1947 Chicago Bears Roster

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-4
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1947 Chicago Bears Statistics
1947 Chicago Bears Results

The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1947 season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division.

Offensively, the Bears topped the league with 363 points. Meanwhile, the defense allowed 241 points. Sid Luckman passed for 2,712 yards. Jim Keane topped pass catchers, hauling in 64 balls for 910 yards, while Ken Kavanaugh contributed to the receiving game, too.

Joe Osmanski rushed for a team-leading 328 yards, while Mike Holovak and Don Kindt additionally aided the ground game.

Noah Mullins picked off 6 opponent throws.

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# Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown GP GS
3Eddie AllenFBMay 5, 19206'1"200PennsylvaniaDansville, NY USA95
82Ray BrayRGFebruary 1, 19176'0"237West. MichiganCaspian, MI USA128
14Ed CifersEJuly 18, 19166'2"227TennesseeChurch Hill, TN USA113
31Stu ClarksonLBJuly 4, 19196'2"217Texas A&M-KingsvilleCorpus Christi, TX USA123
24Fred DavisLTFebruary 15, 19186'3"244AlabamaLouisville, KY USA128
21Chuck DrulisLGMarch 8, 19185'10"216TempleGirardville, PA USA128
22Ed EckerDT-TJanuary 21, 19236'7"276John CarrollCleveland, OH USA120
36Tom FarrisQBSeptember 16, 19206'1"185WisconsinCasper, WY USA90
55Bob FenimoreHBOctober 6, 19256'1"190Oklahoma St.Woodward, OK USA100
8Hugh GallarneauHBApril 2, 19176'0"190StanfordDetroit, MI USA124
13Thurman GarrettCFebruary 17, 19236'3"268Oklahoma St.Blackwell, OK USA101
39George GulyanicsPJune 11, 19216'0"198AlabamaMishakawa, IN USA124
35Fred HartmanTMay 21, 19176'1"229Schreiner CollegeDallas, TX USA110
15Mike HolovakFBSeptember 19, 19196'1"213Boston Col.Lansford, PA USA123
25Mike JarmolukDTOctober 22, 19226'5"232TemplePhiladelphia, PA USA121
33Bill JohnsonGFebruary 1, 19216'0"210North CarolinaBryan, TX USA61
51Ken KavanaughLENovember 23, 19166'3"207LSULittle Rock, AR USA126
20Jim KeaneEJanuary 11, 19246'4"217IowaBellaire, OH USA123
6Don KindtLHJuly 2, 19256'1"207WisconsinMilwaukee, WI USA1211
29Ed KolmanTOctober 21, 19156'2"232TempleBrooklyn, NY USA124
42Sid LuckmanQBNovember 21, 19166'0"197ColumbiaBrooklyn, NY USA127
41Jack MathesonE-GJune 9, 19206'2"221West. MichiganDetroit, MI USA30
5George McAfeePRMarch 13, 19186'0"178DukeCorbin, KY USA120
57Ray McLeanKDecember 6, 19155'10"168St. AnselmLowell, MA USA120
38Bill MilnerLBMarch 7, 19196'1"228South CarolinaWaynesville, NC USA124
44Frank MininiKRDecember 23, 19216'1"209San Jose St.Paso Robles, CA USA129
10Noah MullinsHBMay 23, 19185'11"182KentuckyMidway, KY USA122
18Joe OsmanskiFBDecember 26, 19176'2"218Holy CrossProvidence, RI USA123
9Bill OsmanskiFBDecember 29, 19155'11"197Holy CrossProvidence, RI USA40
53Pat PrestonGJune 15, 19216'2"216Wake ForestKernersville, NC USA32
11Russ ReaderDBJune 26, 19236'0"185MichiganYpsilanti, MI USA20
4Nick SacrintyQBJune 10, 19245'11"185Wake ForestReidsville, NC USA110
32Allen SmithLEMarch 29, 19226'2"218MississippiHazlehurst, MS USA125
7Ed SprinkleRESeptember 3, 19236'1"206Hardin-SimmonsBradshaw, TX USA125
45Walt StickelRTMarch 31, 19226'3"247TulsaPhiladelphia, PA USA1212
66Bulldog TurnerCMarch 10, 19196'1"237Hardin-SimmonsPlains, TX USA129



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