1950 Philadelphia Eagles season
OwnerHappy Hundred
Head coachGreasy Neale
Home fieldShibe Park
Results
Record6–6
Division place3rd (tied) NFL American
Playoff finishDid not qualify

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.

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
Rd Pick Player Position School
1 14 Bud Grant
(Also Pro Football Hall of Fame member as Vikings coach)		 End Minnesota
2 27 Pick Taken
by Detroit Lions
3 40 Bob Sanders Back Oregon
4 53 Bob McChesney End Hardin–Simmons
5 66 Mike Kaysserian Back University of Detroit
6 79 Lloyd McDermott Tackle Kentucky
7 92 Mel Olix Back Miami (OH)
8 105 Dick O'Hanlon Tackle Ohio State
9 118 Bobby Wilson Back Mississippi
10 131 Ernie Johnson Back UCLA
11 144 Bobby Lantrip Back Rice
12 157 Frank Mahoney End Brown
13 170 Norm "Wildman" Willey Back Marshall
14 183 Billy Hix End Arkansas
15 196 Herb Carey Back Dartmouth
16 209 Jim Marck Tackle Xavier
17 222 Jerry Taylor Center Mississippi
18 235 Ed Tunnicliff Back Northwestern
19 248 Darrell Robinson End Oregon
20 261 BenJamin Nixx Guard Michigan
21 274 Marv Cross Back Washington State
22 287 Jim Hague End Ohio State
23 300 Al Lesko Tackle St. Bonaventure
24 313 Tom DeSylvia Guard Oregon State
25 326 Jim Eagles Center North Texas State
26 339 Rod Franz Guard California
27 352 Bill Martin Back USC
28 365 Don Burson Back Northwestern University
29 378 Wes Curtier Tackle Richmond
30 391 Dud Parker[3] Back Baylor

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.

Round Pick Player Position School AAFC Team
1 13 Lindell Pearson Halfback Oklahoma
2 26 Jerry Krall Fullback Ohio State Los Angeles Dons
3 39 George Pastre Tackle Los Angeles Dons
4 56 Paul Gibson End North Carolina St. Buffalo Bills
5 69 Joseph Sutton Halfback Temple Buffalo Bills
6 84 Hosea Rodgers Fullback Alabama and North Carolina Los Angeles Dons
7 97 Don Panciera Quarterback Boston College and San Francisco New York Yankees
8 112 Caleb Washington Center Brooklyn Dodgers
9 125 Carmen Falcone Quarterback
10 140 Gil Johnson Quarter/Half Back SMU New 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
NO. Player AGE POS GP GS WT HT YRS College
Greasy Neale 59 Coach 10th West Virginia Wesleyan
80 Neill Armstrong 24 E-DB 12 0 189 6–2 3 Oklahoma State
74 Walt Barnes 32 G 12 0 238 6–1 2 LSU
60 Chuck Bednarik+ 25 LB-C 12 0 233 6–3 1 Pennsylvania
21 Bill Boedeker 26 HB 1 0 192 5–11 4 DePaul
33 Russ Craft 31 DB-HB 12 0 178 5–9 4 Alabama
83 Jack Ferrante 34 E-DE 12 0 197 6–1 9 none
64 Mario Giannelli 30 MG-G 12 0 265 6–0 2 Boston College
89 John Green* 29 DE-E 12 0 192 6–1 3 Tulsa
85 Billy Hix 21 E 11 0 215 6–2 Rookie Arkansas
78 Mike Jarmoluk 28 DT-T-MG 12 0 232 6–5 4 Temple
76 Bucko Kilroy 29 G-MG-T-DT 12 0 243 6–2 7 Notre Dame, and
Temple
21 Toy Ledbetter 23 HB 10 0 198 5–10 Rookie Oklahoma State
52 Vic Lindskog 36 C 12 0 203 6–1 6 Stanford
88 Jay McDowell 31 T-DE 12 0 217 6–2 4 Washington
39 Bill Mackrides 25 QB 8 0 182 5–11 3 Nevada-Reno
67 John Magee 27 G 12 0 220 5–10 2 La-Lafayette,Rice
61 Duke Maronic 29 G 12 0 209 5–9 6 none
49 Pat McHugh 31 DB-HB 12 0 166 5–11 3 Georgia Tech
36 Joe Muha 29 FB-LB 11 0 205 6–1 4 VMI
32 Jack Myers 26 FB-QB-LB 12 0 200 6–2 2 UCLA
43 Jim Parmer 24 FB-HB 10 0 193 6–0 2 Oklahoma State, and
Texas A&M
65 Cliff Patton 27 G-LB 12 0 243 6–2 4 TCU
35 Pete Pihos* 27 E-DE 12 0 210 6–1 3 Indiana
40 Frank Reagan 31 B 12 0 182 5–11 9 Pennsylvania
31 Dan Sandifer 23 DB-HB 5 0 190 6–1 2 LSU
27 Clyde Scott 26 HB-DB 1 0 174 6–0 1 Arkansas, and
Navy
79 Vic Sears 32 T-DT 12 0 223 6–3 9 Oregon State
72 Walt Stickel 28 T-DT 12 0 247 6–3 4 Pennsylvania, and
Tulsa
45 Joe Sutton 26 DB-HB 9 0 180 5–11 1 Temple
11 Tommy Thompson 34 QB 12 12 192 6–1 10 Tulsa
15 Steve Van Buren 30 HB 10 0 200 6–0 6 LSU
44 Norm Willey DE-G-E 23 12 0 224 6–2 Rookie Marshall
70 Al Wistert G-T-DT 30 11 0 214 6–1 7 Michigan
53 Alex Wojciechowicz 35 C-LB-E 7 0 217 5–11 12 Fordham
41 Frank Ziegler 27 HB-DB 12 0 175 5–11 1 Georgia Tech
35 Players
Team Average		 28.3 12 206.8 6–0.6 4.0

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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