NFL Rosters by Team
Giants Roster - 1979 Resolved Abbreviation: NYG
Status: ACT Offense Position: OL
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Brad Benson OT 0 75 258 NA 1955-11-25 NA NA NA NA Dan Fowler G 0 76 260 NA 1956-04-12 NA NA NA NA Doug Van Horn G 0 75 245 NA 1944-06-24 NA NA NA NA Gordon King OT 0 78 275 NA 1956-02-03 NA NA NA NA Gus Coppens OT 0 77 270 NA 1955-02-07 NA NA NA NA J.T. Turner G 0 75 250 NA 1953-04-17 NA NA NA NA Jim Clack C 0 75 250 NA 1947-10-26 NA NA NA NA Keith Eck C 0 77 255 NA 1955-11-28 NA NA NA NA Ron Mikolajczyk OT 0 75 275 NA 1950-06-02 NA NA NA NA Roy Simmons G 0 75 264 NA 1956-11-08 NA NA NA NA Tom Neville OT 0 76 260 NA 1943-08-12 NA NA NA NA
Position: QB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Dave Rader QB 0 75 215 NA 1957-03-09 NA NA NA NA Joe Pisarcik QB 0 76 220 NA 1952-07-02 NA NA NA NA Phil Simms QB 0 75 216 NA 1954-11-03 NA NA NA NA Randy Dean QB 0 75 195 NA 1955-06-10 NA NA NA NA
Position: RB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Billy Taylor RB 0 72 215 NA 1956-07-06 NA NA NA NA Doug Kotar RB 0 71 205 NA 1951-06-11 NA NA NA NA Eddie Hicks RB 0 74 210 NA 1955-07-26 NA NA NA NA George Franklin RB 0 75 225 NA 1954-07-05 NA NA NA NA Ken Johnson RB 0 74 220 NA 1956-11-27 NA NA NA NA Zachary Dixon RB 0 72 200 NA 1956-03-05 NA NA NA NA
Position: TE
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Cleveland Jackson TE 0 76 230 NA 1956-10-01 NA NA NA NA Emery Moorehead TE 0 74 210 NA 1954-03-22 NA NA NA NA Gary Shirk TE 0 73 220 NA 1950-02-23 NA NA NA NA Loaird McCreary TE 0 77 227 NA 1953-03-15 NA NA NA NA
Position: WR
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Dwight Scales WR 0 74 182 NA 1953-05-30 NA NA NA NA Earnest Gray WR 0 75 195 NA 1957-03-02 NA NA NA NA Gene Washington WR 0 69 172 NA 1953-06-06 NA NA NA NA Jimmy Robinson WR 0 69 170 NA 1953-01-03 NA NA NA NA Johnny Perkins WR 0 74 205 NA 1953-04-21 NA NA NA NA Steve Odom WR 0 68 173 NA 1952-09-05 NA NA NA NA Tom Mullady WR 0 75 232 NA 1957-01-30 NA NA NA NA
Defense Position: DB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Alan Caldwell CB 0 72 176 NA 1956-05-22 NA NA NA NA Beasley Reece S 0 73 186 NA 1954-03-18 NA NA NA NA Ernie Jones FS 0 75 180 NA 1953-01-03 NA NA NA NA Odis McKinney FS 0 74 187 NA 1957-05-19 NA NA NA NA Ray Oldham FS 0 72 200 NA 1951-02-23 NA NA NA NA Ray Rhodes CB 0 71 185 NA 1950-10-20 NA NA NA NA Terry Jackson CB 0 70 187 NA 1955-12-09 NA NA NA NA
Position: DL
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Calvin Miller DT 0 74 250 NA 1953-08-31 NA NA NA NA Gary Jeter DE 0 76 250 NA 1955-01-24 NA NA NA NA George Martin DE 0 76 245 NA 1953-02-16 NA NA NA NA Jeff Weston DT 0 77 252 NA 1956-04-10 NA NA NA NA John Mendenhall DT 0 73 255 NA 1948-12-03 NA NA NA NA Mike McCoy DT 0 77 284 NA 1948-09-06 NA NA NA NA Philip Tabor DT 0 76 255 NA 1956-11-30 NA NA NA NA
Position: LB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Brad Van Pelt OLB 0 77 235 NA 1951-04-05 NA NA NA NA Brian Kelley OLB 0 75 230 NA 1951-09-01 NA NA NA NA Dan Lloyd ILB 0 74 225 NA 1953-11-09 NA NA NA NA Frank Marion LB 0 75 230 NA 1951-03-16 NA NA NA NA Harry Carson ILB 0 74 228 NA 1953-11-26 NA NA NA NA John Skorupan LB 0 74 214 NA 1951-05-17 NA NA NA NA Randy Coffield LB 0 76 215 NA 1953-12-12 NA NA NA NA
Special Teams Position: K
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Joe Danelo K 0 69 166 NA 1953-09-02 NA NA NA NA
Position: P
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Dave Jennings P 0 76 215 NA 1952-06-08 NA NA NA NA
Status: TRC Offense Position: RB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Bob Torrey RB 0 76 226 NA 1957-01-30 NA NA NA NA Tony Green RB 0 69 185 NA 1956-09-26 NA NA NA NA
Position: TE
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Al Dixon TE 0 77 220 NA 1954-04-05 NA NA NA NA Todd Christensen TE 0 75 225 NA 1956-08-03 NA NA NA NA
Status: TRD Offense Position: OL
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Gordon Gravelle OT 0 77 250 NA 1949-06-12 NA NA NA NA Jim Pietrzak C 0 77 260 NA 1953-02-21 NA NA NA NA
Status: TRT Offense Position: RB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Bobby Hammond RB 0 70 175 NA 1952-02-20 NA NA NA NA
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