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1941 Giants Squad

Eastern Division Champions

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Marion C. “Dookie” Pugh, #30, Rookie Season, Back, Texas A & M College, 1941 Chicago College All-Stars Squad, Height: 6’1”, Weight: 190 

Donald Theodore “Huck” Vosberg, #49, Rookie Season, End, Marquette University, 1941 Chicago College All-Stars Squad, Height: 6’3”, Weight: 190 

Francis Xavier Reagan, #8, Rookie Season, Back, University of Pennsylvania, 1941 Eastern College All-Stars Squad, Height: 5’11”, Weight: 190 

Edward Frank “Ed” Danowski, #22, 7th Season, Back, Fordham University, Height: 6’1”, Weight: 198 

Top Row (left to right) 

Myron Herrick “Mike” Palm, Assistant Coach, Penn State 

Wellington Timothy “Duke” Mara, Secretary, Fordham University, *(1) 

James Lee “Jim” Howell, #21, 5th Season, End, University of Arkansas, Height: 6’6”, Weight: 215, All-Pro recognition in 1939 and 1941 

Dominic Alfred “Dom” Principe, #25, 2nd Season, Back, Fordham University, Height: 6’, Weight: 205 

Oliver Kay Eakin, Jr., #12, 2nd Season, Back, University of Arkansas, Height: 6’, Weight: 190 

Vincent Paul “Vince” Dennery, #52, Rookie Season, End, Fordham University, 1941 Eastern College All-Stars, Height: 6’, Weight: 200 

Melvin Jack “Mel” Hein, #7, 11th Season, Center, Washington State University, Height: 6’4”, Weight: 235, Consensus All-Pro in 1934-35 and All-Pro recognition 1931-41, *(2) 

Alphonse Emil “Tuffy” Leemans, #4, 6th Season, Back, George Washington University, Height: 6’, Weight: 195, All-Pro recognition 1936-41, *(3) 

Nello Donald “Flash” Falaschi, #28, 4th Season, Back, Santa Clara, Height: 6’, Weight: 195 

John G. Mellus, #33, 4th Season, Tackle, Villanova College, Height: 6’, Weight: 223, All-Pro recognition 1939-41 

James Eugene “Jim” Poole, #23, 5th Season, End, University of Mississippi, Height: 6’3”, Weight: 235, All-Pro recognition 1938-40 

William Criswell “Bill” Owen, Assistant Coach, Phillips University

 Middle Row (left to right)

Charley Porter, Trainer 

William Bennett “Monk” Edwards, #60, 2nd Season, Tackle, Baylor University, Height: 6’3”, Weight: 205, All-Pro recognition 1941 

Andrew Gust Anvil Andy” Marefos, #70, Rookie Season, Back, St. Mary’s College of California, Height: 6’, Weight: 225 

George Henning “Sonny” Franck, #37, Rookie Season, Back, University of Minnesota, 1941 Chicago College All-Stars Squad, Height: 6’1”, Weight: 180 

Douglas C. “Doug” Oldershaw, #39, 3rd Season, Guard, California-Santa Barbara, Height: 6’1”, Weight: 195, All-Pro recognition 1940-41 

Windinge Christian “Win” Pedersen, #66, 1st Season, 2nd Season in Professional Football, Tackle, University of Minnesota, Height: 6’3-1/2’, Weight: 220 

Leonard Alonzo “Len” Younce, #32, Rookie Season, Guard, Oregon State, Height: 6’1”, Weight: 205, All-Pro recognition 1941 

Francis Wallace “Frank” Cope, #36, 4th Season, Tackle, University of Santa Clara, Height: 6’3”, Weight: 230, All-Pro recognition 1940 

Anthony Abraham “Tony” Blazine, Jr., #69, 1st Season, 7th Season in Professional Football, Tackle, Illinois Wesleyan, Height: 6’, Weight: 240, All-Pro recognition 1935 

Richard Courtland “Dick” Horne, #49, Rookie Season, End, University of Oregon, Height: 6’2”, Weight: 214 (Replaced Vosberg when he went into the Navy) 

Louis Phillip “Lou” DeFilippo, #55, Rookie Season, Center, Fordham University, 1941 Eastern College All-Stars, Height: 6’2”, Weight: 225 

Gus Mauch, Trainer 

Chester Stephen “Chet” Gladchuk, #11, Rookie Season, Center, Boston College, 1941 Eastern College All-Stars Squad, Height: 6’4-1/2", Weight: 245 

Stephen Joseph “Stout Steve” Owen, Head Coach, Phillips University, *(4)

Bottom Row (left to right)

Levin Kenneth “Kayo” Lunday, #5, 5th Season, Center, University of Arkansas, Height: 6’3”, Weight: 225, All-Pro recognition as a guard in 1939 

Ward Lloyd Cuff, #14, 5th Season, Back, Marquette University, Height: 6’1”, Weight: 192, All-Pro recognition 1938-39 and 1941 

Howard Leon “Howie” Yeager, #6, 1st Season, 2nd Season in Professional Football, Back, California-Santa Barbara, Height: 6’, Weight: 178 

Albert Henry “Hank” Soar, #15, 5th Season, Back, Providence College, Height: 6’, Weight: 215 

Clinton “Red” McClain, #17, Rookie Season, Back, Southern Methodist University, Christmas Day 1940 Southwest All-Stars Squad, Height: 5’9”, Weight: 190 

James Orville Tuttle, #42, 5th Season, Guard, Oklahoma City University, Height: 5’9”, Weight: 205, All-Pro recognition 1937-40 

Andrew Jackson “Jack” Lummus, Jr., #29, Rookie Season, End, Baylor University, Christmas Day 1940 Southwest All-Stars Squad, Height: 6’3”, Weight: 200 

Leland Knoy “Lee” Shaffer, #20, 7th Season, Back, Kansas State, Height: 6’2”, Weight: 202 

Leonard Charles “Len” Eshmont, #2, Rookie Season, Back, Fordham University, 1941 Eastern College All-Stars Squad, Height: 5’10-1/2”, Weight: 180 

Benjamin Forester “Ben” Sohn, #44, Rookie Season, Tackle, University of Southern California, 1941 Chicago College All-Stars Squad, Height: 6’3”, Weight: 230 

William Thomas “Will” Walls, #24, 4th Season, End, Texas Christian University, Height: 6’4”, Weight: 220 

Edwin Clarence “Ed” Widseth, #50, 5th Season, Tackle, University of Minnesota, Height: 6’1”, Weight: 223, All-Pro recognition 1937-39

Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, Ohio 

*(1) Wellington Mara was inducted in 1997 

*(2) Mel Hein was inducted in 1963. 

*(3) Tuffy Leemans was inducted in 1978. 

*(4) Steve Owen was inducted in 1966. 

Timothy James "Tim" Mara was inducted in 1963. He was a founder of the New York Football Giants. In 1930 he turned over the ownership of the Giants to his two son’s Jack then 22 and Wellington 14. 


New York Football Giants 1941


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