1940-1949 NFL Leaders
The goal of my football autograph collection is to obtain an autograph of each player that ranked among the league leaders in passing, rushing, and receiving yards. In addition, I will pick up a few others that were named to All-Pro teams.
1940 NFL Passing Leaders
1. Sammy Baugh (Was Redskins) 1367 yds 2. Davey O'Brien (Phi Eagles) 1290 yards 3. Parker Hall (Cleve Rams) 1108 yards 4. Cecil Isbell (GB Packers) 1037 yards 5. Sid Luckman (Chi Bears) 941 yards 1941 NFL Passing Leaders
1. Cecil Isbell (GB Packers) 1479 yards 2. Sammy Baugh (Was Redskins) 1236 yds 3. Sid Luckman (Chi Bears) 1181 yards 4. Tommy Thompson (Phi Eagles) 959 yds 5. Parker Hall (Cleve Rams) 863 yards 1942 NFL Passing Leaders
1. Cecil Isbell (GB Packers) 2021 yards 2. Sammy Baugh (Was Redskins) 1524 yds 3. Tommy Thompson (Phi Eagles) 1410 yds 4. Bud Schwenk (Chi Cards) 1360 yards 5. Sid Luckman (Chi Bears) 1024 yards 1943 NFL Passing Leaders
1. Sid Luckman (Chi Bears) 2194 yards 2. Sammy Baugh (Was Redskins) 1754 yds 3. Tony Canadeo (GB Packers) 875 yards 4. Roy Zimmerman (Phi Eagles) 846 yards 5. Frank Sinkwich (Det Lions) 699 yards 1944 NFL Passing Leaders
1. Irv Comp (GB Packers) 1159 yards 2. Frank Filchock (Was Redskins) 1139 yards 3. Frank Sinkwich (Det Lions) 1060yards 4. Sid Luckman (Chi Bears) 1018 yards 5. Sammy Baugh (Was Redskins) 849 yards 1945 NFL Passing Leaders
1. Sid Luckman (Chi Bears) 1727 yards 2. Sammy Baugh (Was Redskins) 1669 yds 3. Bob Waterfield (Cleve Rams) 1609 yards 4. Paul Christman (Chi Cards) 1147 yards 5. Roy Zimmerman (Phi Eagles) 991 yards 1946 NFL Passing Leaders
1. Sid Luckman (Chi Bears) 1826 yards 2. Bob Waterfield (LA Rams) 1747 yards 3. Paul Christman (Chi Cards) 1656 yards 4. Paul Governali (Bos Yanks) 1293 yards 5. Frank Filchock (NY Giants) 1262 yards 1947 NFL Passing Leaders
1. Sammy Baugh (Was Redskins) 2938 yds 2. Sid Luckman (Chi Bears) 2712 yards 3. Paul Christman (Chi Cards) 2191 yards 4. Paul Governali (Bos/NYG) 1775 yards 5. Tommy Thompson (Phi Eagles) 1680 yds 1948 NFL Passing Leaders
1. Sammy Baugh (Was Redskins) 2599 yds 2. Charley Conerly (NY Giants) 2175 yards 3. Tommy Thompson (Phi Eagles) 1965 yds 4. Jim Hardy (LA Rams) 1390 yards 5. Bob Waterfield (LA Rams) 1354 yards 1949 NFL Passing Leaders
1. Johnny Lujack (Chi Bears) 2658 yards 2. Bob Waterfield (LA Rams) 2168 yards 3. Charley Conerly (NY Giants) 2138 yards 4. Sammy Baugh (Was Redskins) 1903 yrds 5. Bobby Layne (NY Yankees) 1796 yards |
1940 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. Whizzer White (Det Lions) 514 yards 2. Johnny Drake (Cle Rams) 480 yards 3. Tuffy Leemans (NY Giants) 474 yards 4. Banks McFadden (Brooklyn) 411 yards 5. Dick Todd (Was Redskins) 408 yards 1941 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. Pug Manders (Brooklyn) 486 yards 2. George McAfee (Chi Bears) 474 yards 3. Marshall Goldberg (Chi Cards) 427 yards 4. Norm Standlee (Chi Bears) 414 yards 5. Clarke Hinkle (GB Packers) 393 yards 1942 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. Bill Dudley (Pitt Steelers) 696 yards 2. Merl Condit (Brooklyn) 647 yards 3. Gary Famiglietti (Chi Bears) 503 yards 4. Andy Farkas (Was Redskins) 468 yards 5. Dick Riffle (Pitt Steelers) 467 yards 1943 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. Bill Paschal (NY Giants) 572 yards 2. Jack Hinkle (Phi Eagles) 571yards 3. Harry Clarke (Chi Bears) 556 yards 4. Ward Cuff (NY Giants) 523 yards 5. Tony Canadeo (GB Packers) 489 yards 1944 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. Bill Paschal (NY Giants) 737 yards 2. John Grigas (Chi Cards) 610 yards 3. Frank Sinkwich (Det Lions) 563 yards 4. Bob Margarita (Chi Bears) 463 yards 5. Steve Van Buren (Phi Eagles) 444 yds 1945 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. Steve Van Buren (Phi Eagles) 832 yards 2. Frank Akins (Was Redskins) 797 yards 3. Bob Margarita (Chi Bears) 497 yards 4. Fred Gehrke (Cle Rams) 467 yards 5. Jim Gillette (Cle Rams) 390 yards 1946 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. Bill Dudley (Pitt Steelers) 604 yards 2. Pat Harder (Chi Cards) 545 yards 3. Steve Van Buren (Phi Eagles) 529 yards 4. Tony Canadeo (GB Packers) 476 yards 5. Hugh Gallarneau (Chi Bears) 476 yards 1947 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. Steve Van Buren (Phi Eagles) 1008 yards 2. Johnny Clement (Pitt Steelers) 670 yards 3. Tony Canadeo (GB Packers) 464 yards 4. Kenny Washington (LA Rams) 444 yards 5. Walt Schlinkman (GB Packers) 439 yards 1948 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. Steve Van Buren (Phi Eagles) 945 yards 2. Charley Trippi (Chi Cards) 690 yards 3. Elmer Angsman (Chi Cards) 638 yards 4. Camp Wilson (Det Lions) 612 yards 5. Tony Canadeo (GB Packers) 589 yards 1949 NFL Rushing Leaders
1. Steve Van Buren (Phi Eagles) 1146 yards 2. Tony Canadeo (GB Packers) 1052 yards 3. Elmer Angsman (Chi Cards) 674 yards 4. Gene Roberts (NY Giants) 634 yards 5. Jerry Nuzum (Pitt Steelers) 611 yards |
1940 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Don Looney (Phi Eagles) 707 yards 2. Don Hutson (GB Packers) 664 yards 3. Dick Todd (Was Redskins) 402 yards 4. Perry Schwartz (Brooklyn) 370 yards 5. Jim Benton (Cleve Rams) 351 yards 1941 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Don Hutson (GB Packers) 738 yards 2. Billy Dewell (Chi Cards) 362 yards 2. Perry Schwartz (Brooklyn) 362 yards 4. Dick Humbert (Phi Eagles) 332 yards 5. Ward Cuff (NY Giants) 317 yards 1942 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Don Hutson (GB Packers) 1211 yards 2. Ray McLean (Chi Bears) 571 yards 3. Andy Uram (GB Packers) 420 yards 4. Jim Benton (Cleve Rams) 345 yards 5. Dick Todd (Was Redskins) 328 yards 1943 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Don Hutson (GB Packers) 776 yards 2. Wilbur Moore (Was Redskins) 537 yards 3. Harry Clarke (Chi Bears) 535 yards 4. Harry Jacunski (GB Packers) 528 yards 5. Ray McLean (Chi Bears) 435 yards 1944 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Don Hutson (GB Packers) 866 yards 2. Jim Benton (Cleve Rams) 505 yards 3. Dave Diehl (Det Lions) 426 yards 4. Wilbur Moore (Was Redskins) 424 yards 5. Ray McLean (Chi Bears) 414 yards 1945 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Jim Benton (Cleve Rams) 1067 yards 2. Don Hutson (GB Packers) 834 yards 3. Steve Bagarus (Was Redskins) 617 yards 4. Frank Liebel (NY Giants) 593 yds 5. John Greene (Det Lions) 550 yards 1946 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Jim Benton (LA Rams) 981 yards 2. Billy Dewell (Chi Cards) 643 yards 3. Mal Kutner (Chi Cards) 634 yards 4. Jack Ferrante (Phila Eagles) 451 yards 5. Steve Bagarus (Was Redskins) 438 yards 1947 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Mal Kutner (Chi Cards) 944 yards 2. Jim Keane (Chi Bears) 910 yards 3. Ken Kavanaugh (Chi Bears) 818 yards 4. Don Currivan (Bos Yanks) 782 yards 5. Nolan Luhn (GB Packers) 696 yards 1948 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Mal Kutner (Chi Cards) 943 yards 2. Pete Pihos (Phi Eagles) 766 yards 3. Tom Fears (LA Rams) 698 yards 4. Val Jansante (Pitt Steelers) 623 yards 5. Hal Crisler (Was Redskins) 599 yards 1949 NFL Receiving Leaders
1. Bob Mann (Det Lions) 1014 yards 2. Tom Fears (LA Rams) 1013 yards 3. Hugh Taylor (Was Redskins) 781 yards 4. Gene Roberts (NY Giants) 711 yards 5. Jim Keane (Chi Bears) 696 yards |