1950 Philadelphia Eagles season

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.[1] The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in four seasons.

1950 Philadelphia Eagles season
OwnerHappy Hundred
Head coachGreasy Neale
Home fieldFranklin Field Shibe Park
Results
Record6–6
Division place3rd NFL American
Playoff finishDid not qualify

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 Bowler[2] = NFL Hall of Famer =Canadian Football Hall of Famer

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Rd Pick Player Position School
114Bud Grant
(Also Pro Football Hall of Fame member as Vikings coach)
EndMinnesota
227Pick Taken
by Detroit Lions
340Bob SandersBackOregon
453Bob McChesneyEndHardin–Simmons
566Mike KaysserianBackUniversity of Detroit
679Lloyd McDermottTackleKentucky
792Mel OlixBackMiami (OH)
8105Dick O'HanlonTackleOhio State
9118Bobby WilsonBackMississippi
10131Ernie JohnsonBackUCLA
11144Bobby LantripBackRice
12157Frank MahoneyEndBrown
13170Norm "Wildman" WilleyBackMarshall
14183Billy HixEndArkansas
15196Herb CareyBackDartmouth
16209Jim MarckTackleXavier
17222Jerry TaylorCenterMississippi
18235Ed TunnicliffBackNorthwestern
19248Darrell RobinsonEndOregon
20261BenJamin NixxGuardMichigan
21274Marv CrossBackWashington State
22287Jim HagueEndOhio State
23300Al LeskoTackleSt. Bonaventure
24313Tom DeSylviaGuardOregon State
25326Jim EaglesCenterNorth Texas State
26339Rod FranzGuardCalifornia
27352Bill MartinBackUSC
28365Don BursonBackNorthwestern University
29378Wes CurtierTackleRichmond
30391Dud Parker[3]BackBaylor

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.

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchoolAAFC Team
113Lindell PearsonHalfbackOklahoma
226Jerry KrallFullbackOhio StateLos Angeles Dons
339George PastreTackleLos Angeles Dons
456Paul GibsonEndNorth Carolina St.Buffalo Bills
569Joseph SuttonHalfbackTempleBuffalo Bills
684Hosea RodgersFullbackAlabama and North CarolinaLos Angeles Dons
797Don PancieraQuarterbackBoston College and San FranciscoNew York Yankees
8112Caleb WashingtonCenterBrooklyn Dodgers
9125Carmen FalconeQuarterback
10140Gil JohnsonQuarter/Half BackSMUNew York Yankees

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap
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
3 Bye
4 October 7 Los Angeles Rams W 56–20 2–1 Shibe Park 24,134 Recap
5 October 15 at Baltimore Colts W 24–14 3–1 Municipal Stadium 14,413 Recap
6 October 22 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 17–10 4–1 Forbes Field 35,662 Recap
7 October 29 Washington Redskins W 35–3 5–1 Shibe Park 33,707 Recap
8 November 5 Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–9 5–2 Shibe Park 24,629 Recap
9 November 12 at Washington Redskins W 33–0 6–2 Griffith Stadium 29,407 Recap
10 November 19 Chicago Cardinals L 10–14 6–3 Shibe Park 28,368 Recap
11 November 26 at New York Giants L 3–7 6–4 Polo Grounds 24,093 Recap
12 December 3 at Cleveland Browns L 7–13 6–5 Cleveland Stadium 37,490 Recap
13 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 Selection[4] = Hall of Famer
  • + After name means 1st team selection
NO. Player AGE POS GP GS WT HT YRS College
Greasy Neale59Coach10thWest Virginia Wesleyan
80Neill Armstrong24E-DB1201896–23Oklahoma State
74Walt Barnes32G1202386–12LSU
60Chuck Bednarik+25LB-C1202336–31Pennsylvania
21Bill Boedeker26HB101925–114DePaul
33Russ Craft31DB-HB1201785–94Alabama
83Jack Ferrante34E-DE1201976–19none
64Mario Giannelli30MG-G1202656–02Boston College
89John Green*29DE-E1201926–13Tulsa
85Billy Hix21E1102156–2RookieArkansas
78Mike Jarmoluk28DT-T-MG1202326–54Temple
76Bucko Kilroy29G-MG-T-DT1202436–27Notre Dame, and
Temple
21Toy Ledbetter23HB1001985–10RookieOklahoma State
52Vic Lindscog36C1202036–16Stanford
88Jay McDowell31T-DE1202176–24Washington
39Bill Mackrides25QB801825–113Nevada-Reno
67John Magee27G1202205–102La-Lafayette,Rice
61Duke Maronic29G1202095–96none
49Pat McHugh31DB-HB1201665–113Georgia Tech
36Joe Muha29FB-LB1102056–14VMI
32Jack Myers26FB-QB-LB1202006–22UCLA
43Jim Parmer24FB-HB1001936–02Oklahoma State, and
Texas A&M
65Cliff Patton27G-LB1202436–24TCU
35Pete Pihos*27E-DE1202106–13Indiana
40Frank Reagan31B1201825–119Pennsylvania
31Dan Sandifer23DB-HB501906–12LSU
27Clyde Scott26HB-DB101746–01Arkansas, and
Navy
79Vic Sears32T-DT1202236–39Oregon State
72Walt Stickel28T-DT1202476–34Pennsylvania, and
Tulsa
45Joe Sutton26DB-HB901805–111Temple
11Tommy Thompson34QB12121926–110Tulsa
15Steve Van Buren30HB1002006–06LSU
44Norn WilleyDE-G-E231202246–2RookieMarshall
70Al WisertG-T-DT301102146–17Michigan
53Alex Wojciechowicz35C-LB-E702175–1112Fordham
41Frank Ziegler27HB-DB1201755–111Georgia Tech
35 Players
Team Average
28.312206.86–0.64.0

Standings

NFL American Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Cleveland Browns 10 2 0 .833 8–2 310 144 W6
New York Giants 10 2 0 .833 8–2 268 150 W6
Pittsburgh Steelers 6 6 0 .500 5–5 180 195 W1
Philadelphia Eagles 6 6 0 .500 4–6 254 141 L4
Chicago Cardinals 5 7 0 .417 3–6 233 287 L1
Washington Redskins 3 9 0 .250 1–8 232 326 L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

  1. 1950 Philadelphia Eagles
  2. Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.
  3. This last selection is commonly referred to as Mr. Irrelevant.
  4. Players are identified as a 1950 Pro Bowl.
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