1950 Philadelphia Eagles season

1950 Philadelphia Eagles season
Owner	Happy Hundred
Head coach	Greasy Neale
Home field	Shibe Park
Results
Record	6–6
Division place	3rd (tied) NFL American
Playoff finish	Did 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. 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

= 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	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

= Hall of Famer

• + After name means 1st team selection

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.