1947 Chicago Rockets Statistics

All American Football Conference (AAFC)
Team Record: 1-13
Finishing 4th in the AAFC's West Division
Coach: Jim Crowley (0-10)
Coach: George Halas (8-4)
Coach: Hampton Pool (1-3)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1947 Chicago Rockets Roster
1947 Chicago Rockets Results

The Chicago Rockets of the All American Football Conference ended the 1947 season with a record of 1 wins and 13 losses, finishing fourth in the AAFC's West Division.

Chicago scored 263 points, while the shaky defensive squad yielded 425, most in the circuit. Sam Vacanti tossed for 1,571 yards. Ray Ramsey paced all receivers, hauling in 35 passes for 768 yards.

Bill Daley ran for a team-best 447 yards for the Rockets, and Ray Ramsey also aided the ground game.

Bill Kellagher intercepted 6 errant tosses from the opposition.

Jim Crowley, George Halas and Hampton Pool coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Sam Vacanti	225	96	42.7	1571	7.0	16	7.1	16	7.1	0	60.8
Al Dekdebrun	75	45	60.0	556	7.4	5	6.7	7	9.3	0	66.3
Bob Hoernschemeyer	22	9	40.9	143	6.5	1	4.5	0	0.0	0	78.4
Bill Daley	6	3	50.0	70	11.7	1	16.7	1	16.7	0	92.4
Bill Bass	1	1	100.0	14	14.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	14	118.8
Norm Cox	2	1	50.0	9	4.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	62.5
Fred Evans	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Elroy Hirsch	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Angelo Bertelli	7	2	28.6	-5	-0.7	0	0.0	2	28.6	0	0.0
Totals	341	157	46.0	2358	6.9	23	6.7	26	7.6	14

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bill Daley	121	447	3.7	0	4
Ray Ramsey	70	433	6.2	0	2
Bill Kellagher	42	243	5.8	0	0
Fred Evans	20	110	5.5	0	1
Al Dekdebrun	20	71	3.6	0	0
Elroy Hirsch	23	51	2.2	0	1
Ernie Lewis	13	47	3.6	0	0
Bill Schroeder	11	45	4.1	0	0
Bill Bass	28	44	1.6	0	0
Ted Scalissi	35	37	1.1	0	0
Angelo Bertelli	1	2	2.0	2	0
Bob Hoernschemeyer	5	2	0.4	0	0
Norm Cox	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Sam Vacanti	11	-9	-0.8	0	1
Totals	401	1520	3.8	2	9

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ray Ramsey	35	768	21.9	80	8
Max Morris	22	239	10.9	0	1
John Harrington	17	233	13.7	0	3
Pat Lahey	13	148	11.4	0	0
Bill Daley	12	116	9.7	0	0
Elroy Hirsch	10	282	28.2	76	3
Bill Bass	8	79	9.9	0	1
Frank Quillen	7	113	16.1	0	1
Jerry Mulready	7	108	15.4	0	0
Bob Dove	6	61	10.2	0	1
Ted Scalissi	5	67	13.4	0	2
Fred Evans	4	53	13.2	0	0
Ray Ebli	4	38	9.5	0	1
Bill Kellagher	3	22	7.3	0	0
Bill Schroeder	2	19	9.5	0	1
John Rokisky	1	8	8.0	8	0
Bob Hoernschemeyer	1	4	4.0	4	1
Totals	157	2358	15.0	80	23

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
John Rokisky	35	33	94.3	8	4	50.0	45
Angelo Bertelli				1		0.0	0
Totals	35	33	94.3	9	4	44.4	45

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.
Ernie Lewis	65	2549	39.2
Fred Evans	2	73	36.5
Totals	67	2622	39.1

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ray Ramsey	11	131	11.9	0
Bill Bass	10	85	8.5	0
Ted Scalissi	2	26	13.0	0
Elroy Hirsch	2	24	12.0	0
Fred Evans	2	20	10.0	0
Bill Daley	1	3	3.0	3
Totals	28	289	10.3	3

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ray Ramsey	16	406	25.4	0
Bill Bass	12	264	22.0	0
Elroy Hirsch	6	172	28.7	0
Ted Scalissi	8	171	21.4	0
Fred Evans	8	159	19.9	0
Bill Daley	7	145	20.7	0
Bill Schroeder	5	92	18.4	0
Pat Lahey	2	18	9.0	0
Bob Dove	1	16	16.0	16
Max Morris	1	13	13.0	13
Bob Hoernschemeyer	1	11	11.0	11
Harley McCollum	1	9	9.0	9
John Kuzman	1	7	7.0	7
Totals	69	1483	21.5	16

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bill Kellagher	6	77	12.8	0	0
Ray Ramsey	5	66	13.2	0	0
Bill Schroeder	4	148	37.0	0	2
Bill Bass	2	104	52.0	0	1
Alex Agase	1	4	4.0	4	0
Fran Mattingly	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	19	400	21.1	4	3

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Ray Ramsey	2	8	0	0		0			0	0	0			60
John Rokisky		0							4	33	0			45
Bill Daley	4	0	0	0					0	0	0			24
Elroy Hirsch	1	3	0	0					0	0	0			24
Bill Schroeder	0	1		0		2			0	0	0			18
John Harrington		3							0	0	0			18
Max Morris		1		0				1	0	0	0			12
Bill Bass	0	1	0	0		1			0	0	0			12
Ted Scalissi	0	2	0	0					0	0	0			12
Bob Hoernschemeyer	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Bob Dove		1		0					0	0	0			6
Ray Ebli		1							0	0	0			6
Fred Evans	1	0	0	0					0	0	0			6
Sam Vacanti	1								0	0	0			6
Frank Quillen		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	9	23	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	33	0	0	0	261