New York Jets - 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	83	Barkum	BarkJe00	Jerome Barkum	jerome-barkum	TE	6' 3"	75	218	29	3	Jul 18, 1950	1950-07-18	Jackson St.	3			0		0	1
1979	46	Bennett	BennWo00	Woody Bennett	woody-bennett	RB	6' 2"	74	227	24	1	Mar 24, 1955	1955-03-24	Miami (FL)	1	1		1	1	0
1979	54	Blinka	BlinSt20	Stan Blinka	stan-blinka	MLB	6' 2"	74	230	22	1	Apr 29, 1957	1957-04-29	Sam Houston St.	1	1		0	1	0	1
1979	51	Buttle	ButtGr20	Greg Buttle	greg-buttle	LLB	6' 3"	75	235	25	4	Jun 20, 1954	1954-06-20	Penn St.	4			0		0	1
1979	55	Crosby	CrosRo20	Ron Crosby	ron-crosby	LB	6' 3"	75	224	24	2	Mar 2, 1955	1955-03-02	Penn St.	1			0		0
1979	84	Darby	DarbPa20	Paul Darby	paul-darby	WR	5' 10"	70	192	23	1	Oct 22, 1956	1956-10-22	Texas St.	1	1		0	1	0
1979	25	Dierking	DierSc00	Scott Dierking	scott-dierking	RB	5' 10"	70	218	24	2	May 24, 1955	1955-05-24	Purdue	2			0		0	1
1979	81	Gaffney	GaffDe00	Derrick Gaffney	derrick-gaffney	WR	6' 1"	73	181	24	2	May 24, 1955	1955-05-24	Florida	2			0		0	1
1979	21	Gaines	GainCl00	Clark Gaines	clark-gaines	FB	6' 1"	73	206	25	4	Feb 1, 1954	1954-02-01	Wake Forest	4			0		0	1
1979	99	Gastineau	GastMa00	Mark Gastineau	mark-gastineau	DE	6' 5"	77	266	23	1	Nov 20, 1956	1956-11-20	Arizona St., East Central (OK)	1	1		0	1	0
1979	42	Harper	HarpBr00	Bruce Harper	bruce-harper	RB	5' 8"	68	174	24	3	Jun 20, 1955	1955-06-20	Kutztown (PA)	3			0		0
1979	63	Hennessy	HennJo20	John Hennessy	john-hennessy		6' 3"	75	243	24	1	Mar 12, 1955	1955-03-12	Michigan	1	1	1	1	1	0
1979	40	Jackson	JackBo21	Bobby Jackson	bobby-jackson-jackbo21	LCB	5' 9"	69	178	23	1	Dec 23, 1956	1956-12-23	Florida St.	1	1		0	1	0	1
1979	1	Jacobs	jacobdav01	Dave Jacobs	dave-jacobs	K	5' 7"	67	151	22	1	Jul 15, 1957	1957-07-15	Syracuse	1	1		1	1	0
1979	89	Jones	JoneBo00	Bobby Jones	bobby-jones-jonebo00	WR	5' 11"	71	180	24	1	Jul 12, 1955	1955-07-12	Youngstown St., Millikin	1	1		0	1	0	1
1979	73	Klecko	KlecJo00	Joe Klecko	joe-klecko	RDT	6' 3"	75	263	26	3	Oct 15, 1953	1953-10-15	Temple	3			0		0	1
1979	5	Leahy	leahypat01	Pat Leahy	pat-leahy	K	6' 0"	72	194	28	6	Mar 19, 1951	1951-03-19	St. Louis	6			0		0	1
1979	33	Long	LongKe00	Kevin Long	kevin-long	FB	6' 1"	73	212	24	2	Jan 20, 1955	1955-01-20	South Carolina	2			0		0	1
1979	29	Lynn	LynnJo20	Johnny Lynn	johnny-lynn	RCB	6' 0"	72	196	23	1	Dec 19, 1956	1956-12-19	UCLA	1	1		0	1	0	1
1979	93	Lyons	LyonMa20	Marty Lyons	marty-lyons	RDE	6' 5"	77	269	22	1	Jan 15, 1957	1957-01-15	Alabama	1	1		0	1	0	1
1979	53	McKibben	McKiMi20	Mike McKibben	mike-mckibben	RLB	6' 3"	75	228	23	1	Sep 3, 1956	1956-09-03	Kent St.	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
1979	37	Moresco	MoreTi20	Tim Moresco	tim-moresco	DB	5' 11"	71	176	25	1	Oct 3, 1954	1954-10-03	Syracuse	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
1979	44	Newton	NewtTo00	Tom Newton	tom-newton	RB	6' 0"	72	212	25	1	Mar 8, 1954	1954-03-08	California	1	1	1	1	1	0
1979	22	Owens	OwenBu20	Burgess Owens	burgess-owens	FS	6' 2"	74	200	28	7	Aug 2, 1951	1951-08-02	Miami (FL)	7			1		0	1
1979	76	Pillers	PillLa20	Lawrence Pillers	lawrence-pillers	LDE	6' 4"	76	255	27	4	Nov 4, 1952	1952-11-04	Alcorn St.	4			1		0	1
1979	86	Raba	RabaBo20	Bob Raba	bob-raba	TE	6' 1"	73	222	24	2	Apr 23, 1955	1955-04-23	Maryland	2		1	1		0
1979	15	Ramsey	RamsCh20	Chuck Ramsey	chuck-ramsey	P	6' 2"	74	191	27	1	Feb 24, 1952	1952-02-24	Wake Forest	1	1		0	1	0
1979	17	Robinson	RobiMa01	Matt Robinson	matt-robinson	QB	6' 2"	74	196	24	1	Jun 28, 1955	1955-06-28	Georgia	1	1		1	1	0	1
1979	4	Ryan	RyanPa00	Pat Ryan	pat-ryan	QB	6' 3"	75	210	24	2	Sep 16, 1955	1955-09-16	Tennessee	2			0		0
1979	74	Salaam	SalaAb20	Abdul Salaam	abdul-salaam	LDT	6' 3"	75	262	26	4	Feb 12, 1953	1953-02-12	Kent St.	4			0		0	1
1979	48	Schroy	SchrKe20	Ken Schroy	ken-schroy	DB	6' 2"	74	198	27	3	Sep 22, 1952	1952-09-22	Maryland	3			0		0
1979	82	Shuler	ShulMi00	Mickey Shuler	mickey-shuler	TE	6' 3"	75	232	23	2	Aug 21, 1956	1956-08-21	Penn St.	2			0		0
1979	23	Suggs	SuggSh20	Shafer Suggs	shafer-suggs	SS	6' 1"	73	200	26	1	Apr 28, 1953	1953-04-28	Ball St.	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
1979	50	Sullivan	SullJo21	John Sullivan	john-sullivan-sulljo21	LB	6' 1"	73	221	23	1	Oct 1, 1956	1956-10-01	Illinois	1	1	1	1	1	0
1979	10	Szaro	SzarRi20	Rich Szaro	rich-szaro	K	5' 11"	71	205	31	5	Mar 7, 1948	1948-03-07	Harvard	1		1	1		0
1979	14	Todd	ToddRi00	Richard Todd	richard-todd	QB	6' 2"	74	207	26	2	Nov 19, 1953	1953-11-19	Alabama	2			0		0	1
1979	85	Walker	WalkWe00	Wesley Walker	wesley-walker	WR	6' 0"	72	179	24	3	May 26, 1955	1955-05-26	California	3			0		0	1

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