1947 New York Giants Roster

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-8-2
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Steve Owen (2-8-2)
Location: New York, New York

1947 New York Giants Statistics
1947 New York Giants Results

The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1947 season with a record of 2 wins and 8 losses and 2 ties, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.

The Giants stumbled, scoring only 190 points, and the leaky defense gave up 309. Paul Governali tossed for 1,461 yards. Ray Poole topped the receiving corps, hauling in 23 passes for 395 yards.

Gene Roberts ran for a team-leading 296 yards for New York.

Frank Reagan picked off 10 errant tosses from the opposition.

Steve Owen coached the team.

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#	Player	Pos.	Birth Date	Height	Weight	College	Hometown	GP	GS
42	Jim Blumenstock	FB	April 28, 1918	5'11"	190	Fordham	Rutherford, NJ USA	10	3
12	Dave Brown	WB	February 14, 1920	5'11"	190	Alabama	Birmingham, AL USA	7	6
80	Gregg Browning	E	January 12, 1922	6'0"	190	Denver	Trinidad, CO USA	3	0
20	John Cannady	C	May 9, 1923	6'2"	227	Indiana	Charleston, SC USA	11	6
90	Victor Carroll	T	November 9, 1912	6'3"	235	Nevada-Reno	Alhambra, CA USA	11	1
17	George Cheverko	B	July 29, 1920	6'1"	197	Fordham	Beaver Meadows, PA USA	9	1
1	Frank Cope	T	November 19, 1915	6'2"	225	Santa Clara	Anaconda, MT USA	5	2
79	Tex Coulter	LE	October 26, 1924	6'4"	250	Texas A&M	Fort Worth, TX USA	12	12
55	Lou DeFilippo	T-C	August 28, 1916	6'2"	230	Fordham	East Haven, CT USA	4	0
67	Bob Dobelstein	LG	October 27, 1922	5'11"	214	Tennessee	Bridgeport, CT USA	12	11
40	Art Faircloth	B	July 8, 1921	6'0"	190	North Carolina St.	Richmond, VA USA	3	0
37	George Franck	HB	September 23, 1918	6'0"	176	Minnesota	Davenport, IA USA	7	0
51	Chet Gladchuk	C	April 4, 1917	6'4"	248	Boston Col.	Bridgeport, CT USA	10	8
41	Paul Governali	TB	January 5, 1921	5'11"	193	Columbia	Bronx, NY USA	8	2
66	Bill Hachten	G	November 30, 1924	6'0"	210	California	Wichita, KS USA	8	1
81	Jim Howell	E	March 9, 1915	6'5"	210	Arkansas	Lonoke, AR USA	6	0
22	Duke Iverson	BB	February 26, 1920	6'2"	208	Oregon	Petaluma, CA USA	8	5
88	Frank Liebel	E	November 19, 1919	6'1"	211	Norwich	Erie, PA USA	11	0
11	Howie Livingston	KR	May 15, 1922	6'1"	183	Fullerton JC	Los Angeles, CA USA	10	8
65	Kayo Lunday	G-LB-C	August 13, 1912	6'3"	217	Arkansas	Cleora, OK USA	6	0
85	Jack Mead	E	April 18, 1921	6'3"	213	Wisconsin	Appleton, WI USA	10	0
31	Bill Miklich	LB	April 3, 1919	6'0"	208	Idaho	Greenwood, WI USA	7	1
11	Bob Morris	HB	March 9, 1925	5'11"	180	USC	Los Angeles County, CA USA	1	0
46	Jerry Niles	QB	May 1, 1919	6'1"	195	Iowa	East Moline, IL USA	4	0
57	Lou Palazzi	C	June 26, 1921	6'0"	198	Penn St.	Groton, CT USA	11	0
38	Bill Paschal	FB-HB	May 28, 1921	6'0"	201	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA USA	4	0
33	Gordon Paschka	FB-G	March 6, 1920	6'0"	220	Minnesota	Chaska, MN USA	6	0
82	Ray Poole	RE	April 15, 1921	6'2"	215	North Carolina	Gloster, MS USA	12	12
71	Phil Ragazzo	T	June 24, 1915	6'0"	216	Case Western Reserve	Niles, OH USA	9	1
44	Frank Reagan	P	July 28, 1919	5'11"	182	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA USA	10	4
35	Gene Roberts	HB-FB	January 20, 1923	5'11"	188	Kansas		9	0
75	Bill Schuler	LT	October 18, 1922	6'0"	215	Auburn	Birmingham, AL USA	11	8
50	Ken Strong	FB	March 21, 1906	6'0"	206	NYU	West Haven, CT USA	10	9
21	Joe Sulaitis	BB	June 20, 1921	6'2"	212	none	Hoboken, NJ USA	11	10
62	George Tobin	G-LB	July 9, 1921	5'10"	205	Notre Dame	Belmont, PA USA	11	0
83	John Weiss	E-DB	February 7, 1922	6'3"	198	none	Jersey City, NJ USA	1	0
77	Jim White	RT	February 8, 1920	6'2"	227	Notre Dame	Edgewater, NJ USA	11	9
60	Len Younce	RG	January 8, 1917	6'1"	208	Oregon St.	Dayton, OR USA	12	12