NFL Rosters by Team
Lions Roster - 1976 Resolved Abbreviation: DET
Status: ACT Offense Position: OL
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Bob Kowalkowski G 0 75 240 NA 1943-11-05 NA NA NA NA Craig Hertwig OT 0 80 260 NA 1952-01-15 NA NA NA NA Jim Yarbrough OT 0 77 265 NA 1946-10-28 NA NA NA NA Jon Morris C 0 76 254 NA 1942-04-05 NA NA NA NA Ken Long G 0 75 265 NA 1953-07-24 NA NA NA NA Lynn Boden G 0 77 270 NA 1953-06-05 NA NA NA NA Mark Markovich G 0 77 256 NA 1952-11-07 NA NA NA NA Rocky Freitas OT 0 78 270 NA 1945-09-07 NA NA NA NA Russ Bolinger G 0 77 255 NA 1954-09-10 NA NA NA NA
Position: QB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Gary Danielson QB 0 74 195 NA 1951-09-10 NA NA NA NA Greg Landry QB 0 76 210 NA 1946-12-18 NA NA NA NA Joe Reed QB 0 73 195 NA 1948-01-08 NA NA NA NA
Position: RB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Andy Bolton RB 0 73 205 NA 1954-05-23 NA NA NA NA Bobby Thompson RB 0 71 195 NA 1947-01-16 NA NA NA NA Dexter Bussey RB 0 73 195 NA 1952-03-11 NA NA NA NA Horace King RB 0 70 200 NA 1953-03-05 NA NA NA NA Jim Hooks RB 0 71 225 NA 1950-10-23 NA NA NA NA Lawrence Gaines RB 0 73 240 NA 1953-12-15 NA NA NA NA
Position: TE
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Charlie Sanders TE 0 76 225 NA 1946-08-25 NA NA NA NA David Hill TE 0 74 220 NA 1954-01-01 NA NA NA NA
Position: WR
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Bob Picard WR 0 73 195 NA 1949-11-24 NA NA NA NA Dennis Franklin WR 0 73 185 NA 1953-08-24 NA NA NA NA J.D. Hill WR 0 73 202 NA 1948-10-30 NA NA NA NA Larry Walton WR 0 72 180 NA 1947-02-08 NA NA NA NA Leonard Thompson WR 0 71 192 NA 1952-07-28 NA NA NA NA Ray Jarvis WR 0 72 200 NA 1949-02-02 NA NA NA NA
Defense Position: DB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Ben Davis DB 0 71 180 NA 1945-10-30 NA NA NA NA Charlie West S 0 73 197 NA 1946-08-31 NA NA NA NA Dick Jauron FS 0 72 190 NA 1950-10-07 NA NA NA NA James Hunter FS 0 75 195 NA 1954-03-08 NA NA NA NA Lem Barney CB 0 72 188 NA 1945-09-08 NA NA NA NA Levi Johnson CB 0 75 190 NA 1950-10-30 NA NA NA NA Maurice Tyler DB 0 72 188 NA 1950-07-19 NA NA NA NA
Position: DL
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Billy Howard DE 0 76 252 NA 1951-07-17 NA NA NA NA Don Croft DT 0 76 254 NA 1949-01-07 NA NA NA NA Doug English DT 0 77 250 NA 1953-08-25 NA NA NA NA Herb Orvis DT 0 77 240 NA 1946-10-17 NA NA NA NA Jim Mitchell DE 0 75 245 NA 1948-09-15 NA NA NA NA John Woodcock DT 0 75 257 NA 1954-03-19 NA NA NA NA Ken Sanders DE 0 77 240 NA 1950-08-22 NA NA NA NA Larry Hand DT 0 76 250 NA 1940-07-10 NA NA NA NA
Position: LB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Charlie Weaver OLB 0 74 220 NA 1949-07-12 NA NA NA NA Ed O'Neil LB 0 75 245 NA 1952-09-08 NA NA NA NA Ernie Price MLB 0 76 255 NA 1950-09-20 NA NA NA NA Garth Ten Napel LB 0 73 210 NA 1954-03-27 NA NA NA NA Jim Laslavic MLB 0 74 230 NA 1951-10-24 NA NA NA NA Paul Naumoff OLB 0 73 215 NA 1945-07-03 NA NA NA NA
Special Teams Position: K
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Benny Ricardo K 0 70 175 NA 1954-01-04 NA NA NA NA Ian Sunter K 0 73 215 NA 1952-12-21 NA NA NA NA
Position: P
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Herman Weaver P 0 76 210 NA 1948-11-17 NA NA NA NA
Status: TRC Defense Position: DB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Reggie Pierson DB 0 71 185 NA 1952-12-13 NA NA NA NA
Special Teams Position: K
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Errol Mann K 0 72 200 NA 1941-06-27 NA NA NA NA
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