1972 New York Giants Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-6
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Alex Webster (8-6)
Location: New York, New York
1972 New York Giants StatisticsTeam Record: 8-6
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Alex Webster (8-6)
Location: New York, New York
1972 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1972 season with a record of 8 wins and 6 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
New York scored 331 points, while the defense conceded 247. Ron Johnson ran for a team-leading 1,182 yards for the Giants.
Norm Snead threw for 2,307 yards. Bob Tucker topped the receiving corps, hauling in 55 passes for 764 yards. Ron Johnson was targeted regularly, too.
The larcenous defense created 38 turnovers. Spider Lockhart, Willie Williams, Pete Athas and Richmond Flowers each intercepted 4 errant tosses from the opposition.
Alex Webster coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Pete Athas | LCB | September 15, 1946 | 5'11" | 185 | Tennessee | Hackensack, NJ USA | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | Tom Blanchard | P | May 28, 1948 | 6'0" | 190 | Oregon | Grants Pass, OR USA | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | Otto Brown | DB | January 12, 1947 | 6'1" | 188 | Prairie View | Tallahassee, FL USA | 13 | 0 |
| 79 | Carter Campbell | DE-LB | September 29, 1947 | 6'4" | 240 | Weber St. | Mobile, AL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 29 | Vince Clements | RB | January 4, 1949 | 6'3" | 210 | Connecticut | Southington, CT USA | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Chuck Crist | DB | January 16, 1951 | 6'2" | 205 | Penn St. | Salamanca, NY USA | 14 | 0 |
| 51 | John Douglas | LB | September 6, 1945 | 6'2" | 228 | Missouri | Columbia, MD USA | 14 | 0 |
| 28 | Bobby Duhon | RB | September 24, 1946 | 6'0" | 195 | Tulane | Abbeville, LA USA | 4 | 0 |
| 65 | Mark Ellison | G | April 15, 1948 | 6'2" | 250 | Dayton | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 62 | Dick Enderle | LG | November 6, 1947 | 6'2" | 250 | Minnesota | Breckenridge, MN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 31 | Charlie Evans | FB | January 10, 1948 | 6'1" | 220 | Utah | Gardena, CA USA | 8 | 0 |
| 58 | Jim Files | LLB | January 16, 1948 | 6'4" | 240 | Oklahoma | Paris, AR USA | 14 | 0 |
| 44 | Richmond Flowers | SS | June 13, 1947 | 6'0" | 180 | Tennessee | Montgomery, AL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 83 | Tom Gatewood | TE-WR | March 7, 1950 | 6'3" | 215 | Notre Dame | Baltimore, MD USA | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Pete Gogolak | K | April 18, 1942 | 6'1" | 190 | Cornell | Budapest, Hungary | 14 | 0 |
| 68 | Dan Goich | DT | April 30, 1944 | 6'4" | 240 | California | Chicago, IL USA | 4 | 0 |
| 81 | Jack Gregory | RDE | October 3, 1944 | 6'5" | 250 | Tenn-Chattanooga | Okolona, MS USA | 14 | 0 |
| 27 | Bob Grim | WR | May 8, 1945 | 6'0" | 200 | Oregon St. | Oakland, CA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 61 | Charlie Harper | T-G-DT | August 14, 1944 | 6'0" | 250 | Oklahoma St. | Haskell, OK USA | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | Don Herrmann | WR | June 5, 1947 | 6'2" | 205 | Waynesburg | Newark, NJ USA | 14 | 0 |
| 52 | John Hill | C-T | April 16, 1950 | 6'2" | 249 | Lehigh | East Orange, NJ USA | 14 | 0 |
| 67 | Ron Hornsby | MLB | August 16, 1949 | 6'2" | 232 | SE Louisiana | Baton Rouge, LA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 84 | Rich Houston | WR | November 16, 1945 | 6'2" | 196 | Texas A&M-Commerce | Texarkana, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 56 | Pat Hughes | RLB | June 2, 1947 | 6'2" | 240 | Boston Univ. | Everett, MA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 70 | Bob Hyland | C-G | July 21, 1945 | 6'5" | 255 | Boston Col. | White Plains, NY USA | 10 | 0 |
| 75 | Larry Jacobson | LDT | December 10, 1949 | 6'6" | 260 | Nebraska | Sioux Falls, SD USA | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | Randy Johnson | QB | June 17, 1944 | 6'3" | 205 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | San Antonio, TX USA | 4 | 1 |
| 30 | Ron Johnson | RB | October 17, 1947 | 6'1" | 205 | Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 14 | 0 |
| 87 | Rich Kotite | TE | October 13, 1942 | 6'3" | 233 | Miami (FL) | Brooklyn, NY USA | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | Greg Larson | C | November 15, 1939 | 6'3" | 250 | Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 43 | Spider Lockhart | FS | April 6, 1943 | 6'2" | 175 | North Texas | Dallas, TX USA | 13 | 0 |
| 64 | John Mendenhall | RDT | December 3, 1948 | 6'1" | 255 | Grambling St. | Cullen, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 40 | Joe Morrison | HB-FL-FB | August 21, 1937 | 6'1" | 210 | Cincinnati | Lima, OH USA | 14 | 0 |
| 49 | Joe Orduna | RB | November 6, 1948 | 6'0" | 195 | Nebraska | Omaha, NE USA | 11 | 0 |
| 80 | Henry Reed | LDE | January 15, 1948 | 6'3" | 230 | Weber St. | Detroit, MI USA | 14 | 0 |
| 18 | Eldridge Small | DB | August 2, 1949 | 6'1" | 190 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | Houston, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | Norm Snead | QB | July 31, 1939 | 6'4" | 215 | Wake Forest | Halifax County, VA USA | 14 | 13 |
| 72 | Joe Taffoni | RT | March 27, 1945 | 6'3" | 255 | West Virginia | Brownsville, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 22 | Rocky Thompson | KR | November 8, 1947 | 5'11" | 200 | West Texas A&M | Paget, Bermuda | 14 | 0 |
| 71 | Dave Tipton | DE-DT | April 23, 1949 | 6'6" | 245 | Stanford | Hollister, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 38 | Bob Tucker | TE | June 8, 1945 | 6'3" | 230 | Bloomsburg | Hazleton, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 63 | Doug Van Horn | RG | June 24, 1944 | 6'3" | 245 | Ohio St. | Sedalia, MO USA | 14 | 0 |
| 41 | Willie Williams | RCB | December 29, 1942 | 6'0" | 190 | Grambling St. | Atlanta, GA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 69 | Willie Young | LT | June 27, 1943 | 6'0" | 265 | Grambling St. | Ruston, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
