World Football League Players

Philadelphia Bell 1974
Coach: Ron Waller
Num Name Pos Games Height Weight Born Date College
0,38 Benny Johnson DB   5' 11" 182 June 29, 1948 Fort Valley, Georgia Johnson C. Smith
8 Ron Holliday WR   5' 9" 168 February 12, 1948 West Chester, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh
8 Jack Simcsak K   6' 0" 195 February 11, 1948 New Brunswick, New Jersey Virginia Tech
9 Jim "King" Corcoran QB   6' 0" 200 July 6, 1943 Jersey City, New Jersey Maryland
10 Frank Dimaggio QB   6' 1" 210 May 1, 1950 New York, New York Temple
10,12 Mike Yancheff QB   6' 4" 210 December 19, 1949 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Rutgers
14 Rich Szaro K 5 5' 11" 205 March 7, 1948 Rzeszow, Poland Harvard
14 Jerry Warren K   5' 10" 185 June 2, 1947 Newport News, Virginia North Carolina State
20 John Land RB   5' 9" 190 January 25, 1944 Chicago, Illinois Delaware State
22 Alan Thompson RB   6' 0" 205 October 5,1949 Dallas, Texas Wisconsin
28 Sonny Sixkiller QB   5' 11" 190 September 6, 1951 Tahlequah, Oklahoma Washington
29 Willie Germany DB   6' 0" 190 May 9, 1948 Columbus, Georgia Morgan State
30 Claude Watts RB 19 6' 0" 215 April 4, 1940 Caretta, West Virginia Bluefield State
32 Jimmy Joe RB   6' 0" 200 April 29, 1952 Coatesville, Pennsylvania Morgan State
33 Cecil Bowens RB   6' 2" 229 December 24, 1950 Bloomfield, Kentucky Kentucky
34 Larry Monsilovich RB   5' 10" 180 June 5, 1950 Butler, Pennsylvania Indiana (PA)
35 Ed Hayes S   5' 11 170 August 19, 1947 Jacksonville, Florida Morgan State
36 Marv Pettaway DB   5' 7" 160 August 4, 1945 Texarkana, Texas Los Angeles CC
36 Don Aleksiewicz RB   5' 11" 200 November 27, 1951 Erie, Pennsylvania Hobart and William Smith
38 Henry Brown P   6' 2" 206 September 13, 1947 Middleton, Pennsylvania Missouri
38 Don Vallery S   6' 0" 175 March 3, 1946 Beaumont, Texas Central Washington
39 Rudy Redmond S   6' 0" 180 August 25, 1947 Spokane, Washington Pacific
40 Frank Polito DB   5' 11 170 March 13, 1952 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Villanova
40 Frank McGuigan RB   6' 1" 210 January 29, 1948 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Arkansas State
41 Zaven Yaralian S   6' 1" 190 February 5, 1952 Syria Nebraska
42 Bernard Chapman CB   6' 0" 170 July 4,1949 Mobile, Alabama UTEP
44 Bill Craven CB   6' 0" 190 December 18, 1951 Ranson, West Virginia Harvard
45 Bryan Marshall S   6' 2" 195 March 5, 1946 Cleveland, Ohio Albany State
46 Mike Shaw CB   6' 2" 185 July 25, 1952 San Diego, California San Diego State
47 Lorenzo Brinkley DB   6' 0" 180 August 5, 1949 St. Louis, Missouri Missouri
48 Ron Mabra DB   5' 10" 166 June 4, 1951 Talladega, Alabama Howard
50 Bob Grant LB   6' 2" 225 October 14, 1946 Jacksonville, North Carolina Wake Forest
50 Leo Levandowski C   6' 1" 245 March 31, 1943   None
52,54 Bob Paschall C   6' 1" 235 April 30, 1952 Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Temple
52 John Phillips LB   6' 2" 215 1953   Xavier
52 John Sodaski LB   6' 2" 225 January 14, 1958 Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Villanova
53 Curt Kral LB   6' 2" 225 September 16, 1952 Indiana, Pennsylvania Slippery Rock
54 Wally Dempsey LB   6' 1" 235 January 9, 1944 Melrose Park, Illinois Washington State
55 Bill Peterson LB   6' 2" 230 June 6, 1945 San Jose, California San Jose State
55 Mike Riley LB   6' 2" 220 July 31, 1950 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Miami (Florida)
57 Ted Jornov LB   6' 1" 220 November 26, 1950 Hudson, New York Iowa State
57 John Knoble LB   6' 5" 230 December 2, 1949   Weber State
58 Gary Gray LB   6' 0" 215 April 18, 1950 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Penn State
58 Mike Mansfield LB   6' 1" 225 April 20, 1950 Greensboro, North Carolina North Carolina
59 Ron Kecman C   6' 2" 245 October 8, 1950 McKeesport, Pennsylvania Maryland
60 Tom Laputka DT   6' 3" 255 December 30, 1947 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Southern Illinois
61 Frank DiLieto C   6' 2" 235 November 29, 1951 New Haven, Connecticut Purdue
62 George Chatlos LB   6' 0" 220 June 27, 1946 Duquesne, Pennsylvania Michigan State
63 Dave Joyner OG   6' 1" 245 January 27, 1950 Raleigh, North Carolina Penn State
64 Carl Schaukowitch OG   6' 3" 240 February 14, 1951 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Penn State
65 Cliff Burnett DT   6' 7" 250 February 18, 1950 Tokyo, Japan Montana
65,82 Tim Rossovich LB 12 6' 4" 240 March 14, 1946 Palo Alto, California USC
65 Vern Winfield OG   6' 2" 248 August 27, 1949 Norfolk, Virginia Minnesota
68 Frank Gallagher OG   6' 2" 245 March 2, 1943 Chester, Pennsylvania North Carolina
70 Pete Horoszko OT   6' 3" 250 August 15, 1952 East Liverpool, Ohio Virginia Tech
71,76 Dennis Lozzi OT   6' 3" 255 April 16, 1952 Brockton, Massachusetts Notre Dame
72 Steve Chomyszak DT   6' 6" 270 February 27, 1944 Johnson City, New York Syracuse
72 Ken Scott DT   6' 2" 250 November 23, 1951 Point Pleasant, New Jersey Maryland
73 Tom Davis DT   6' 0" 259 September 11, 1945 San Augustine, Texas Tennessee State
73 Bill Ellenbogan OT   6' 5" 260 December 8, 1950 Glen Cove, New York Virginia Tech
73 Walt Mitchell DE   6' 1" 245 April 12, 1947 Charleston, South Carolina South Carolina State
73 Robert Thomson DE   6' 6" 245 January 16, 1953 Wyalusing, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
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 Bob Rickenbach OT 18 6' 4" 255 October 31, 1950 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Penn State
75 Ralph Sonntag OT   6' 3" 255 October 16, 1948 Hicksville, New York Maryland
76 Doug Olson DE   6' 1" 245 December 13, 195 Allentown, Pennsylvania West Chester
77 Skip Parmenter DT   6' 3" 250 September 24, 1949 Worcester, Massachusetts Massachusetts
78 Mike Ballew DE   6' 5" 250 July 15, 1947 Seattle, Washington Washington
78 Rick Cash DE   6' 5" 245 July 1, 1945 St. Louis, Missouri Truman State
78 Leon Pettigrew DE/DT   6' 6" 255 December 14, 1949 Forest City, Arkansas Cal State-Northridge
78 Skip Williams DE   6' 3" 250     Texas-El Paso
79 Jeff Steinberger DE   6' 4" 250 May 3, 1945 Middletown, New York Monmouth (IL)
80 Don Shanklin WR   5' 9" 175 November 3, 1946 Amarillo, Texas Kansas
81 Len Izzo WR   5' 11" 185 July 25, 1949 New York, New York CW Post
81 James Sullivan DT   6' 4" 250 August 20, 1944 Detroit, Michigan Lincoln (Missouri)
82 Levell Hill TE   6' 2" 225 May 28, 1948 Broken Bow, Oklahoma Langston
83 Vince Papale WR   6' 2" 195 February 9, 1946 Chester, Pennsylvania St. Joseph's (PA)
84 Mike Carter WR   6' 2" 210 February 18, 1948 Little Rock, Arkansas Sacramento State
85 Linzy Cole WR   5' 11" 172 April 21, 1948 April 21, 1948 TCU
86 Paul Dunn TE   6' 0" 210 July 14,1948 Little Rock, Arkansas US International
86 Don Ratliff DE   6' 5" 250 July 17, 1950 Baltimore, Maryland Maryland
87 Willie Franklin WR   6' 2" 205 October 9, 1949 San Diego, California Oklahoma
88 Mike Bartik WR   6' 1" 200 June 20, 1952 Norway, Michigan Furman
89 James Jackson DE   6' 5" 240 May 14, 1949 Mobile, Alabama Norfolk State
89 Len Pettigrew DE   6' 4" 240 June 9, 1948 Forest City, Arkansas Ashland
  Merl Code DB   6' 0" 190 September 8, 1948 Seneca, South Carolina North Carolina A&T
  Eric Guthrie K   6' 1" 200 April 27, 1947 Vancouver, British Columbia Boise State
  Oscar Jenkins S   6' 1" 185 March 13, 1950 Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Virginia Union
  Danny Kimble WR   5' 11" 183 January 6, 1952 Gadsden, Alabama North Alabama
  Dale Mize DL   6' 3" 250 June 3, 1952 Hazelcrest, Illinois Northwestern
  Dennis Torzola P/K   5' 11" 185 June 3, 1949 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Colorado State
  Don Warner K 1 6' 3" 205 February 17, 1948 Chicago, Illinois Indiana
  Mike Webb LB   6' 1" 225 July 18, 1950 Bethesda, Maryland Notre Dame
Pre-Season
  Doug Barr S   6' 0" 185 August 17, 1950 Canton, Ohio Michigan State
  Andrew Calhoun LB   6' 1" 210 March 25, 1950 Jacksonville, Florida Texas Southern
  Thomas Cantrell LB   6' 3" 233 June 21, 1959 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania North Carolina
  Lance Cotton OT   6' 4" 270 July 9, 1949 Flint, Michigan Central State
  Robert English LB   6' 1" 230 November 29, 1945 Rembert, South Carolina Texas Southern
  Monty Frazier RB       October 29, 1945 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania South Dakota STate
  Larry Garro OG   6' 0" 240 August 26, 1950 Monterey, California Western Maryland
  Gary Hamm WR   6' 2" 187 December 1, 1951 St. Louis, Missouri California Lutheran
  Michael Harris WR   5' 8" 160 December 25, 1915 Birmingham, Alabama Fresno State
  Scott Hudgins OG   6' 3" 245 October 3, 1951 Quincy, Massachusetts Hawaii
  James Kates LB   6' 2" 230 June 20, 1948 Charlottesville, Virginia Penn State
  Jesse Kaye QB            
  Bob Klatt QB           San Diego State
  Moses Lajterman K   5' 9" 170 June 12, 1953 Buenos Aires, Argentina Montclair State
  Lawrence LaRoche DE   6' 2" 235 October 30, 1950 Fitchburg, Massachusetts Montana
  Robert Miranda RB   6' 0" 218 April 2,1 949 New Haven, Connecticut South Carolina
  Dewey Singleton CB   6' 0" 188 January 9,1 950 Hampton, Virginia Central Connecticut
  Howard Slayton DT   6' 4" 240 November 7, 1947 Los Angels, California Los Angeles Harbor
  William Stetz (NFL) DT   6' 3" 245 September 28,1 945 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Boston College
Philadelphia Bell 1975
Coach: Willie Wood
Num Name Pos Games Height Weight Born Date College
7 Tom Shuman QB   6' 2" 194 November 9, 1953   Penn State
8 Ron Holliday WR   5' 9" 168 February 12, 1948 West Chester, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh
9 Jim "King" Corcoran QB   6' 0" 200 July 6, 1943 Jersey City, New Jersey Maryland
10 Mike Yancheff QB   6' 4" 210 December 19, 1949 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Rutgers
12 Bob Davis QB   6' 2" 205 September 15, 1945 Neptune, New Jersey Virginia
14 Alvin Wyatt CB   5' 10" 181 December 13, 1947 Jacksonville, Florida Bethune-Cookman
20 John Land RB   5' 9" 190 January 25, 1944 Chicago, Illinois Delaware State
22 Alan Thompson RB   6' 0" 205 October 5,1949 Dallas, Texas Wisconsin
23 Don Willingham RB   5' 11" 200 September 21, 1950 De Pere, Wisconsin Wisconsin-Milwaukee
23 Jimmy Joe RB   6' 0" 200 April 29, 1952 Coatesville, Pennsylvania Morgan State
18,25 Ben Hawkins WR   6' 1" 180 March 22, 1944 Newark, New Jersey Arizona State
25,40 Frank Polito S   5' 11" 170 March 13, 1952 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Villanova
28 Linc Welles DB/P   5' 11" 170 February 16, 1952 San Angelo, Texas Bloomsburg
29 Marv Pettaway CB 7 5' 7" 160 August 4, 1945 Texarkana, Texas Los Angeles CC
30 Claude Watts RB 11 6' 0" 215 April 4, 1940 Caretta, West Virginia Bluefield State
32 Jim Rackley RB   5' 10" 205 July 3, 1952 Jacksonville, Florida Florida A&M
33 Bill Craven DB   6' 0" 190 December 18, 1951 Ranson, West Virginia Harvard
35 Bob Cooper K   6' 1" 185 January 28, 1952 Toledo, Ohio Tampa
36 J.J. Jennings RB   6' 1" 220 August 16, 1952 Holyoke, Massachusetts Rutgers
38 Rod Foster S 6' 0" 196 April 28, 1951 Dallas, Texas Harvard
40 Frank McGuigan RB   6' 1" 210 January 29, 1948 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Arkansas State
42 Herb Lynch CB   5' 11" 180 1953   Morgan State
44 Vince Papale WR   6' 2" 195 February 9, 1946 Chester, Pennsylvania St. Joseph's (PA)
45 Reggie Berry CB   5' 11" 185 March 13, 1950 Minneapolis, Minnesota Long Beach State
45 Marion Reeves CB   6' 1" 187 February 23, 1952 Lexington, South Carolina Clemson
47 Gregg Butler CB   5' 10" 175 December 26, 1952 Washington, DC Howard
48 Howard Strickland RB 5 5' 11" 189 December 20, 1952 Little Rock, Arkansas California
50 Ron Porter LB   6' 3" 232 July 27, 1945 Columbus, Georigia Idaho
53,57 Mel Rogers LB   6' 2" 231 August 23, 1947 St. Petersburg, Florida Florida A&M
54 Steve Myers OG   6' 0" 250 August 30, 1953 Ravenna, Ohio Ohio State
54 Bob Paschall C   6' 1" 235 April 30, 1952 Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Temple
55 Andy Tighe OT   6' 0" 250 November 11, 1951 Woodbury, New Jersey Rutgers
57 Bill Singletary LB   6' 2" 215 March 18, 1951 Camden, New Jersey Temple
58 Tom Costello LB   6' 2" 220 June 14, 1952 Brooklyn, New York Richmond
58 Ralph Perretta C   6' 2" 245 January 30, 1953 Rockville Center, New York Purdue
59 Ron Kecman C   6' 2" 245 October 8, 1950 McKeesport, Pennsylvania Maryland
60 Steve Kinney OT   6' 6" 265 June 27, 1949 San Jose, California Utah State
60 Younis Zubchevich LB   6' 0" 215 January 7, 1952 Derra, Syria Rhode Island
61,62,65 Walt Hughes OG   6' 1" 245 September 20, 1946 Shreveport, Louisiana Grambling
61 Steve Colavito LB 11 6' 0" 225 August 9, 1951 New York, New York Wake Forest
63 Rick Cash DE   6' 5" 245 July 1, 1945 St. Louis, Missouri Truman State
64 John Roman OG   6' 4" 255 August 31, 1952 Ventnor City, New Jersey Idaho State
65 Vern Winfield OG   6' 2" 248 August 27, 1949 Norfolk, Virginia Minnesota
68 Mike Wilson OG   6' 3" 245 October 20, 1947 Wilmington, Ohio Dayton
68 Frank Gallagher OG   6' 2" 245 March 2, 1943 Chester, Pennsylvania North Carolina
70 Pete Woodward LB   6' 3" 230 1953 Washington, DC Rhode Island
71 Dennis Lozzi OT   6' 3" 2555 April 16, 1952 Brockton, Massachusetts Notre Dame
72 Bob Rickenbach OT 6 6' 4" 255 October 31, 1950 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Penn State
73 Ken Sanduk DT   6' 4" 250 August 4, 1950 Chicago, Illinois Utah State
74,77 Tom Gipson DT   6' 7" 280 July 28, 1948 Refugio, Texas North Texas
75 Willie Cullars DE 2 6' 5" 250 August 4, 1951 Washington, Georgia Kansas State
76 Doug Olson DE   6' 1" 245 December 13, 195 Allentown, Pennsylvania West Chester
79 Jose Gonzalez DE   6' 4" 260 September 15, 1952 Havana, Cuba Miami (Florida)
80 Darold Nogle WR   5' 11" 187 December 10,1951 Whittier, California San Diego State
81 Louis Ross DE   6' 6" 248 August 31, 1947 Orlando, Florida South Carolina State
82 Ted Kwalick TE   6' 4" 226 April 15, 1947 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Penn State
83 Allen Dunbar WR   6' 2" 202 May 17, 1949 New Orleans, Louisiana Southern
83,84 Len Izzo WR   5' 11" 185 July 25, 1949 New York, New York CW Post
86 Don Ratliff DE   5' 9" 175 July 17, 1950 Baltimore, Maryland Maryland
88 Tim Rossovich LB 11 5' 11" 185 March 14, 1946 Palo Alto, California USC
89 Steve Conley LB   6' 2: 225 March 9, 1949 Chicago Illinois Kansas
89 Len Pettigrew DE   6' 4" 240 June 9, 1948 Forest City, Arkansas Ashland
  Mike McDaniel C   6' 2" 242 September 27, 1952 Kansas City, Missouri Kansas
  Mark Wakefield WR   6' 4" 190 July 3, 1950 Indianapolis, Indiana Tampa
  Don Westbrook WR   5' 10" 188 November 1, 1951 Cheyenne, Wyoming Nebraska
Pre-Season
14 Marty Vaughn QB   6' 1"  185     Pennsylvania
32 Herb Lynch DB   5' 11" 175     Morgan State
42 Chuck Driesbach WR   6' 4" 200     Villanova
45 Vincent Ross DB   6' 0" 180     Tallahassee Community
46 Bob Lueke DB   6' 2" 215     Hawaii
48 Kenny Lipkins DB   6' 0" 185     Maryland-Eastern Shore
50 John Sodaski LB   6' 2" 225 January 14, 1958 Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Villanova
57 John Knoble LB   6' 5" 230 December 2, 1949   Weber State
63 Ricardo Wright OL   6' 2" 260     Delaware State
72 Vince Singara OT   6' 2" 255     Rhode Island
73 Harry Buskirk OT   6' 4" 245     Millersville
77 Russ Ball LB   6' 2" 230     UCLA
79 Lewis Lamar OL   6' 6" 270     Clark
86 Paul Dunn WR   6' 1" 200     San Diego City College