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1947 Hamilton Wildcats (ORFU)

1st place • 9-1-0 .900

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Head Coach: Frank Gnup

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/23/1947	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	28-6	W		Hamilton, ON		6500
Mon	9/1/1947		Hamilton Tigers	9-6	W		Hamilton, ON		10508
Sat	9/6/1947	H	Windsor Rockets	27-13	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	6500
Sat	9/13/1947	A	Sarnia Imperials	24-9	W		Sarnia, ON	Athletic Park	2000
Sat	9/20/1947	H	Ottawa Trojans	16-5	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	8000
Fri	9/26/1947	A	Toronto Balmy Beach	18-1	W		Toronto, ON	Maple Leaf Stadium	5000
Sat	10/4/1947	H	Toronto Indians	31-4	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	8000
Wed	10/8/1947	H	Toronto Indians	24-6	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	6000
Mon	10/13/1947	H	Toronto Balmy Beach	30-17	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	12000
Sat	10/18/1947	H	Sarnia Imperials	24-7	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	7000
Sat	10/25/1947	A	Windsor Rockets	5-10	L		Windsor, ON	Jackson Park	2500
Sat	11/1/1947	A	Ottawa Trojans	46-12	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	5000
ORFU Semi-Final
Fri	11/7/1947	H	Toronto Indians	14-0	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium
ORFU Final
Sat	11/15/1947	H	Ottawa Trojans	3-15	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	8000

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

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Ralph Bartolini	31	HB	5-9	184	21	none	2	0
Leo Blant			5-10	185	24		7	0
Reg Bovaird	11	T	6-1	230	28		10	6
Jack Campbell	1	C	6-0	200	26		8	1
Art Cousins	19	G	5-9	200	35		10	7
Bud Donald	18	T	6-0	200	30		10	9
Benny Dyack	22	HB	5-11	185	27		10	1
W. Flannery	40						1	0
Fred Gabriel	23	C	5-11	215	27	Niagara	10	9
Frank Gnup	24	QB	5-10	180	30	Manhattan	5	1
Doug Good	35	E				Carleton	1	0
Chuck Harrison	17	FW			23		9	2
Elton Hemingway	8	E	5-8	160	22	Queen's	5	2
Ross Hemingway	14	E	5-9	185	22		9	8
Don Irvine	30	E	6-4				9	2
Ray Jones	15	E	5-10	192	23		8	6
George Kopulos	32	B				none	10	0
Tony LaBarbera	27	HB		190	23		10	2
Gord Lawson	20	E	6-0	195	23	McMaster; Toronto	7	1
Mel Lawson	6	QB	6-0	195	24	Toronto	9	5
Doug MacLennan	16	G			23		9	5
Rip Martin	15	G	6-0	190	28		5	4
Gord Miller	5	HB				none	10	9
Joey Moretto		HB			27		9	1
Frank Moroz	12	QB	5-11	168	24		9	4
Bill Murmylyk	28	FW	6-0	200	30	none	9	8
Frank O'Hara	21	G	5-11	200	23		10	2
Vic Otto	26	T					8	1
Paul Peterson	37	HB	5-8	180	26		9	6
Dave Rozumiak	36	QB				Queen's	1	0
Ed Rudinsky	25	E			26		8	1
Jimmy Stewart	7	HB	5-9	165			7	0
Jack Strachan	34	G	6-1	215	23		7	2
Don Toms	3	HB	5-11	197	23		10	9
Earl Valiquette	9	T	5-11	205	26	none	10	1
Bob Westlake	5	HB	6-0	204	20	none	7	1
Reg Wheeler	4	T		165	29		9	3

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	18	101	60	66	245

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Gord Miller	6	0						0			3	0	33
Gord Lawson	6	0						0			0	0	30
Bill Murmylyk	1	14						3			0	0	28
Tony LaBarbera	2	15						0			2	0	27
Benny Dyack	5	0						0			0	0	25
Don Toms	4	0						0			0	0	20
Frank Moroz	3	0						0			0	0	15
Bob Westlake	3	0						0			0	0	15
Ray Jones	2	0						0			0	0	10
Ed Rudinsky	2	0						0			0	0	10
Joey Moretto	1	0						0			1	0	6
Art Cousins	1	0						0			0	0	5
Ross Hemingway	1	0						0			0	0	5
George Kopulos	1	0						0			0	0	5
Mel Lawson	1	0						0			0	0	5
Jimmy Stewart	1	0						0			0	0	5
Frank Gnup	0	1						0			0	0	1
Team Totals	40	30	40	75.0				3			6	0	245
Opponents Totals	11	7	11	63.6				4			10	0	84

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