NFL Rosters by Team
Lions Roster - 1978 Resolved Abbreviation: DET
Status: ACT Offense Position: OL
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Amos Fowler C 0 75 250 NA 1956-02-11 NA NA NA NA Brad Oates OT 0 78 270 NA 1953-09-30 NA NA NA NA Donnie Green OT 0 79 272 NA 1948-07-12 NA NA NA NA Donnie Hickman G 0 74 261 NA 1955-06-11 NA NA NA NA Homer Elias G 0 75 255 NA 1955-05-01 NA NA NA NA John Sokolosky C 0 74 240 NA 1956-04-02 NA NA NA NA Karl Baldischwiler OT 0 77 265 NA 1956-01-19 NA NA NA NA Karl Chandler C 0 77 250 NA 1952-02-15 NA NA NA NA Larry Tearry C 0 75 260 NA 1956-04-24 NA NA NA NA Lynn Boden G 0 77 270 NA 1953-06-05 NA NA NA NA Mike Montler C 0 77 254 NA 1944-01-10 NA NA NA NA Willie Brock C 0 75 250 NA 1955-09-20 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 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 Ken Callicutt RB 0 72 190 NA 1955-08-20 NA NA NA NA Lawrence Gaines RB 0 73 240 NA 1953-12-15 NA NA NA NA Rick Kane RB 0 71 200 NA 1954-11-12 NA NA NA NA
Position: TE
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
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
Freddie Scott WR 0 74 190 NA 1952-08-05 NA NA NA NA Gene Washington WR 0 69 172 NA 1953-06-06 NA NA NA NA Jesse Thompson WR 0 73 185 NA 1956-03-12 NA NA NA NA Leonard Thompson WR 0 71 192 NA 1952-07-28 NA NA NA NA Luther Blue WR 0 71 190 NA 1954-10-21 NA NA NA NA Ray Jarvis WR 0 72 200 NA 1949-02-02 NA NA NA NA Willie McGee WR 0 71 179 NA 1950-05-14 NA NA NA NA
Defense Position: DB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Bruce Rhodes S 0 72 187 NA 1952-04-17 NA NA NA NA James Hunter CB 0 75 195 NA 1954-03-08 NA NA NA NA Jimmy Allen FS 0 74 194 NA 1952-03-06 NA NA NA NA Luther Bradley CB 0 74 195 NA 1955-05-07 NA NA NA NA Mike Burns S 0 72 181 NA 1954-04-06 NA NA NA NA Nat Terry CB 0 71 167 NA 1956-07-20 NA NA NA NA Reggie Pinkney S 0 71 190 NA 1955-05-27 NA NA NA NA Tony Leonard CB 0 71 170 NA 1953-02-28 NA NA NA NA Tony Sumler CB 0 70 185 NA 1956-04-10 NA NA NA NA Walt Williams CB 0 73 185 NA 1954-07-10 NA NA NA NA
Position: DL
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Al Baker DE 0 78 260 NA 1956-12-09 NA NA NA NA Bill Cooke DT 0 77 260 NA 1951-02-26 NA NA NA NA Bill Gay DE 0 77 225 NA 1955-05-28 NA NA NA NA Dan Gray DE 0 78 240 NA 1956-01-29 NA NA NA NA Dave Gallagher DE 0 76 245 NA 1952-01-02 NA NA NA NA Dave Pureifory DE 0 73 260 NA 1949-07-12 NA NA NA NA Doug English DT 0 77 250 NA 1953-08-25 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
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 Dan Dickel LB 0 75 225 NA 1952-08-24 NA NA NA NA Dave Washington OLB 0 77 223 NA 1948-09-12 NA NA NA NA Ed O'Neil MLB 0 75 245 NA 1952-09-08 NA NA NA NA Paul Naumoff OLB 0 73 215 NA 1945-07-03 NA NA NA NA Tony Daykin LB 0 73 215 NA 1955-05-13 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
Position: P
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Tom Skladany P 0 72 195 NA 1955-06-29 NA NA NA NA
Status: TRC Defense Position: DL
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Ernie Price DE 0 76 255 NA 1950-09-20 NA NA NA NA
Status: TRD Offense Position: OL
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Bill Fifer OT 0 76 250 NA 1955-10-26 NA NA NA NA Gary Anderson G 0 75 250 NA 1955-09-22 NA NA NA NA
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