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1985 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
George Abramson G-T 81 1 1925 1925 0 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/13/1903
Verlin Adams DE-T-G-E-LB 66 3 1943 1945 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 12 1 7/14/1918
Joe Aguirre E 66 8 1941 1949 1 0 8 0 83 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 16 0 21 160 2162 29 68 10/17/1918
Arnie Arenz BB-LB 73 1 1934 1934 0 0 2 0 3 1 5 8 0 8 1 4 11 0 0 2 16 0 0 10/13/1911
Howie Auer T 77 1 1933 1933 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/9/1908
Carl Bacchus E 80 2 1927 1928 0 0 4 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7/31/1904
Frank Baker E 76 1 1931 1931 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7/23/1909
Bruno Banducci G 64 11 1944 1954 2 1 9 42 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 11 11/11/1920
Nate Barragar C-G 78 5 1930 1935 0 0 13 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6/3/1907
Johnny McNally TB-HB-WB-BB-DB 82 14 1925 1938 0 0 14 0 137 24 70 299 4 0 5 120 386 5 0 67 1117 37 70 11/27/1903
Rex Boggan DT 55 1 1955 1955 0 0 1 9 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3/27/1930
Walt Brewster T 77 1 1929 1929 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/11/1907
Harry Brian B 88 1 1926 1926 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9/25/1896
Frank Bykowski G 70 1 1940 1940 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3/24/1915
Ed Cherry FB 72 2 1938 1939 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/16/1913
Bob Choate G 91 1 1924 1924 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/2/1893
Tom Fena G 75 1 1937 1937 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/27/1909
Gus Gardella FB 89 1 1922 1922 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/22/1895
Horace Gillom E-DE 64 10 1947 1956 0 1 8 19 116 1 1 3 0 3 0 3 -7 0 0 74 1083 3 38 1 3/3/1921
Paul Gipson RB 38 4 1969 1973 0 0 0 6 33 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 123 491 1 33 21 240 3 51 3/21/1946
Norm Greeney G 75 3 1933 1935 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/7/1910
Buck Halperin HB 77 1 1932 1932 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 23 0 23 0 9 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/26/1908
Jesse Hibbs T 79 1 1931 1931 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/11/1906
Arnie Horween B 87 4 1921 1924 0 0 3 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7/7/1898
Barlow Irvin G-T 81 2 1926 1927 0 0 2 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/31/1903
Cecil Isbell TB-HB 69 5 1938 1942 1 4 3 0 54 411 818 5945 61 73 52 422 1522 10 32 15 174 0 49 9 7/11/1915
Buck Jones E 96 1 1922 1922 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/23/1888
Rubin Juster T 61 1 1946 1946 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/9/1923
Bob Kellogg TB 67 1 1940 1940 0 0 0 0 3 6 18 42 0 0 4 9 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 8/4/1917
Bill Kern T 78 2 1929 1930 0 0 1 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/2/1906
Bruiser Kinard T 70 9 1938 1947 4 5 9 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 62 1 36 1 10/23/1914
Ed Kolman T 69 6 1940 1949 0 3 2 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/21/1915
Barney Lepper T 87 1 1920 1920 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2/19/1898
Joe Lintzenich HB 77 2 1930 1931 0 0 2 0 24 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3/26/1908
Buck MacDonald G 90 2 1920 1921 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/5/1894
Al Maglisceau T 81 1 1929 1929 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/21/1904
Dante Magnani HB-WB 68 9 1940 1950 0 1 4 1 84 0 1 0 0 0 0 331 1466 3 79 79 942 10 67 8 3/16/1917
Grover Malone HB-WB 90 3 1920 1923 0 0 2 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/12/1895
Mike Mandarino T-C-G 64 2 1944 1945 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3/16/1921
Pug Manders FB-HB 71 9 1939 1947 1 3 7 0 90 20 53 183 1 12 5 742 2712 35 46 28 375 2 48 11 5/5/1913
Dutch Marion FB 83 2 1925 1926 0 0 2 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6/18/1902
Steve Marko HB 60 1 1944 1944 0 0 0 0 4 1 7 2 0 2 2 6 10 0 9 0 0 0 0 5/26/1924
Frank McConnell G 85 1 1927 1927 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8/23/1900
Ed McGinley T 85 1 1925 1925 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8/8/1899
Paul McNulty E 83 2 1924 1925 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8/9/1902
Joe McShea G 86 1 1923 1923 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/13/1899
Saul Mielziner C-G-T-LB 80 6 1929 1934 0 0 1 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6/1/1905
Ted Mitchell C 80 2 1929 1930 0 0 2 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8/4/1905
George Mooney B 88 3 1922 1924 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2/22/1896
Bill Morgan T 75 4 1933 1936 1 0 2 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/8/1910
Lee Mulleneaux C-WB 77 6 1932 1938 0 0 3 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 70 0 0 3 18 0 5 4/1/1908
Art Murakowski FB-LB 60 1 1951 1951 0 0 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/15/1925
Ted Murtha G-FB 82 1 1921 1921 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3/8/1903
George Nicksich MG-LB-G 56 1 1950 1950 0 0 1 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5/5/1928
Fanny Niehaus WB-BB 82 2 1925 1926 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3/16/1902
John Nosich T 69 1 1938 1938 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/12/1915
Len Noyes G 71 1 1938 1938 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/12/1914
Vince Oliver QB 69 1 1945 1945 0 0 0 0 3 4 10 22 0 10 0 11 -3 0 15 0 0 0 0 12/28/1915
Dick Ottele BB-DB 58 1 1948 1948 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/8/1926
Red Pearlman T-G 87 3 1920 1924 0 0 2 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/29/1898
Fran Polsfoot E 57 4 1950 1953 0 1 3 16 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 1613 10 81 4/19/1927
Frank Ramsey T 68 1 1945 1945 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/16/1916
Roy Ratekin E 85 1 1921 1921 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/24/1899
Albie Reisz TB-HB-QB 67 4 1944 1947 0 0 1 0 35 57 134 923 10 70 13 83 164 2 46 1 11 0 11 5 11/29/1917
Jim Reynolds FB-LB 65 1 1946 1946 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 96 0 0 1 32 0 32 2 1/8/1920
Gil Robinson E 75 1 1933 1933 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4/18/1910
Fritz Roeseler E 87 4 1922 1925 0 0 2 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10/1/1897
Phil Sarboe BB-TB 74 3 1934 1936 0 0 1 0 32 85 201 1133 4 0 26 123 243 0 0 3 40 0 18 8/22/1911
Herb Schell B 83 1 1924 1924 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/5/1902
Art Schiebel T 77 1 1932 1932 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/2/1907
Murray Shelton E 92 1 1920 1920 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4/20/1893
Herb Shoener E-DE 62 2 1948 1949 0 0 1 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/2/1923
Metz Smeach T 89 1 1921 1921 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6/1/1895
Ernie Smith T 75 4 1935 1939 1 1 3 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/26/1909
Hank Smith C-G-T 91 6 1920 1925 0 0 5 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/23/1893
Lum Snyder T 55 5 1952 1958 0 2 5 37 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8/12/1930
Bill Springsteen C-E 85 4 1925 1928 0 0 3 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/27/1899
Gene Stringer B 82 1 1925 1925 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/29/1903
Jim Stuart T 66 1 1941 1941 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/2/1919
Andy Stynchula DE-DT 46 9 1960 1968 0 0 6 37 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/7/1939
Johnny Tomaini E-T 83 3 1929 1931 0 0 1 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7/19/1902
Laurie Walquist B 87 9 1922 1931 0 0 6 0 111 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 3 0 3/9/1898
Buzz Wetzel FB-LB 74 1 1935 1935 0 0 0 0 10 2 8 21 0 0 1 22 41 1 0 4 18 0 0 11/7/1910
Herm Young E 79 1 1930 1930 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3/21/1906
Dick Zoll G-T 71 3 1937 1939 0 0 2 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/10/1913