1952 Green Bay Packers season
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The 1952 Green Bay Packers
season was their 32nd season in the National Football League
. The club posted a 6-6 record under coach Gene Ronzani
, earning them a fourth place finish in the National Conference.
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
season was their 32nd season in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
. The club posted a 6-6 record under coach Gene Ronzani
Gene Ronzani
Gene Ronzani was the second head coach of the Green Bay Packers. He coached the Packers from 1951 until 1953. He resigned with two games remaining in the 1953 season and was replaced on an interim basis by the tandem of Hugh Devore and Ray Scooter McLean....
, earning them a fourth place finish in the National Conference.
NFL Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Babe Parilli Babe Parilli -Biography:Parilli was born in the Pittsburgh industrial suburb of Rochester, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Kentucky as an All-American starting quarterback for the Wildcats under Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant.... |
Quarterback Quarterback Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line... |
Kentucky University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky... |
| 2 | 15 | Billy Howton Billy Howton William Harris "Billy" Howton is a former American football end who played 12 seasons in the National Football League . He played college football at Rice University. He caught a total 503 career passes for a total of 8,459 yards... |
Wide Receiver Wide receiver A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible... |
Rice Rice University William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States... |
| 3 | 28 | Bobby Dillon Bobby Dillon Bobby Dan Dillon was an American football defensive back for the Green Bay Packers. Despite only having one working eye, Bobby Dillon is the all-time Green Bay Packer's career interceptions leader with 52. He had 9 interceptions in one season three times... |
Defensive Back Defensive back In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of... |
Texas University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin... |
| 5 | 52 | Dave Hanner Dave Hanner Dave "Hawg" Hanner – Joel David Hanner was an American football player, coach and scout who spent his entire 42 year career with the Green Bay Packers.... |
Defensive Tackle | Arkansas University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in... |
| 6 | 63 | Tom Johnson Tom Johnson (American football) Thomas Johnson is a former American football player. He played at the defensive and offensive tackle positions for the University of Michigan from 1948 to 1951. He was selected as the most valuable defensive tackle in the Big Ten Conference in 1950 and as a first-team All-American at the same... |
Defensive Tackle | Michigan University of Michigan The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan... |
| 7 | 76 | Bill Reichardt Bill Reichardt William John Reichardt was a fullback and placekicker in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. Reichardt played collegiate ball for the University of Iowa before being drafted by Green Bay Packers in the 7th round of the 1952 NFL Draft... |
Fullback Fullback (American football) A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback... |
Iowa University of Iowa The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees... |
| 8 | 87 | Mel Becket | Center Center (American football) Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense... |
Indiana Indiana University Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000... |
| 9 | 100 | Deral Teteak Deral Teteak Deral Teteak was a guard and linebacker in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers. Teteak attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison.... |
Linebacker Linebacker A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen... |
Wisconsin |
| 10 | 111 | Art Kleinschmidt | Guard Guard (American football) In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team.... |
Tulane Tulane University Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States... |
| 10 | 116 | Bud Roffler | Back | Washington State Washington State University Washington State University is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU is the state's original and largest land-grant university... |
| 11 | 124 | Billy Burkhalter | Back | Rice |
| 12 | 135 | Bill Wilson | Tackle | Texas |
| 13 | 148 | Billy Hair | Back | Clemson Clemson University Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States.... |
| 14 | 159 | Jack Morgan | Tackle | Michigan State Michigan State University Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,... |
| 15 | 172 | Bobby Jack Floyd Bobby Jack Floyd Bobby Jack Floyd is a former fullback in the National Football League.-Career:Floyd was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifteenth round of the 1952 NFL Draft and played that season with the team. The following season he played with the Chicago Bears.... |
Fullback | TCU Texas Christian University Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States and founded in 1873. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Disciples of Christ... |
| 16 | 183 | Johnny Coatta | Back | Wisconsin |
| 17 | 196 | Don Peterson Don Peterson (American football) Donald W. "Jiggs" Peterson is a former American football player. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1948 to 1951 and was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the 1951 Michigan Wolverines football team... |
Back | Michigan |
| 18 | 207 | Howard Tisdale | Tackle | Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin State University Stephen F. Austin State University is a public university located in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States. Founded as a teachers' college in 1923, the university was named after one of Texas' founding fathers, Stephen F. Austin. Its campus resides on part of the homestead of another Texas founding... |
| 19 | 220 | Johnny Pont | Tackle | Miami (OH) Miami University Miami University is a coeducational public research university located in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, it is the 10th oldest public university in the United States and the second oldest university in Ohio, founded four years after Ohio University. In its 2012 edition, U.S... |
| 20 | 231 | Chuck Boerio Chuck Boerio Chuck Boerio is a former linebacker in the National Football League.-Career:Boerio was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the twentieth round of the 1952 NFL Draft and was a member of the team that season. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Illinois at... |
Linebacker | Illinois University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system... |
| 21 | 244 | Herb Zimmerman | Guard | TCU |
| 22 | 255 | Karl Kluckhohn | End | Colgate Colgate University Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52... |
| 23 | 268 | Frank Kapral | Guard | Michigan State |
| 24 | 279 | John Schuetzner | End | South Carolina University of South Carolina The University of South Carolina is a public, co-educational research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with 7 surrounding satellite campuses. Its historic campus covers over in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House... |
| 25 | 292 | Charlie LaPradd | Tackle | Florida University of Florida The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906... |
| 26 | 303 | Charlie Stokes | Tackle | Tennessee University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States... |
| 27 | 316 | I. D. Russell | Back | SMU Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University is a private university in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church... |
| 28 | 327 | Billy Barrett | Back | Notre Dame University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States... |
| 29 | 340 | Bill Stratton | Back | Lewis Lewis University Lewis University is a private Roman Catholic and Lasallian university located in Romeoville, Illinois, United States . The enrollment is currently around 6,800 students... |
| 30 | 351 | Jack Fulkerson | Tackle | Southern Miss |
- Yellow indicates a future Pro BowlPro BowlIn professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those...
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Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 28, 1952 | Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 24-14 |
| 2 | October 5, 1952 | Washington Redskins Washington Redskins The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,... |
W 35-20 |
| 3 | October 12, 1952 | Los Angeles Rams | L 30-28 |
| 4 | October 18, 1952 | at Dallas Texans Dallas Texans (NFL) The Dallas Texans played in the National Football League for one season, 1952, with a record of 1–11.-History:After the 1951 NFL season, the financially troubled New York Yanks franchise were put on the market. Ted Collins had founded that franchise in 1944 as the Boston Yanks, moved it to New... |
W 24-14 |
| 5 | October 26, 1952 | Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and... |
L 52-17 |
| 6 | November 2, 1952 | Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
W 12-10 |
| 7 | November 9, 1952 | at Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
W 41-28 |
| 8 | November 16, 1952 | at New York Giants New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
W 17-3 |
| 9 | November 23, 1952 | Dallas Texans Dallas Texans (NFL) The Dallas Texans played in the National Football League for one season, 1952, with a record of 1–11.-History:After the 1951 NFL season, the financially troubled New York Yanks franchise were put on the market. Ted Collins had founded that franchise in 1944 as the Boston Yanks, moved it to New... |
W 42-14 |
| 10 | November 27, 1952 | at Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and... |
L 48-24 |
| 11 | December 7, 1952 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 45-27 |
| 12 | December 14, 1952 | at San Francisco 49ers San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and... |
L 24-14 |
Standings
| NFL National Eastern and Western Divisions (NFL) 1933-69 The Eastern and Western Divisions of the National Football League, renamed the American and National Conferences in 1950 and then the Eastern and Western Conferences in 1953, were organized as a result of the disputed NFL championship of 1932... |
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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Detroit Lions 1952 Detroit Lions season Detroit Lions 17, Cleveland Browns 7 Scoring*DET - Layne 2-yard run *DET - Walker 67-yard run *CLE - Jagade 7-yard run *DET - FG Harder 36-References:***... |
9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 344 | 192 | W-3 |
| Los Angeles Rams 1952 Los Angeles Rams season The 1952 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 15th year with the National Football League and the seventh season in Los Angeles.-Schedule:-Playoffs:-Standings:... |
9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 349 | 234 | W-8 |
| San Francisco 49ers 1952 San Francisco 49ers season The 1952 San Francisco 49ers season was the team's third season in the NFL, and were coming off a 7-4-1 record in 1951.The 49ers would start off the season strong, winning their first 5 games, winning every game by at least 2 touchdowns, and had visions of playing in their first ever NFL... |
7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 285 | 221 | W-1 |
| Green Bay Packers | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | 295 | 312 | L-3 |
| Chicago Bears 1952 Chicago Bears season The 1952 Chicago Bears season was their 33rd regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a below average 5-7 record under head coach George Halas placing them in fifth place in the NFL's National Conference. In 1952, the club continued its downward trend from the class... |
5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 245 | 326 | W-1 |
| Dallas Texans 1952 Dallas Texans season The 1952 Dallas Texans season was the team's only season in the league. They started 0-9 before finishing 1-11 and failing to qualify for the playoffs. The Texans home game against Chicago was moved to Akron, Ohio's Rubber Bowl and the final game of the season was moved to Detroit from... |
1 | 11 | 0 | .083 | 182 | 427 | L-2 |
Roster
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Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
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Offensive Linemen
William Afflis William Fritz Afflis , best known as Dick the Bruiser, was an American football player and professional wrestler.-Early life:... Steve Dowden -Biography:Dowden was born Stephen Henry Dowden on February 24, 1929 in Natchitoches, Louisiana.-Career:Downden was drafted in the tenth round of the 1952 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions and played that season with the Green Bay Packers. He played at the collegiate level at Baylor... Dick Logan Dick Logan is a former guard in the National Football League.-Career:Logan was drafted in the eleventh round of the 1952 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns and played two seasons with the Green Bay Packers. He played at the collegiate level at Ohio State University.-References:... Jay Rhodemyre Jay Rhodemyre is a former center in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 1948 NFL Draft and would play four seasons with the team.-References:... Steve Ruzich Steve Ruzich is a former guard in the National Football League. He was drafted in the fourteenth round of the 1952 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns and would play three seasons with the Green Bay Packers.-References:... Wash Serini Wash Serini is a former guard in the National Football League. He played four seasons with the Chicago Bears before playing his final season with the Green Bay Packers.-References:... Dave Stephenson Dave Stephenson is a former guard in the National Football League. He was drafted in the fifteenth round of the 1950 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams and played that season with the team. The next five seasons he would play with the Green Bay Packers.... Defensive Linemen
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Linebackers
Chuck Boerio Chuck Boerio is a former linebacker in the National Football League.-Career:Boerio was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the twentieth round of the 1952 NFL Draft and was a member of the team that season. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Illinois at... Hal Faverty -Career:Faverty was drafted in the fifteenth round of the 1949 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears and would later play with the Green Bay Packers during the 1952 NFL season. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a member of the All-America team and is an... Bob Forte Robert Dominic "Bob" Forte was an American football halfback/defensive back/linebacker in the National Football League. He played for the Green Bay Packers .... Deral Teteak Deral Teteak was a guard and linebacker in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers. Teteak attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison.... Defensive Backs
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