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1978 Pro Football Deaths

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Pos Age Yrs From To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Lng Int Sk Yds Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng Tkl Int Sk BirthDate
Ted Alflen RB 31 1 1969 1969 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/3/1947
Hunk Anderson G-C 79 4 1922 1925 0 0 11 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/22/1898
Larry Bettencourt C 72 1 1933 1933 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/22/1905
Dan Birdwell DT-DE 37 8 1962 1969 1 1 4 40 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10/14/1940
Tom Blondin G 68 1 1933 1933 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/25/1910
Carl Brazell B 60 1 1938 1938 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 0 0 7 100 0 0 7/20/1917
Eddie Britt TB-DB-FB 66 3 1936 1938 0 0 1 0 15 18 44 294 3 0 5 79 201 0 0 6 106 0 0 7/19/1912
Al Burgin G 84 1 1922 1922 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4/13/1894
Russ Burt WB-FB 77 2 1924 1925 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12/15/1900
Carl Butkus G-T 55 2 1948 1949 0 0 1 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/26/1922
Jim Callahan TB 57 1 1946 1946 0 0 0 0 9 22 67 359 2 56 7 52 86 2 40 0 0 0 0 2 12/19/1920
Don Campora T-DT 50 3 1950 1953 0 0 2 15 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8/30/1927
Leo Chappell G 79 2 1920 1921 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/24/1898
Jim Fitzgerald C 71 2 1930 1931 0 0 1 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3/7/1907
Jim Flaherty E-HB 82 1 1923 1923 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/26/1895
Wally Foster BB 75 1 1925 1925 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/29/1902
Arnie Galiffa QB 51 2 1953 1954 0 0 0 2 7 7 25 183 1 75 5 6 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 1/29/1927
Chet Gay G-T-C 78 2 1925 1926 0 0 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/8/1900
Paul Goad FB 44 1 1956 1956 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/7/1934
Sam Goldman E 61 5 1944 1949 0 0 2 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -3 0 0 18 184 0 27 11/10/1916
Paul Governali QB-TB 57 3 1946 1948 0 0 2 0 32 218 500 3348 31 78 33 79 -83 4 28 0 0 0 0 1/5/1921
Dale Hansen T 57 2 1944 1948 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/27/1921
Ed Healey T-G-E 83 8 1920 1927 4 0 7 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/28/1894
Les Hearden HB 76 1 1924 1924 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4/24/1902
Irv Hill BB-FB-LB-DB 69 3 1931 1933 0 0 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 163 3 0 3 28 0 0 12/8/1908
Tony Holm B 70 4 1930 1933 0 0 2 0 34 17 52 406 2 0 13 92 233 1 0 3 22 1 9 5/22/1908
Bill Hughes G-C 63 5 1937 1941 0 1 2 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4/11/1915
Tex Irvin T-FB-G 71 5 1931 1935 0 0 1 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 1 15 10/9/1906
Jimmy Jemail QB 84 1 1921 1921 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/12/1893
Bill O. Johnson G-LB 57 1 1947 1947 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2/1/1921
Jack Johnson T 68 7 1934 1940 0 1 7 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 48 1 48 11/28/1909
Tom Jones RB 47 1 1955 1955 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6/22/1931
Tex Kelly G-T 79 5 1922 1929 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/29/1898
Ralph King G 76 2 1924 1925 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/2/1901
Jack Kramer T 59 1 1946 1946 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/26/1919
Jim Lankas B 59 2 1942 1943 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 8/26/1918
Dutch Lauer B-E 80 4 1922 1926 0 0 3 0 37 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1/8/1898
Bernie Leahy HB 69 1 1932 1932 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8/15/1908
Joe Lillard TB-HB 73 2 1932 1933 0 0 2 0 18 27 95 372 2 0 19 171 494 1 0 2 29 0 19 6/15/1905
Jimmy Manion G 73 2 1926 1927 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/20/1904
Harry Mehre C 77 2 1922 1923 1 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/18/1901
Paul Minick G-E 79 3 1927 1929 0 0 1 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/17/1899
Bob Monnett TB-HB-QB 68 6 1933 1938 0 0 4 0 62 158 336 2227 28 0 26 510 1488 7 0 27 303 0 26 2/27/1910
Harry Myles E-T-G 74 2 1929 1930 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/1/1904
John Nichols G-T 73 1 1926 1926 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/30/1904
George Nix G 83 1 1926 1926 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3/18/1895
Gail O'Brien T 66 3 1934 1936 0 0 1 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/14/1911
Curly Oden B 79 7 1925 1932 0 0 5 0 67 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 4 0 5/10/1899
Jim Pederson B 70 3 1930 1932 0 0 2 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 10/19/1907
John Polisky G-T 77 1 1929 1929 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/15/1901
Bill Pritchard B 76 2 1927 1928 0 0 2 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12/23/1901
Dave Reese E 85 4 1920 1923 0 0 4 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11/19/1892
Pug Rentner B 67 4 1934 1937 0 0 0 0 43 26 100 359 1 0 24 220 813 2 0 12 178 2 35 9/18/1910
Ted Richards E 77 1 1929 1929 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/7/1901
Reb Russell B 72 1 1933 1933 0 0 0 0 10 2 8 32 0 0 2 48 164 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/31/1905
Andy Salata G 72 2 1929 1930 0 0 2 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/30/1905
John Shelburne FB 83 1 1922 1922 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/26/1894
Jack Simmons C-G-T 53 9 1948 1956 0 1 8 34 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/8/1924
John Simons FB-E 77 1 1924 1924 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/22/1901
Red Sleight T 71 2 1930 1931 0 0 2 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/8/1907
Joe Smith E-DB 55 1 1948 1948 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 8 131 1 0 1 7/23/1922
Red Smith TB-WB-BB-G-FB 73 5 1927 1931 0 0 1 0 37 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5/18/1904
Dick Sturtridge HB 74 2 1928 1929 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3/8/1904
John Tracey LB-E-DE 45 9 1959 1967 0 2 7 56 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 303 0 51 12 6/27/1933
Joe Vance WB-FB 72 1 1931 1931 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9/16/1905
Harp Vaughan B 75 2 1933 1934 0 0 0 0 19 21 50 264 2 62 8 84 270 1 0 8 157 0 0 11/19/1903
George Wilson E-DE 64 10 1937 1946 1 3 6 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 1342 15 28 3 2/3/1914
Mike Wilson E-BB 81 3 1922 1924 0 0 2 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12/2/1896
Stu Worden G-T-C-LB 70 4 1930 1934 0 0 3 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/6/1907
Al Wukits C-LB-G 60 4 1943 1946 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12/16/1917
Lloyd Young G-C-T-E 75 5 1925 1930 0 0 2 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/27/1903
Paul Young C 69 1 1933 1933 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/7/1908
Dave Zuidmulder TB 72 3 1929 1931 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2/4/1906