1975 Charlotte Hornets Roster

World Football League (WFL)
Team Record: 6-5
Finishing 3rd in the WFL's East Division
Coach: Bob Gibson (6-5-)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 43,699, Avg. 10,925 in 4 home dates

1975 Charlotte Hornets Statistics
1975 Charlotte Hornets Results

The Charlotte Hornets of the World Football League ended the 1975 season with a record of 6 wins and 5 losses, finishing third in the WFL's East Division.

Charlotte chalked up 225 points, while the defensive unit gave up 199. Tom Sherman threw for 1,378 yards. James Thompson snagged 19 passes for 277 yards.

Don Highsmith carried the ball for a team-best 550 yards for the Hornets.

Larry Shears picked off 5 opponent throws.

Bob Gibson coached the team.

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#	Player	Pos.	Birth Date	Height	Weight	College	Hometown	GP	GS
86	Bennie Barbour	DE/DT	March 8, 1953	6'2"	255	Winston-Salem State	Elevation Township, NC	3	2
	Rodrigo Barnes	LB	February 10, 1950	6'1"	215	Rice	Waco, TX USA
45	Dave Benson	LB	December 11, 1951	6'3"	235	Weber State	Chicago, IL	8	0
47	David Blake	RB	May 6, 1952	6'0"	210	Ball State		4	0
60	Bracy Bonham	OG/FB	April 10, 1950	6'2"	242	North Carolina State	Winston-Salem, NC	2	0
51	Jere Brown	LB	August 21, 1952	6'2"	220	Villanova	Lancaster, PA	11
70	Darrel Bunge	OG	April 25, 1952	6'2"	245	Minnesota	La Crosse, WI	10	10
60	John Bushong	DE	November 20, 1952	6'4"	250	Western Kentucky	Glasgow, KY	5
66	Larry Butler	OG	July 10, 1952	6'3"	250	Appalachian State	Johnson City, IN	10	8
	Carter Campbell	DT/DE	September 29, 1947	6'4"	240	Weber St.	Mobile, AL USA	3	2
61	Dana Carpenter	LB/DT	November 9, 1951	5'11"	235	South Carolina	Elmira, NY	11
50	Tom Chandler	LB	June 12, 1950	6'2"	225	Minnesota	Pasadena, TX	11	10
17	Randy Cobb	WR	June 28, 1953	6'1"	180	Duke	Orange, CA	10	1
73	Carl Collins	OT/DT/DE	December 31, 1952	6'4"	265	North Carolina A&T	Baltimore, MD	9	5
64	John Culpepper	OG	August 7, 1953	6'2"	248	California	Talbotton, GA	11
74	David Douglas	DT/DE	January 8, 1951	6'1"	240	Morgan State	Washington, DC	11	10
10	Brian Dowling	QB	April 1, 1947	6'2"	210	Yale	Cleveland, OH USA	8	1
59	Greg Dubinetz	OG	April 15, 1954	6'4"	260	Yale	Chicago, IL USA	1	1
67	Jerry Ellison	DE	July 6, 1950	6'3"	250	North Texas	Fort Worth, TX	8	3
45	Tom Embrey	LB	December 17, 1952	6'2"	212	North Carolina	Washington, DC	4
46	James Ford	RB	September 11, 1949	6'0"	200	Texas Southern	Jacksonville, FL USA	4	0
76	Jerry Gantt	OT	August 20, 1948	6'4"	266	North Carolina Central	Greensboro, NC USA	11	11
36	Tim George	WR	October 4, 1951	6'5"	225	Carson-Newman	Alcoa, TN USA	4	3
82	Cliff Greenfield	DE	February 16, 1952	6'3"	250	Morgan State	Trenton, NJ	7	6
9	Sonny Hicks	CB	January 1, 1951	6'1"	192	North Carolina A&T	Goldsboro, NC	11
32	Don Highsmith	RB	March 12, 1948	6'0"	210	Michigan St.	New Brunswick, NJ USA	11	11
28	Terry Hoeppner	CB/S	August 19, 1948	6'3"	200	Franklin	Fort Wayne, IN	9	0
54	Marty Huff	LB	December 19, 1948	6'2"	234	Michigan	Houston, TX USA	11	11
77	Glenn Hyde	G/C	March 14, 1951	6'3"	253	Pittsburgh	Boston, MA USA	2	0
	Joey Jackson	DT/DE	May 7, 1949	6'4"	270	New Mexico St.	Cincinnati, OH USA
65	John Jacquot	OG	February 23, 1951	6'2"	235	Bowling Green State		5	1
44	Lewis Jolley	RB	November 15, 1949	5'11"	210	North Carolina	Bostic, NC USA	11	11
25	Kreg Kapitan	WR	August 22, 1949	6'3"	198	Minnesota State	Minneapolis, MN	7	7
	Chris Kupec	QB	May 3, 1953	6'3"	200	North Carolina
69	Greg Lens	DT	March 11, 1945	6'5"	261	Trinity (TX)	Marshall, MN USA	11	11
65	Dave Margavage	OG	November 25, 1951	6'4"	240	Kentucky	Schuylkill Haven, PA	4	0
27	Molly McGee	RB	August 26, 1952	5'10"	184	Rhode Island	Haverstraw, NY USA	3	0
11	Lee McGriff	WR	October 3, 1953	5'9"	165	Florida	Tampa, FL USA	3	0
	Joe Montgomery	C/OG	December 23, 1951	6'2"	245	William & Mary	Wytheville, VA	1
	Zennie Parker	OT		6'3"	255	Northeastern State		1	0
83	Ray Parson	TE	May 30, 1947	6'4"	245	Minnesota	Uniontown, PA USA	9	7
3	Pete Rajecki	K	October 20, 1949	5'9"	180	Georgia	Gelsenkirchen, West Germany	11
	Art Reynolds	LB	February 17, 1952	6'1"	215	Tennessee	Cincinnati, OH	1	1
15	Robby Reynolds	P	October 9, 1952	6'0"	200	South Carolina	Sanford, NC	11	0
8	Randy Rhino	S	December 2, 1953	5'10"	180	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	9	4
	Dave Richards	RB/WR	February 14, 1950	5'10"	185	Miami (Ohio)	Akron, OH	1
23	Larry Shears	CB	August 1, 1949	5'10"	185	Lincoln (MO)	Mobile, AL USA	11	11
19	Tom Sherman	QB	December 5, 1945	6'0"	190	Penn St.	Bellevue, PA USA	11	10
72	Marty Smith	DT	October 20, 1953	6'3"	250	Louisville	Pattison, MS USA	8	0
	Rollen Smith	DB	October 12, 1951	6'1"	180	Arkansas	Greenville, MS	2	0
	Len St. Jean	OG	October 27, 1941	5'11"	250	Northern Michigan	Newberry, MI USA	1	1
21	John Sykes	HB	May 13, 1949	5'11"	195	Morgan St.	Baltimore, MD USA	9	0
22	Ike Thomas	S	November 4, 1947	6'2"	193	Bishop	Newton, LA USA	11	11
48	James Thompson	WR	January 9, 1953	6'0"	178	Memphis	Memphis, TN USA	9	3
52	Charlie Tiblom	C	January 3, 1949	6'2"	250	Central Connecticut State	New York, NY	11
85	J.T. Turner	G	April 17, 1953	6'3"	253	Duke	Moultrie, GA USA	11	9
24	Bryan White	CB	November 22, 1946	6'1"	190	Arkansas - Pine Bluff	Houston, TX	8	0
	Ed White	RB	June 6, 1951	6'1"	225	Tulsa	Cason, TX	1	0
80	Danny Whyte	TE	August 18, 1951	6'1"	245	Johnson C. Smith	West Grove, PA	11
	Matt Williams	FB	April 11, 1951	5'11"	205	Louisiana - Monroe	Monroe, LA	1	0
20	Jeff Woodcock	S/CB	January 20, 1952	6'1"	185	Kentucky	Brownsville, KY	7	7
29	Al Young	WR	August 24, 1949	6'1"	195	South Carolina St.	Norway, SC USA	9	9