Home Leagues Seasons Teams Players Coaches Drafts Awards Leaderboards

Frankie Sinkwich

Sinkwich, Frank Francis
Height: 5-11 Weight: 190
Born: October 10, 1920 Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Died: October 22, 1990 Athens, GA
High School: Chaney (Youngstown, OH)

Year	College	Status
1939	Georgia
1940	Georgia	Lettered
1941	Georgia	Lettered
1942	Georgia	Lettered

Draft: 1st round (1st overall) 1943 Detroit Lions

Military Service: United States Army Air Forces

Coaching Record

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	21	TB-LDH	10	4
1944 Detroit Lions (NFL)1944 DET NFL	21	TB-LDH	10	9
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC	77	TB	4	1
1947 New York Yankees (AAFC)1947 NY AAFC	77	TB	3	1
1947 Baltimore Colts (AAFC)1947 BAL AAFC	76	FB-LB	7	3
1947 Year (AAFC)1947 Year AAFC			10	4
1949 Erie Vets1949 ERIEV		QB
4 Years (NFL)4 Years NFL			34	18

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	4/8/1943	1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL
Signed	9/14/1943	1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL
Signed	8/26/1944	1944 Detroit Lions (NFL)1944 DET NFL
Free Agent	8/1/1945	1944 Detroit Lions (NFL)1944 DET NFL
Signed	1/10/1946	1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC
Retired		1947 New York Yankees (AAFC)1947 NY AAFC
Released		1947 New York Yankees (AAFC)1947 NY AAFC
Signed	10/2/1947	1947 Baltimore Colts (AAFC)1947 BAL AAFC
Free Agent	8/1/1948	1947 Baltimore Colts (AAFC)1947 BAL AAFC
Signed		1949 Erie Vets1949 ERIE
Free Agent		1949 Erie Vets1949 ERIE

AWARDS
1943 New York Daily News All-NFL
1944 Official NFL Player of the Year
1944 Associated Press All-NFL
1944 United Press All-NFL
1944 Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL
1944 International News Service All-NFL
1944 International News Service All-NFL
1944 New York Daily News All-NFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	1	0.0	-	0	12
1944 Detroit Lions (NFL)1944 DET NFL	6	24	31	77.4	-	-	-	2	8	25.0	-	0	66
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	8	24	31	77.4	-	-	-	2	9	22.2	-	0	78

FIELD GOALS	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	0.0	0
1944 Detroit Lions (NFL)1944 DET NFL	1/6	1/2	0/0	0/0	0/0	2	8	25.0	0	23
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1/7	1/2	0/0	0/0	0/0	2	9	22.2	0	23

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	93	266	2.9	17	1		0	0
1944 Detroit Lions (NFL)1944 DET NFL	150	563	3.8	72t	6
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC	7	20	2.9		0
1947 New York Yankees (AAFC)1947 NY AAFC	16	33	2.1		0
1947 Baltimore Colts (AAFC)1947 BAL AAFC	55	208	3.8		0
1947 Year (AAFC)1947 Year AAFC	71	241	3.4		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	321	1090	3.4	72t	7		0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	126	50	39.7	56	699	5.5	14.0	67t	7	5.6	20	15.9						37.2
1944 Detroit Lions (NFL)1944 DET NFL	148	58	39.2	70	1060	7.2	18.3	57t	12	8.1	20	13.5						52.0
1946 New York Yankees (AAFC)1946 NY AAFC	12	5	41.7	5	61	5.1	12.2		0	0.0	2	16.7						18.4
1947 New York Yankees (AAFC)1947 NY AAFC	15	8	53.3	7	93	6.2	11.6		0	0.0	0	0.0						72.4
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	301	121	40.2	138	1913	6.4	15.8	67t	19	6.3	42	14.0						43.5

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL		1		8	8.0	8	0		0	0
1947 Baltimore Colts (AAFC)1947 BAL AAFC		1		3	3.0	3	0		0	0
1947 Year (AAFC)1947 Year AAFC		1		3	3.0	3	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		3		14	4.7	8	0		0	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	1	39	39.0	39t	1
1944 Detroit Lions (NFL)1944 DET NFL	3	28	9.3	18	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4	67	16.8	39t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	12	551	45.9	64	0
1944 Detroit Lions (NFL)1944 DET NFL	45	1845	41.0	73	0
1947 New York Yankees (AAFC)1947 NY AAFC	3	93	31.0	47	1
1947 Baltimore Colts (AAFC)1947 BAL AAFC	4	167	41.8		0
1947 Year (AAFC)1947 Year AAFC	7	260	37.1	47	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	64	2656	41.5	73	1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	11		228	20.7	77	0
1944 Detroit Lions (NFL)1944 DET NFL	11		148	13.5	25	0		0
1947 Baltimore Colts (AAFC)1947 BAL AAFC	1		15	15.0	15	0	0	0
1947 Year (AAFC)1947 Year AAFC	1		15	15.0	15	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	23		391	17.0	77	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1943 Detroit Lions (NFL)1943 DET NFL	5		128	25.6	43	0
1944 Detroit Lions (NFL)1944 DET NFL	6		144	24.0	31	0		0
1947 Baltimore Colts (AAFC)1947 BAL AAFC	5		118	23.6		0
1947 Year (AAFC)1947 Year AAFC	5		118	23.6		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	16		390	24.4	43	0		0

©2006-2025 Pro Football Archives. All Rights Reserved.

Last Updated: October 11, 2025