1945 Detroit Lions

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1945 Detroit Lions

Head Coach: Gus Dorais

To be listed, a player must have played at least one game for the team during this season.
* Hall of Fame
+ Primary starter
Starters are listed by position, beginning with primary starters and ending with non-starting depth. A player will be listed more than once if starting at mulitple positions during the season.

Pos		Player	GP	Exp	DOB	Ht	College
BB/DB/LB/FB		Bill Callihan	10	6	05/15/1916	' "	Nebraska
TB/DB/QB		Cotton Price	8	3	05/31/1918	' "	Texas A&M
FB/DB/HB/WB		Andy Farkas	8	8	05/02/1916	' "	Detroit Mercy
FB/LB/DB		Elmer Hackney	8	6	07/08/1916	' "	Kansas State
TB/DB/HB		Dave Ryan	10	1	02/04/1923	' "	Hardin-Simmons
FB/LB/TB		Bob Westfall	9	2	05/05/1919	' "	Michigan
TB/DB		Dick Weber	3	1	04/10/1919	' "	St. Louis
BB/DB/LB/FB		Buzz Trebotich	9	2	12/30/1920	' "	St. Mary's (CA)
TB/HB/DB/WB		Chuck Fenenbock	10	2	08/28/1917	' "	UCLA
E/DE/DB/BB		John Greene	10	2	04/21/1920	' "	Michigan
E/DE		Jack Matheson	9	3	06/09/1920	' "	Western Michigan
WB/DB		Art Van Tone	2	3	09/30/1918	' "	Southern Mississippi
WB/DB		Jim Thomason	5	1	10/04/1919	' "	Texas A&M
WB/DB/HB/FB		Bob Keene	1	3	08/26/1919	' "	Detroit Mercy
WB/DB		Bob Brumley	1	1	09/24/1919	' "	Rice
WB/DB		Dick Booth	4	2	07/13/1918	' "	Case Western Reserve
G/LB		Sonny Liles	1	3	08/09/1919	' "	Oklahoma State
G		Bill Radovich	9	5	06/24/1915	' "	Southern California
C/LB	*	Alex Wojciechowicz	10	8	08/12/1915	' "	Fordham
E/DE		Dave Diehl	3	4	09/29/1918	' "	Michigan State
T		Dom Sigillo	8	3	03/07/1913	' "	Xavier (OH)
T		Michael Kostiuk	6	2	08/01/1919	' "	Detroit Tech
C/LB		Rex Williams	1	2	07/16/1916	' "	Texas Tech
C/LB		Frank Szymanski	4	R	07/06/1923	' "	Notre Dame
C/LB/T/DT		Robert Nelson	9	2	01/30/1920	' "	Baylor
G/LB/BB/DB		Chuck DeShane	9	1	12/10/1918	' "	Alabama
G/LB		Damon Tassos	9	R	12/05/1923	' "	Texas A&M
G		Stan Batinski	10	4	03/04/1917	' "	Temple
E/DB/DE		Ed Frutig	8	2	08/19/1918	' "	Michigan
G		Larry Sartori	1	2	08/20/1917	' "	Fordham
T		Garvin Mugg	3	1	02/19/1918	' "	North Texas
E/DE		Arch Milano	1	1	1917	' "	St. Francis (PA)
T		Dick Mesak	6	1	03/01/1919	' "	St. Mary's (CA)
T		Joe Manzo	3	1	02/03/1917	' "	Boston College
T		Luke Lindon	4	2	06/23/1915	' "	Kentucky
E/DE/DB		Larry Knorr	2	2	04/22/1917	' "	Dayton
T/G/LB		Al Kaporch	2	3	10/06/1913	' "	St. Bonaventure
E/DE		Ted Grefe	2	1	10/26/1917	' "	Northwestern
DE/E		Vince Mazza	5	1	03/25/1925	' "	none
DE/E/T		Emil Uremovich	8	3	09/29/1916	' "	Indiana
DE		Lake Roberson	4	1	08/05/1918	' "	Mississippi
LB		Frank Kring	4	1	12/21/1918	' "	Texas Christian
DB/HB/WB/TB		Elmer Madarik	1	1	07/15/1922	' "	Detroit Mercy
DB/HB/WB		Bob Sneddon	1	2	07/09/1921	' "	St. Mary's (CA)
DB		Joe Krol	2	1	02/20/1919	' "	Western Ontario

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