World Football League Players

New York Stars/Charlotte Hornets 1974
Coach: Babe Parilli
Num Name Pos Gms Ht Wt Birth Date Birth City College
3 Pete Rajecki K   5' 9" 180 November 10, 1949 Gelsenkirchen, Germany Georgia
5 Moses Lajterman K   5' 9" 170 June 12, 1953 Buenos Aires, Argentina Montclair State
6 Al Barnes WR   6' 1" 170 July 4, 1949 Los Angeles, California New Mexico State
7 Bob Hermanni WR   5' 7" 160 December 12, 1951 Beechwood, New Jersey Montclair State
8 Gary Danielson QB   6' 2" 195 July 21, 1951 Detroit, Michigan Purdue
9 George Sauer WR   6' 2" 195 November 10, 1943 Sheboygan, Wisconsin Texas
10 Brian Dowling QB   6' 2" 210 April 1, 1947 Cleveland, Ohio Yale
11 Don Gault QB   6' 2" 190 August 30, 1946 Lynbrook, New York Hofstra
15 Bobby Reynolds P 20 6' 0" 200 October 9, 1952 Sanford, North Carolina South Carolina
17 Steve Dennis S 20 6' 4" 185 July 25, 1951 Shreveport, Louisiana Grambling
19 Tom Sherman QB   6' 0" 190 December 5, 1945 Bellevue, Pennsylvania Penn State
20 Jeff Woodcock CB   6' 1" 185 January 20, 1952 Brownsville, Kentucky Kentucky
20 Terry Swarn WR   6' 3" 215 May 25, 1947 Mansfield, Ohio Colorado State
21 Tommy Spinks WR   6' 0" 190 October 29, 1948 Lake Charles, Louisiana Louisiana Tech
22 Ike Thomas S 13 6' 2" 193 November 4, 1947 Newton, Louisiana Bishop
22 Bruce Thompson CB   5' 9" 172 August 22, 1952 Bogalusa, Louisiana Connecticut
23 Larry Shears CB   5' 10" 187 August 1, 1949 Mobile, Alabama Lincoln (Missouri)
24 Bryan White CB   6' 1" 190 November 22, 1945 Houston, Texas Arkansas Pine Bluff
25 Kreg Kapitan WR   6' 3" 198 August 22, 1949 Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnesota State
26 Charles Boston CB   6' 0" 190 January 9, 1952 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Western Illinois
26 Lee Bouggess RB   6' 2" 210 January 18, 1948 Louisville, Kentucky Louisville
27 Randy Beverly S   5' 11" 190 April 3, 1944 Wildwood, New Jersey Colorado State
28 Jim Ford RB   6' 0" 200 September 11, 1949 Jacksonville, Florida Texas Southern
28 Terry Hoeppner S   6' 3" 200 August 19, 1947 Woodburn, Indiana Franklin
29 John Dockery CB   6' 0" 185 September 6, 1944 Brooklyn, New York Harvard
29 Wendell Wilson CB   5' 10" 180 December 26,1949 Kinstree, South Carolina Yankton
30 Andy Huff RB   5' 11" 210 November 27, 1950 Toledo, Ohio Notre Dame
31 Al Young WR   6' 1" 195 August 24, 1949 Norway, South Carolina South Carolina State
32 Don Highsmith RB   6' 0" 210 March 12, 1948 New Brunswick, New Jersey Michigan State
35 Bob Gladieux RB   5' 11" 195 January 2, 1947 Louisville, Ohio Notre Dame
36 Ed White RB   6' 1" 220 June 6, 1951 Cason, Texas Tulsa
37 Lou Angelo S   6' 0" 180 June 29, 1950 Youngstown, Ohio North Carolina
38 Terry Graff S   6' 2" 205 February 24, 1950 Stevenson, Point, Minnesota MacAlester
44 John King RB   6' 1" 225 January 20, 1952 Harvest, Alabama Minnesota
44 Al Davis RB   5' 11" 215 January 16, 1948 Alcoa, Tennessee Tennessee State
44 Lewis Jolley RB   5' 11" 210 November 15, 1949 Bostic, North Carolina North Carolina
45 James Sims S   6' 0" 190 December 18, 1950 Kountze, Texas Southern Cal
48 Dave Richards RB   5' 10" 185 February 14, 1950 Akron, Ohio Miami (Ohio)
50 Tom Chandler LB   6' 2" 225 June 12, 1950 Pasadena, Texas Minnesota
51 Jere Brown LB   6' 2" 225 August 21, 1952 Lancaster, Pennsylvania Villanova
52 Bob Kuziel C   6' 4" 255 July 24, 1950 New Haven, Connecticut Pittsburgh
54 Marty Huff LB   6' 3" 235 December 19, 1948 Houston, Texas Michigan
54 Dennis Keating LB   6' 2" 215 August 23,1950 Cambridge, Massachusetts Massachusetts
55 Bill Janssen C 2 6' 4" 240 July 17,1950 Pasadena, Texas Nebraska
56 Art Reynolds LB   6' 1" 215 February 17,1952 Cincinnati, Ohio Tennessee
57 Jim Hovey LB   6' 4" 235 September 10, 1952 St. Paul, Minnesota Kentucky
58 John Moss LB   6' 4" 233 February 3, 1950 Vestal, New York Pittsburgh
58 Gary Champagne LB   6' 1" 218 June 19, 1952 Brownsville, Texas LSU
59 Dana Carpenter LB   5' 11" 235 November 9, 1951 Elmira, New York South Carolina
60,70 Darrel Bunge OG   6' 2" 270 April 25, 1952 Lacrosse, Wisconsin Minnesota
61 Bob Grant LB 3 6' 2" 225 October 14, 1946 Jacksonville, North Carolina Wake Forest
63 Ernie Richardson LB   6' 5" 225 July 17, 1950 Greenville, Mississippi Jackson State
64 Dick Hart OG   6' 2" 253 March 4, 1943 Morrisville, Pennsylvania None
65 Lloyd Voss DT   6' 4" 255 February 12, 1942 Adrian, Minnesota Nebraska
66 Larry Butler OG 20 6' 3" 240 July 10, 1952 Johnson City, Tennessee Appalachian State
69 Greg Lens DT   6' 5" 261 March 11, 1945 Marshall, Minnesota Trinity
70 Matt Herkenhoff OT   6' 4" 267 April 2, 1951 Melrose, Minnesota Minnesota
71 Bill DeFlavio DT   5' 9" 230 February 7, 1950 Worcester, Massachusetts Massachusetts
72 Rick Sharp OT   6' 4" 235 June 1, 1948 London, England Washington
74 Steve Seltzer DE   6' 4" 250 April 29, 1950 Osseo, Minnesota St. John's (Minnesota)
75 Jerry Ellison DE   6' 3" 250 July 6, 1950 Forth Worth, Texas North Texas
77 Dave Shaffer OT   6' 4" 255 February 24, 1951 Big Spring, Texas Tennessee
78 Larry Estes DE   6' 6" 255 December 9, 1946 Louisville, Mississippi Alcorn State
79 Carter Campbell DE   6' 4" 240 September 29, 1947 Mobile, Alabama Weber State
80 John Elliott DT   6' 4" 244 October 26, 1944 Beaumont, Texas Texas
81 Gerry Philbin DE   6' 2" 245 July 31, 1941 Pawtucket, Rhode Island Buffalo
82 Cliff Greenfield DE   6' 3" 250 February 16, 1952 Trenton, New Jersey Morgan State
82 Kent Pederson TE   6' 3" 225 January 7, 1950 Salem, Oregon Cal-Santa Barbara
83 Bert Askson TE   6' 3" 223 December 16, 1945 Houston, Texas Texas Southern
85 Ray Parson TE   6' 6" 240 May 30, 1947 Uniontown, Pennsylvania Minnesota
86 Joe Jackson DT   6' 4" 260 May 7, 1949 Cincinnati, Ohio New Mexico State
86 Carl Probst TE   6' 3" 225 March 5, 1952 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Bucknell
  Emmet Burnam CB   5' 10 175 March 25, 1951 Winchester, Kentucky Kentucky
  Matthew Williams RB   5' 11" 205 April 11, 1951 Monroe, Louisiana Louisiana Monroe
  Dave Wooley RB   6' 2" 218 August 27, 1952 Plainview, Texas Central Oklahoma
Pre-Season
59 Bill McKoy LB   6' 3" 235 July 17, 1948 Winston-Salem, North Carolina Purdue
  Don Abbey RB   6' 3" 240 May 19, 1948 Holyoke, Massachusetts Penn State
  John Atamian OG   6' 1" 245 September 7, 1942 Niagara Falls, New York Notre Dame
  Darryl Bishop DB   6' 3" 209 August 27, 1950 Louisville, Kentucky Kentucky
  Dennis Breen DB   6' 1" 185   Norwood, Massachusetts Rhode Island
  Mel Briggs WR   5' 9" 173 March 3, 1951   Boston College
  Frank Brohm WR   6' 2" 185 March 12, 1951 Louisville, Kentucky Eastern Kentucky
  Mickey Brokas QB   6' 2" 190     Tennessee-Chattanooga
  Manny Brown DB   6' 3" 185     Hofstra
  Pete Bush G   6' 4" 250 September 15, 1950 Caledonia, Minnesota New Mexico
  Bill Butler OT   6' 2" 250     Hofstra
  John Carlos WR   6' 4" 200 June 5, 1945 Bronx, New York San Jose State
  Earl Christy DB   5' 11" 193 March 19, 1943 Perryman, Maryland Maryland Eastern Shore
  Linn Crawn DT   6' 1" 260 April 5, 1951 Newton, New Jersey William Penn
  Mel Cusack DT   6' 4" 275 February 7, 1943 Florence, South Carolina Maryland Eastern Shore
  Ted DeMars RB   6'0" 200   Providence, Rhode Island Harvard
  Mike Evans LB   6' 2" 218 August 11, 1952 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Columbia
  Steve Frager OT   6' 4" 275     Brown
  Greg Horne RB   6' 1" 211     Georgia Tech
  Ted Joniec K   6' 2" 192 December 27, 1950    
  Homer Jones WR   6' 2" 215 February 18, 9141 Pittsburg, Texas Texas Southern
  Mark Kaczmareck C   6' 1" 245 March 4, 1951 Madison, Wisconsin Western Illinois
  Jim Kinsley LB   6' 3" 232     CW Post
  John Kondrk OT   6' 4" 250 May 23, 1951 Notre Dame
  Dave Laputka OG 6' 3" 245 June 25, 1952 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Syracuse
  Scooter Longmire QB   6' 2" 20 April 23, 1949 Tracy, California Utah
  Harry Lynch QB   6' 1" 195     Citadel
  Peter Mackey QB   6' 2" 195     Middlebury College
  Scott Marquis OT   6' 4" 255     Tulsa
  D'Artagnan Martin DB   6' 0" 190 March 28, 1949 New Orleans, Louisiana Kentucky State
  Loui Mathis DB   6' 0" 200 June 19, 1951 Clinton, North Carolina Ohio State
  Judge Mattocks LB   6' 5" 210 March 20, 1951 Silverdale, North Carolina North Carolina
David McMakin DB 6' 3" 210 June 20, 1952 Spartanburg, South Carolina Alabama
  Phil Meltzer WR   6' 1" 178 February 6, 1952   Bucknell
  Riley Moore DE   6' 5" 249     Tennessee State
  Mike Morasca LB       January 12, 1949 Scott Township, Pennsylvania Milligan College
  Rob Nagel RB   6' 1" 202 September 6, 1952   Penn State
  Jan Nelson OG   6' 3" 265     Minnesota
  George Nock RB   5' 10" 200 May 4, 1946 Baltimore, Maryland Morgan State
  Ike Oglesby RB   5' 11" 195 March 4, 1951   North Carolina
  Jesse Parks WR   6' 1" 187 May 8, 19511 New Orleans, Louisiana Columbia
  Dave Pawlik LB   6' 1" 230 September 29, 1949 Buffalo, New York Memphis State
  Rich Pelletier DB   5' 11" 180 November 22, 1951   Holy Cross
  Mike Perfetti DB   6' 2" 210 August 18, 1950 Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnesota
  Ken Pettiford QB   6' 3" 197 July 7, 1950 Nashville, Tennessee Tennessee State
  Rod Plummer DB   6' 0" 190 February 20, 1950 Roanoke, Virginia Princeton
  Al Raines RB   5' 90" 190     Edinboro State
  Ed Robinson DB   6' 2" 193 April 29, 1950 Houston, Texas Lamar
  Vince Russo RB   5' 7" 210     Virginia Tech
  Gene Schaeffer C   6' 3" 250 June 5, 1948   Bridgeport
  Paul Scolaro DB   5' 11" 195     William & Mary
  Joe Shannon LB   6' 0" 216     Kansas
  Frank Smith RB   6' 0" 205 October 28, 1952 Salem, Massachusetts Boston College
  David Stukes DB   6' 0" 185 December 20,1 951 Norfolk County, Virginia Elizabeth City State
  Harvey Sword OG   6' 4" 240 April 28, 1952   Kentucky
  Gordon Taylor RB   6' 0" 196 July 18, 1950 Mt. Vernon, New York Southern Connecticut
  Sam Walton OT   6' 6" 270 January 3, 1946 Memphis, Tennessee Texas State
  Erwin Williams WR   6' 6" 215 June 21, 1947 Norfolk, Virginia Maryland Eastern Shore
  Doug Woodlief LB   6' 3" 231 September 4, 1943 Marianna, Florida Memphis State
Charlotte Hornets 1975
Coach: Bob Gibson
Num Name Pos Gms Ht Wt Birth Date Birth City College
3 Pete Rajecki K   5' 9" 180 November 10, 1949 Gelsenkirchen, Germany Georgia
8 Randy Rhino S   5' 10" 180 December 2, 1953 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech
9 Sonny Hicks DB 11 6' 1" 192 January 1, 1951 Goldsboro, North Carolina North Carolina A&T
10 Brian Dowling QB   6' 2" 210 April 1, 1947 Cleveland, Ohio Yale
11 Lee McGriff WR   5' 9" 165 October 3, 1953 Tampa, Florida Florida
12 Chris Kupec QB   6' 3" 200 May 3, 1953 Syosset, New York North Carolina
15 Bobby Reynolds P 11 6' 0" 200 October 9, 1952 Sanford, North Carolina South Carolina
17 Randy Cobb WR   6' 1" 180 June 28, 1953 Orange, California Duke
19 Tom Sherman QB   6' 0" 190 December 5, 1945 Bellevue, Pennsylvania Penn State
20 Jeff Woodcock CB   6' 1" 180 January 20, 1952 Brownsville, Kentucky Kentucky
21 John Sykes RB   6' 0" 190 March 13, 1950 Baltimore, Maryland Morgan State
22 Ike Thomas S 11 6' 2" 193 November 4, 1947 Newton, Louisiana Bishop
23 Larry Shears CB   5' 10" 187 August 1, 1949 Mobile, Alabama Lincoln (Missouri)
24 Bryan White CB   6' 1" 190 November 22, 1945 Houston, Texas Arkansas Pine Bluff
25 Kreg Kapitan WR   6' 3" 198 August 22, 1949 Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnesota State
27 Molly McGee RB   5' 10" 184 August 26, 1952 Haverstraw, New York Rhode Island
28 Terry Hoeppner S   6' 3" 200 August 19, 1947 Woodburn, Indiana Franklin
29 Al Young WR   6' 1" 195 August 24, 1949 Norway, South Carolina South Carolina State
32 Don Highsmith RB   6' 0" 210 March 12, 1948 New Brunswick, New Jersey Michigan State
36 Matthew Williams RB   5' 11" 205 April 11, 1951 Monroe, Louisiana Louisiana Monroe
44 Lewis Jolley RB 11 5' 11" 210 November 15, 1949 Bostic, North Carolina North Carolina
45 David Benson LB   6' 3" 235 December 11, 1951 Chicago, Illinois Weber State
45 Tom Embrey LB 4 6' 2" 212 December 17, 1952 Washington DC North Carolina
46 Jim Ford RB   6' 0" 200 September 11, 1949 Jacksonville, Florida Texas Southern
47 David Blake RB   6' 0" 210  May 6, 1952   Ball State
36,47 Tim George WR   6' 5" 225 October 4, 1951 Alcoa, Tennessee Carson-Newman
16,48 James Thompson WR 9 6' 2" 190 January 9, 1953 Memphis, Tennessee Memphis State
50 Tom Chandler LB   6' 2" 225 June 12, 1950 Pasadena, Texas Minnesota
51 Jere Brown LB 11 6' 2" 225 August 21, 1952 Lancaster, Pennsylvania Villanova
52 Charles Tiblom C   6' 2" 245 January 3, 1949 Jamaica, New York Central Connecticut State
54 Marty Huff LB 11 6' 3" 235 December 19, 1948 Houston, Texas Michigan
59 Greg Dubinetz OG   6' 2" 250 April 15, 1954 Chicago, Illinois Yale
60 Bracy Bonham OG   6' 2" 242 April 10, 1950 Winston-Salem, North Carolina North Carolina Central
60 John Bushong DE   6' 4" 260 November 20, 1952 Glasgow, Kentucky Western Kentucky
61 Dana Carpenter LB   5' 11" 235 November 9, 1951 Elmira, New York South Carolina
64 John Culpepper OG   6' 2" 248 August 7, 1953 Talbotton, Georgia California
65 John Jacquot OG   6' 2" 235 February 23, 1951   Bowling Green
65 Dave Margavage OG   6' 4" 240 November 25, 1951 Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania Kentucky
66 Larry Butler OG 10 6' 3" 240 July 10, 1952 Johnson City, Tennessee Appalachian State
67 Jerry Ellison DE   6' 3" 250 July 6, 1950 Forth Worth, Texas North Texas
67 Joe Montgomery OL 1 6' 2" 245 December 23, 1951 Wytheville,, Virginia William & Mary
69 Greg Lens DT 11 6' 5" 261 March 11, 1945 Marshall, Minnesota Trinity
70 Darrel Bunge OG   6' 2" 270 April 25, 1952 Lacrosse, Wisconsin Minnesota
72 Marty Smith DT   6' 2" 260 October 20, 1953 Pattison, Mississippi Louisville
74 David Douglas DT 11 6' 1" 240 January 8, 1951 Washington, DC Morgan State
75 Jerome Gantt OT 11 6' 4" 266 August 20, 1948 Greensboro, North Carolina North Carolina Central
77 Carter Campbell DE   6' 4" 240 September 29, 1947 Mobile, Alabama Weber State
77 Glenn Hyde OT/OG 2 6' 3" 245 March 14, 1951 Boston, Massachusetts Pittsburgh
78 Carl Collins OT   6' 4" 265 Baltimore, Maryland December 31, 1952 North Carolina A&T
80 Danny Whyte TE 11 6' 1" 245 August 18, 1951 West Grove, Pennsylvania Johnson C. Smith
82 Cliff Greenfield DE   6' 3" 250 February 16, 1952 Trenton, New Jersey Morgan State
83 Ray Parson TE   6' 6" 240 May 30, 1947 Uniontown, Pennsylvania Minnesota
85 J.T. Turner DE 11 6' 3" 253 April 17, 1953 Moultrie, Georgia Duke
85 Collins              
86 Bennie Barbour DE   6' 3" 235 March 8, 1953 Smithfield, North Carolina Winston-Salem
Rodrigo Barnes LB 2 6' 1" 215 February 10, 1950 Waco, Texas Rice
  Mike Botts C   6' 3" 250 February 5, 1950 Lykens, Pennsylvania Penn State
  Gary Gennerich OG   6' 4" 256 August 28, 1951 Yonkers, New York Clemson
  Harry Howard S   6' 1" 189 October 7, 1949 Cincinnati, Ohio Ohio State
  Joe Jackson DT   6' 4" 260 May 7, 1949 Cincinnati, Ohio New Mexico State
  Dave Richards WR 1 5' 10" 185 February 14, 1950 Akron, Ohio Miami (Ohio)
  Rollen Smith DB   6' 1" 180 October 12, 1951 Greenville, Mississippi Arkansas
  Ed White RB 1 6' 1" 220 June 6, 1951 Cason, Texas Tulsa
Pre-Season
6 William "Trip" Coleman P   6' 3" 205     Clemson
8 Gary Danielson QB   6' 2" 195 July 21, 1951 Detroit, Michigan Purdue
9 Bob Hermanni WR   5' 7" 160 December 12, 1951 Beechwood, New Jersey Montclair State
16 Mike Haggard WR   6' 3" 180 July 4, 1951   South Carolina
23 Stan White WR   5' 11" 175     Johnson C. Smith
35 Bob Gladieux RB   5' 11" 195 January 2, 1947 Louisville, Ohio Notre Dame
36 Dwight Shoe S   6' 1" 180     Elon
46 Carl Bartles RB   6' 1" 212 November 18, 1948 Rutherford, North Carolina Lenoir-Rhyne
47 Charlton Houston CB   6' 0" 180     Winston-Salem State
48 Sonny Hicks DB 11 6' 1" 192 January 1, 1951 Goldsboro, North Carolina North Carolina A&T
50 Dana Carpenter LB   5' 11" 235 November 9, 1951 Elmira, New York South Carolina
55 Art Reynolds LB   6' 1" 215 February 17,1952 Cincinnati, Ohio Tennessee
56 N. Nighswander C   6' 1" 250     Morehead State
60 Len St. Jean OG   5' 11" 250 October 27, 1941 Newberry, Michigan Northern Michigan
61 Nazih Banna LB/DE           Youngstown State
62 Arnold Johnson LB   6' 1" 235     Fayetteville State
72 Curtis Phifer C   6' 2" 260     Winston-Salem State
  Art Brisacker OG            
  David Corley TE           South Carolina State
  Bruce Duke RB           Johnson C. Smith
  Curtis Phifer OT           Winston-Salem State
  Chuck Smith FB           Yankton
  Jim Washorn             Gardner-Webb
  James Watkins WR           Alabama AM&N