1961 Detroit Lions

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1961 Detroit Lions

Head Coach: George Wilson

To be listed, a player must have played at least one game for the team during this season.
* Hall of Fame
+ Primary starter

Pos		Player	GP	Exp	DOB	Ht	College
WR/DB/HB		Terry Barr	14	5	08/10/1935	' "	Michigan
LB		Carl Brettschneider	12	6	12/02/1931	' "	Iowa State
DT		Roger Brown	14	2	05/01/1937	' "	Maryland - Eastern Shore
RB/WR		Hopalong Cassady	14	6	03/02/1934	' "	Ohio State
WR		Gail Cogdill	14	2	04/07/1937	' "	Washington State
WR		Glenn Davis	8	2	09/12/1934	' "	Ohio State
E/TE		Jim Gibbons	14	4	09/26/1936	' "	Iowa
DE/C/T		Bill Glass	14	4	08/16/1935	' "	Baylor
T/G/DT/DE		John Gonzaga	13	6	03/06/1933	' "	none
G		John Gordy	14	4	06/17/1935	' "	Tennessee
DT		Alex Karras	14	4	07/15/1935	' "	Iowa
CB	*	Night Train Lane	14	10	04/16/1927	' "	Scottsbluff JC (NE)
DE/T/G		Dan LaRose	14	R	02/08/1939	' "	Missouri
DB	*	Yale Lary	14	8	11/24/1930	' "	Texas A&M
DB	*	Dick LeBeau	14	3	09/09/1937	' "	Ohio State
RB		Dan Lewis	13	4	02/14/1936	' "	Wisconsin
DB/RB		Gary Lowe	14	6	05/04/1934	' "	Michigan State
DB		Bruce Maher	12	2	07/25/1937	' "	Detroit Mercy
DT/DE		Gil Mains	3	9	12/17/1929	' "	Murray State
LB/K		Jim Martin	13	12	04/08/1924	' "	Notre Dame
T/DT		Willie McClung	3	7	05/09/1930	' "	Florida A&M
DE/DT/T		Darris McCord	14	7	01/04/1933	' "	Tennessee
LB		Max Messner	14	2	10/13/1938	' "	Cincinnati
G		Dick Mills	14	R	03/06/1939	' "	Pittsburgh
QB		Earl Morrall	13	6	05/17/1934	' "	Michigan State
QB		Jim Ninowski	13	4	03/26/1936	' "	Michigan State
FB/HB		Johnny Olszewski	14	9	12/21/1929	' "	California
FB		Nick Pietrosante	14	3	09/10/1937	' "	Notre Dame
LB	*	Joe Schmidt	14	9	01/19/1932	' "	Pittsburgh
C/T		Bob Scholtz	14	2	12/25/1937	' "	Notre Dame
G/LB		Harley Sewell	14	9	04/18/1931	' "	Texas
T/G/C		Ollie Spencer	13	7	04/17/1931	' "	Kansas
DB		Jim Steffen	8	3	05/01/1936	' "	UCLA
WR/P		Pat Studstill	14	1	06/04/1938	' "	Houston
LB		Wayne Walker	14	4	09/30/1936	' "	Idaho
DT/G		Paul Ward	8	1	01/20/1937	' "	Whitworth
HB/DB		Ken Webb	11	4	08/15/1935	' "	Presbyterian
C		Bob Whitlow	8	2	02/15/1936	' "	Arizona
DE/E/LB		Sam Williams	12	3	03/09/1931	' "	Michigan State

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