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1997 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
Doug Adams LB 47 4 1971 1974 0 0 1 11 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11/3/1949
Bob Adkins BB-DE-G-LB 80 3 1940 1945 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 5 4 73 1 55 4 2/17/1917
Conway Baker G-T 85 10 1936 1945 0 0 10 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/9/1911
Kevin L. Belcher T 35 2 1985 1987 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/9/1961
Don Bingham HB 67 1 1956 1956 0 0 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 36 0 12 1 7 0 7 11/7/1929
Bob J. Briggs DE-DT 52 7 1968 1974 0 0 3 26 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4/28/1945
Aaron Brown DE 53 8 1966 1974 0 0 4 35 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11/16/1943
Forrest Burmeister G-T 84 2 1937 1938 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8/18/1913
Dale Burnett B 88 10 1930 1939 0 1 7 0 115 0 1 0 0 0 0 79 167 5 3 92 1310 19 0 1/23/1909
Lloyd Cardwell WB-DB-FB 84 7 1937 1943 0 1 3 0 57 1 2 35 0 35 0 205 905 8 80 51 932 5 51 6 4/19/1913
Dick Chorovich DT-T 63 3 1955 1960 0 0 2 15 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/29/1933
Dick Flanagan LB-G-C 70 8 1948 1955 0 0 5 40 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 0 6 0 0 0 0 8 10/31/1926
Tom Franckhauser DB 59 5 1959 1963 0 0 2 20 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5/26/1937
Harry Fry E 87 1 1932 1932 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/4/1909
Lou Ghecas HB 78 1 1941 1941 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7/14/1918
Abe Gibron G 72 11 1949 1959 0 4 10 68 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -7 0 0 0 3 0 3 9/22/1925
Jug Girard E-HB-QB-DB 69 10 1948 1957 0 0 10 24 114 67 197 1017 5 50 13 194 703 3 36 109 1838 15 75 8 1/25/1927
Tod Goodwin E 85 2 1935 1936 0 0 2 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -1 0 0 33 511 6 65 12/5/1911
Bob Greenhalgh FB 73 1 1949 1949 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 188 0 14 3 23 0 14 5/23/1924
Ben Gregory RB 50 1 1968 1968 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 283 1 67 5 21 0 8 10/31/1946
Mel Groomes HB 70 2 1948 1949 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 7 5 51 1 20 1 3/6/1927
Vern Hagenbuckle E 95 1 1926 1926 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/6/1901
Ham Harmon C 83 1 1937 1937 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4/2/1913
Gran Harrison E 80 2 1941 1942 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21 0 9 7/1/1917
Homer Hobbs G 73 2 1949 1950 0 0 1 6 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2/13/1923
Ralph Horween B 100 3 1921 1923 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8/3/1896
Don Hutson E-DB-DE 84 11 1935 1945 8 4 12 0 116 1 11 38 1 38 2 62 284 3 27 488 7991 99 92 30 1/31/1913
Bernard Jackson DB 46 9 1972 1980 0 0 5 42 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 0 22 17 8/24/1950
Rusty Jackson P 46 3 1976 1979 0 0 3 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -13 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/17/1950
Art Jocher G 82 2 1940 1942 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 10/19/1915
Clyde Johnson T 80 3 1946 1948 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8/22/1917
Gene Johnson DB 61 3 1959 1961 0 0 1 9 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9/18/1935
Jim Karcher G 83 4 1936 1939 0 0 4 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/2/1914
Ed Kasky T 78 1 1942 1942 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6/22/1919
Jim Kekeris T 73 2 1947 1948 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/17/1923
Ken Keller HB 63 2 1956 1957 0 0 1 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 169 628 4 51 11 67 0 30 9/12/1934
Ken Keuper B 78 4 1945 1948 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 14 0 8 2 37 0 26 6 11/14/1918
Vito Kissell LB-FB 69 2 1949 1950 0 0 0 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 25 0 7 3 37 0 0 3 6/13/1927
Earl Klapstein T 75 1 1946 1946 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3/8/1922
Ed Klewicki E 86 4 1935 1938 1 0 4 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 129 0 0 19 393 2 0 5/4/1911
Stan Kostka FB-LB 84 1 1935 1935 0 0 0 0 9 0 6 0 0 0 2 63 249 0 0 1 9 0 9 7/8/1912
Bert Kuczynski E 77 2 1943 1946 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 1 9 1/8/1920
Bob Lacey WR 54 1 1964 1964 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3/30/1942
Lou Levanti C-LB 74 1 1952 1952 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4/4/1923
Steve Levanitis T 77 1 1942 1942 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3/26/1920
John Little DT-DE-NT 50 8 1970 1977 0 0 3 25 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/3/1947
Basilio Marchi G-C 88 2 1934 1942 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/14/1909
Pete Marcus E 79 1 1944 1944 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/17/1917
John Marrow G-T 83 2 1937 1938 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/8/1914
Abe Martin B 91 1 1932 1932 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 152 1 0 3 99 1 0 1/19/1906
Bob Masters HB 85 6 1937 1944 0 0 0 0 32 1 3 9 0 9 1 34 99 0 10 6 72 0 0 6/26/1911
Jack Matheson E-G 76 5 1943 1947 0 0 4 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 944 5 46 2 6/9/1920
John Matisi T 76 2 1943 1946 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11/2/1920
Brendan McCarthy RB 52 2 1968 1969 0 0 0 6 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 175 1 18 20 188 2 40 8/6/1945
Jim A. McDonald B 81 2 1938 1939 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 80 0 0 7 112 0 0 6/9/1915
Bill McWilliams WB 86 1 1934 1934 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/28/1910
Shorty McWilliams DB-HB 70 2 1949 1950 0 0 1 10 22 5 10 113 0 63 1 13 54 0 12 0 0 0 0 4 5/12/1926
Denver Mills LB 72 1 1952 1952 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8/29/1925
Russ Mosley HB 79 2 1945 1946 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 16 49 0 9 1 10 0 10 2 7/22/1918
George Mulligan E 83 1 1936 1936 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 6/7/1914
Ross Nagel DT-T 73 2 1942 1951 0 0 1 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6/12/1923
Don Norton E 59 7 1960 1966 0 2 5 37 91 1 1 15 0 15 0 2 -3 0 2 228 3486 27 69 3/13/1938
Bob Nussbaumer HB 73 6 1946 1951 0 0 0 3 49 1 1 10 0 10 0 95 238 0 47 76 992 5 55 16 4/23/1924
Jerry Nuzum HB-FB 73 4 1948 1951 0 0 1 3 45 1 1 21 0 21 0 249 930 7 64 14 303 3 68 1 9/8/1923
Don Owens DT-T 65 7 1957 1963 0 0 6 49 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4/3/1932
Paul Page HB-DB 69 1 1949 1949 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 81 0 0 4 62 0 0 9/16/1927
Jim Peebles E-T-DE 76 5 1946 1951 0 0 2 1 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 0 0 13 190 1 35 8/27/1920
Brian Pillman LB 35 1 1984 1984 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/22/1962
Ray Poage TE-SE-FL-WR 56 8 1963 1971 0 0 4 31 86 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 32 0 22 145 2309 13 67 11/14/1940
Ray Prochaska E 77 1 1941 1941 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 29 0 11 8/9/1919
Ray Renfro HB-FL 67 12 1952 1963 0 3 9 60 142 1 6 36 1 36 1 137 682 4 58 281 5508 50 70 11/7/1929
Joe Repko T 76 4 1946 1949 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3/15/1920
Hank Rockwell G 80 5 1940 1948 0 0 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 5 1 11 1 6 5 2/10/1917
Cullen Rogers HB 76 1 1946 1946 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 -8 0 4 0 0 0 0 5/29/1921
George Rogge E 89 4 1931 1934 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 100 1 4 9/3/1907
Stillman Rouse E 80 1 1940 1940 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 17 0 0 9/22/1917
Frank Santora QB 71 1 1944 1944 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/22/1926
Will Sherman DB 69 9 1952 1961 1 2 7 49 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 40 0 32 29 10/20/1927
Burrell Shields HB 67 2 1954 1955 0 0 0 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 62 0 14 4 49 0 22 1 9/6/1929
Jim Sivell G 83 8 1938 1946 0 1 5 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3/12/1914
George Strugar DT 63 7 1957 1963 0 0 3 31 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4/2/1934
Bob Tanner E-T 90 1 1930 1930 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9/27/1907
Ray Terrell HB-DB 77 2 1946 1947 0 0 0 0 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 65 165 0 0 10 42 0 0 4 6/29/1919
Charlie Toogood DT-T-G 69 7 1951 1957 0 0 4 27 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7/16/1927
John Tripson T 77 1 1941 1941 0 1 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/17/1919
Darrell Tully TB-DB 79 1 1939 1939 0 0 0 0 9 20 75 356 2 0 13 31 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 12/14/1917
Don Vosberg E-DE 77 1 1941 1941 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/3/1919
Izzy Weinstock FB-BB 84 3 1935 1938 0 0 0 0 24 1 5 12 0 12 1 89 264 0 0 8 107 0 0 6/27/1913
Howie Weiss FB 80 2 1939 1940 0 0 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 448 3 0 8 81 0 0 2 10/12/1917
Bill Wightkin T-DE-E 69 8 1950 1957 1 1 7 50 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 213 2 47 7/28/1927
Dick Wilkins E 72 3 1949 1954 0 0 1 5 29 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 28 0 0 68 1050 7 42 9/28/1925
Boyd Williams C 75 1 1947 1947 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/4/1922
Joe Williams B 82 2 1937 1939 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3/19/1915
Joel Williams C 70 2 1948 1950 0 0 2 5 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 1 50 0 0 0 0 3/18/1926
Gordon Wilson G-T 81 5 1941 1945 0 0 2 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/23/1915
Roy Zimmerman QB-WB-K 79 9 1940 1948 0 1 17 0 84 299 703 4801 44 75 70 200 244 6 18 5 36 0 11 19 2/20/1918