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1947 Toronto Indians (ORFU)

4th place • 4-5-1 .450

1947 ORFU • Previous Season • Next Season

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Head Coach: Bob Cosgrove

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/23/1947	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	1-13	L		Toronto, ON	Oakwood Stadium	3200
Mon	9/1/1947	H	Windsor Rockets	16-7	W		Toronto, ON	Oakwood Stadium	5000
Sat	9/6/1947	H	Ottawa Trojans	6-6	T		Toronto, ON	Oakwood Stadium	4000
Sat	9/13/1947	A	Ottawa Trojans	12-11	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	3500
Fri	9/19/1947	A	Toronto Balmy Beach	4-11	L		Toronto, ON	Maple Leaf Stadium	6000
Sat	9/27/1947	A	Windsor Rockets	7-12	L		Windsor, ON	Jackson Park	3000
Sat	10/4/1947	A	Hamilton Wildcats	4-31	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	8000
Wed	10/8/1947	H	Hamilton Wildcats	6-24	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	6000
Mon	10/13/1947	A	Sarnia Imperials	20-11	W		Sarnia, ON	Athletic Park
Fri	10/17/1947	H	Toronto Balmy Beach	6-7	L		Toronto, ON	Oakwood Stadium	4000
Sat	10/25/1947	H	Sarnia Imperials	18-0	W		Toronto, ON	Oakwood Stadium
ORFU Semi-Final
Fri	11/7/1947	A	Hamilton Wildcats	0-14	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium

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
Bob Armstrong	62	T					9	1
W. Bayley	83						1	0
Ernie Becker		HB	5-10	188	22	none	6	2
Kenny Booker	70	HB-FW					10	3
Harry Bunting		E	6-0	188	19	none	6	1
Art Burns	63	G					10	10
Nilo Ciotti	77	QB-HB			21	none	10	5
Bob Cosgrove	50	C-T		198	32	Montana	10	4
Don Crowe	54	HB	5-11	190	28	none	7	4
Bill Douglas	74	FW-HB	5-11	170			9	7
George Doyle	68	E		225		Canisius	9	2
Jake Edmiston	64	C					10	8
Johnny Farmer	80	E	5-11	170	22	none	10	1
Bud Fowler	76	HB	6-0	192	21	none	8	5
Kenny George	61	G	5-11	210			9	3
Jack Gray	81	FW-E	5-10	167	20	Toronto	2	2
Ken Hollingsworth							5	0
Jackson							2	0
Dave Jenkins	57	LM					6	0
Mike King	71	HB	6-0	210	22		10	7
Ralph Larue	75	FW	5-11	195	25		6	1
Pierce McCleary	72	FW		200		none	3	1
Bob McCullough	65	E					1	0
Bob McNally	56	LM	5-10	185	22	Windsor	5	0
Bob Paffrath	59	QB-FW	5-8	190	29	Minnesota	8	6
Lorne Parkin	53	T	6-1	215	27		10	7
Verne Picard	78	E					10	6
Jerry Pryke	55	T	5-8	205	29		8	8
Bill Sheridan	69		6-0	165			6	0
Juan Sheridan	60	LM	5-9	217	22		10	0
Steve Shivas	66	T					4	1
Don Sinclair	52	G	5-10	230	24		10	7
Gary Smith	82	HB			18	none	8	2
Boris Tipoff	79	HB	5-8	155	21		10	7
Art Young	51						1	0

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	16	41	18	24	99
Opponents Totals	8	37	40	35	120

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Don Crowe	3	3						2			1	0	25
Bob Paffrath	3	1						0			0	0	16
Bill Douglas	0	2						1			2	0	7
Gary Smith	1	2						0			0	0	7
Ken Hollingsworth	1	1						0			0	0	6
Kenny Booker	1	0						0			0	0	5
Johnny Farmer	1	0						0			0	0	5
Bud Fowler	1	0						0			0	0	5
Verne Picard	1	0						0			0	0	5
Bill Sheridan	1	0						0			0	0	5
Don Sinclair	1	0						0			0	0	5
Boris Tipoff	1	0						0			0	0	5
Nilo Ciotti	0	1						0			1	0	2
Ralph Larue	0	0						0			1	0	1
Team Totals	15	10	15	66.7				3			5	0	99
Opponents Totals	20	10	20	50.0				1			7	0	120

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