The 1947 Philadelphia Eagles season was the Eagles' 15th in the league. The team improved on its previous output of 6–5, winning eight games.1947 Philadelphia Eagles
The team qualified for the playoffs for the first time in fifteen seasons.
Off season For the second year in a row, the Eagles traveled to Saranac Lake High School Field/Eagles Residence, in Saranac Lake, New York to hold training camp. Greasy Neale liked having the Eagles train away from Philadelphia; the team only trained near its homebase when there were wartime travel restrictions during World War II.
Under Neale, the Eagles trained in Wisconsin, upstate New York and Minnesota when they could travel.
NFL draft The 1947 NFL draft was held on December 16, 1946. The NFL started a lottery that allowed for a bonus pick for the first pick in the draft. The NFL continued this practice until 1958.
The Eagles made twenty-nine selections during the draft's thirty-two rounds, holding the sixth or seventh slots in the rounds in which they had picks.
The top two picks in the draft were derived from a lottery bonus pick as the number-one pick by the NFL champion Chicago Bears was Bob Fenimore, a back who attended Oklahoma A&M.
With the number-two pick, the Detroit Lions selected 1946 Heisman Trophy-winner Glenn Davis, a halfback from Army. He was unable to play, however, due to his required military service.
Cal Rossi, a running back from UCLA was drafted again in 1947 with the fourth pick by the Washington Redskins. He had been chosen in error with the ninth pick in the 1946 draft while he was still a junior in college. He declined to play pro football.
Future NFL Hall of Famers who were included in this draft where Dante Lavelli (12th round), Art Donovan (22nd round) and Tom Landry (20th round). Some of the players who were drafted were signed by All-America Football Conference teams.
Draft This table shows the Eagles selections, what picks they had that were traded away, and the teams that ended up with those picks. It is possible that those Eagles' picks ended up with those teams via trades made by the Eagles with other teams. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.
Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 September 28 Washington Redskins W 45–42 1–0 Shibe Park 35,406 Recap 2 October 5 New York Giants W 23–0 2–0 Shibe Park 29,823 Recap 3 October 12 at Chicago Bears L 7–40 2–1 Wrigley Field 34,338 Recap 4 October 19 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 24–35 2–2 Forbes Field 33,538 Recap 5 October 26 Los Angeles Rams W 14–7 3–2 Shibe Park 36,364 Recap 6 November 2 at Washington Redskins W 38–14 4–2 Griffith Stadium 36,591 Recap 7 November 9 at New York Giants W 41–24 5–2 Polo Grounds 29,016 Recap 8 November 16 Boston Yanks W 32–0 6–2 Shibe Park 26,498 Recap 9 November 23 at Boston Yanks L 14–21 6–3 Fenway Park 15,628 Recap 10 November 30 Pittsburgh Steelers W 21–0 7–3 Shibe Park 37,218 Recap 11 December 7 Chicago Cardinals L 21–45 7–4 Shibe Park 32,322 Recap 12 December 14 Green Bay Packers W 28–14 8–4 Shibe Park 24,216 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Playoffs Round Date Opponent Result Venue Attendance Recap Sources Divisional December 21 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 21–0 Forbes Field 35,729 Recap Championship December 28 at Chicago Cardinals L 21–28 Comiskey Park 30,759 Recap
Roster (All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history) = 1947 Pro All-StarPlayers are identified as a 1947 Pro All-Star.+ = 1st team All-Star NO. PlayerAGE POS GP GSWTHTYRSCollege Greasy Neale 56 Coach 1947 record8–4–0NFL-Eagles Lifetime37–34–4 7th West Virginia Wesleyan Neill Armstrong21E-DB1211896–2RookieOklahoma State Al Baisi30G202176–07West Virginia Alf Bauman27DT-T202286–2RookieNorthwestern Larry Cabrelli30E-DB601945–116Colgate T.J. Campion29T502356–2RookieSoutheastern Louisiana Russ Craft26DB-HB10 41785–9 1 Alabama Noble Doss27HB901866–0RookieTexas Otis Douglas36T1232246–1 1 William & Mary Jack Ferrante31E-DE1161976–16 none John Green26DE-E1211926–1RookieTulsa Roger Harding24C-LB602176–22California Jack Hinkle30B301956–07Syracuse Dick Humbert29E-DE1111796–15Richmond Jim Kekeris 24T1022576–1RookieMissouri Bucko Kilroy26G-MG-T-DT1292436–24Notre Dame, and Temple Ben Kish30B1282076–07Pittsburgh Pete Kmetovic27HB501755–9RookieStanford Bob Krieger28E721906–15Dartmouth Bert Kuczynski26E301966–03Pennsylvania Vic Lindskog33C1012036–13Stanford Jay MacDowell28T-DE1232176–2 1 Washington Art Macioszczyk27FB1122086–03Western Michigan Bill Mackrides22QB801825–11RookieNevada-Reno Duke Maronic26G402095–93 none Pat McHugh28DB-HB911665–11RookieGeorgia Tech Joe Muha26FB-LB12122056–1 1 Virginia Military Institute Cliff Patton24G-LB12122436–2 1 TCU Pete Pihos24E-DE12122106–1RookieIndiana Hal Prescott27E1121996–1 1 Hardin–Simmons Bosh Pritchard28HB1151645–115Georgia Tech, andVMI Vic Sears29T-DT752236–36Oregon State Allie Sherman24QB1101705–114Brooklyn Ernie Steele30HB-DB1251876–05Washington Gil Steinke28HB631756–02Texas A&M-Kingsville Dan Talcott26T802356–3RookieUNLV Tommy Thompson31QB1211926–17Tulsa Steve Van Buren+27HB1272006–03LSU Don Weedon28G1202205–11RookieTexas Boyd Williams25C602186–3RookieSyracuse Al Wistert+27T-G-DT12122146–14Michigan Alex Wojciechowicz32C-LB-E12112175–119Fordham John Wyhonic28G1222136–0 1 Alabama 41 Players Team Average 27.6 11 205 6–0.5 2,7 Link to all time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history
Standings
References
External links
Byrum Saam (narrator), Football Highlights of 1947: Philadelphia Eagles. Philadelphia Eagles Football Club via YouTube.com (Video.)