1963 Detroit Lions

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1963 Detroit Lions

Head Coach: George Wilson

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		Milt Plum	10	7	01/20/1935	' "	Penn State
QB		Earl Morrall	14	8	05/17/1934	' "	Michigan State
RB		Dan Lewis	14	6	02/14/1936	' "	Wisconsin
RB/WR		Hopalong Cassady	2	8	03/02/1934	' "	Ohio State
RB		Tom Watkins	13	3	10/23/1937	' "	Iowa State
RB/WR/DB	*	Ollie Matson	8	11	05/01/1930	' "	San Francisco
RB		Larry Ferguson	7	1	03/19/1940	' "	Iowa
FB		Nick Pietrosante	12	5	09/10/1937	' "	Notre Dame
FB		Nick Ryder	10	R	10/31/1941	' "	Miami (FL)
WR/DB/RB		Dick Compton	13	2	04/16/1940	' "	McMurry
WR/DB/HB		Terry Barr	14	7	08/10/1935	' "	Michigan
WR/DB		Tom Hall	14	2	04/03/1940	' "	Minnesota
WR		Gail Cogdill	14	4	04/07/1937	' "	Washington State
T		Daryl Sanders	14	R	04/24/1941	' "	Ohio State
G		John Gordy	14	6	06/17/1935	' "	Tennessee
T		Lucien Reeberg	14	R	02/21/1942	' "	Hampton (VA)
E		Al Greer	1	R	04/15/1940	' "	Jackson State
C		Bob Whitlow	14	4	02/15/1936	' "	Arizona
C/T		Bob Scholtz	9	4	12/25/1937	' "	Notre Dame
T/G/DT/DE		John Gonzaga	14	8	03/06/1933	' "	none
E/TE		Jim Gibbons	14	6	09/26/1936	' "	Iowa
G/T/DE/LB		Jim Simon	13	R	03/22/1940	' "	Miami (FL)
DT		Mike Bundra	14	2	06/24/1939	' "	Southern California
DE/E/LB		Sam Williams	14	5	03/09/1931	' "	Michigan State
DE/DT/T		Darris McCord	13	9	01/04/1933	' "	Tennessee
DT		Roger Brown	14	4	05/01/1937	' "	Maryland - Eastern Shore
DE/T/G		Dan LaRose	9	3	02/08/1939	' "	Missouri
DT		Floyd Peters	14	5	05/21/1936	' "	San Francisco State
LB		Carl Brettschneider	5	8	12/02/1931	' "	Iowa State
LB		Wayne Walker	14	6	09/30/1936	' "	Idaho
LB		Ernie Clark	14	R	08/11/1937	' "	Michigan State
LB		Dennis Gaubatz	14	R	02/11/1940	' "	Louisiana State
LB		Monte Lee	8	2	07/11/1938	' "	Texas
LB		Max Messner	14	4	10/13/1938	' "	Cincinnati
LB	*	Joe Schmidt	10	11	01/19/1932	' "	Pittsburgh
DB		Bruce Maher	14	4	07/25/1937	' "	Detroit Mercy
DB	*	Dick LeBeau	14	5	09/09/1937	' "	Ohio State
DB	*	Yale Lary	10	10	11/24/1930	' "	Texas A&M
CB	*	Night Train Lane	12	12	04/16/1927	' "	Scottsbluff JC (NE)
DB/LB		Larry Vargo	14	2	04/05/1939	' "	Detroit Mercy
DB/RB		Gary Lowe	3	8	05/04/1934	' "	Michigan State

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