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1961 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
Pos
#
Player
GP
GS
Start Pos
Exp
DOB
Ht
Wt
College
G
Dick Mills
14
R
03/06/1939
' "
Pittsburgh
LB
Carl Brettschneider
12
6
12/02/1931
' "
Iowa State
HB/DB
Ken Webb
11
4
08/15/1935
' "
Presbyterian
WR/P
Pat Studstill
14
1
06/04/1938
' "
Houston
RB/WR
Hopalong Cassady
14
6
03/02/1934
' "
Ohio State
DT/DE
Gil Mains
3
9
12/17/1929
' "
Murray State
DB
Jim Steffen
8
3
05/01/1936
' "
UCLA
CB
*
Night Train Lane
14
10
04/16/1927
' "
Scottsbluff JC (NE)
FB
Nick Pietrosante
14
3
09/10/1937
' "
Notre Dame
FB/HB
Johnny Olszewski
14
9
12/21/1929
' "
California
C
Bob Whitlow
8
2
02/15/1936
' "
Arizona
WR
Gail Cogdill
14
2
04/07/1937
' "
Washington State
T/G/C
Ollie Spencer
13
7
04/17/1931
' "
Kansas
QB
Jim Ninowski
13
4
03/26/1936
' "
Michigan State
QB
Earl Morrall
13
6
05/17/1934
' "
Michigan State
LB
Max Messner
14
2
10/13/1938
' "
Cincinnati
DB
Bruce Maher
12
2
07/25/1937
' "
Detroit Mercy
DB/RB
Gary Lowe
14
6
05/04/1934
' "
Michigan State
DT
Alex Karras
14
4
07/15/1935
' "
Iowa
WR
Glenn Davis
8
2
09/12/1934
' "
Ohio State
DB
*
Dick LeBeau
14
3
09/09/1937
' "
Ohio State
DT
Roger Brown
14
2
05/01/1937
' "
Maryland - Eastern Shore
T/DT
Willie McClung
3
7
05/09/1930
' "
Florida A&M
T/G/DT/DE
John Gonzaga
13
6
03/06/1933
' "
none
LB
*
Joe Schmidt
14
9
01/19/1932
' "
Pittsburgh
DB
*
Yale Lary
14
8
11/24/1930
' "
Texas A&M
RB
Dan Lewis
13
4
02/14/1936
' "
Wisconsin
LB/K
Jim Martin
13
12
04/08/1924
' "
Notre Dame
E/TE
Jim Gibbons
14
4
09/26/1936
' "
Iowa
DE/T/G
Dan LaRose
14
R
02/08/1939
' "
Missouri
WR/DB/HB
Terry Barr
14
5
08/10/1935
' "
Michigan
DE/E/LB
Sam Williams
12
3
03/09/1931
' "
Michigan State
G
John Gordy
14
4
06/17/1935
' "
Tennessee
G/LB
Harley Sewell
14
9
04/18/1931
' "
Texas
C/T
Bob Scholtz
14
2
12/25/1937
' "
Notre Dame
DE/C/T
Bill Glass
14
4
08/16/1935
' "
Baylor
LB
Wayne Walker
14
4
09/30/1936
' "
Idaho
DE/DT/T
Darris McCord
14
7
01/04/1933
' "
Tennessee
DT/G
Paul Ward
8
1
01/20/1937
' "
Whitworth
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