1976 Detroit Lions

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1976 Detroit Lions

Head Coaches: Rick Forzano, Tommy Hudspeth

To be listed, a player must have played at least one game for the team during this season.
* Hall of Fame
+ Primary starter

Pos		Player	GP	Exp	DOB	Ht	College
LB		Charlie Weaver	14	6	07/12/1949	' "	Southern California
DT		Doug English	7	2	08/25/1953	' "	Texas
DB		Charlie West	14	9	08/31/1946	' "	Texas - El Paso
RB		Dexter Bussey	14	3	03/11/1952	' "	Texas - Arlington
T		Jim Yarbrough	11	8	10/28/1946	' "	Florida
DE/DT		Herb Orvis	2	5	10/17/1946	' "	Colorado
DB		Ben Davis	14	10	10/30/1945	' "	Defiance
DE		Ken Sanders	14	5	08/22/1950	' "	Howard Payne (TX)
TE	*	Charlie Sanders	13	9	08/25/1946	' "	Minnesota
DE/DT		Ernie Price	14	4	09/20/1950	' "	Texas A&M - Kingsville
DE/DT		Jim Mitchell	14	7	09/15/1948	' "	Virginia State
WR		Bob Picard	8	4	11/24/1949	' "	Eastern Washington
LB		Jim Laslavic	12	4	10/24/1951	' "	Penn State
K		Benny Ricardo	8	1	01/04/1954	' "	San Diego State
DE/DT		Larry Hand	10	12	07/10/1940	' "	Appalachian State
WR/HB		Leonard Thompson	14	2	07/28/1952	' "	Oklahoma State
T		Rocky Freitas	14	9	09/07/1945	' "	Oregon State
C		Jon Morris	14	13	04/05/1942	' "	Holy Cross
DB		James Hunter	13	R	03/08/1954	' "	Grambling State
QB		Joe Reed	13	5	01/08/1948	' "	Mississippi State
G		Bob Kowalkowski	14	11	11/05/1943	' "	Virginia
TE		David Hill	14	R	01/01/1954	' "	Texas A&M - Kingsville
DB		Levi Johnson	14	4	10/23/1950	' "	Texas A&M - Kingsville
P		Herman Weaver	14	7	11/17/1948	' "	Tennessee
WR		Larry Walton	14	7	02/08/1947	' "	Arizona State
G/T		Russ Bolinger	12	R	09/10/1954	' "	Long Beach State
CB	*	Lem Barney	14	10	09/08/1945	' "	Jackson State
LB		Ed O'Neil	14	3	09/08/1952	' "	Penn State
DB		Maurice Tyler	9	5	07/19/1950	' "	Morgan State
K		Ian Sunter	3	1	12/21/1952	' "	none
K		Errol Mann	6	9	06/27/1941	' "	North Dakota
QB		Gary Danielson	1	1	09/10/1951	' "	Purdue
QB		Greg Landry	14	9	12/18/1946	' "	Massachusetts
DT		John Woodcock	14	R	03/19/1954	' "	Hawaii
WR		Ray Jarvis	14	6	02/02/1949	' "	Norfolk State (VA)
RB		Jim Hooks	1	4	10/23/1950	' "	Central Oklahoma
RB		Horace King	7	2	03/05/1953	' "	Georgia
DB		Dick Jauron	6	4	10/07/1950	' "	Yale
WR		J. D. Hill	1	6	10/30/1948	' "	Arizona State
DB		Reggie Pierson	4	1	12/13/1952	' "	Oklahoma State
LB		Paul Naumoff	14	10	07/03/1945	' "	Tennessee
DT		Don Croft	1	4	01/07/1949	' "	Texas - El Paso
DT/DE		Billy Howard	13	3	07/17/1950	' "	Alcorn State
G/T		Lynn Boden	14	2	06/05/1953	' "	South Dakota State
WR		Dennis Franklin	5	2	08/24/1953	' "	Michigan
T		Craig Hertwig	14	2	01/15/1952	' "	Georgia
RB		Bobby Thompson	14	2	01/16/1947	' "	Oklahoma
RB		Andy Bolton	7	R	05/23/1954	' "	Fisk
RB		Lawrence Gaines	14	R	12/15/1953	' "	Wyoming
G		Ken Long	13	R	07/24/1953	' "	Purdue
C/G		Mark Markovich	14	3	11/07/1952	' "	Penn State
LB		Garth Ten Napel	14	R	03/27/1954	' "	Texas A&M

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