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Player	Pos	Age	Date of Death	BirthDate	Yrs	From	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Int	Sk	Yds	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Int	Sk
Frank Bacon	WB-TB-E	83	8/31/1977	1/11/1894	6	1920	1925	0	0	6	0	47	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
Pete Bahan	BB-TB-FB	79	5/1/1977	2/18/1898	1	1923	1923	0	0	1	0	16	0	0	0	2	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Banta	HB	59	2/22/1977	11/19/1917	6	1941	1948	0	0	4	0	53	0	0	0	0	0	0			198	847	6	60	30	373	1	64	5
Gene Bedford	E	80	10/6/1977	12/2/1896	2	1925	1926	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gale Bullman	E	75	6/24/1977	8/18/1901	1	1925	1925	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Carpe	T-E-C	74	11/3/1977	1/23/1903	5	1926	1933	0	0	2	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Casteel	B	81	3/27/1977	12/30/1895	1	1922	1922	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
George Cheverko	B	57	11/14/1977	7/29/1920	2	1947	1948	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0			22	73	0	20	18	341	3	62	9
Max Choboian	QB	34	1/2/1977	3/17/1942	1	1966	1966	0	0	1	3	14	82	163	1110	4	79	12	15	145	21	45	2	12	0	0	0	0
James Clark	B	72	5/26/1977	8/18/1904	2	1933	1934	0	0	1	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0			107	276	0	0	1	28	1	28
Herbert Clow	FB	78	11/24/1977	5/7/1899	1	1924	1924	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clark Craig	E	75	11/28/1977	6/19/1902	1	1925	1925	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tiny Croft	T	56	1/22/1977	11/7/1920	6	1942	1947	0	0	1	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Daniels	TB	70	7/15/1977	12/24/1906	1	1925	1925	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Demas	G	70	11/0/1977	1/7/1907	2	1932	1934	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Derr	B	85	7/3/1977	6/25/1892	2	1920	1921	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clarence Drayer	T	76	10/8/1977	8/29/1901	1	1925	1925	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Durishan	T-G	54	5/13/1977	7/7/1922	1	1947	1947	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ev Elkins	B	59	6/8/1977	11/17/1917	1	1940	1940	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Furlong Flynn	G-T	75	11/1/1977	12/27/1901	1	1926	1926	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adrian Ford	B	73	7/7/1977	1/1/1904	1	1927	1927	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Frahm	WB-T	71	10/19/1977	4/11/1906	2	1932	1935	0	0	1	0	11	1	1	12	0	12	0			1	8	0	8	2	10	0	0
Allen Gallaher	T	26	5/12/1977	11/30/1950	1	1974	1974	0	0	0	5	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gus Goetz	E-T	80	7/24/1977	7/6/1897	2	1922	1923	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Gorinski	FB	57	7/3/1977	12/20/1919	1	1946	1946	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0
Al Greene	HB	75	1/19/1977	3/1/1901	1	1922	1922	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Gussie	G	59	2/24/1977	9/13/1917	1	1940	1940	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	1	9	1	9
Hal Hanson	Coach	82	6/23/1977	11/30/1894				0	0	0
Hal Hansen	FB-E	85	9/8/1977	9/3/1892	1	1923	1923	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Hanson	G	72	9/29/1977	8/10/1905	3	1928	1930	0	0	3	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Hester	LLB	28	5/14/1977	3/31/1949	3	1971	1973	0	0	0	8	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.0
Jake Hoffman	FB	81	2/11/1977	7/21/1895	1	1925	1925	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cal Hubbard	T-E-DE-G	76	10/17/1977	10/31/1900	9	1927	1936	4	0	6	0	105	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ken Huffine	FB/Coach	79	9/26/1977	12/22/1897	6	1920	1925	0	0	6	0	42	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Hugret	E	68	9/18/1977	4/11/1909	1	1934	1934	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toimi Jarvi	HB	57	11/18/1977	2/28/1920	2	1944	1945	0	0	0	0	6	4	10	50	0	21	3			14	40	0	11	1	9	0	9	1
Henry Jordan	DT-DE	42	2/21/1977	1/26/1935	13	1957	1969	5	4	10	95	163	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	59.5
Wagner Jorgensen	C-LB	63	7/24/1977	7/31/1913	2	1936	1937	0	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zip Joseph	E-G-C	74	11/24/1977	5/31/1903	2	1925	1927	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Kassel	E	74	11/30/1977	1/20/1903	7	1927	1933	0	0	6	0	79	0	0	0	0	0	0			2	2	0	0	9	185	7	0
Leo Katalinas	T-G	62	7/7/1977	2/4/1915	1	1938	1938	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Keenan	T-G	57	2/8/1977	6/8/1919	2	1944	1945	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Kell	T	61	5/18/1977	7/18/1915	2	1939	1940	0	1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Klawitter	C	48	12/11/1977	6/29/1929	1	1956	1956	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Kuick	G	73	8/26/1977	4/24/1904	1	1926	1926	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oxie Lane	T	72	8/19/1977	1/2/1905	1	1926	1926	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ojay Larson	C	79	5/1/1977	10/15/1897	5	1922	1929	0	0	4	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle MacWherter	FB	85	12/0/1977	7/19/1892	1	1920	1920	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
James Magner	B	74	9/20/1977	7/22/1903	1	1931	1931	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Manders	HB-FB	68	1/28/1977	1/13/1909	8	1933	1940	2	0	3	0	93	11	31	133	0	10	4			451	1586	11	0	15	260	6	63	1
Jim McDonald	HB	65	7/27/1977	8/20/1911	1	1936	1936	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0			9	18	0	0	1	8	0	8
Hal McPhail	FB	64	8/30/1977	10/26/1912	2	1934	1935	0	0	1	0	19	9	24	96	0	0	1			139	461	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Meade	HB	63	8/7/1977	2/28/1914	2	1939	1940	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0			61	149	0	0	5	40	0	1	1
Lou Molinet	FB	72	8/27/1977	11/30/1904	1	1927	1927	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jock Mungavin	E	84	10/26/1977	9/12/1893	1	1920	1920	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Nash	T-E	84	2/1/1977	12/16/1892	6	1920	1925	1	0	3	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Nason	T-WB	77	3/9/1977	4/8/1899	2	1922	1923	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Neal	T-G	80	11/25/1977	11/1/1897	4	1922	1926	0	0	3	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Davey O'Brien	QB-TB	60	11/18/1977	6/22/1917	2	1939	1940	0	1	2	0	22	223	478	2614	11	85	34			208	-194	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
Jack O'Hearn	WB	83	7/22/1977	7/28/1893	2	1920	1921	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norm Olsen	T	62	10/0/1977	12/1/1914	1	1944	1944	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Pinckert	B	70	8/30/1977	5/1/1907	9	1932	1940	0	2	8	0	97	0	2	0	0	0	0			147	536	1	0	29	391	1	17	2
Ralph Pittman	BB-WB	75	7/5/1977	12/23/1901	1	1926	1926	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jess Quatse	T	69	12/26/1977	4/4/1908	3	1933	1935	0	0	1	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Richardson	BB	70	3/27/1977	9/12/1906	1	1925	1925	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Rogers	T	63	4/30/1977	6/24/1913	4	1938	1944	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Sechrist	G-T	81	12/19/1977	9/16/1896	5	1920	1926	0	0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Seymour	HB-FB	60	5/0/1977	6/13/1916	7	1940	1946	0	1	2	0	73	0	0	0	0	0	0			397	1311	12	40	72	817	11	71	18
Buck Shaw	Coach	77	3/19/1977	3/28/1899				0	0	0
Jim Simmons	B	73	1/16/1977	4/3/1903	2	1927	1928	0	0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Smith	T	54	8/2/1977	9/8/1922	1	1947	1947	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Orland Smith	T-G	71	8/14/1977	11/5/1905	3	1927	1929	0	0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C.B. Stanley	T	58	4/0/1977	1/25/1919	1	1946	1946	0	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Stydahar	T/Coach	65	3/23/1977	3/17/1912	9	1936	1946	4	4	5	0	84	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	1	9	0	9	1
Steve Suhey	G	55	1/8/1977	1/8/1922	2	1948	1949	0	0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Taylor	BB-LB	56	1/0/1977	1/12/1920	1	1944	1944	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0			7	19	0	8	2	22	0	18
John Thomas	FB	77	8/19/1977	2/13/1900	1	1924	1924	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Turley	BB	64	7/21/1977	11/20/1912	2	1935	1936	0	0	1	0	14	12	27	144	1	0	6			4	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Vellone	G	33	8/21/1977	8/20/1944	5	1966	1970	0	0	3	21	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doc Voss	G-T	85	5/5/1977	9/27/1891	1	1920	1920	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dutch Wallace	G-C-T	76	2/0/1977	4/18/1900	4	1923	1926	0	0	2	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Whitcomb	G-T-C	80	8/23/1977	12/7/1896	2	1920	1921	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hubert Wiggs	FB-T/Coach	84	10/18/1977	9/29/1893	3	1921	1923	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oscar Wolford	G-C-E	79	2/3/1977	3/14/1897	4	1920	1924	0	0	3	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Ziff	E	75	10/17/1977	1/18/1902	2	1925	1926	0	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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