NFL Rosters by Team
Lions Roster - 1961 Resolved Abbreviation: DET
Status: ACT Offense Position: OL
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Bob Scholtz C 0 76 250 NA 1937-12-25 NA NA NA NA Bob Whitlow C 0 74 236 NA 1936-02-15 NA NA NA NA Dan LaRose OT 0 77 250 NA 1939-02-08 NA NA NA NA Dick Mills G 0 75 240 NA 1939-03-06 NA NA NA NA Harley Sewell G 0 73 235 NA 1931-04-18 NA NA NA NA John Gonzaga OT 0 75 250 NA 1933-03-06 NA NA NA NA John Gordy G 0 75 250 NA 1935-06-17 NA NA NA NA Ollie Spencer OT 0 74 250 NA 1931-04-17 NA NA NA NA Willie McClung OT 0 74 250 NA 1930-05-09 NA NA NA NA
Position: QB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Earl Morrall QB 0 73 210 NA 1934-05-17 NA NA NA NA Jim Ninowski QB 0 73 205 NA 1936-03-26 NA NA NA NA
Position: RB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Dan Lewis HB 0 73 208 NA 1936-02-14 NA NA NA NA Hopalong Cassady HB 0 70 185 NA 1934-03-02 NA NA NA NA Johnny Olszewski FB 0 71 202 NA 1929-12-21 NA NA NA NA Ken Webb HB 0 71 208 NA 1935-08-15 NA NA NA NA Nick Pietrosante FB 0 74 225 NA 1937-09-10 NA NA NA NA
Position: TE
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Jim Gibbons TE 0 74 220 NA 1936-09-26 NA NA NA NA
Position: WR
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Gail Cogdill WR 0 75 200 NA 1937-04-07 NA NA NA NA Glenn Davis WR 0 72 180 NA 1934-09-12 NA NA NA NA Pat Studstill WR 0 72 180 NA 1938-06-04 NA NA NA NA Terry Barr WR 0 72 195 NA 1935-08-10 NA NA NA NA
Defense Position: DB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Bruce Maher DB 0 71 190 NA 1937-07-25 NA NA NA NA Dick LeBeau DB 0 73 185 NA 1937-09-09 NA NA NA NA Gary Lowe DB 0 71 200 NA 1934-05-04 NA NA NA NA Night Train Lane DB 0 73 200 NA 1927-04-16 NA NA NA NA Yale Lary DB 0 71 185 NA 1930-11-24 NA NA NA NA
Position: DL
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Alex Karras DT 0 74 255 NA 1935-07-15 NA NA NA NA Bill Glass DE 0 77 255 NA 1935-08-16 NA NA NA NA Darris McCord DE 0 76 250 NA 1933-01-04 NA NA NA NA Gil Mains DT 0 74 243 NA 1929-12-17 NA NA NA NA Paul Ward DT 0 75 247 NA 1937-01-30 NA NA NA NA Roger Brown DT 0 77 300 NA 1937-05-01 NA NA NA NA Sam Williams DE 0 77 245 NA 1931-03-09 NA NA NA NA
Position: LB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Carl Brettschneider LB 0 73 225 NA 1931-12-02 NA NA NA NA Jim Martin LB 0 74 230 NA 1924-04-08 NA NA NA NA Joe Schmidt LB 0 73 220 NA 1932-01-19 NA NA NA NA Max Messner LB 0 75 225 NA 1938-10-13 NA NA NA NA Wayne Walker LB 0 74 225 NA 1936-09-30 NA NA NA NA
Status: TRC Defense Position: DB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Jim Steffen DB 0 72 195 NA 1936-05-01 NA NA NA NA
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