History of Pro Football in Western New York-1940s

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History of Pro Football in Western New York

1940 Buffalo Indians

Regular Season		Attendance
September 22, 1940 October 2, 1940 October 9, 1940 October 16, 1940 October 20, 1940 October 27, 1940 November 3, 1940 November 10, 1940 November 17, 1940 November 21, 1940 November 24, 1940 December 1, 1940	Milwaukee 23 @ Buffalo 0 Cincinnati 7 @ Buffalo 17 Columbus 17 @ Buffalo 7 Boston 10 @ Buffalo 0 Buffalo 0 @ Boston 20 (Open) Buffalo 0 @ New York 17 Buffalo 7 @ Columbus 13 New York 1 @ Buffalo 0 Buffalo 13 @ Milwaukee 30 Buffalo 1 @ Cincinnati 0 Buffalo @ Kenosha Cardinals	12,488 8,462 8,110 5,592 9,500 n/a 7,594 3,812 Forfeit* 3,500 Forfeit Cancelled*

*Forfeit due to heavy snowfall.
**Forfeit due to the fact that Cincinnati could not field a team due to injuries.
**Cancelled by Buffalo.

1940 Buffalo Indians
Coach: Earl "Red" Sieck (Replaced By Ole Nesmith After 5th Game)
Record: 2-8-0

Name

GP/GS

Pos.

Ht.

Wt.

Steve Banas

Bing Binkowski

Henry Bogacki

Dan Bukovich

Alex Drobnitch

“Cowboy” Farris

John Fedorchak

Steve Gilbert

Art Gottlieb

Steve Hycyszyn

Ed Karpowich

Bill Keopsell

“Moon Eyes” Littlefield

“Moose” McGrath

Joe Miller

“Moon” Mullin

“Cowboy” Nesmith

Walt Padlo

Larry Peace

“Mike” Pegg

Alec Shellogg

“Red” Sieck

Ed Siminski

Dan Snell

“Turk” Stylianos

Joe Szur

Russ Wile

Wid Worthington

FB-QB

C-G

G-T

B-T

QB-FB-HB

QB-FB-E

HB-FB

T-C

T-G-E

E-T

HB-QB

6’0”

5’9”

5’11”

5’10”

6’2”

6’0”

6’3”

5’11”

6’4”

5’8”

6’0”

6’2”

6’0”

5’11”

6’0”

6’2”

5’10”

5’11

6’1”

205
196
210
185
205
220
205
190
180
200
225
160
201
230
185

185
220
195
202
220

215
190
173
187
198
175

All text taken from the Development of Pro Football in Western New York by Ken Crippen

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