; still the team's all-time rookie record) and yards/rushing attempt (5.3), fourth in yards from scrimmage (614), and sixth in points scored (48).https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/sports/20180130/eagles-running-back-corey-clement-true-underdog Eagles running back Corey Clement a true underdog January 30, 2018 Bucks County Courier Times Ed KraczJuly 2026 InternetArchiveBot He led the Eagles in touchdowns and scoring, despite having been primarily a blocking back in college.https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=JPOST19461011-01.1.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Bleeker Sees Game, Rejoins Eagles Haskell Cohen Jewish Post October 11, 1946 Off season NFL draft The 1944 NFL draft was held on April 19, 1944. The draft would be for 32 rounds. Again in round 2 and 4 only the 5 lowest wins teams from the 1943 season would pick. The Eagles would alternate with the Pittsburgh Steelers in picking either 4th or 9th in each round. 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 Bowler Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.= Hall of Famer Rd Pick PlayerPosition School Rd Pick PlayerPosition School 1 5Steve Van BurenHalfbackLSU 2 15 No Pick 3 20 Loren LaPradeGuard Stanford 4 31 No Pick 5 36 Joe ParkerEnd Texas 6 52 Hillary Horne TackleMississippi State 7 58 Vic KulbitskiBack Minnesota 8 74 George PhillipsBack UCLA 9 80 Paul SarringhausBackOhio State 10 96 John PerkoGuardMinnesota 11 102 Elliott OrmsbeeBack Bradley 12 118 Earle ParsonsBack USC 13 124 Bob HanzlikEnd Wisconsin 14 140 Jim TalleyCenterLouisiana State 15 146 Dom FusciTackle South Carolina 16 162 Johnny GreenEnd Tulsa 17 168 Jackie FreemanBackWilliam & Mary 18 184 Joe KaneBack Pennsylvania 19 190 Tony SchiroGuardSanta Clara 20 206 Norm MichaelBack Syracuse 21 212 Eddie KulakowskiTackle West Virginia 22 228 Al PostusBack Villanova 23 234 Milt SmithEnd UCLA 24 250 Earl KlapsteinTacklePacific 25 256 Bob FrisbeeBackStanford 26 272 Edmund EidenBack Scranton 27 278 Barney BurdickEndCreighton 28 294 Nick DaukasTackle Dartmouth 29 300 Pasquale DaroneGuard Boston College 30 316 Bill ClarkTackle Colorado College 31 322 Pete PaskoEndEast Stroudsburg 32 328 Myron MajewskiTackleAmerican International Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 Bye 2 September 26, 1944 at Boston Yanks W 28–7 1–0 Fenway Park 25,061 3 Bye 4 October 8 Washington Redskins T 31–31 1–0–1 Shibe Park 32,549 3 October 22 Boston Yanks W 38–0 2–0–1 Shibe Park 24,638 4 October 29 at New York Giants W 24–17 3–0–1 Polo Grounds 42,639 5 November 5 at Brooklyn Tigers W 21–7 4–0–1 Ebbets Field 15,289 6 November 12 New York Giants T 21–21 4–0–2 Shibe Park 33,248 7 November 19 at Washington Redskins W 37–7 5–0–2 Griffith Stadium 35,540 8 November 26 Chicago Bears L 7–28 5–1–2 Shibe Park 34,035 9 December 3 Brooklyn Tigers W 34–0 6–1–2 Shibe Park 13,467 10 December 10 Cleveland Rams W 26–13 7–1–2 Shibe Park 24,123 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Standings Roster (All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history) = 1944 Pro All-StarPlayers are identified as a 1940 Pro All-Star. + = 1st team All-Star NO. PlayerAGE POS GP GSWTHTYRSCollege Greasy Neale 53 Coach 1944 record7–1–2NFL-Eagles Lifetime16–22–4 4th West Virginia Wesleyan Bruno Banducci24G1092165–11RookieStanford Jack Banta27HB721915–113USC Mel Bleeker24HB931895–11RookieUSC Larry Cabrelli27E-DB991945–113Colgate Rocco Canale27T-G912405–11 1 Boston College Enio Conti31G852045–113Arkansas,Bucknell John Durko30E602356–4RookieAlbright Carl Fagioli27G202006–0Rookie none Jack Ferrante28E-DE1041976–13 none Bob Friedman23T1082156–2RookieWashington Charlie Gauer23FB-E742136–2 1 Colgate Jack Hinkle27B1071956–04Syracuse Toimi Jarvi24HB502006–0RookieNorthern Illinois Bucko Kilroy23G-MG-T-DT1042436–2 1 Notre Dame,Temple Ben Kish27B10102076–04Pittsburgh Ted Laux26HB-DB101855–10 1 St. Joseph's (PA) Vic Lindskog30C742036–1RookieStanford Art Macioszczyk24FB1002086–0RookieWestern Michigan Mike Mandarino23T-C-G802405–11RookieLa Salle Bap Manzini24C1061955–11RookieSt. Vincent Duke Maronic23G902095–9Rookie none Flip McDonald23E502006–2RookieOklahoma Eddie Michaels30G1062055–118Villanova Tom Miller26DE-E1032026–2 1 Hampden-Sydney Walt Nowak29E201855–11RookieVillanova Allie Sherman21QB1001705–11 1 Brooklyn Ernie Steele27HB-DB921876–02Washington Steve Van Buren+24HB962006–0RookieLSU Al Wistert+24T-G-DT872146–1 1 Michigan John Yovicsin26DE101956–3RookieGettysburg Roy Zimmerman26QB-WB-K10102016–24San Jose State 31 Players Team Average 25.7 10 204.5 6–0.2 1.3 Link to all time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history References Category:Philadelphia Eagles seasons Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia