1934 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster
Team Record: 2-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Luby DiMeolo (2-10)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1934 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Football League ended the 1934 season with a record of 2 wins and 10 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.
Pittsburgh labored to change the scoreboard with just 51 points, while the shaky defensive squad yielded 206, most in the circuit. Warren Heller carried the ball for a team-best 528 yards for the Pirates.
Warren Heller tossed for 511 yards, and Harp Vaughan took a significant amount of snaps, too. Ben Smith paced all receivers, grabbing 14 passes, while Joe Skladany accumulated 222 receiving yards.
Luby DiMeolo coached the team.
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# | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
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14 | Angelo Brovelli | FB | August 21, 1910 | 6'0" | 193 | St. Mary's (CA) | Porterville, CA USA | 5 | 5 |
16 | Ben Ciccone | C | October 10, 1909 | 5'10" | 197 | Duquesne | New Castle, PA USA | 11 | 0 |
27 | James Clark | B | 5'9" | 170 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 3 | ||
Jack Dempsey | T | March 12, 1912 | 6'2" | 225 | Bucknell | Scranton, PA USA | 1 | 1 | |
44 | Jap Douds | LG | April 21, 1905 | 5'10" | 216 | Washington & Jefferson | Rochester, PA USA | 11 | 8 |
30 | Norm Greeney | G | May 7, 1910 | 5'11" | 212 | Notre Dame | Cleveland, OH USA | 11 | 3 |
15 | Warren Heller | TB | November 24, 1910 | 5'11" | 195 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 12 | 12 |
14 | George Kavel | HB | March 3, 1910 | 5'11" | 170 | Carnegie Mellon | Wendel, PA USA | 1 | 1 |
37 | Mose Kelsch | FB-HB | January 31, 1897 | 5'10" | 223 | none | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 8 | 0 |
19 | Zvonimir Kvaternik | G | October 18, 1911 | 5'11" | 210 | Kansas | Kansas City, KS USA | 1 | 0 |
Jim Levey | B | September 13, 1906 | 5'10" | 156 | none | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 1 | 1 | |
24 | Basilio Marchi | G | July 14, 1909 | 6'2" | 220 | NYU | Middleport, OH USA | 5 | 4 |
13 | Harry Marker | B | September 17, 1910 | 5'6" | 155 | West Virginia | Ligonier, PA USA | 1 | 0 |
10 | Johnny McNally | K | November 27, 1903 | 6'1" | 188 | Wisc-River Falls | New Richmond, WI USA | 5 | 1 |
13 | Buster Mott | B | June 21, 1909 | 5'8" | 193 | Georgia | Atlanta, GA USA | 1 | 0 |
17 | Armand Niccolai | RT | November 8, 1911 | 6'2" | 226 | Duquesne | Vesta, PA USA | 12 | 12 |
33 | Cap Oehler | C | August 5, 1910 | 6'0" | 204 | Purdue | Queens, NY USA | 12 | 12 |
Bill Potts | HB | 200 | Villanova | 1 | 0 | ||||
11 | Jess Quatse | LT | April 4, 1908 | 5'11" | 226 | Pittsburgh | Rillton, PA USA | 12 | 12 |
12 | Alex Rado | HB | July 19, 1911 | 6'1" | 200 | West Virginia Tech | Dayton, OH USA | 8 | 4 |
19 | Peter Rajkovich | FB | January 17, 1911 | 5'10" | 190 | Detroit Mercy | , Austria | 3 | 3 |
18 | Dave Ribble | RG | March 28, 1907 | 6'1" | 225 | Hardin-Simmons | Brownwood, TX USA | 10 | 8 |
19 | Jack Roberts | B | September 27, 1910 | 6'0" | 210 | Georgia | Pine Log, GA USA | 6 | 0 |
36 | Pete Saumer | B | April 30, 1910 | 6'1" | 195 | St. Olaf | St. Paul, MN USA | 3 | 0 |
23 | Joe Skladany | RE | May 25, 1911 | 5'10" | 210 | Pittsburgh | Larksville, PA USA | 12 | 12 |
29 | Ben Smith | LE | June 16, 1911 | 6'3" | 208 | Alabama | Haleyville, AL USA | 11 | 10 |
25 | Bull Snyder | G | October 29, 1911 | 6'2" | 230 | Ohio | London, OH USA | 5 | 0 |
20 | Bill Sortet | E | June 25, 1912 | 6'1" | 187 | West Virginia | Vincennes, IN USA | 12 | 1 |
40 | Ray Tesser | E | June 2, 1912 | 6'2" | 204 | Carnegie Mellon | Titusville, PA USA | 12 | 1 |
21 | Harp Vaughan | BB | November 19, 1903 | 5'7" | 150 | none | , PA USA | 11 | 7 |
26 | Henry Weinberg | G | March 4, 1910 | 5'7" | 190 | Duquesne | Mount Pleasant, PA USA | 8 | 1 |
22 | Silvio Zaninelli | BB | December 9, 1913 | 5'10" | 207 | Duquesne | Reading, PA USA | 11 | 11 |