NFL Rosters by Team
Lions Roster - 1980 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 Burton Lawless G 0 76 253 NA 1953-11-01 NA NA NA NA Chris Dieterich OT 0 75 255 NA 1958-07-27 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 Keith Dorney OT 0 77 265 NA 1957-12-03 NA NA NA NA Mike Whited OT 0 76 250 NA 1958-03-30 NA NA NA NA Rod Walters G 0 75 258 NA 1954-02-27 NA NA NA NA Russ Bolinger G 0 77 255 NA 1954-09-10 NA NA NA NA Tom Turnure C 0 76 250 NA 1957-07-09 NA NA NA NA Tommie Ginn C 0 75 250 NA 1958-01-25 NA NA NA NA Willie Parker C 0 75 245 NA 1948-12-28 NA NA NA NA
Position: QB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Eric Hipple QB 0 74 196 NA 1957-09-16 NA NA NA NA Gary Danielson QB 0 74 195 NA 1951-09-10 NA NA NA NA Jeff Komlo QB 0 74 205 NA 1956-07-30 NA NA NA NA
Position: RB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Billy Sims RB 0 72 212 NA 1955-09-18 NA NA NA NA 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 Ray Williams RB 0 69 170 NA 1958-09-22 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 Jesse Thompson WR 0 73 185 NA 1956-03-12 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
Defense Position: DB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Eddie Lewis S 0 72 177 NA 1953-12-15 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 S 0 74 195 NA 1955-05-07 NA NA NA NA Prentice McCray DB 0 73 188 NA 1951-03-01 NA NA NA NA Ray Oldham S 0 72 200 NA 1951-02-23 NA NA NA NA Walt Williams CB 0 73 185 NA 1954-07-10 NA NA NA NA Wayne Smith CB 0 72 175 NA 1957-05-09 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 Alva Liles DT 0 75 255 NA 1956-03-06 NA NA NA NA Bill Gay DT 0 77 225 NA 1955-05-28 NA NA NA NA Curley Culp DT 0 74 265 NA 1946-03-10 NA NA NA NA Dave Pureifory DE 0 73 260 NA 1949-07-12 NA NA NA NA John Mendenhall DT 0 73 255 NA 1948-12-03 NA NA NA NA John Woodcock DT 0 75 257 NA 1954-03-19 NA NA NA NA Mike McCoy DT 0 77 284 NA 1948-09-06 NA NA NA NA Tom Tuinei DT 0 76 250 NA 1958-02-21 NA NA NA NA Wally Pesuit DE 0 76 252 NA 1954-03-04 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 Simmons LB 0 76 219 NA 1957-01-19 NA NA NA NA Derrel Luce LB 0 75 226 NA 1952-09-29 NA NA NA NA Eddie Cole LB 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 LB 0 73 215 NA 1957-07-19 NA NA NA NA Ken Fantetti MLB 0 74 230 NA 1957-04-07 NA NA NA NA Stan White OLB 0 73 225 NA 1949-10-24 NA NA NA NA
Special Teams Position: K
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Eddie Murray K 0 70 175 NA 1956-08-29 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: LB
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
John Mohring LB 0 75 240 NA 1956-11-14 NA NA NA NA
Status: TRD Offense Position: OL
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Vern Holland OT 0 77 268 NA 1948-06-27 NA NA NA NA
Position: WR
Name Depth # Ht Wt
College DOB Exp Pick Draft Team First Year
Mike Friede WR 0 75 205 NA 1957-09-22 NA NA NA NA
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