1947 Los Angeles Dons Statistics
All American Football Conference (AAFC)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 3rd in the AAFC's West Division
Coach: Mel Hein (2-1)
Coach: Dudley DeGroot (5-6)
Coach: Ted Shipkey (2-1)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1947 Los Angeles Dons RosterTeam Record: 7-7
Finishing 3rd in the AAFC's West Division
Coach: Mel Hein (2-1)
Coach: Dudley DeGroot (5-6)
Coach: Ted Shipkey (2-1)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1947 Los Angeles Dons Results
The Los Angeles Dons of the All American Football Conference ended the 1947 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the AAFC's West Division.
The Dons netted 328 points, while the defense yielded 256. John Kimbrough ran for a team-leading 562 yards for Los Angeles.
Charlie O'Rourke threw for 1,449 yards. Dale Gentry snagged 22 balls for 352 yards. Chuck Fenenbock provided receiving help also.
Glenn Dobbs and Walt Heap each intercepted 5 opponent throws.
Mel Hein, Dudley DeGroot and Ted Shipkey coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie O'Rourke | 178 | 89 | 50.0 | 1449 | 8.1 | 13 | 7.3 | 16 | 9.0 | 54 | 64.6 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 109 | 49 | 45.0 | 650 | 6.0 | 6 | 5.5 | 7 | 6.4 | 0 | 56.0 |
| Bob Reinhard | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 21 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 65.6 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Bill Reinhard | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 300 | 141 | 47.0 | 2127 | 7.1 | 19 | 6.3 | 25 | 8.3 | 54 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Kimbrough | 131 | 562 | 4.3 | 0 | 8 |
| Bob Kelly | 51 | 205 | 4.0 | 50 | 2 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 58 | 185 | 3.2 | 0 | 3 |
| Harry Clarke | 44 | 173 | 3.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Bert Piggott | 46 | 161 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Reinhard | 41 | 150 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 28 | 90 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Mitchell | 32 | 85 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie O'Rourke | 24 | 55 | 2.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Harry Hopp | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Clay | 9 | 42 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Sugarfoot Anderson | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Heap | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Reinhard | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bob Steuber | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Titchenal | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mort Landsberg | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 487 | 1780 | 3.7 | 50 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Gentry | 22 | 352 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 20 | 276 | 13.8 | 0 | 2 |
| John Kimbrough | 16 | 281 | 17.6 | 0 | 3 |
| Burr Baldwin | 12 | 275 | 22.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Sugarfoot Anderson | 11 | 126 | 11.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Kelly | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Aguirre | 8 | 158 | 19.8 | 51 | 4 |
| Bob Nowaskey | 8 | 106 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Titchenal | 7 | 97 | 13.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Piggott | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Robert Nelson | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Harry Hopp | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Mitchell | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Reinhard | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Heap | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Walt Clay | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mort Landsberg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 141 | 2119 | 15.0 | 51 | 19 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Dobbs | 30 | 1330 | 44.3 | 0 |
| Bob Reinhard | 28 | 1279 | 45.7 | 0 |
| Totals | 58 | 2609 | 45.0 | 0 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Dobbs | 19 | 215 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 17 | 210 | 12.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kelly | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Nowaskey | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Bill Reinhard | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Piggott | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 47 | 583 | 12.4 | 22 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Fenenbock | 18 | 452 | 25.1 | 56 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 8 | 225 | 28.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Piggott | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 5 | 119 | 23.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Mitchell | 6 | 119 | 19.8 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kimbrough | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kelly | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Reinhard | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie O'Rourke | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Lee Artoe | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 55 | 1287 | 23.4 | 56 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Heap | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 55 | 1 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Nelson | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 32 | 1 |
| Bob Kelly | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Mitchell | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Nowaskey | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Clay | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bert Piggott | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Reinhard | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| John Brown | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Reinhard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 345 | 14.4 | 55 | 2 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Ben Agajanian | 15 | 39 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||||
| John Kimbrough | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||
| Joe Aguirre | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Bob Kelly | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Walt Heap | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Robert Nelson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Harry Clarke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Dale Gentry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Charlie O'Rourke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bill Reinhard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bob Reinhard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Bert Piggott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Bob Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Sugarfoot Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Burr Baldwin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 17 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 318 |
