Detroit Lions - 1979 Roster - RetroSeasons.com

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Year	#	Lastname	pid	Name	Link	Pos	Height	Inches	Weight	Age	Tenure	DOB	DOB	College	YearOnTeam	IsFirstSeason	IsFinalSeason	FinalTeamSeason	IsRookie	isVeteran	IsKey
1979	40	Allen	AlleJi20	Jimmy Allen	jimmy-allen	SS	6' 2"	74	194	27	5	Mar 6, 1952	1952-03-06	Pierce College (CA), UCLA	2			0		0	1
1979	47	Arnold	ArnoJo20	John Arnold	john-arnold	WR	5' 10"	70	175	24	1	Oct 5, 1955	1955-10-05	Wyoming	1	1		0	1	0
1979	60	Baker	BakeAl00	Al Baker	al-baker-bakeal00	RDE	6' 6"	78	265	23	2	Dec 9, 1956	1956-12-09	Colorado St.	2			0		0	1
1979	89	Blue	BlueLu00	Luther Blue	luther-blue	WR	5' 11"	71	185	25	3	Oct 21, 1954	1954-10-21	Iowa St.	3			1		0
1979	73	Bolinger	BoliRu20	Russ Bolinger	russ-bolinger	RG	6' 5"	77	255	25	1	Sep 10, 1954	1954-09-10	UC Riverside, Long Beach St.	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
1979	27	Bradley	BradLu20	Luther Bradley	luther-bradley	RCB	6' 2"	74	195	24	2	May 7, 1955	1955-05-07	Notre Dame	2			0		0	1
1979	53	Brooks	BrooJo20	Jon Brooks	jon-brooks	LB	6' 2"	74	215	22	1	Jun 22, 1957	1957-06-22	Clemson	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
1979	24	Bussey	BussDe00	Dexter Bussey	dexter-bussey	RB	6' 1"	73	195	27	6	Mar 11, 1952	1952-03-11	Oklahoma, Texas-Arlington	6			0		0	1
1979	31	Callicutt	CallKe21	Ken Callicutt	ken-callicutt	RB	6' 0"	72	190	24	2	Aug 20, 1955	1955-08-20	Clemson	2			0		0
1979	50	Cole	ColeEd20	Eddie Cole	eddie-cole	LB	6' 2"	74	235	23	1	Dec 16, 1956	1956-12-16	Mississippi	1	1		0	1	0
1979	78	English	EnglDo00	Doug English	doug-english	RDT	6' 5"	77	255	26	2	Aug 25, 1953	1953-08-25	Texas	2			0		0	1
1979	57	Fantetti	FantKe20	Ken Fantetti	ken-fantetti	MLB	6' 2"	74	230	22	1	Apr 7, 1957	1957-04-07	Wyoming	1	1	1	1	1	0
1979	38	Gaines	GainLa00	Lawrence Gaines	lawrence-gaines	RB	6' 1"	73	237	26	3	Dec 15, 1953	1953-12-15	Wyoming	3		1	1		0
1979	71	Gallagher	GallDa20	Dave Gallagher	dave-gallagher-gallda20	LDT	6' 4"	76	256	27	5	Jan 2, 1952	1952-01-02	Michigan	2		1	1		0	1
1979	79	Gay	GayxWi20	William Gay	william-gay	DE	6' 5"	77	250	24	2	May 28, 1955	1955-05-28	USC	2			0		0
1979	51	Harrell	HarrJa20	James Harrell	james-harrell	RLB	6' 1"	73	224	22	1	Jul 19, 1957	1957-07-19	Florida	1	1		0	1	0	1
1979	81	Hill	HillDa01	David Hill	david-hill	TE	6' 2"	74	229	25	4	Jan 1, 1954	1954-01-01	Texas A&M-Kingsville	4			1		0	1
1979	28	Hunter	HuntJa22	James Hunter	james-hunter	FS	6' 3"	75	195	25	4	Mar 8, 1954	1954-03-08	Grambling St.	4			0		0	1
1979	10	Hunter	HuntSc00	Scott Hunter	scott-hunter	QB	6' 2"	74	205	32	6	Nov 11, 1947	1947-11-11	Alabama	1		1	1		0	1
1979	46	Jones	JoneDo23	Doug Jones	doug-jones-jonedo23	DB	6' 2"	74	202	29	4	May 31, 1950	1950-05-31	Arizona St., Cal State-Northridge	1		1	1		0	1
1979	32	Kane	KaneRi00	Rick Kane	rick-kane	RB	5' 11"	71	200	25	3	Nov 12, 1954	1954-11-12	Oregon, San Jose St.	3			0		0	1
1979	25	King	KingHo00	Horace King	horace-king	RB	5' 10"	70	208	26	2	Mar 5, 1953	1953-03-05	Georgia	2			0		0
1979	19	Komlo	KomlJe00	Jeff Komlo	jeff-komlo	QB	6' 2"	74	200	23	1	Jul 30, 1956	1956-07-30	Delaware	1	1		0	1	0	1
1979	26	Leonard	LeonTo21	Tony Leonard	tony-leonard	DB	5' 11"	71	170	26	4	Feb 28, 1953	1953-02-28	Virginia Union	1		1	1		0
1979	80	Norris	NorrUl00	Ulysses Norris	ulysses-norris	TE	6' 4"	76	230	22	1	Jan 15, 1957	1957-01-15	Georgia	1	1		0	1	0	1
1979	55	O'Neil	ONeiEd20	Ed O'Neil	ed-o-neil	LLB	6' 3"	75	236	27	2	Sep 8, 1952	1952-09-08	Penn St.	2		1	1		0	1
1979	67	Pesuit	PesuWa20	Wally Pesuit	wally-pesuit	G	6' 4"	76	252	25	1	Mar 4, 1954	1954-03-04	Kentucky	1	1	1	1	1	0
1979	75	Pureifory	PureDa20	Dave Pureifory	dave-pureifory	LDE	6' 1"	73	260	30	7	Jul 12, 1949	1949-07-12	East. Michigan	1			0		0	1
1979	14	Reed	ReedJo00	Joe Reed	joe-reed	QB	6' 1"	73	195	31	8	Jan 8, 1948	1948-01-08	Baylor, Mississippi St.	5		1	1		0
1979	1	Ricardo	ricarben01	Benny Ricardo	benny-ricardo	K	5' 10"	70	175	25	3	Jan 4, 1954	1954-01-04	San Diego St.	2			1		0	1
1979	36	Robinson	RobiBo00	Bo Robinson	bo-robinson	FB	6' 2"	74	228	23	1	May 27, 1956	1956-05-27	West Texas A&M	1	1		1	1	0
1979	82	Sanders	SandKe20	Ken Sanders	ken-sanders-sandke20	DE	6' 5"	77	240	29	7	Aug 22, 1950	1950-08-22	Howard Payne	7			1		0
1979	87	Scott	ScotFr01	Freddie Scott	freddie-scott	WR	6' 2"	74	180	27	3	Aug 5, 1952	1952-08-05	Amherst	2			0		0	1
1979	15	Skladany	SklaTo20	Tom Skladany	tom-skladany	P	6' 0"	72	192	24	2	Jun 29, 1955	1955-06-29	Ohio St.	2			0		0
1979	12	Swider	SwidLa20	Larry Swider	larry-swider	P	6' 2"	74	195	24	1	Feb 1, 1955	1955-02-01	Pittsburgh	1	1	1	1	1	0
1979	39	Thompson	ThomLe01	Leonard Thompson	leonard-thompson	WR	5' 11"	71	192	27	5	Jul 28, 1952	1952-07-28	Oklahoma St.	5			0		0
1979	52	Washington	WashDa02	Dave Washington	dave-washington-washda02	LB	6' 5"	77	223	31	10	Sep 12, 1948	1948-09-12	Alcorn St.	2			1		1
1979	18	Washington	WashGe00	Gene Washington	gene-washington-washge00	WR	6' 2"	74	185	32	5	Jan 14, 1947	1947-01-14	Stanford	1		1	1		0	1
1979	59	Weaver	WeavCh20	Charlie Weaver	charlie-weaver	MLB	6' 2"	74	220	30	8	Jul 12, 1949	1949-07-12	USC	8			0		0	1
1979	21	Williams	WillWa22	Walt Williams	walt-williams-willwa22	LCB	6' 1"	73	185	25	2	Jul 10, 1954	1954-07-10	Ashland, New Mexico St.	2			0		0	1
1979	47	Woods	WoodRo00	Robert Woods	robert-woods-woodro00	WR	5' 7"	67	170	24	2	Jul 3, 1955	1955-07-03	Grambling St.	1		1	1		0

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