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- Sun Feb 21, 2021 5:03 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Rank all '46-thru-'49 NFL/AAFC League Champions
- Replies: 16
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Re: Rank all '46-thru-'49 NFL/AAFC League Champions
To try to set the record straight: The Cleveland Browns lost eleven players from their 1949 roster including not only Lou Saban, but also their best guard in Ed Ulinski and another very good guard in Bob Gaudio. They also lost their best running back, outside of Marion Motley, in Edgar Jones. Jones ...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:44 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Quarterback "Storylines"
- Replies: 49
- Views: 86064
Re: Quarterback "Storylines"
Ford only played 5 regular season games for the Browns in 1950. He was slugged by Pat Harder in the 5th game against the Cards which resulted in a broken jaw. Ford missed the rest of the regular season.TanksAndSpartans wrote:He had a couple pretty good receiving seasons in the AAFC. I hadn't realized that.
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 7:08 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Quarterback "Storylines"
- Replies: 49
- Views: 86064
Re: Quarterback "Storylines"
Ford wasn't picked until the second round of the dispersal draft. Most teams passed on him twice.TanksAndSpartans wrote:I guess Knox wasn't his brother - I don't see any postseason honors for him. Len Ford would have been a good pick.
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 4:57 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Quarterback "Storylines"
- Replies: 49
- Views: 86064
Re: Quarterback "Storylines"
Apparently, in the 1950 AAFC dispersal draft, the 49ers took guard Knox Ramsey in the first round and defensive end Ed Henke in the second. Ramsey ended up playing for the Cardinals for some reason and I think that Henke played in Canada. Henke joined the 49ers sometime after 1950. Philadelphia was ...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 6:42 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Quarterback "Storylines"
- Replies: 49
- Views: 86064
Re: Quarterback "Storylines"
I don't think that many people realize that the NFL 49ers of 1950 were not anywhere as good as the AAFC 49ers of 1948 and 1949. Here are some of the players gone in 1950 for the 49ers: 1. T John Woudenberg - Often played on both offense and defense. Perennial all league 2nd team tackle. Not bad as t...
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:36 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Quarterback "Storylines"
- Replies: 49
- Views: 86064
Re: Quarterback "Storylines"
There is no doubt about Graham's greatness but other than Buck Shaw's San Francisco team pushing the Browns in their own western division of the AAFC, there really were no other teams that could compete with Cleveland. It was kind of like the Philadelphia Stars in the USFL, though the Michigan Pant...
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:34 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Successful NFL HCs who weren't successful as college HCs
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20980
Re: Successful NFL HCs who weren't successful as college HCs
Blanton Collier's coaching staff at Kentucky had Don Shula, Howard Schnellenberger, and Chuck Knox among others, but despite that, Collier was not only fired after the 1961 season but was hung in effigy. Collier liked to coach but was not crazy about the recruiting end of college coaching. Another p...
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 6:27 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Successful NFL HCs who weren't successful as college HCs
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20980
Re: Successful NFL HCs who weren't successful as college HCs
Blanton Collier.
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:14 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: '50/'51 Giants
- Replies: 22
- Views: 40275
Re: '50/'51 Giants
Bryan wrote:Tsk,tsk! Don't you mean the A Formation?Saban wrote:Spec Sanders missed the 1949 season due to an injury. Sanders had been a single wing tailback, and the Giants used the T formation.
Not sure if they still used the A Formation in 1950. Maybe.
- Thu Oct 29, 2020 12:51 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: '50/'51 Giants
- Replies: 22
- Views: 40275
Re: '50/'51 Giants
The Cleveland Browns were the main rival to the New York Giants during the late 50's. Jim Brown was a rookie in 1957 and the Browns won the Eastern Conference that year over the New York Giants. Sure, the Giants used their "gap control" against other teams, but I am sure that Jim Brown and...