Frank Joseph Filchock was an American gridiron football player and coach.
30 Facts About Frank Filchock
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Frank Filchock appeared in six games for the Pirates in 1938, and then was sold to the Washington Redskins.
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Frank Filchock remained with the Redskins through the 1941 season, part of the time alternating quarters with Baugh.
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On October 15,1939 Frank Filchock threw the first 99-yard touchdown pass in NFL history, to Andy Farkas, in a game against his old team, the Pirates.
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In 1942 and 1943 Frank Filchock was out of professional football and on active duty with the United States Navy.
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Mara made the trade with the Redskins, but actually signing Frank Filchock was more difficult.
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In spite of a painful arm injury, Frank Filchock had a good first year in New York, passing for 1,262 yards and 12 touchdowns.
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Frank Filchock ran for another 371 yards and was chosen an all-pro halfback and the most valuable player for the Giants.
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Frank Filchock completed 9 of 26 passes for 128 yards and had 6 intercepted.
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Frank Filchock testified that $500 was bet for each of the two players on the Giants to win their final regular-season game, against the Redskins.
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Paris claimed that Hapes was willing to throw the championship game and that Frank Filchock considered the offer overnight before rejecting it.
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In effect, Frank Filchock was banned from playing professional football in the United States.
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Frank Filchock accepted the Tigers' offer, and on August 13,1947 he joined the team as a player-coach.
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Immediately after Frank Filchock's signing, the Canadian Rugby Union, an umbrella organization for all levels of football throughout the Dominion, rejected his application for a player's certificate without comment, and the IRFU voted three to one that he could not play for Hamilton.
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Frank Filchock was now blacklisted by every football league in the United States and Canada.
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Frank Filchock played two exhibition games and four league games, all forfeit in advance, before the Big Four voted unanimously to allow him to play.
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Frank Filchock was back with the Tigers for 1948, but in the meantime the team had resigned from the IRFU.
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Frank Filchock left the Tigers and returned to the Big Four in 1949, with Lew Hayman's Montreal Alouettes, at a salary reported to be $20,000 for two years.
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Frank Filchock's earning power was now close to what it had been with the New York Giants.
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Frank Filchock was accompanied by Leo Dandurand, Alouettes' president, and the two presented testimonials from businessmen, clergymen and sportsmen lauding his conduct.
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Frank Filchock returned to Montreal and played the entire 1950 season there.
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The Colts folded after that season, and Frank Filchock never played another down of football in the NFL.
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In 1951, Frank Filchock played with the Edmonton Eskimos of the WIFU, and for the first time in Canada his statistics were officially compiled.
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Frank Filchock was made player-coach of the Eskimos in 1952 and led them to the WIFU championship.
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Frank Filchock was named to the second-team Western all-stars the same year.
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In 1953 Frank Filchock moved to the Saskatchewan Roughriders, where he was both quarterback and head coach.
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In 1959 Frank Filchock served as backfield coach for the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL.
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Frank Filchock was named the first head coach of the Denver Broncos of the new American Football League on January 1,1960.
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In 1964 Frank Filchock was defensive coach with the Quebec Rifles of the United Football League.
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Frank Filchock had starred in high school, collegiate and service football, and had played minor league baseball with three teams.