World Football League Players

Florida Blazers 1974
Coach:
Num Name Pos Games Height Weight Birth Date Birth City College
2 Hubie Bryant WR   5' 10" 175 February 10, 1946 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Minnesota
8 Buddy Palazzo QB   6' 0"  190 March 31, 1951 Gulfport, Mississippi Southern Mississippi
9 Billy Walik WR   5' 11" 180 November 8, 1947 New Haven, Connecticut Villanova
9 Dave Strock P   6' 3" 230 August 15, 1948 Pottstown, Pennsylvania Virginia Tech
10 Eric Crone QB   6' 3" 190 July 19, 1950 Meridian, Connecticut Harvard
12 Bob Davis QB   6' 2" 205 September 15, 1945 Neptune, New Jersey Virginia
14 Don Vallery WR   6' 0" 175 March 3, 1946 Beaumont, Texas Central Washignton
15 Billie Hayes CB   6' 1" 181 June 22, 1947 Riverside, California San Diego State
20 Miller Farr DB   6' 1" 190 April 8, 1943 Beaumont, Texas Wichita State
21 Tommy Reamon RB   5' 10" 192 March 12, 1952 Virgilinia, Virginia Missouri
22 Lenard Bryant CB   6' 0" 180 December 11, 1949 Pompano Beach, Florida Morris Brown
23 Henry Brown WR   6' 2" 206 September 13, 1947 Middleton, Pennsylvania Missouri
24 Clancy Williams CB   6' 3" 194 September 24, 1942 Deweyville, Texas Washington State
25 A.D. Whitfield RB   5' 10" 200 September 2, 1943 Rosebud, Texas North Texas
28 Jim Strong RB 20 6' 1" 215 December 12, 1946 San Antonio, Texas Houston
30,39 Rod Foster S   6' 0" 196 April 28, 1951 Dallas, Texas Harvard
33 W.K. Hicks S   6' 1" 195 July 14, 1942 Texarkana, Arkansas Texas Southern
33 Larry Willis CB   5' 11" 171 July 18,1948 Phoenix Arizona UTEP
35 Bill Gatti RB   6' 0" 217 April 25, 1949 Melrose Park, Illinois Louisville
36 Les Perry K   6' 0" 228 December 20, 1948 Appleton, Wisconsin Concordia
38 Luther Palmer TE   6' 3" 240 July 20,1949 Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Virginia Union
38 Bob Rush TE   6' 3" 233 June 26, 1951 Poughkeepsie, New York Boston College
40 Richard James RB   6' 2" 196 March 22, 1951 Dayton, Ohio Cincinnati
41 Randy Hawn S   6' 0" 180 April 2, 1951 Sewickley, Pennsylvania Arizona
42 Cliff McClain RB   6' 0" 217 December 29, 1947 Orlando, Florida South Carolina State
42 Richard Trapp WR   6' 2" 183 September 21, 1946 Lynwood, California Florida
44 Chuck Beatty DB 20  6' 2" 200 February 8, 1946 Waxahachie, Texas North Texas
46 Rickie Harris S   5' 10" 184 May 15, 1943 St. Louis, Missouri Arizona
47 Lonnie Crittendon WR   5' 11" 180 March 13, 1951 New Port News, Virginia UTEP
50 Rick Hodson LB   6' 2" 232 August 13, 1951 Portsmouth, New Hampshire William & Mary
52 Dan Peiffer C 20 6' 3" 254 March 29, 1951 Sigourney, Iowa SE Missouri
55 Billy Hobbs LB   6' 1" 222 September 18, 1946 Mount Pleasant, Texas Texas A&M
57 Ted Lachowicz C   6' 1" 235 August 2, 1950 Shenandoah, Pennsylvania Syracuse
58 Boice Best DT   6' 0" 245 May 23, 1951 Pasadena, Texas Texas A&M
59 Larry Ely LB   6' 2" 220 December 19, 1947 Iowa City, Iowa Iowa
60 Larry Grantham LB   6' 0" 210 September 16, 1938 Crystal Springs, Mississippi Mississippi
61 Rick Anthony OT   6' 2" 243 December 18, 1951 Pickens, North Carolina South Carolina
62 Tim Brannan OG 20 6' 1" 237 October 18, 1950 Baltimore, Maryland Maryland
63 Billy Yoest OG   6' 0" 250 November 26, 1951 PIttsburgh, Pennsylvania North Carolina State
64 Mitch Johnson OT   6' 4" 250 March 1, 1942 Chicago, Illinois UCLA
65 Walt Hughes OG   6' 1" 245 September 20, 1946 Shreveport, Louisiana Grambling
67 Walter Rock OT   6' 5" 255 November, 4, 1941 Cleveland, Ohio Maryland
70 Del Williams OG   6' 2" 240 November 9, 1945 Live Oak, Florida  
71 Roger Anderson DT   6' 5" 265 November 11, 1942 Bedford, Virginia Virginia Union
72 Paul Vellano DT   6' 3" 250 March 10, 1952 Schenectady, New York Maryland
73 Rick Amman DE   6' 5" 245 September 21, 1950 Seattle, Washington Florida State
73 Tom Davis DE   6' 0" 259 September 11, 1945 San Augustine, Texas Tennessee State
74 Ron Maree OT   6' 5" 286 December 31, 1949 Sumter, South Carolina Purdue
76 Mike McBath DT   6' 4" 251 May 29, 1946 Woodbury, New Jersey Penn State
77 Rich Buzin OG/OT   6' 5" 255 January 25, 1946 Youngstown, Ohio Penn State
78 Perry Goodell DT   5' 10" 241 December 9, 1951 Gillette, Arkansas Arkansas Tech
78 Ernie Calloway DE   6' 6" 250 January 1, 1948 Orlando, Florida Texas southern
79 Mel Parker DE   6' 2" 228 May 7, 1951 Portsmouth, Virginia Duke
80 Eddie Richardson WR 10 6' 3" 195 July 23, 1952 Monroe, Louisiana Jackson State
81 Louis Ross DE   6' 6" 248 August 31, 1947 Orlando, Florida South Carolina State
82 John Ricca DE   6' 6" 253 March 3, 1952 Washington, DC Duke
83 Matt Maslowski WR   6' 3" 196 September 10, 1949 Chicago, Illinois San Diego
84 Eddie Sheats LB 20 6' 2" 224 February 28, 1951 Atlanta, Georgia Kansas
85 Mike Kaczmarek LB 12 6' 4" 230 October 31, 1951 Gary, Indiana Southern Illinois
85 Don Ratliff DE   6' 5" 250 July 17, 1950 Baltimore, Maryland Maryland
86 Gary Collins WR   6' 5" 215 August 20, 1940 Williamston, Pennsylvania Maryland
88 Greg Latta TE   6' 3" 227 October 13,1 952 Newark, New Jersey Morgan State
89 John Hilton TE   6' 5" 225 March 12, 1942 Albany, New York Richmond
Pre-Season
  Michael Cady LB           Texas A&M
  Bill Chambers WR            
  John Curtis TE           Springfield College
  Kenny Lipkins CB           Maryland-Eastern Shore
  Bill Luhrs K           SUNY
  James Roseboro DB           Shaw College
  Bob Shaw WR   6' 0" 194 March 16, 1947 Wilson, North Carolina Winston-Salem State
  Perry Williams RB   6' 2" 219 December 11, 1946 Cincinnati,Ohio Purdue