Dante Magnani
Dante Alfred Magnani
Born: March 16, 1917
Dalzell, IL USA
Deceased: December 22, 1985
Vallejo, CA
Position: HB-WB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 182
College: St. Mary's (CA)
High School: St. Vincent (Vallejo, CA)
Career: 1940-1950
Drafted: 1940 in Round 19, #175 overall by the Cleveland Rams
Dante Magnani played from 1940 to 1950 during his career with the Chicago Bears, Cleveland Rams, Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams. Magnani ran for 1,466 yards in his career on 331 attempts, scoring 3 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 79 passes for 942 yards and 10 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 24 | 128 | 5.3 | 29 | 0 |
| 1942 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 59 | 344 | 5.8 | 71 | 1 |
| 1943 | NFL Chicago Bears | 51 | 310 | 6.1 | 79 | 2 |
| 1946 | NFL Chicago Bears | 68 | 277 | 4.1 | 32 | 0 |
| 1947 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 48 | 178 | 3.7 | 27 | 0 |
| 1948 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 38 | 144 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
| 1949 | NFL Chicago Bears | 33 | 59 | 1.8 | 9 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 331 | 1466 | 4.4 | 79 | 3 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 11 | 119 | 10.8 | 25 | 1 |
| 1941 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 14 | 189 | 13.5 | 61 | 1 |
| 1942 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 24 | 276 | 11.5 | 67 | 4 |
| 1943 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 51 | 1 |
| 1946 | NFL Chicago Bears | 14 | 156 | 11.1 | 38 | 1 |
| 1947 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 57 | 14.2 | 40 | 1 |
| 1948 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 16 | 1 |
| 1949 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 79 | 942 | 11.9 | 67 | 10 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 |
| Totals | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 25 | 0 |
| 1942 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 25 | 0 |
| 1943 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Totals | 11 | 121 | 11.0 | 25 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 8 | 241 | 30.1 | 93 | 1 |
| 1942 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 11 | 250 | 22.7 | 37 | 0 |
| 1943 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 171 | 28.5 | 96 | 1 |
| 1946 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 23 | 0 |
| 1947 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 186 | 31.0 | 75 | 0 |
| 1948 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 947 | 25.6 | 96 | 2 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1943 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Totals | 8 | 123 | 15.4 | 35 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 0 | ||
| 1947 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1948 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1949 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1940 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1941 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| 1942 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| 1943 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||
| 1946 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| 1947 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1948 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | NFL | Cleveland Rams | 11 | 4 |
| 1941 | NFL | Cleveland Rams | 9 | 8 |
| 1942 | NFL | Cleveland Rams | 11 | 10 |
| 1943 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 10 | 7 |
| 1946 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 10 | 7 |
| 1947 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 3 |
| 1948 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 8 | 1 |
| 1949 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 6 | 1 |
| 1950 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 7 | 0 |
Honors
1942 - NFL All-NFL (2nd Team)
