1948 Baltimore Colts Roster

All American Football Conference (AAFC)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 1st in the AAFC's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost First Round
Coach: Cecil Isbell (7-7)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland

1948 Baltimore Colts Statistics
1948 Baltimore Colts Results

The Baltimore Colts of the All American Football Conference ended the 1948 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing first in the AAFC's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.

The Colts scored 333 points, and the defense conceded 327. Y.A. Tittle passed for 2,522 yards. Billy Hillenbrand topped the receiving corps, hauling in 50 balls for 970 yards, while Lamar Davis contributed to the receiving game, too.

Bus Mertes ran for a team-leading 680 yards for Baltimore, while Billy Hillenbrand additionally buoyed the ground attack.

Lamar Davis and Jake Leicht each snatched 5 opponent throws.

Cecil Isbell coached the team. The 1948 Baltimore Colts lost in the First Round.

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#	Player	Pos.	Birth Date	Height	Weight	College	Hometown	GP	GS
44	Lee Artoe	RT	March 2, 1917	6'3"	234	Santa Clara	Tacoma, WA USA	14	8
31	Dick Barwegen	LG	December 25, 1921	6'1"	227	Purdue	Chicago, IL USA	12	12
57	Hub Bechtol	E	April 20, 1926	6'3"	202	Texas	Amarillo, TX USA	12	0
47	Pete Berezney	T	November 14, 1923	6'2"	240	Notre Dame	Jersey City, NJ USA	13	0
41	Ernie Blandin	LT	June 21, 1919	6'4"	248	Tulane	Augusta, KS USA	14	14
22	Herb Coleman	C-G	June 18, 1923	6'0"	200	Notre Dame	Chester, WV USA	1	0
22	Bert Corley	C	September 9, 1920	6'2"	210	Mississippi St.	Okolona, MS USA	9	8
51	Lamar Davis	LE	June 15, 1921	6'1"	185	Georgia	Brunswick, GA USA	14	9
77	Spiro Dellerba	LB	January 25, 1923	5'11"	200	Ohio St.	Ashtabula, OH USA	14	2
80	Aubrey Fowler	HB	June 12, 1920	5'10"	160	Arkansas Tech	Hamburg, AR USA	13	0
89	Lu Gambino	FB	September 21, 1923	6'1"	205	Indiana	Berwyn, IL USA	9	1
30	Dub Garrett	RG	January 29, 1925	6'1"	235	Mississippi St.	Dundee, MS USA	14	14
33	Ed Grain	G	February 25, 1922	6'0"	230	Pennsylvania	Baltimore, MD USA	11	1
74	Rex Grossman	K	February 5, 1924	6'1"	215	Indiana	Huntington, IN USA	14	1
37	George Groves	G-LB	June 10, 1921	5'11"	195	Marquette	Hammond, IN USA	2	0
82	Billy Hillenbrand	LH	March 29, 1922	6'0"	188	Indiana	Armstrong, IN USA	14	13
38	Al Klug	T-G	June 1, 1920	6'1"	215	Marquette	Milwaukee, WI USA	13	0
81	Jake Leicht	HB	October 1, 1920	5'9"	170	Oregon	Jamestown, ND USA	14	1
88	Lew Mayne	HB	March 21, 1920	6'1"	190	Texas	Cuero, TX USA	8	0
26/28	Len McCormick	C	October 28, 1922	6'3"	232	Schreiner College	Eldorado, TX USA	11	5
48	John Mellus	T	June 16, 1917	6'0"	214	Villanova	Plymouth, PA USA	14	0
73	Bus Mertes	FB	October 6, 1921	6'0"	201	Iowa	Chicago, IL USA	14	12
55/56	John North	RE	June 17, 1921	6'2"	199	Vanderbilt	Gilliam, LA USA	14	13
52	Bob Nowaskey	E	February 3, 1918	6'0"	205	George Washington	Everson, PA USA	13	3
66	Charlie O'Rourke	P	May 10, 1917	5'11"	175	Boston Col.	Montreal, QC Canada	14	1
85	Bob Pfohl	KR	May 21, 1926	6'0"	200	Kings Point	Vincennes, IN USA	14	14
54	Ollie Poole	DE	April 18, 1922	6'3"	220	North Carolina	Gloster, MS USA	9	1
49	Alex Sidorik	T	December 19, 1919	6'0"	248	Mississippi St.	Hartford, CT USA	9	1
32	Jack Simmons	C-G-T	October 8, 1924	6'4"	236	Maryland	Grosse Pointe, MI USA	10	0
56	Joe Smith	E-DB	July 23, 1922	6'1"	183	Schreiner College	Electra, TX USA	12	0
46	Jim Spruill	RT	February 26, 1923	6'3"	225	Rice	Dublin, TX USA	14	6
20/23	Ralph Stewart	C	December 10, 1925	6'0"	205	Notre Dame	St. Louis, MO USA	14	1
83/85	John Sylvester	DB-HB	January 14, 1923	6'0"	183	Temple	Norristown, PA USA	12	0
63	Y.A. Tittle	QB	October 24, 1926	6'0"	192	LSU	Marshall, TX USA	14	12
67	Sam Vacanti	QB	March 20, 1922	5'11"	203	Iowa	Omaha, NE USA	5	0
87	Johnny Vardian	HB-DB	September 25, 1921	5'8"	167	none	Johnstown, PA USA	12	0
53	Windell Williams	RE	March 10, 1923	6'2"	185	Rice	Fort Towson, OK USA	14	1