1953 Detroit Lions

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1953 Detroit Lions

Head Coach: Buddy Parker

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	*	Bobby Layne	12	6	12/19/1926	' "	Texas
QB		Tom Dublinski	7	2	08/08/1930	' "	Utah
HB/FB/WR/E		Lew Carpenter	12	R	01/12/1932	' "	Arkansas
FB/LB		Ollie Cline	12	4	12/31/1925	' "	Ohio State
HB/DB	*	Doak Walker	12	4	01/01/1927	' "	Southern Methodist
HB/TB/DB/WB		Bob Hoernschemeyer	12	4	09/24/1925	' "	Navy
FB/LB		Pat Harder	5	8	05/06/1922	' "	Wisconsin
RB		Gene Gedman	12	R	01/09/1932	' "	Indiana
HB/E/DB/QB		Jug Girard	11	6	01/25/1927	' "	Wisconsin
FB		Bob Smith	3	1	02/28/1929	' "	Texas A&M
C/LB		Vince Banonis	12	10	04/09/1921	' "	Detroit Mercy
E/RB		Cloyce Box	12	4	08/24/1923	' "	West Texas A&M
G		Dick Stanfel	12	2	07/20/1927	' "	San Francisco
T/G/DT/DG	*	Lou Creekmur	12	4	01/22/1927	' "	William & Mary
E/DE		Jim Doran	7	3	08/11/1927	' "	Iowa State
T/C		Charlie Ane	12	R	01/25/1931	' "	Southern California
G/LB		Harley Sewell	12	R	04/18/1931	' "	Texas
E/DB		Dorne Dibble	12	2	04/26/1929	' "	Michigan State
E/DE/FB		Leon Hart	12	4	11/02/1928	' "	Notre Dame
T/G/C		Ollie Spencer	12	R	04/17/1931	' "	Kansas
DT/DE		Gil Mains	3	1	12/17/1929	' "	Murray State
DT/T		John Prchlik	11	5	07/20/1925	' "	Yale
DT/G		Les Bingaman	12	6	02/03/1926	' "	Illinois
DT/T		Bob Miller	12	2	12/11/1929	' "	Virginia
DT/T		Thurman McGraw	11	4	07/17/1927	' "	Colorado State
DE/LB		Sonny Gandee	8	2	02/27/1929	' "	Ohio State
DE/E		Jim Cain	12	3	10/01/1927	' "	Alabama
DE/E		Bob Dove	4	6	02/21/1921	' "	Notre Dame
LB/K		Jim Martin	8	4	04/08/1924	' "	Notre Dame
LB	*	Joe Schmidt	12	1	01/19/1932	' "	Pittsburgh
LB/C		Lavern Torgeson	11	3	02/28/1929	' "	Washington State
DE		Blaine Earon	6	2	01/15/1927	' "	Duke
DB		Carl Karilivacz	12	1	11/20/1930	' "	Syracuse
DB		Jim David	12	2	12/02/1927	' "	Colorado State
DB/RB/WB		Bob Smith	12	5	08/25/1920	' "	Iowa
DB	*	Yale Lary	11	2	11/24/1930	' "	Texas A&M
S/HB	*	Jack Christiansen	12	3	12/20/1928	' "	Colorado State

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