1946 Los Angeles Dons Roster
Team Record: 7-5-2
Finishing 3rd in the AAFC's West Division
Coach: Dudley DeGroot (7-5-2)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1946 Los Angeles Dons Results
The Los Angeles Dons of the All American Football Conference ended the 1946 season with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses and 2 ties, finishing third in the AAFC's West Division.
The Dons chalked up 305 points, and the defensive squad allowed 290. John Kimbrough ran for a team-leading 473 yards for Los Angeles, while Chuck Fenenbock additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Charlie O'Rourke tossed for 1,250 yards. Dale Gentry snagged 24 balls for 341 yards.
Bob Seymour picked off 4 opponent throws.
Dudley DeGroot coached the team.
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# | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
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58/57 | Joe Aguirre | K | October 17, 1918 | 6'4" | 225 | St. Mary's (CA) | Rock Springs, WV USA | 14 | 9 |
44 | Lee Artoe | RT | March 2, 1917 | 6'3" | 234 | Santa Clara | Tacoma, WA USA | 14 | 13 |
42 | Earl Audet | T | May 14, 1921 | 6'2" | 252 | Georgetown (DC) | Providence, RI USA | 13 | 0 |
65 | Angelo Bertelli | QB | June 18, 1921 | 6'1" | 190 | Notre Dame | West Springfield, MA USA | 12 | 3 |
82 | Harry Clarke | HB | December 1, 1916 | 6'0" | 186 | West Virginia | Cumberland, MD USA | 14 | 2 |
40/43 | Gil Duggan | T | December 26, 1914 | 6'3" | 229 | Oklahoma | Benton, AR USA | 11 | 0 |
94 | Earl Elsey | HB | October 31, 1917 | 5'8" | 175 | Loyola Marymount | Ozark, AR | 13 | 3 |
93 | Chuck Fenenbock | KR | August 28, 1917 | 5'9" | 174 | UCLA | Oakland, CA USA | 13 | 7 |
37/34 | Ray Frankowski | G | September 14, 1919 | 5'11" | 223 | Washington | Chicago, IL USA | 12 | 2 |
53 | Dale Gentry | RE | July 2, 1917 | 6'3" | 223 | St. Mary's (CA) | Umapine, OR USA | 14 | 9 |
50 | Bill Kerr | E | November 10, 1915 | 6'0" | 220 | Notre Dame | Tarrytown, NY USA | 11 | 1 |
77 | John Kimbrough | FB | June 14, 1918 | 6'2" | 210 | Texas A&M | Haskell, TX USA | 14 | 7 |
52 | Al Krueger | HB | April 3, 1919 | 6'0" | 190 | USC | Orange, CA USA | 10 | 3 |
30 | Al Lolotai | LG | June 22, 1920 | 6'0" | 224 | Weber JC | Laie, HI | 14 | 12 |
79 | Andy Marefos | FB | July 16, 1917 | 6'0" | 223 | St. Mary's (CA) | San Francisco, CA USA | 13 | 4 |
95 | Jack McQuary | HB-DB | June 20, 1920 | 6'1" | 208 | California | Tacoma, WA USA | 1 | 0 |
90 | Bus Mertes | B | October 6, 1921 | 6'0" | 201 | Iowa | Chicago, IL USA | 9 | 3 |
47 | Joe Mihal | T | April 2, 1916 | 6'2" | 234 | Purdue | Homestead, PA USA | 12 | 0 |
43/35 | Paul Mitchell | DT | August 10, 1920 | 6'3" | 235 | Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN USA | 10 | 3 |
60 | Bob Mitchell | HB | January 27, 1921 | 5'11" | 195 | Stanford | Turlock, CA USA | 11 | 3 |
59 | Jack Morton | E | July 22, 1922 | 6'0" | 197 | Missouri | East St. Louis, IL USA | 12 | 1 |
22 | Robert Nelson | C | January 30, 1920 | 6'1" | 214 | Baylor | Paris, TX USA | 10 | 6 |
20 | Don Nolander | C | September 14, 1921 | 6'1" | 210 | Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN USA | 11 | 7 |
55 | Bob Nowaskey | LE | February 3, 1918 | 6'0" | 205 | George Washington | Everson, PA USA | 14 | 5 |
85 | Bernie Nygren | RH | November 14, 1918 | 5'9" | 193 | Gustavus Adolphus | Minneapolis, MN USA | 14 | 5 |
66 | Charlie O'Rourke | QB | May 10, 1917 | 5'11" | 175 | Boston Col. | Montreal, QC Canada | 14 | 8 |
73 | John Polanski | FB | September 6, 1918 | 6'2" | 211 | Wake Forest | Buffalo, NY USA | 13 | 3 |
33 | Bill Radovich | RG | June 24, 1915 | 5'10" | 238 | USC | Chicago, IL USA | 14 | 12 |
45 | Bob Reinhard | LT | October 17, 1920 | 6'4" | 234 | California | Hollywood, CA USA | 14 | 14 |
29 | Hank Rockwell | G | February 10, 1917 | 6'4" | 231 | Arizona St. | Whittier, CA USA | 13 | 1 |
83 | Bob Seymour | LH | June 13, 1916 | 6'2" | 205 | Oklahoma | Wyandotte, OK USA | 13 | 8 |
97 | Bob Sneddon | DB-HB-WB | July 9, 1921 | 5'10" | 180 | Weber St. | Ogden, UT USA | 11 | 0 |
78 | Frank Trigilio | FB | January 19, 1919 | 5'11" | 200 | Vermont | , NY USA | 1 | 0 |
87/95 | Paul Vinnola | HB-DB | August 24, 1922 | 5'10" | 180 | Santa Clara | Denver, CO USA | 13 | 0 |
32 | Frank Yokas | G | February 27, 1924 | 5'11" | 210 | none | Rock Island, IL USA | 12 | 0 |