John Karcis

Position:

Fullback

Personal information

Date of birth:

December 3, 1908

Place of birth:

Monaca, Pennsylvania

Date of death:

September 4, 1973 (aged 64)

Place of death:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Career information

College:

Carnegie Tech

Career history

As player:

Brooklyn Dodgers (1932–1935)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1936–1938)
New York Giants (1938–1939, 1943)

As coach:

Detroit Lions (1942)

Career NFL statistics

Player stats at NFL.com

Head coaching record

Career:

0–8

Coaching stats at PFR

John "Bull" Karcis (December 3, 1908 – September 4, 1973)^[1] was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a fullback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Giants. Karcis was also the head coach for the Detroit Lions in 1942. He played college football at Carnegie Tech.

Karcis was inducted into the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame.

References

↑ http://bcshof.org/halloffamers/karcis1977.htm

Portsmouth Spartans / Detroit Lions head coaches

Hal Griffen (1930)
George Clark (1931–1936)
Dutch Clark (1937–1938)
Gus Henderson (1939)
George Clark (1940)
Bill Edwards (1941–1942)
John Karcis (1942)
Gus Dorais (1943–1947)
Bo McMillin (1948–1950)
Buddy Parker (1951–1956)
George Wilson (1957–1964)
Harry Gilmer (1965–1966)
Joe Schmidt (1967–1972)
Don McCafferty (1973)
Rick Forzano (1974–1976)
Tommy Hudspeth (1976–1977)
Monte Clark (1978–1984)
Darryl Rogers (1985–1988)
Wayne Fontes (1988–1996)
Bobby Ross (1997–2000)
Gary Moeller (2000)
Marty Mornhinweg (2001–2002)
Steve Mariucci (2003–2005)
Dick Jauron # (2005)
Rod Marinelli (2006–2008)
Jim Schwartz (2009–2013)
Jim Caldwell (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

New York Giants 1938 NFL Champions

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