1959 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#PlayerGPGSStart PosExpDOBHtWtCollege
QB/RBTobin Rote101001/18/1928' "Rice
QBEarl Morrall12405/17/1934' "Michigan State
RBDan Lewis11202/14/1936' "Wisconsin
FB/HB/DB*John Henry Johnson10611/24/1929' "Arizona State
FBNick Pietrosante10R09/10/1937' "Notre Dame
RB/WRHopalong Cassady12403/02/1934' "Ohio State
HB/DBKen Webb12208/15/1935' "Presbyterian
WR/DB/HBTerry Barr11308/10/1935' "Michigan
EGene Cook1101/11/1934' "Toledo
E/TEJim Gibbons12209/26/1936' "Iowa
E/DEJim Doran10908/11/1927' "Iowa State
ESteve Junker6205/22/1935' "Xavier (OH)
G/LBHarley Sewell11704/18/1931' "Texas
GJohn Gordy12206/17/1935' "Tennessee
T/G/DT/DG*Lou Creekmur81001/22/1927' "William & Mary
T/G/COllie Spencer12504/17/1931' "Kansas
GBob Grottkau12R03/22/1937' "Oregon
TKen Russell4311/02/1935' "Bowling Green State
T/CCharlie Ane11701/25/1931' "Southern California
E/QBJerry Reichow9305/19/1934' "Iowa
E/RB/WRDave Middleton12511/23/1933' "Auburn
GMike Rabold12R03/12/1937' "Indiana
DTAlex Karras12207/15/1935' "Iowa
DT/DEGil Mains12712/17/1929' "Murray State
DT/DE/T/GGerry Perry10507/17/1930' "California
DE/DT/TDarris McCord12501/04/1933' "Tennessee
DT/TJim Weatherall8510/26/1929' "Oklahoma
DE/G/LBGene Cronin12411/20/1933' "University of Pacific
DE/C/TBill Glass12208/16/1935' "Baylor
DTBen Paolucci4103/05/1937' "Wayne State (MI)
LBBob Long12502/24/1934' "UCLA
LBWayne Walker9209/30/1936' "Idaho
LB/KJim Martin121004/08/1924' "Notre Dame
LB*Joe Schmidt12701/19/1932' "Pittsburgh
DBJim David12812/02/1927' "Colorado State
DB*Yale Lary10611/24/1930' "Texas A&M
DB/RBGary Lowe12405/04/1934' "Michigan State
DBJim Steffen8R05/01/1936' "UCLA
DB*Dick LeBeau6R09/09/1937' "Ohio State
DB/RBDave Whitsell12206/14/1936' "Indiana



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