title: 1944 Brooklyn Tigers season
text: # 1944 Brooklyn Tigers season
  
  The 1944 Brooklyn Tigers season was their 15th and final season in the league before merging with the Boston Yanks. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 2–8, losing all ten games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 13th consecutive season.
  
  After the season, the players and assets of the franchise were merged with the Yanks, and continued to carry on the legacy of the last remaining Ohio League founding APFA member Dayton Triangles, the erratic franchise that currently operates as the Indianapolis Colts.
  
  ## Draft
  
  1944 Brooklyn Tigers draft :
  
  | Round | Pick | Player | Position | College |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Creighton Miller | Back | Notre Dame |
  | 2 | 13 | Jim Callahan | Tailback | Texas |
  | 3 | 18 | Ralph Park | Back | Texas |
  | 4 | 29 | Rudy Sikich | Tackle | Minnesota |
  | 5 | 34 | Verne Ullom | End | Cincinnati |
  | 6 | 45 | Bruce McDonald | End | Illinois State |
  | 7 | 56 | Bob Graiziger | Guard | Minnesota |
  | 8 | 67 | Jack Sachse | Center | Texas |
  | 9 | 78 | Mitchell Olenski | Tackle | Alabama |
  | 10 | 89 | Aldo Cenci | Back | Penn State |
  | 11 | 100 | John Bicanich | Guard | Minnesota |
  | 12 | 111 | Jim Tyree | End | Oklahoma |
  | 13 | 122 | Jim Wright | Guard | SMU |
  | 14 | 133 | John Genis | Tackle | Illinois |
  | 15 | 144 | Billy J. Murphy | Back | Mississippi State |
  | 16 | 155 | Doug Essick | End | USC |
  | 17 | 166 | Howard Maley | Halfback | SMU |
  | 18 | 177 | Don Willer | Tackle | USC |
  | 19 | 188 | Howard Callanan | Back | USC |
  | 20 | 199 | George Doherty | Tackle | Louisiana Tech |
  | 21 | 210 | Mike Mihalic | Guard | Mississippi State |
  | 22 | 221 | Ted Cook | End | Alabama |
  | 23 | 232 | Bucky Gillenwater | Tackle | Texas |
  | 24 | 243 | Jack Baldwin | Center | Centenary |
  | 25 | 254 | Dick Manning | Back | USC |
  | 26 | 265 | Ray Grierson | End | Illinois |
  | 27 | 276 | Joe Golding | Back | Oklahoma |
  | 28 | 287 | Bob Zimny | Tackle | Indiana |
  | 29 | 298 | Marty Frohm | Tackle | Mississippi State |
  | 30 | 309 | Howard Blose | Back | Cornell |
  | Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career ||||||
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | September 17 | at Green Bay Packers | L 7–14 | 0–1 | Wisconsin State Fair Park | Recap |
  | 2 | October 8 | at Detroit Lions | L 14–19 | 0–2 | Briggs Stadium | Recap |
  | 3 | October 15 | New York Giants | L 7–14 | 0–3 | Ebbets Field | Recap |
  | 4 | October 22 | at Washington Redskins | L 14–17 | 0–4 | Griffith Stadium | Recap |
  | 5 | October 29 | Boston Yanks | L 14–17 | 0–5 | Ebbets Field | Recap |
  | 6 | November 5 | Philadelphia Eagles | L 7–21 | 0–6 | Ebbets Field | Recap |
  | 7 | November 12 | Washington Redskins | L 0–10 | 0–7 | Ebbets Field | Recap |
  | 8 | November 19 | at Boston Yanks | L 6–13 | 0–8 | Fenway Park | Recap |
  | 9 | November 26 | at New York Giants | L 0–7 | 0–9 | Polo Grounds | Recap |
  | 10 | December 3 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 0–34 | 0–10 | Shibe Park | Recap |
  | Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. |||||||
  
  ## Standings
  
  NFL Eastern Division :
  
  | viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | PF | PA | STK |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | New York Giants | 8 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 6–1–1 | 206 | 75 | W4 |
  | Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | 1 | 2 | .875 | 6–0–2 | 267 | 131 | W2 |
  | Washington Redskins | 6 | 3 | 1 | .667 | 4–3–1 | 169 | 180 | L2 |
  | Boston Yanks | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 2–6 | 82 | 233 | L2 |
  | Brooklyn Tigers | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0-8 | 69 | 166 | L10 |
  
  Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
  
  