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Moving Category:1945 National Football League season by team to Category:1945 NFL season by team per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy

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{{short description|NFL team season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox NFL team season
| team = Philadelphia Eagles
| year = 1945
| record = 7–3
| division_place = 2nd [[NFL Eastern]]
| coach = [[Greasy Neale]]
| radio = [[WPHT|WCAU]]
| stadium = [[Shibe Park]]
| playoffs = ''Did not qualify''
| shortnavlink = Eagles seasons
}}

The '''[[1945 NFL season|1945]] [[Philadelphia Eagles]] season''' was the Eagles' 13th in the [[National Football League|league]]. The team failed to improve on its [[1944 Philadelphia Eagles season|previous output]] of 7–1–2, losing three games.<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/phi/1945.htm 1945 Philadelphia Eagles]</ref>

As a result, the team also failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 13th consecutive season.

== Offseason ==

=== NFL draft ===
The [[1945 NFL draft]] was held on April 8, 1945. It was the last draft held in Chicago; later in the year, the league moved its offices to Philadelphia. The Eagles ended up with picks in thirty of the thirty-two rounds in the draft, and picked ninth in each of those rounds. The teams with the five worst records in the 1944 season were the only teams picking in rounds two and four.

Future Hall of Famers in this draft included Charley Trippi, a halfback from Georgia who was chosen in the first round and was the number one pick of the Chicago Cardinals. Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, a wide receiver from Michigan was chosen as fifth overall by the Cleveland Rams. Pete Pihos, a defensive end from Indiana University, Tom Fears, an end from UCLA, and Arnie Weinmeister, a defensive tackle from Washington were also part of this draft.

=== Player selections ===
The table shows the Eagles selections, what picks they had that were traded away, and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.
{|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[Pro Bowl]]er<ref name="Pro Bowler note">Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.</ref>||
|style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]]
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width:100%"
!style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|'''Rd'''
!!width=5% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| '''Pick'''
!!width=15% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|'''Player'''
!!width=5% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|'''Position'''
!!width=15% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| '''School''' ||

!style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=7%|'''Rd'''
!!width=5% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| '''Pick'''
!!width=15% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|'''Player'''
!!width=5% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|'''Position'''
!!width=15% style="background:#A8BDEC;"| '''School'''
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 1 || 8 || [[John Yonakor]] || [[Defensive end]] || [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]] ||
| 2 || || '''No PICK '''
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 3 || 25 ||[[Alvin Dark]] ||Back ||[[Louisiana State University|LSU]] ||
|4|| ||'''No PICK '''
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 5 || 41 || bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|[[Pete Pihos]] ||[[Wide receiver]]||[[University of Indiana|Indiana]] ||
| 6 || 52 || Chuck Dellago ||Guard || [[University of Minnesota|Minnesota]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 7 || 63 || Gonzalo Morales ||Back ||St. Mary's (CA) ||
| 8 || 41 || Sam Robinson ||Back || [[University of Washington|Washington]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 9 || 85 || [[Forrest Hall]] ||Back || [[University of San Francisco|San Francisco]] ||
| 10 || 96 || Joe Sadonis ||Tackle || [[Fordham University|Fordham]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 11 || 107 || [[Rudy Mobley]] ||Back ||Hardin–Simmons ||
| 12 || 118 || Jim Newmeyer ||Tackle ||St. Vincent
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 13 || 129 || [[Bill Chambers (American football)|Bill Chambers]] ||Tackle|| [[UCLA]] ||
| 14 || 140 || John Duda ||Back || [[University of Virginia|Virginia]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 15 || 151 || [[Bill Montgomery (halfback)|Bill Montgomery]] ||Back ||Louisiana State ||
| 16 || 162 || Howard Werner ||End || [[Syracuse University|Syracuse]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 17 || 173 || Jim Austin ||Back || [[University of Missouri|Missouri]] ||
| 18 || 184 || [[Quentin Klenk]] ||Tackle || [[USC Trojans|USC]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 19 || 195 || [[Joe Spencer (American football)|Joe Spencer]] ||Tackle || [[Oklahoma State|Oklahoma A & M]] ||
| 20 || 206 || Leo Pratt ||Tackle|| Oklahoma A & M
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 21 || 217 || Phil Teschner ||Tackle || [[Brown University|Brown]] ||
| 22 || 2228 || [[John Magee (American football)|John Magee]]|| Guard || [[Rice University|Rice]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 23 || 239 || Norm "Monk" Mosley ||Back || [[University of Alabama|Alabama]] ||
| 24 || 250 || Blair Brown ||Guard ||Oklahoma A & M
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 25 || 261 || Bob Hall ||End || [[Stanford University|Stanford]]||
| 26 || 272 || Dan Talcott ||Tackle || [[University of Nevada-Reno|Nevada-Reno]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 27 || 283 || Bill Thompson ||Tackle || [[University of New Mexico|New Mexico]] ||
| 28 || 294 || Al Fleming ||Center || [[Wichita State]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 29 || 305 || Leo Benjamin ||Center || [[University of West Virginia|West Virginia]]||
| 30 || 316 || Jim Dougherty ||Back || University of Miami (OH)
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 31 || 292 || Ken Reese ||Back ||Alabama ||
| 32 || 298 || Loren Braner ||Center ||Pittsburgh
|- align="center" bgcolor=""

|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Philadelphia Eagles|year=1945|border=2}}"| Week
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Philadelphia Eagles|year=1945|border=2}}"| Date
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Philadelphia Eagles|year=1945|border=2}}"| Opponent
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Philadelphia Eagles|year=1945|border=2}}"| Result
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Philadelphia Eagles|year=1945|border=2}}"| Record
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Philadelphia Eagles|year=1945|border=2}}"| Venue
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Philadelphia Eagles|year=1945|border=2}}"| Attendance
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 1
| October 7
| [[1945 Chicago Cardinals season|Chicago Cardinals]]
| '''W''' 21–6
| 1–0
| [[Shibe Park]]
| 25,581
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 2
| October 14
| at [[1945 Detroit Lions season|Detroit Lions]]
| '''L''' 24–28
| 1–1
| [[Tiger Stadium (Detroit)|Briggs Stadium]]
| 22,580
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 3
| October 21
| at '''[[1945 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]]'''
| '''L''' 14–24
| 1–2
| [[Griffith Stadium]]
| 35,550
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 4
| October 28
| [[1945 Cleveland Rams season|Cleveland Rams]]
| '''W''' 28–14
| 2–2
| [[Shibe Park]]
| 38,149
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 5
| November 4
| at '''[[1945 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]]'''
| '''W''' 45–3
| 3–2
| [[Forbes Field]]
| 23,018
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 6
| November 11
| '''[[1945 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]'''
| '''W''' 38–17
| 4–2
| Shibe Park
| 30,047
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 7
| November 18
| '''[[1945 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]]'''
| '''W''' 30–6
| 5–2
| Shibe Park
| 23,838
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 8
| November 25
| '''[[1945 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]]'''
| '''W''' 16–0
| 6–2
| Shibe Park
| 37,306
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 9
| December 2
| at '''[[1945 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]'''
| '''L''' 21–28
| 6–3
| [[Polo Grounds]]
| 45,372
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 10
| December 9
| '''[[1945 Yanks season|Yanks]]'''
| '''W''' 35–7
| 7–3
| Shibe Park
| 27,905
|}

== Game recaps ==

{{Empty section|date=September 2021}}

== Standings ==
{{1945 NFL Eastern standings}}

== Roster ==
''(All time [[List of Philadelphia Eagles players]] in franchise history)''

{|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= 1945 [[Pro Bowl|Pro All-Star]]<ref name="All Star note">Players are identified as a 1945 Pro All-Star.</ref>||
* + = 1st team All-Star
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-

!style="background:#00cc00;" width=5%|NO.
!!width=20% style="background:#00cc00;"|Player
!!width=4% style="background:#00cc00;"|AGE
!!width=6% style="background:#00cc00;"|POS
!!width=2% style="background:#00cc00;"|GP
!!width=1% style="background:#00cc00;"|GS
!!width=4% style="background:#00cc00;"|WT
!!width=4% style="background:#00cc00;"|HT
!!width=4% style="background:#00cc00;"|YRS
!!width=20% style="background:#00cc00;"|College
|-
|- align=center
| ||- align=left bgcolor=#ccffcc| [[Greasy Neale]] || 53 || Coach ||1945 record 7–3–0||NFL-Eagles Lifetime 23–25–4 || || || 5th ||- align=center|[[West Virginia Wesleyan#Athletics|West Virginia Wesleyan]]
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Ben Agajanian]]||26||K|| 1 || 1 ||215||6–0||Rookie||- align=left|New Mexico
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Bruno Banducci]]||25||G||9||8||216||5–11|| 1 ||- align=left|Stanford
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Jack Banta (American football)|Jack Banta]]||28||HB||5||1||191||5–11||4||- align=left|USC
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Mel Bleeker]]||25||HB||4||4||189||5–11|| 1 ||- align=left|USC
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Johnny Butler]]||27||HB-TB||7||0||185||5–10||2||- align=left|Tennessee
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Larry Cabrelli]]||28||E-DB||10||8||194||5–11||4||- align=left|Colgate
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Rocco Canale]]||28||T-G||3||0||240||5–11||2||- align=left|Boston College
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Jim Castiglia]]||27||FB||1||1||208||5–11||4||- align=left|Georgetown (DC)
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Enio Conti]]||32||G||2|| 1||204||5–11||4||- align=left|Arkansas, and Bucknell
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Dick Erdlitz]]||25||HB||7||0||181||5–10||3||- align=left|[[Northwestern Wildcats football|Northwestern]]
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Jack Ferrante]]||29||E-DE||10||8||197||6–1||4|| '''none'''
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Terry Fox (American football)|Terry Fox]]||27||FB-LB||2||0||208||6–1||4||- align=left|Miami (FL)
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[George Fritts]]||26||T||10|| 1||205||5–11||4||- align=left|[[Clemson Tigers football]]
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Charlie Gauer]]||24||FB-E||7||0||213||6–2||2||- align=left|Colgate
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Jack Hinkle]]||28||B||3||2||195||6–0||5||- align=left|Syracuse
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Dick Humbert]]||27||E-DE||4||2||179||6–1||4||- align=left|Richmond
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|Abe Karnofsky||23||QB-HB-DB||8||2||175||5–10||Rookie||- align=left|Arizona
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Bucko Kilroy]]||24||G-MG-T-DT||9||0||243||6–2||2||- align=left|Notre Dame, and Temple
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Ben Kish]]||28||B||9||5||207||6–0||5||- align=left|Pittsburgh
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Vic Lindskog]]||31||C||10||6||203||6–1|| 1 ||- align=left|Stanford
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Mike Mandarino]]||24||T-C-G||5||0||240||5–11|| 1 ||- align=left|La Salle
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|Bap Manzini||25||C||9||4||195||5–11|| 1 ||- align=left|St. Vincent
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Duke Maronic]]||24||G||8||2||209||5–9|| 1 || '''none'''
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|Flip McDonald||24||E||9||2||200||6–2|| 1 ||- align=left|Oklahoma
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Fred Meyer (American football)|Fred Meyer]]||26||E-DE||8||0||190||6–2||3||- align=left|Stanford
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|Eddie Michaels||31||G||9||8||205||5–11||9||- align=left|[[Villanova Wildcats football|Villanova]]
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|Red Ramsey||34||E||2||0||196||6–0||7||- align=left|[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|John Rogalla||28||FB||8||4||215||6–0||Rookie||- align=left|Scranton
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Jack Sanders (American football)|Jack Sanders]]||28||G||3||0||219||6–0||5||- align=left|SMU
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Vic Sears]]||27||T-DT||10||9||223||6–3||4||- align=left|[[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]]
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Allie Sherman]]||22||QB||10||1||170||5–11||2||- align=left|Brooklyn
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|Abe Shires||28||T||7||0||220||6–2||Rookie||- align=left|Tennessee
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[John Smith (tackle)|John G. Smith]]|| ||T||1||0||200||6–2||Rookie||- align=left|[[Florida Gators football|Florida]]
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Milt Smith]]||26||DB-QB||5||0||185||6–3||Rookie||- align=left|[[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA]]
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Ernie Steele]]||28||HB-DB||7||1||187||6–0||3||- align=left|Washington
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Gil Steinke]]||26||HB||7|| 1 ||175||6–0||Rookie||- align=left|Texas A&M-Kingsville
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Bob Suffridge]]||29||G||10||1||205||6–0||4||- align=left|[[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]]
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Tommy Thompson (quarterback)|Tommy Thompson]]||29||QB||8||0||192||6–1||5||- align=left|[[Tulsa Golden Hurricane football|Tulsa]]
|- align=center bgcolor=#ffcc00
| ||- align=left bgcolor=#ccffcc|[[Steve Van Buren]]+||25||HB||10||9||200||6–0|| 1 ||- align=left|[[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Buzz Warren]]||29||TB-HB||1||0||175||5–11||Rookie||- align=left|Tennessee
|- align=center bgcolor=#ffcc00
| ||- align=left|[[Al Wistert]]+||25||T-G-DT||10||10||214||6–1||2||- align=left|Michigan
|- align=center
| ||- align=left|[[Roy Zimmerman (American football)|Roy Zimmerman]]||27||QB-WB-K||10||8||201||6–2||5||- align=left|[[San Jose State Spartans football|San Jose State]]
|- align=center bgcolor="90EE90"
| || 41 Players Team Average || 26.3 || || 10 || || 201.5|| 6–0.1 || 2.5 ||
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{1945 NFL season by team}}
{{Philadelphia Eagles seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1945 Philadelphia Eagles Season}}
[[Category:Philadelphia Eagles seasons]]
[[Category:1945 NFL season by team|Philadelphia Eagles]]
[[Category:1945 in sports in Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]

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