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1947 Long Island Indians (AFL)

5th place Eastern Division 0-3-0 .000

1947 AFL • Previous Season • Roster Key • Stat Key

Head Coach: George Shotwell

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	9/21/1947	A	Paterson Panthers	0-7	L		Paterson, NJ	Hinchliffe Stadium	8500
Sat	9/27/1947	A	Hartford Blues	34-0	W		Hartford, CT	Bulkeley Stadium	1000
Wed	10/1/1947	A	Bethlehem Bulldogs	12-34	L		Bethlehem, PA	Liberty Stadium	6500
Sun	10/5/1947	A	Bloomfield Cardinals	7-31	L		Bloomfield, NJ	Foley Field	4500
Sun	10/12/1947	H	Paterson Panthers		-
Wed	10/15/1947	A	Wilkes-Barre Barons		-		Kingston, PA
Sun	10/19/1947	A	Jersey City Giants		-		Jersey City, NJ	Roosevelt Stadium
Sun	10/26/1947	H	Newark Bombers		-

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

Schedule Notes

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
29	Rod Abeles	FB	5-8	215	24		3	1
5	Chuck Avedisian	G	5-9	200	30	Providence	2	0
	Sam Bailey	RE	6-2	195	23	Georgia	2	2
21	Hubert Beudert	G	6-0	215	26	Canisius	1	0
6	L.G. Carmody	B	6-0	199	25	Central Washington	2	0
8	Johnny Cekala	B	5-11	170	21		3	0
30	Jim Duffy	G	6-0	215	21	Notre Dame	3	0
23	Roy Ericson	E	6-0	205	27	Villanova	3	0
18	Bill Falls	C	6-5	220	24	none	1	1
37	Phil Kaplan	RG	5-11	200	25	Florida; Miami (Florida)	3	3
19	Ed Kasky	RT	6-1	220	28	Villanova	3	3
2	Mike Kostynick	RH-LH	5-9	180	26	Manhattan; Bucknell	2	2
20	Harry Kurz	LE	6-2	210	27	New York University	3	3
7	Earl Lambert	LH-0RH	6-1	200	25	Manhattan	3	2
9	Ray Makofske	QB	6-2	210	28	Columbia	3	0
3	George Meyer	B	5-11	185	26	none	2	0
	Ben Miller	C	6-0	190	24	Tennessee	2	2
16	Steve Poleshuk	LG	5-10	190	27	Colgate	3	3
1	Johnny Poto	RH	5-10	194	21	none	2	1
41	Dick Rainey	E	5-11	190	24	none	2	0
	Ray Romano	T	5-11	210		none	1	0
33	Oscar Rotatori	C	5-9	195	28	none	2	0
	Eddie Ruzomberka	QB	6-1	200	25	Miami (Florida)	2	2
11	Ken Steinmetz	FB	6-0	188	23	none	2	2
14	Les Thompson	RE	6-1	185	25	Emporia State; Columbia	2	1
	John Treadway	LT	6-4	258	30	Lon Morris JC; Hardin-Simmons	2	1
4	Burt VanderClute	QB	6-1	210	26	Wesleyan	3	1
22	Tom Vohs	G	6-4	225	27	Colgate	3	0
26	Alex Winterson	LT	6-2	230	30	Duke	2	2
25	Chet Wojciehowski	LT	6-2	240	28	Northern State (South Dakota)	2	0
10	Bobby Worst	LH	5-11	180	21	North Carolina State	3	1

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	6	13	0	0
Opponents Totals	21	10	27	14

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Johnny Poto	1	1			0			0	7
Johnny Cekala	1	0			0			0	6
Harry Kurz	1	0			0			0	6
Team Totals	3	1	3	33.3	0			0	19
Opponents Totals	10	9	10	90.0	1			0	72

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Johnny Cekala					1
Johnny Poto					1
Team Totals					2
Opponents Totals					6

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Earl Lambert									1
Team Totals									1
Opponents Totals									4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Harry Kurz					1
Team Totals					1
Opponents Totals					4

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals						0
Opponents Totals						0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals						0
Opponents Totals						0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals							0
Opponents Totals							0

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