1953 Green Bay Packers Roster

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-9-1
Finishing 6th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Gene Ronzani (2-7-1)
Coach: Hugh Devore (0-2)
Coach: Ray McLean (0-2)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1953 Green Bay Packers Statistics
1953 Green Bay Packers Results

The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ended the 1953 season with a record of 2 wins and 9 losses and 1 ties, finishing sixth in the NFL's West Division.

Green Bay scored 200 points, while the shaky defensive squad conceded 338. Breezy Reid carried the ball for a team-best 492 yards for the Packers.

Tobin Rote passed for 1,005 yards. Billy Howton paced the receiving corps, snagging 25 passes for 463 yards. Bob Mann was targeted regularly as well.

Bobby Dillon picked off 9 opponent throws.

Gene Ronzani, Hugh Devore and Ray McLean coached the team.

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# Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown GP GS
72Dick AfflisLTJune 27, 19296'0"251PurdueLafayette, IN USA120
40Bennie AldridgeDB-HBOctober 24, 19266'0"195Oklahoma St.Velma, OK USA80
20Byron BaileyHBOctober 12, 19305'10"192Washington St.Omaha, NE USA100
43Don BartonHBMay 29, 19305'11"175TexasCisco, TX USA50
22J.R. BooneE-HBJuly 28, 19255'8"162TulsaClinton, OK USA80
62Buddy BrownLGOctober 19, 19266'1"220ArkansasWynne, AR USA110
42Al CarmichaelKRNovember 10, 19286'1"200USCBoston, MA USA120
73Gus CifelliRTFebruary 3, 19266'4"244Nevada-RenoPhiladelphia, PA USA120
31Fred ConeKJune 21, 19265'11"199ClemsonPine Apple, AL USA120
27Larry CoutreHBApril 11, 19285'10"175Notre DameChicago, IL USA70
26Gib DawsonHBAugust 27, 19305'11"190TexasBisbee, AZ USA70
44Bobby DillonRSFebruary 23, 19306'1"180TexasTemple, TX USA100
80Carl ElliottDE-ENovember 12, 19276'4"230VirginiaLaurel, DE USA120
37Howie FergusonFBAugust 5, 19306'2"218noneNew Iberia, LA USA110
69Bill ForesterMGAugust 9, 19326'3"237SMUDallas, TX USA120
8Bob ForteLLBJuly 15, 19226'0"199ArkansasLake Village, AR USA110
77Dave HannerRDTMay 22, 19306'2"257ArkansasParkin, AR USA120
88George HaysRDEAugust 29, 19246'2"211St. BonaventureGlassport, PA USA90
86Billy HowtonREJuly 5, 19306'2"191RiceLittlefield, TX USA80
41Marvin JohnsonLSApril 13, 19275'11"183San Jose St.San Francisco, CA USA70
67Dick LoganRGMay 4, 19306'2"228Ohio St.Mansfield, OH USA120
48Ace LoomisLDHJune 12, 19286'1"190Wisc-LaCrosseDubuque, IA USA100
87Bob MannLEApril 8, 19245'11"172MichiganNew Bern, NC USA100
83John MartinkovicLDEFebruary 4, 19276'3"241Xavier (OH)Hamilton, OH USA120
22Johnny PapitHBJuly 25, 19286'0"190VirginiaPhiladelphia, PA USA40
15Babe ParilliQBMay 7, 19306'1"196KentuckyRochester, PA USA125
24Breezy ReidLHSeptember 14, 19275'10"187GeorgiaBridgeton, NJ USA120
51Jim RingoCNovember 21, 19316'1"232SyracuseOrange, NJ USA50
18Tobin RoteQBJanuary 18, 19286'3"211RiceSan Antonio, TX USA127
75Howie RuetzDTAugust 18, 19276'3"255LorasRacine, WI USA50
81Clive RushPFebruary 14, 19316'2"197Miami (OH)De Graff, OH USA110
61Steve RuzichG-LB-T-DTDecember 24, 19276'2"228Ohio St.Cleveland, OH USA120
23Dan SandiferDB-HBMarch 1, 19276'1"190LSUShreveport, LA USA10
53Dave StephensonCOctober 22, 19256'2"232TennesseeClendenin, WV USA120
68Len SzafarynT-G-LB-DTJanuary 19, 19286'2"226North CarolinaAmbridge, PA USA70
66Deral TeteakLB-GDecember 11, 19295'10"210WisconsinOconto, WI USA70
58Clayton TonnemakerRLBJune 8, 19286'2"237MinnesotaOgilvie, MN USA120
47Val WalkerRDHJanuary 7, 19306'1"179SMUTahoka, TX USA120
70Dick WildungLDTAugust 16, 19216'0"221MinnesotaAnoka, MN USA120
74Roger ZatkoffLB-DEMarch 25, 19316'2"216MichiganHamtramck, MI USA120