1972 Detroit Lions

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1972 Detroit Lions

Head Coach: *Joe Schmidt

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		Greg Landry	14	5	12/18/1946	' "	Massachusetts
QB		Bill Munson	2	9	08/11/1941	' "	Utah State
RB		Steve Owens	10	3	12/09/1947	' "	Oklahoma
RB		Mel Farr	10	6	11/03/1944	' "	UCLA
RB		Altie Taylor	13	4	09/29/1947	' "	Utah State
RB		Mickey Zofko	14	2	06/08/1949	' "	Auburn
RB/DB		Bill Triplett	14	10	05/09/1940	' "	Miami (OH)
RB		Nick Eddy	2	4	08/23/1944	' "	Notre Dame
TE		Craig Cotton	14	4	07/07/1947	' "	Youngstown State
TE	*	Charlie Sanders	9	5	08/25/1946	' "	Minnesota
TE		John Hilton	5	8	03/12/1942	' "	Richmond
WR		Larry Walton	14	4	02/08/1947	' "	Arizona State
WR		Earl McCullouch	10	5	01/10/1946	' "	Southern California
WR		Ron Jessie	14	2	02/04/1948	' "	Kansas
WR		Al Barnes	9	1	07/04/1949	' "	New Mexico State
G		Rocky Rasley	14	3	04/27/1947	' "	Oregon State
G		Frank Gallagher	14	6	03/02/1943	' "	North Carolina
T		Jim Yarbrough	13	4	10/28/1946	' "	Florida
G		Chuck Walton	10	6	07/07/1941	' "	Iowa State
C		Ed Flanagan	14	8	02/23/1944	' "	Purdue
C/T/G		Dave Thompson	7	2	02/01/1949	' "	Clemson
T		Rocky Freitas	14	5	09/07/1945	' "	Oregon State
G		Bob Kowalkowski	14	7	11/05/1943	' "	Virginia
T/G		Gordon Jolley	5	1	05/22/1949	' "	Utah
C		Gene Hamlin	5	3	07/26/1946	' "	Western Michigan
DE/DT		Jim Mitchell	14	3	09/15/1948	' "	Virginia State
DT		Larry Woods	12	2	05/11/1948	' "	Tennessee State
DT/DE		Joe Schmiesing	5	5	04/01/1945	' "	New Mexico State
DE/DT		Larry Hand	14	8	07/10/1940	' "	Appalachian State
DT/DE		Bob Bell	14	2	01/25/1948	' "	Cincinnati
DE/DT		Herb Orvis	14	R	10/17/1946	' "	Colorado
DE		Ken Sanders	6	R	08/22/1950	' "	Howard Payne (TX)
DT		Bob Tatarek	2	5	07/03/1946	' "	Miami (FL)
DT		John Gordon	2	1	08/29/1948	' "	Hawaii
LB		Charlie Weaver	14	2	07/12/1949	' "	Southern California
LB		Paul Naumoff	14	6	07/03/1945	' "	Tennessee
LB		Wayne Walker	14	15	09/30/1936	' "	Idaho
LB		Adrian Young	10	5	01/31/1946	' "	Southern California
LB		Mike Lucci	14	11	12/29/1939	' "	Tennessee
LB		Rick Ogle	4	2	01/14/1949	' "	Colorado
DB		Al Randolph	6	7	07/08/1944	' "	Iowa
DB		Wayne Rasmussen	7	9	06/07/1942	' "	South Dakota State
CB	*	Lem Barney	14	6	09/08/1945	' "	Jackson State
DB	*	Dick LeBeau	14	14	09/09/1937	' "	Ohio State
DB		Mike Weger	14	6	10/02/1945	' "	Bowling Green State
DB		Leon Jenkins	4	R	08/26/1950	' "	West Virginia
DB		Charlie Potts	10	R	04/29/1949	' "	Purdue
DB		Rudy Redmond	14	4	08/25/1947	' "	University of Pacific
P		Herman Weaver	14	3	11/17/1948	' "	Tennessee
K		Errol Mann	14	5	06/27/1941	' "	North Dakota

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