1940 Cleveland Rams Roster
Team Record: 4-6-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Dutch Clark (4-6-1)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1940 Cleveland Rams Results
The Cleveland Rams of the National Football League ended the 1940 season with a record of 4 wins and 6 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division.
The Rams scored 171 points, but the defensive squad allowed 191. Parker Hall threw for 1,108 yards. Jim Benton topped pass catchers, hauling in 22 balls for 351 yards.
Johnny Drake ran for a team-leading 480 yards for Cleveland, while Parker Hall also buoyed the ground attack.
Jack Haman picked off 5 opponent throws.
Dutch Clark coached the team.
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# | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
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34 | Chet Adams | K | October 24, 1915 | 6'3" | 233 | Ohio | Cleveland, OH USA | 11 | 11 |
39 | Stan Andersen | LT | September 14, 1917 | 6'2" | 218 | Stanford | Portland, OR USA | 11 | 5 |
28 | Jim Benton | LE | September 25, 1916 | 6'3" | 200 | Arkansas | Carthage, AR USA | 10 | 5 |
6 | Connie Berry | E | April 19, 1915 | 6'3" | 215 | North Carolina St. | Spartanburg, SC USA | 3 | 0 |
21 | Boyd Clay | RT | May 6, 1915 | 6'1" | 220 | Tennessee | Hohenwald, TN USA | 11 | 5 |
37 | Bill Conkright | C | April 17, 1914 | 6'1" | 203 | Oklahoma | Beggs, OK USA | 2 | 2 |
1 | Olie Cordill | WB | April 28, 1916 | 6'2" | 190 | Rice | Big Spring, TX USA | 10 | 7 |
40 | Earl Crowder | BB | January 21, 1915 | 6'0" | 198 | Oklahoma | Cherokee, OK USA | 3 | 0 |
14 | Johnny Drake | FB | March 27, 1916 | 6'1" | 213 | Purdue | Chicago, IL USA | 11 | 8 |
20 | Elwyn Dunstan | RT | February 4, 1915 | 6'3" | 238 | Portland | San Francisco, CA USA | 10 | 6 |
22 | Fred Gehrke | HB | April 24, 1918 | 5'11" | 189 | Utah | Salt Lake City, UT USA | 3 | 0 |
9 | Jim Gillette | HB | December 19, 1917 | 6'1" | 185 | Virginia | Courtland, VA USA | 4 | 0 |
24 | Shag Goolsby | C | July 24, 1917 | 6'2" | 198 | Mississippi St. | Columbus, MS USA | 8 | 0 |
3 | Pete Gudauskas | G | October 19, 1916 | 6'2" | 222 | Murray St. | Georgetown, IL USA | 1 | 0 |
32 | Parker Hall | P | December 10, 1916 | 6'0" | 198 | Mississippi | Tunica, MS USA | 11 | 7 |
15 | Jack Haman | C | August 18, 1918 | 6'2" | 215 | Northwestern | Naperville, IL USA | 11 | 9 |
7 | Ken Heineman | TB | January 13, 1918 | 5'9" | 168 | Texas-El Paso | Yorktown, TX USA | 3 | 0 |
38 | Len Janiak | B | October 29, 1915 | 6'1" | 203 | Ohio | Cleveland, OH USA | 11 | 3 |
9 | Michael Kinek | E | August 11, 1917 | 6'1" | 200 | Michigan St. | Akron, OH USA | 2 | 0 |
31 | Ted Livingston | RG | February 18, 1913 | 6'3" | 219 | Kansas St. | Ellsworth, KS USA | 9 | 9 |
8 | Dante Magnani | HB | March 16, 1917 | 5'10" | 182 | St. Mary's (CA) | Dalzell, IL USA | 11 | 4 |
11 | Riley Matheson | G | December 12, 1914 | 6'2" | 207 | Cameron | Shannon, TX USA | 11 | 0 |
19 | Paul McDonough | RE | December 14, 1916 | 6'4" | 222 | Utah | Salt Lake City, UT USA | 11 | 7 |
30 | Barney McGarry | LG | December 24, 1917 | 6'1" | 203 | Utah | Park City, UT USA | 11 | 11 |
30 | Harvey Murphy | E | August 24, 1915 | 5'10" | 194 | Mississippi | , MS | 2 | 0 |
Jack Nix | WB | November 9, 1917 | 6'0" | 175 | Mississippi St. | Moselle, MS USA | 1 | 0 | |
25 | Glenn Olson | BB | March 14, 1915 | 6'0" | 195 | Iowa | Colo, IA USA | 2 | 0 |
2 | Maury Patt | E | January 31, 1915 | 6'2" | 205 | Carnegie Mellon | Altoona, PA USA | 10 | 1 |
36 | Phil Ragazzo | T-G | June 24, 1915 | 6'0" | 216 | Case Western Reserve | Niles, OH USA | 1 | 0 |
17 | Hank Rockwell | G | February 10, 1917 | 6'4" | 231 | Arizona St. | Whittier, CA USA | 11 | 2 |
23 | Mike Rodak | BB-G | February 11, 1917 | 5'10" | 194 | Case Western Reserve | Orient, PA USA | 1 | 0 |
36 | Fred Shirey | T | January 12, 1916 | 6'2" | 223 | Washington & Jefferson | Latrobe, PA USA | 6 | 0 |
5 | Marty Slovak | TB | December 25, 1916 | 5'9" | 179 | Toledo | Newport, MI USA | 9 | 4 |
10 | Gaylon Smith | BB | July 15, 1916 | 5'11" | 202 | Rhodes | Lonoke, AR USA | 11 | 8 |
33 | Vic Spadaccini | B | March 2, 1916 | 6'0" | 222 | Minnesota | Keewatin, MN USA | 9 | 3 |
4 | Ralph Stevenson | G-LB | April 11, 1917 | 5'10" | 196 | Oklahoma | Ponca City, OK USA | 3 | 0 |
12 | Johnny Wilson | E | November 2, 1915 | 6'3" | 203 | Case Western Reserve | Dover, OH USA | 10 | 4 |