History of Pro Football in Western New York-1940s

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History of Pro Football in Western New York

1941 Buffalo Tigers

Regular Season		Attendance
October 5, 1941 October 8, 1941 October 19, 1941 October 26, 1941 November 2, 1941 November 9, 1941 November 16, 1941 November 23, 1941	Buffalo 0 @ Cincinnati 29 New York 26 @ Buffalo 7 Cincinnati 0 @ Buffalo 16 Buffalo 14 @ New York 31 Buffalo 7 @ Columbus 24 Columbus 7 @ Buffalo 14 Buffalo 14 @ Milwaukee 41 Milwaukee 14 @ Buffalo 0	2,000 4,500 5,000 11,866 6,793 4,000 6,500 2,500

1941 Buffalo Tigers
Coach: Paul "Tiny" Engebretsen
Record: 2-6-0

Name

GP/GS

Pos.

Ht.

Wt.

Steve Banas

Sherm Barnes

Ed Blodzinski

Henry Bogacki

Frank Bykowski

“Itch” Dahl

“Mike” Dolan

Frank Durkin

Ralph Elliot

Bob Holstrom

Steve Hrycyszyn

“Bud” Hughes

Andy Karpus

Leon Losey

Hank Luebcke

“Butch” Mastriola

Mal McLain

“Blood” McNally

Dan Morabito

Clem Naughton

Merle Osborne

Joe Ratica

Roy Russell

Alec Shellogg

“Tex” Tolliver

Nick Toth

Bill Valquette

Ernie Wheeler

Larry Yurkonis

C-G

QB-E-HB

QB-HB-E

C-G

E-T

6’0”

6’3”

5’9”

6’0”

5’10”

5’9”

6’1”

5’11”

6’0”

5’11”

6’2”

5’9”

5’11”

6’1”

5’11”

6’1”

6’2”

6’0”

6’1”

5’11”

5’8”

6’0”

6’1”

5’11”

205
200

230
205
188
183
190
240
197
195
195
188

328
210
205
188
240
190
215
205
187
220
175
180
193
190
190

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

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