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1944 Boston Yanks season

{{short description|National Football League team season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}

{{Infobox NFL team season

| team = Boston Yanks

| year = 1944

| record = 2–8

| division_place = 4th NFL Eastern

| owner = Ted Collins

| general manager =

| coach = Herb Kopf

| stadium = Fenway Park

| playoffs = Did not qualify

| previous = none

| no_prevseason = true

}}

The 1944 Boston Yanks season was its inaugural season in the National Football League. The team won two games[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/byk/1944.htm 1944 Boston Yanks] and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Pre-season

=1944 NFL draft=

The 1944 NFL draft was held on April 19, 1944, at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia. By agreement of league owners, the new Yanks franchise received the first pick of the first round and then dropped to 11th in the order of draft selection, making their next choice at 27.George Strickler (ed.), Record and Rules Manual, 1944. Chicago: National Football League, 1944; p. 87.

Although there were 32 rounds in the 1944 draft, each of the league's 11 teams selected 30 players, for a total of 330 players picked.Strickler (ed.), Record and Rules Manual, 1944, pp. 77–87, passim. The five worst-finishing teams of the 1943 season picked alone in rounds 2 and 4, while the five best-finishing teams plus the expansion Yanks picked alone in rounds 31 and 32.

Boston's top draft pick, Heisman Trophy-winning Notre Dame quarterback Angelo Bertelli, had enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1943 and never played in the NFL, instead making his professional debut with the Los Angeles Dons of the rival All-America Football Conference (AAFC) in 1946.

The complete list of players drafted by the Boston Yanks in 1944 follows.[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/byk/1944_draft.htm "1944 Boston Yanks Draftees,"] Pro Football Reference, www.pro-football-reference.com/ Due to the demands of World War II, none of these players actually played for the Yanks during the 1944 season.

{{NFL team draft start|year=1944|teamname=Boston Yanks}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=1|pick=1|player=Angelo Bertelli|position=Quarterback|college=Notre Dame|notes=Played in AAFC in 1946}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=3|pick=27|player=Babe Dimancheff|position=Halfback|college=Purdue|notes=Played with Yanks in 1945}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=5|pick=43|player=Larry Rice|position=Center|college=Tulane|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=6|pick=54|player=John "Butch" Parker|position=Tackle|college=Loyola (CA)|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=7|pick=65|player=Mike Andrews|position=End|college=NC State|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=8|pick=76|player=Bob Musick|position=Back|college=USC|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=9|pick=87|player=Caleb "Tex" Warrington|position=Guard|college=Auburn|notes=Played in AAFC in 1946}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=10|pick=98|player=Angelo Sisti|position=Tackle|college=Boston College|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=11|pick=109|player=Gene Long|position=Guard|college=Kansas|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=12|pick=120|player=Ed Fiorentino|position=End|college=Brown|notes=Played with Yanks in 1947}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=13|pick=131|player=Mike Zeleznak|position=Back|college=Kansas State|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=14|pick=142|player=John Maskas|position=Guard|college=VPI|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=15|pick=153|player=John Bond|position=Back|college=TCU|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=16|pick=164|player=Roger Antaya|position=Guard|college=Dartmouth|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=17|pick=175|player=Marshall Shurnas|position=End|college=Missouri|notes=Played in AAFC in 1947}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=18|pick=186|player=Reldon Bennett|position=Tackle|college=LSU|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=19|pick=197|player=Art Faircloth|position=Back|college=Guilford|notes=Played in NFL in 1947}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=20|pick=208|player=Tony Bilotti|position=Guard|college=Saint Mary's (CA)|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=21|pick=219|player=Bill Furman|position=Tackle|college=Washington & Lee|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=22|pick=230|player=Clare Morford|position=Guard|college=Oklahoma|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=23|pick=241|player=Dilton Richmond|position=End|college=LSU|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=24|pick=252|player=Courtney Lawlor|position=Back|college=Richmond|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=25|pick=263|player=Howard Debus|position=Back|college=Nebraska|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=26|pick=274|player=Bill Portwood|position=End|college=Kentucky|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=27|pick=285|player=Harold Collins|position=Guard|college=Southwestern (TX)|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=28|pick=296|player=Aubrey Gill|position=Center|college=Texas|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=29|pick=307|player=Chet Wasilewski|position=Back|college=Holy Cross|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=30|pick=318|player=Gus Letchas|position=Back|college=Georgia|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=31|pick=324|player=Ralph Calcagni|position=Tackle|college=Penn|notes=Played with Yanks in 1946}}

{{NFL team draft entry|round=32|pick=330|player=Walton Roberts|position=Back|college=Texas|notes=}}

{{NFL team draft end|hof=no|probowl=no|maderoster=no}}

Regular season

=Schedule=

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!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Boston Yanks|year=1944|border=2}}"| Result

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Boston Yanks|year=1944|border=2}}"| Record

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Boston Yanks|year=1944|border=2}}"| Venue

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Boston Yanks|year=1944|border=2}}"| Attendance

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Boston Yanks|year=1944|border=2}}"| Recap

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Boston Yanks|year=1944|border=2}}"| Sources

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! 1

| September 26

| Philadelphia Eagles

| L 7–28

| 0–1

| Fenway Park

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! 2

| October 8

| New York Giants

| L 10–22

| 0–2

| Fenway Park

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! 3

| October 15

| Washington Redskins

| L 14–21

| 0–3

| Fenway Park

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! 4

| October 22

| at Philadelphia Eagles

| L 0–38

| 0–4

| Shibe Park

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! 5

| October 29

| at Brooklyn Tigers

| W 17–14

| 1–4

| Ebbets Field

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! 6

| November 5

| at New York Giants

| L 0–31

| 1–5

| Polo Grounds

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! 7

| November 12

| at Chicago Bears

| L 7–21

| 1–6

| Wrigley Field

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! 8

| November 19

| Brooklyn Tigers

| W 13–6

| 2–6

| Fenway Park

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! 9

| November 26

| at Washington Redskins

| L 7–14

| 2–7

| Griffith Stadium

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! 10

| December 3

| at Detroit Lions

| L 7–38

| 2–8

| Briggs Stadium

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colspan="10"| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

{{1944 NFL Eastern standings}}

{{1944 NFL Western standings}}

Roster

The NFL used an active roster of just 28 players during the wartime seasons of 1943 and 1944. According to the league's preseason guidebook,George Strickler (ed.), National Football League 1944 Roster Manual. Chicago: National Football League, 1944; pp. 6–7. the 1944 roster for the Boston Yanks consisted of the following:

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Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

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Ends

Tackles

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Guards

Centers

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References

{{Reflist|35em}}

{{Boston Yanks seasons}}

{{1944 NFL season by team}}

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