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1947 Wilkes-Barre Barons (AFL)

3rd place Western Division 0-9-0 .000

1947 AFL • Next Season • Roster Key • Stat Key

Head Coach: Ben Wolfson

John Koniszewski	Assistant Coach
Tom Miller	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/29/1947	H	Allentown Buccaneers	49-0	W		Kingston, PA	Kingston High School Stadium	5462
Wed	9/3/1947	N	Bethlehem Bulldogs	0-34	L		Allentown, PA		7500
Sun	9/21/1947	A	Bloomfield Cardinals	7-28	L		Bloomfield, NJ	Foley Field	6000
Fri	9/26/1947	A	Wilmington Clippers	3-17	L		Wilmington, DE	Wilmington Park	4000
Sun	9/28/1947	A	Paterson Panthers	6-7	L		Paterson, NJ	Hinchliffe Stadium	10000
Wed	10/1/1947	H	Bloomfield Cardinals	7-41	L		Kingston, PA	Kingston High School Stadium	1600
Wed	10/8/1947	A	Bethlehem Bulldogs	20-26	L		Bethlehem, PA	Liberty Stadium	9000
Wed	10/15/1947	H	Long Island Indians		-		Kingston, PA	Kingston High School Stadium
Wed	10/15/1947	H	Richmond Rebels	7-16	L		Kingston, PA	Kingston High School Stadium	2454
Sun	11/2/1947	A	Jersey City Giants	0-37	L		Jersey City, NJ	Roosevelt Stadium
Sun	11/9/1947	H	Bethlehem Bulldogs	0-46	L		Wilkes-Barre, PA	Artillery Park	3000
Sun	11/16/1947	H	Jersey City Giants	21-31	L		Wilkes-Barre, PA	Artillery Park	1046
Mon	11/24/1947	A	Richmond Rebels	13-30	L		Richmond, VA	City Stadium	2000
Sun	11/30/1947	H	Wilmington Clippers		-		Kingston, PA	Kingston High School Stadium

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
12	George Beban	C	5-11	205	27	none	7	7
	Blair Brown	RH	6-1	215	26	Oklahoma State	3	2
30	George Bystura	LT-RT	6-0	222	27	Duquesne	5	4
26	Bill Dokas	C	6-3	220	30	Villanova	2	0
	Jim Dossey	LG	6-0	235	26	Sam Houston State	5	1
15	Joe Franceski	RG-LG-RT	5-11	220	30	Scranton	8	6
16	Bernie Gillespie	E	5-11	205	26	Scranton	4	0
17	Ed Gonglefski	C-E	6-3	195	23	Villanova	4	2
16	Ralph Grant	QB	5-11	208	24	Bucknell	5	1
7	Blair Heaton	LE	6-2	185	28	Susquehanna	6	3
25	Mike Kalosh	LE	6-3	205	25	Wisconsin-La Crosse	8	5
19	Al Kaporch	RG	5-10	215	34	St. Bonaventure	3	2
24	John Koniszewski	T	6-3	243	26	George Washington	1	0
6	Joe Kroll	LH-RH	5-10	186	27	none	9	7
11	Frank Lapausky	LH	5-11	200	28	none	5	1
9	Tom Miller	RE	6-2	202	29	Hampden-Sydney	9	9
	Bill Montgomery	LH	6-0	205	24	Louisiana State	1	1
18	George Norton	LE	6-3	190	24	North Carolina State	6	1
	Al Petrella	RG	5-11	220	23	Holy Cross; Canisius	3	1
20	Marty Petroskas	LG-RG	6-0	210	29	Fordham	9	9
27	Leon Price	RH	6-1	210	28	Texas A&M-Kingsville	4	3
24	Chet Pudloski	L	6-1	210	32	Villanova	5	2
1	Bill Ritter	QB-LH	6-0	185		Vandernolt; Georgia Tech	7	3
12	Len Rodsky	C	5-10	215	26	Mansfield	1	0
23	Johnny Rogalla	FB	6-0	215	30	Scranton	9	8
2	Danny Roskos	RH	5-8	190	24	East Stroudsburg	5	2
10	Sesto Santarelli	FB	6-0	207	28	Fordham	9	0
1	Clarence Seip	B	5-7	135	20	none	1	0
22	Tom Sekerchak	T	6-5	225	22	Villanova	5	0
27	Tony Shamis	E	6-3	215	30	Manhattan	1	0
14	Andy Skvoretz	QB	6-1	200	23	Lafayette	4	1
29	Joe Stankevich	RT-LT	6-3	275	28	St. Bonaventure	8	3
21	George Stasak	G	5-11	205	24	Muhlenberg	1	0
8	Walt Stascavage	HB	5-10	184	30	Scranton	2	0
28	Carl Stravinski	RT-LT	6-3	236	29	Penn State	8	8
5	Jimmy Vaccaro	B	5-11	178	24	Miami (Florida)	3	0
4	Tom Warner	HB	5-10	170	23	Scranton	3	0
13	Frank Zabowski	QB-FB	5-9	195	27	St. Bonaventure	9	7

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	3	27	19	28
Opponents Totals	67	60	58	66

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Blair Heaton	2	0			0			0	12
Tom Miller	2	0			0			0	12
Johnny Rogalla	0	7			1			0	10
Ralph Grant	1	0			0			0	6
Mike Kalosh	1	0			0			0	6
Joe Kroll	1	0			0			0	6
George Norton	1	0			0			0	6
Bill Ritter	1	0			0			0	6
Danny Roskos	1	0			0			0	6
Andy Skvoretz	1	0			0			0	6
Carl Stravinski	0	1			0			0	1
Team Totals	11	8	11	72.7	1			0	77
Opponents Totals	35	27	35	77.1	4			1	251

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Kroll	49	219	4.5		1
Ralph Grant					1
Bill Ritter					1
Team Totals					3
Opponents Totals					11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bill Ritter	80	27	33.8	47	468	5.9	17.3		5	6.3	6	7.5				44.2
Ralph Grant	66	23	34.8	33	326	4.9	14.2		2	3.0	10	15.2				22.2
Frank Zabowski	57	18	31.6	29	300	5.3	16.7		1	1.8	10	17.5				16.6
Team Totals									8
Opponents Totals									20

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Kalosh	14	242	17.3		1
Blair Heaton	13	166	12.8		2
Tom Miller					2
George Norton					1
Danny Roskos					1
Andy Skvoretz					1
Team Totals					8
Opponents Totals					20

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Ritter	4	42	10.5		0
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Sesto Santarelli	48		38.0
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Kroll	8		91	11.4		0
Bill Ritter	10		102	10.2		0
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							1

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