NFL Rosters by Team
Lions Roster - 1979 Resolved Abbreviation: DET
Status: ACT Offense Position: OL
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Amos Fowler G 0 75 250 NA 1956-02-11 NA NA NA NA Dennis Franks C 0 73 241 NA 1953-05-29 NA NA NA NA Don Morrison OT 0 77 255 NA 1949-12-16 NA NA NA NA Homer Elias G 0 75 255 NA 1955-05-01 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 Keith Dorney OT 0 77 265 NA 1957-12-03 NA NA NA NA Larry Tearry C 0 75 260 NA 1956-04-24 NA NA NA NA Russ Bolinger G 0 77 255 NA 1954-09-10 NA NA NA NA Wally Pesuit C 0 76 245 NA 1954-03-04 NA NA NA NA
Position: QB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Jeff Komlo QB 0 74 205 NA 1956-07-30 NA NA NA NA Joe Reed QB 0 73 195 NA 1948-01-08 NA NA NA NA Scott Hunter QB 0 74 205 NA 1947-11-11 NA NA NA NA
Position: RB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Bo Robinson RB 0 74 225 NA 1956-05-27 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 73 237 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 Ulysses Norris TE 0 76 225 NA 1957-01-15 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 74 185 NA 1947-01-14 NA NA NA NA John Arnold WR 0 70 175 NA 1955-10-05 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 Robert Woods WR 0 67 170 NA 1955-07-03 NA NA NA NA
Defense Position: DB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Dave Parkin FS 0 72 191 NA 1956-01-07 NA NA NA NA Don Patterson CB 0 71 175 NA 1957-10-31 NA NA NA NA Doug Jones S 0 74 202 NA 1950-05-31 NA NA NA NA Eddie Lewis CB 0 72 177 NA 1953-12-15 NA NA NA NA Ernie Jackson DB 0 70 173 NA 1950-04-11 NA NA NA NA James Hunter FS 0 75 195 NA 1954-03-08 NA NA NA NA Jimmy Allen S 0 74 194 NA 1952-03-06 NA NA NA NA Jimmy Stewart S 0 71 190 NA 1954-10-15 NA NA NA NA Luther Bradley CB 0 74 195 NA 1955-05-07 NA NA NA NA Nate Allen CB 0 70 170 NA 1948-05-13 NA NA NA NA Tony Leonard DB 0 71 170 NA 1953-02-28 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 Gay DE 0 77 225 NA 1955-05-28 NA NA NA NA Cleveland Elam DT 0 76 252 NA 1952-04-05 NA NA NA NA Dave Gallagher DT 0 76 256 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 Ken Sanders DT 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 Dave Washington LB 0 77 223 NA 1948-09-12 NA NA NA NA Ed O'Neil OLB 0 75 245 NA 1952-09-08 NA NA NA NA Eddie Cole MLB 0 74 235 NA 1956-12-16 NA NA NA NA Garry Cobb LB 0 74 227 NA 1957-03-16 NA NA NA NA James Harrell OLB 0 73 215 NA 1957-07-19 NA NA NA NA Jon Brooks OLB 0 74 215 NA 1957-06-22 NA NA NA NA Ken Fantetti MLB 0 74 230 NA 1957-04-07 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
Larry Swider P 0 74 187 NA 1955-02-01 NA NA NA NA Tom Skladany P 0 72 195 NA 1955-06-29 NA NA NA NA
Status: TRC Offense Position: QB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Jerry Golsteyn QB 0 76 200 NA 1954-08-06 NA NA NA NA
Status: TRD Defense Position: DB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Ken Ellis DB 0 70 190 NA 1947-09-27 NA NA NA NA
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