1957 Philadelphia Eagles season


The 1957 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 25th in the league. They improved on their previous output of 3–8–1, winning six games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season.

Offseason

NFL Draft

The 1957 NFL Draft was held on November 27, 1956. This was before the end of the NFL Season and the between time of NCAA College football season end and the College bowl games. The draft once again was 30 rounds long, 12 teams picking, and a total of 360 players selected. This again was a year that there was a Lottery bonus pick. This year's team to get the overall number 1 pick in the draft was the Green Bay Packers that selected, 1956 Heisman Trophy winner, Paul Hornung
who was a Halfback out of Notre Dame
3–8–1

Player Selections

The table shows the Eagles selections and 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.

Schedule

Standings

1957 Roster

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  • + = Was a Starter in the Pro-Bowl
NO. PlayerAGE POS GP GSWTHTYRSCollege
Hugh DevoreCOACH'''1957
record
4–8–0		Eagles
Lifetime
7–16–1		NFL
Lifetime
7–18–1		2ndUniversity of Notre Dame
33Billy Ray Barnes22HB1202015–11RookieWake Forest
60Chuck Bednarik32LB-C1102336–38Pennsylvania Quakers
81Eddie Bell26DB-LB1202126–12Pennsylvania
36Dick Bielski25E-FB1202246–12Maryland Terrapins
40Tom Brookshier26DB1201966–04Colorado Buffalos
84Hank Burnine25E701886–21Missouri
78Marion Campbell28DE-DT-MG
G-T		1002506–33Georgia
10Al Dorow28QB601936–03Michigan State
64Bob Gaona26T1202436–34Wake Forest
64Abe Gibron32G1202435–118Purdue,Valparaiso
20Jimmy Harris23DB1201786–1RookieOklahoma Sooners
42Bob Hudson27DB-LB-E1202256–46Clemson Tigers
63Ken Huxhold28G1202266–13Wisconsin Badgers
9Sonny Jurgensen23QB1052025–11RookieDuke
23Ken Keller23HB1201805–101North Carolina Tarheels
68Bill Koman23LB11112296–21North Carolina
79Buck Lansford24G-T10102326–22Texas Longhorns
65Menil Mavraides26G1202356–13Notre Dame Fighting Irish
25Tommy McDonald23FL-HB
SE-WR		1201785–9RookieOklahoma Sooners
41Jerry Norton26DB-HB1201955–113SMU Mustangs
26Clarence Peaks22FB1202186–1RookikeMichigan State
44Pete Retzlaff26E-HB-TE1202116–11South Dakota St. Jackrabbits
45Rocky Ryan25DB-E902026–11Illinois
75Tom Saidock27DT1152616–5RookieMichigan State
82Tom Scott27DE-LB1202186–24Virginia
53John Simerson22C-T12122576–3RookiePurdue Boilermakers
80Bill Stribling30E1202066–16Mississippi
76Len Szafaryn29T-G-LB-DT112266–28North Carolina
11Bobby Thomason29QB1271966–18VMI
83Bobby Walston29E-HB-K1201906–06Georgia
77Jim Weatherall28DT-T1202456–42Oklahoma
86Norm Willey30 DE-G-E1202246–27Marshall Thundering Herd
32Neil Worden26FB1201985–103Notre Dame
74Frank Wydo33T-DT1202256–410Cornell
73Sid Youngelman26DT-DE1202576–32 Alabama
35 Players
Team Average		26.412217.16–1.23.2

Post Season

Head Coach Hugh Devore struggled during his two seasons in the City of Brotherly Love, compiling a mark of 7–16–1. The poor record led to Devore's firing on January 11, 1958. Despite adding assistants such as former New York Giants head coach Steve Owen.