1947 Detroit Lions

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1947 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
QB/K		Roy Zimmerman	12	8	02/20/1918	' "	San Jose State
QB/DB/WB		Clyde LeForce	9	1	06/04/1923	' "	Tulsa
FB/LB		Camp Wilson	12	2	03/29/1922	' "	Tulsa
TB/DB/HB		Dave Ryan	1	3	02/04/1923	' "	Hardin-Simmons
FB/LB		Steve Sucic	5	2	04/21/1921	' "	Illinois
FB/LB		Bill Hillman	2	R	11/11/1921	' "	Tennessee
FB/LB/TB		Bob Westfall	12	4	05/05/1919	' "	Michigan
HB/TB/DB	*	Bill Dudley	9	4	12/24/1919	' "	Virginia
HB/DB		Pete Kmetovic	11	2	12/27/1919	' "	Stanford
HB/DB		Bill O'Brien	9	1	08/25/1924	' "	none
HB/QB		Ken Reese	4	1	04/30/1921	' "	Alabama
E/DE/DB/BB		John Greene	12	4	04/21/1920	' "	Michigan
E/DB		Ted Cook	11	1	02/06/1922	' "	Alabama
E/DE		Ralph Heywood	12	1	09/11/1921	' "	Southern California
WB/QB/HB/DB		Joe Margucci	11	1	09/05/1921	' "	Southern California
G/LB		Floyd Rhea	2	4	09/21/1920	' "	Oregon
G		Les Lear	10	4	08/22/1918	' "	Manitoba (Canada)
C/LB		Frank Szymanski	12	3	07/06/1923	' "	Notre Dame
E/DE/DB		Kelley Mote	12	1	04/27/1923	' "	Duke
T/DT		John Sanchez	3	1	10/12/1920	' "	San Francisco
T/DE/E		Jack Dugger	12	1	01/13/1923	' "	Ohio State
G/LB/BB/DB		Chuck DeShane	11	3	12/10/1918	' "	Alabama
T		George Hekkers	6	1	02/18/1923	' "	Wisconsin
T		Russ Thomas	12	2	07/24/1924	' "	Ohio State
G		Bill Ward	4	2	02/19/1921	' "	Washington
G		Stan Batinski	12	6	03/04/1917	' "	Temple
C/LB		Merv Pregulman	12	2	10/10/1922	' "	Michigan
G/LB		Elmer Jones	10	1	08/04/1920	' "	Wake Forest
T		Ed Stacco	10	1	04/16/1925	' "	Colgate
G		Ben Chase	11	1	03/18/1923	' "	Navy
T		Robert Derleth	1	1	1922	' "	Michigan
T		Leon Fichman	1	2	02/23/1921	' "	Alabama
G		Bob Ivory	3	1	01/19/1924	' "	Detroit Mercy
C		Reed Nilsen	2	1	01/13/1921	' "	Brigham Young
T		Mitch Olenski	12	1	01/13/1921	' "	Alabama
G		Walt Vezmar	2	R	01/01/1925	' "	Michigan State
DE/E/T		Cecil Souders	11	1	01/03/1921	' "	Ohio State
DE/E		Ted Cremer	12	2	03/16/1919	' "	Auburn
LB/G/C		Dick Stovall	11	1	06/04/1922	' "	Abilene Christian
DB/HB		Tommy James	2	R	09/16/1923	' "	Ohio State
DB/HB		Bob DeFruiter	8	3	06/03/1918	' "	Nebraska
DB/HB		Joe Watt	8	R	06/18/1919	' "	Syracuse
DB/HB/WB/TB		Elmer Madarik	8	3	07/15/1922	' "	Detroit Mercy
DB/HB/LB		Bob Wiese	12	1	01/25/1923	' "	Michigan

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