1974 Chicago Fire Roster
World Football League (WFL)
Team Record: 7-13
Finishing 3rd in the WFL's Central Division
Coach: Jim Spavital (7-13 -)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 286,550, Avg. 28,655 in 10 home dates
1974 Chicago Fire StatisticsTeam Record: 7-13
Finishing 3rd in the WFL's Central Division
Coach: Jim Spavital (7-13 -)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 286,550, Avg. 28,655 in 10 home dates
1974 Chicago Fire Results
The Chicago Fire of the World Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 7 wins and 13 losses, finishing third in the WFL's Central Division.
Chicago racked up 446 points, while the shaky defensive squad allowed 602, most in the circuit. Virgil Carter threw for 2,629 yards. Jack Dolbin caught 54 balls for 942 yards. James Scott was targeted regularly, too.
Cyril Pinder rushed for a team-leading 925 yards for the Fire, and Mark Kellar also contributed to the rushing attack.
Harry Howard picked off 7 opponent throws.
Jim Spavital coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Ralph Anderson | CB/S | April 3, 1949 | 6'2" | 180 | West Texas A&M | Dallas, TX USA | ||
| 49 | J.D. Armstrong | LB | March 23, 1950 | 6'1" | 230 | Fort Hays State | Espanola, NM | ||
| 75 | Chuck Bailey | DT | November 24, 1946 | 6'1" | 235 | Michigan State | Dayton, OH | ||
| Charlie Battle | LB | August 26, 1953 | 6'4" | 240 | Grambling State | Shreveport, LA | |||
| 70 | Earl Belgrave | OT | November 25, 1950 | 6'4" | 250 | Ohio State | New York, NY | ||
| 87/55 | Keith Best | LB | August 21, 1950 | 6'3" | 220 | Kansas St. | Canton, OH USA | ||
| 52 | Mike Botts | C | February 5, 1950 | 6'3" | 250 | Penn State | Lykens, PA | ||
| 64 | Dave Bradley | OG | February 13, 1947 | 6'4" | 245 | Penn St. | Burnham, PA USA | ||
| 88 | Dick Brewer | LB | April 21, 1951 | 6'2" | 225 | San Diego State | Dell, AR | ||
| 44 | Jimmie Lee Brooks | S | February 16, 1949 | 5'10" | 180 | Eastern Kentucky | Fort Benning, GA | ||
| 83 | Don Burchfield | TE | March 17, 1949 | 6'3" | 233 | Ball St. | Indianapolis, IN USA | ||
| 24 | Jimmie Calip | RB | January 30, 1950 | 5'10" | 185 | SW Oklahoma State | |||
| 17 | Bill Cappleman | QB | March 12, 1947 | 6'3" | 210 | Florida St. | Brooksville, FL USA | 6 | 5 |
| 30 | Mike Carter | CB | January 20, 1952 | 6'1" | 185 | Western Michigan | Detroit, MI | ||
| 7 | Virgil Carter | QB | November 9, 1945 | 6'1" | 192 | BYU | Anabella, UT USA | 12 | |
| 84 | Lonnie Crittenden | WR | March 31, 1951 | 6'0" | 180 | Texas - El Paso | Newport News, VA | ||
| 12 | Maurie Daigneau | QB | May 5, 1950 | 6'1" | 195 | Northwestern | Rochester, MN | ||
| 47 | Glenn Damato | WR | August 26, 1952 | 5'11" | 195 | Indiana State | Chicago, IL | ||
| 22 | Jack Dolbin | WR | October 12, 1948 | 5'10" | 180 | Wake Forest | Pottsville, PA USA | ||
| 81 | Dick Evey | DE | February 12, 1941 | 6'4" | 245 | Tennessee | State College, PA USA | ||
| 89 | Jim Gessford | TE | April 29, 1951 | 6'3" | 235 | Hastings | Holdredge, NE | ||
| 79 | Dan Gleason | DE | December 9, 1951 | 6'3" | 245 | Hillsdale | |||
| 71/77 | Dave Hale | DT | June 21, 1947 | 6'8" | 225 | Ottawa (KS) | McCook, NE USA | ||
| Leo Hart | QB | March 3, 1949 | 6'3" | 203 | Duke | Kinston, NC USA | |||
| 18 | Clayton Heath | RB | February 15, 1951 | 5'11" | 195 | Wake Forest | Chester County, SC USA | 6 | |
| 71/87 | Mick Heinrich | DE | December 2, 1951 | 6'4" | 230 | Illinois | South Milwaukee, WI | ||
| Willie Holman | DL | February 27, 1945 | 6'4" | 250 | South Carolina St. | St. Matthews, SC USA | |||
| 28 | Harry Howard | S/CB | October 7, 1949 | 6'1" | 189 | Ohio St. | Cincinnati, OH USA | ||
| 76 | Glenn Hyde | G/C | March 14, 1951 | 6'3" | 253 | Pittsburgh | Boston, MA USA | 10 | |
| 44 | Herb Ivory | CB | September 2, 1949 | 6'0" | 170 | California (Pa) | |||
| 89 | Sherwin Jarmon | LB | June 28, 1948 | 6'2" | 220 | Nebraska | Detroit, MI | ||
| 60 | Al Jenkins | OT | July 15, 1946 | 6'2" | 245 | Southern Illinois | New Orleans, LA USA | 11 | |
| 31 | Mark Kellar | FB | July 17, 1952 | 6'0" | 225 | Northern Illinois | Chicago, IL USA | 11 | |
| 44 | Leroy Kelly | RB | May 20, 1942 | 6'0" | 202 | Morgan St. | Philadelphia, PA USA | ||
| 86 | Jimmie Kennedy | TE | July 30, 1952 | 6'3" | 231 | Hiram | Laurel, MS USA | 4 | |
| 49 | Kevin Kiley | LB | June 2, 1950 | 6'2" | 215 | Wyoming | |||
| 48 | Chuck Kogut | LB | February 15, 1952 | 6'2" | 220 | Illinois | Chicago, IL | ||
| 59 | Rudy Kuechenberg | LB | February 7, 1943 | 6'0" | 215 | Indiana | Hobart, IN USA | ||
| 19 | Dennis Lantz | CB | October 14, 1952 | 6'1" | 185 | Kansas | Iowa City, IA | ||
| 66 | Dave Malheiro | OG | June 15, 1947 | 6'2" | 250 | Miami (Ohio) | Canton, OH | ||
| 81 | Mickey McCarty | TE/K | November 15, 1946 | 6'5" | 255 | TCU | Jonesboro, AR USA | ||
| 66 | Tom McCreight | OG | November 22, 1949 | 6'2" | 250 | Northwestern | Cleveland, OH | ||
| 21 | Willie Miller | WR | January 6, 1950 | 6'0" | 190 | Tampa | Miami, FL | ||
| 56 | Guy Murdock | C | June 27, 1950 | 6'2" | 245 | Michigan | Chicago, IL USA | 19 | |
| 32 | Craig O'Sadnick | S | July 2, 1951 | 5'11" | 190 | Truman State | La Moille, IL | ||
| 80 | Luther Palmer | TE/K | July 20, 1949 | 6'2" | 225 | Virginia Union | Chambersburg, PA | ||
| 10 | Peil Pennington | QB | July 20, 1951 | 6'5" | 210 | Massachusetts | Stamford, CT | ||
| 17 | Hal Phillips | CB | May 19, 1950 | 6'1" | 190 | Michigan State | Detroit, MI | ||
| Terry Phillips | WR | May 4, 1951 | 6'3" | 170 | Northeastern Oklahoma | Houston, TX | |||
| 46 | Cyril Pinder | RB | November 13, 1946 | 6'2" | 210 | Illinois | Fort Lauderdale, FL USA | ||
| 86 | Rex Pitts | OT | August 7, 1946 | 6'4" | 255 | Los Angeles State | |||
| 50 | Ron Porter | LB | July 27, 1945 | 6'3" | 232 | Idaho | Columbus, GA USA | ||
| 15 | Chuck Ramsey | P/K | February 24, 1952 | 6'2" | 191 | Wake Forest | Rock Hill, SC USA | ||
| 21 | Charlie Reamon | CB | July 14, 1949 | 5'11" | 185 | Maryland - Eastern Shore | Newport News, VA | ||
| 84 | Tom Redmond | WR | July 28, 1951 | 6'0" | 180 | Butler | Anderson, IN | ||
| 82 | Mike Reppond | WR | November 24, 1951 | 5'11" | 179 | Arkansas | San Diego, CA USA | ||
| 27 | Walter Rhone | S | June 6, 1951 | 6'0" | 180 | Central Missouri State | McAlester, OK | ||
| 72 | Andy Rice | DT/DE | September 6, 1940 | 6'2" | 268 | Texas Southern | Hallettsville, TX USA | ||
| 19 | Randy Richardson | CB | April 2, 1950 | 5'11" | 180 | SW Oklahoma State | |||
| 19 | Marv Robinson | RB | July 25, 1952 | 5'8" | 190 | Truman State | Hannibal, MO | ||
| 53 | Tom Roussel | LB | January 20, 1945 | 6'3" | 235 | Southern Miss | Thibodeaux, LA USA | ||
| 29 | Bill Rudder | RB | October 22, 1952 | 6'1" | 225 | Tennessee | Sewanee, TN | ||
| 32 | Barry Ruffner | S | September 8, 1949 | 6'1" | 190 | Indiana (Pennsylvania) | Luxor, PA | ||
| 24 | Reggie Sanderson | RB | November 4, 1950 | 5'10" | 206 | Stanford | Galveston, TX USA | ||
| 74 | Ken Sanduk | DT/DE | August 4, 1950 | 6'4" | 250 | Utah State | Chicago, IL | ||
| 42 | James Scott | WR | March 28, 1952 | 6'1" | 190 | Trinity Valley CC (TX) | Longview, TX USA | 11 | 8 |
| 18 | Drane Scrivener | DB | January 28, 1951 | 6'0" | 190 | Tulsa | Louisville, KY | ||
| 85 | Jim Seymour | WR | November 24, 1946 | 6'4" | 210 | Notre Dame | Detroit, MI USA | ||
| 61 | Mike Sikich | OG | March 3, 1949 | 6'2" | 243 | Northwestern | Chicago, IL USA | ||
| 25 | Todd Snyder | WR | October 22, 1948 | 6'1" | 187 | Ohio | Athens, OH USA | ||
| 87 | Rob Spicer | LB | July 20, 1951 | 6'4" | 238 | Indiana | Detroit, MI USA | ||
| 25 | Greg Stemrick | DB | October 25, 1951 | 5'11" | 185 | Colorado St. | Cincinnati, OH USA | ||
| 20 | Billy Taylor | RB | January 7, 1949 | 5'10" | 230 | Michigan | Hoxie, AR | ||
| Ron Thomas | WR | February 2, 1951 | 6'2" | 185 | San Diego State | Los Angeles, CA | |||
| 79 | Doug Troszak | DE | March 21, 1952 | 6'3" | 250 | Michigan | Detroit, MI | ||
| 29 | George Uremovich | RB | September 18, 1951 | 6'1" | 190 | Illinois | |||
| 21/30 | Allan Watson | K | November 5, 1944 | 5'9" | 162 | Newport (Wales) | Blockwood, Wales | ||
| 72 | Wayne Whye | DT | April 25, 1950 | 6'3" | 250 | Maryland - Eastern Shore | Elkton, MD | ||
| 47 | Joe Womack | CB/S | November 11, 1948 | 6'1" | 185 | LSU | Baton Rouge, LA | 11 | 11 |
| 73 | Steve Wright | OT | July 17, 1942 | 6'6" | 250 | Alabama | Birmingham, AL USA | ||
| 35 | Bob Wyatt | RB | September 21, 1949 | 6'0" | 215 | North Texas | Victoria, TX | ||
| 12 | Bubba Wyche | QB | April 4, 1946 | 6'0" | 190 | Tennessee | 4 | 2 |
