1974 Detroit Wheels Roster
World Football League (WFL)
Team Record: 1-13
Finishing 4th in the WFL's Central Division
Coach: Danny Boisture (1-13-)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 61,335, Avg. 10,223 in 6 home dates
1974 Detroit Wheels StatisticsTeam Record: 1-13
Finishing 4th in the WFL's Central Division
Coach: Danny Boisture (1-13-)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 61,335, Avg. 10,223 in 6 home dates
1974 Detroit Wheels Results
The Detroit Wheels of the World Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 1 wins and 13 losses, finishing fourth in the WFL's Central Division.
The Wheels ran up 209 points, and the defensive squad conceded 358. Sam Scarber carried the ball for a team-leading 606 yards for Detroit.
Bubba Wyche threw for 1,869 yards. Jon Henderson hauled in 30 passes for 406 yards. Sam Scarber contributed to the receiving game, too.
Terry Hoeppner intercepted 5 opponent throws.
Danny Boisture coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | Henry Adolfi | LB | January 6, 1950 | 6'3" | 220 | Amherst | Rome, NY | ||
| 39 | Phil Allen | RB | July 9, 1952 | 6'2" | 215 | Harvard | |||
| 64 | Charlie Battle | LB | August 26, 1953 | 6'4" | 240 | Grambling State | Shreveport, LA | ||
| 59 | Dick Blanchard | LB | January 17, 1949 | 6'3" | 225 | Tulsa | Waukesha, WI USA | ||
| 55 | Sam Britts | LB | February 23, 1950 | 6'0" | 235 | Missouri | 3 | ||
| 2 | Hubie Bryant | WR | February 10, 1946 | 5'10" | 170 | Minnesota | Pittsburgh, PA USA | ||
| 14/11 | Chuck Collins | K/P | September 23, 1951 | 6'0" | 175 | Michigan State | Detroit, MI | 0 | |
| 75 | Jim Coode | OT | October 22, 1951 | 6'4" | 260 | Michigan | Mayfield Heights, OH | ||
| 44 | Lewis Cook | CB | December 5, 1946 | 5'11" | 180 | Idaho State | Tucson, AZ | ||
| 82/85 | Bruce Cullen | TE/RB | August 8, 1947 | 6'3" | 230 | Illinois State | Chicago, IL | ||
| 63 | Norman Davis | OT/OG | August 8, 1945 | 6'2" | 245 | Grambling St. | Cocoa, FL USA | ||
| 61 | Bennett Edwards | OT/OG | November 20, 1949 | 6'1" | 240 | Eastern Michigan | Detroit, MI | ||
| 89 | John Embree | WR | July 13, 1944 | 6'4" | 194 | Compton CC (CA) | St. Louis, MO USA | ||
| 63 | Phil Engle | DT/DE | May 7, 1950 | 6'2" | 265 | South Dakota State | Hutchinson, KS | ||
| 64 | Mark Ferguson | C/OG | December 26, 1951 | 6'2" | 245 | Western Carolina | |||
| 79 | Ron Fernandes | DE | September 11, 1951 | 6'4" | 251 | East. Michigan | Ypsilanti, MI USA | ||
| 42 | Lee Fobbs | RB | July 20, 1950 | 6'3" | 200 | Grambling State | Monroe, LA | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Clyde Glosson | WR/CB | January 22, 1947 | 5'11" | 175 | Texas-El Paso | San Antonio, TX USA | ||
| 32 | Garry Grady | DB | October 11, 1946 | 5'10" | 185 | East. Michigan | Northville, MI USA | ||
| 12 | Eric Guthrie | QB/K/P | April 27, 1947 | 6'1" | 200 | Boise State | Vancouver, BC | ||
| 52 | Ted Hand | C | July 10, 1951 | 6'2" | 250 | Eastern Michigan | Hazel Park, NJ | ||
| 36 | Nate Hawkins | WR | February 8, 1950 | 6'1" | 190 | UNLV | Houston, TX USA | ||
| 75 | Charlie Hayes | OT/OG | December 2, 1947 | 6'4" | 270 | Weber State | East Liverpool, OH | ||
| 47 | George Haynes | DB | August 20, 1951 | 6'0" | 185 | Tulsa | St. Louis, MO | ||
| 10 | Jon Henderson | WR | December 17, 1944 | 6'0" | 200 | Colorado St. | Pittsburgh, PA USA | ||
| 38 | Terry Hoeppner | CB/S | August 19, 1948 | 6'3" | 200 | Franklin | Fort Wayne, IN | ||
| 44 | Reggie Holmes | CB/S | September 13, 1945 | 6'1" | 190 | Wisconsin - Stout | Macon, MS | ||
| 80 | Clark Hoss | TE | February 19, 1949 | 6'8" | 235 | Oregon St. | Portland, OR USA | ||
| 34 | Gary Hudson | S | June 27, 1951 | 5'11" | 180 | Boston College | Providence, RI | ||
| 86 | Charlie Johnson | DE | February 17, 1952 | 6'3" | 266 | Colorado | West Columbia, TX USA | ||
| 82 | Sheldon Joppru | OG/TE | August 16, 1951 | 6'4" | 235 | North Dakota | Pennington County, MN | ||
| 73 | Dennis Kemp | OT/OG | March 21, 1946 | 6'3" | 250 | Tulsa | Santa Monica, CA | ||
| Mike Kleinhenz | LB | November 14, 1951 | 6'2" | 231 | Cincinnati | Hillsdale, NJ | |||
| 57 | Mike Kuhn | LB | January 3, 1949 | 6'3" | 220 | Kansas State | Manhatten, KS | ||
| 74 | Andy Kupp | OG | May 25, 1949 | 6'3" | 250 | Idaho | Sunnyside, WA | ||
| 63 | John Levanti | OG | February 10, 1952 | 6'3" | 240 | Illinois | |||
| 52 | Dave Limebrook | C/OG | December 3, 1950 | 6'2" | 235 | San Diego State | Los Angeles County, CA | ||
| 39 | Dan Lintner | S | May 3, 1951 | 6'2" | 190 | Indiana | South Bend, IN | ||
| 9 | Dale Livingston | K/P | March 12, 1945 | 6'0" | 210 | East. Michigan | Plymouth, MI USA | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Rocky Long | S | January 27, 1950 | 5'10" | 180 | New Mexico | Provo, UT | ||
| Booth Lusteg | K | May 8, 1939 | 5'11" | 190 | Connecticut | New Haven, CT USA | 0 | ||
| 80 | Dennis Macholz | TE | August 9, 1951 | 6'3" | 230 | Michigan State | New York, NY | ||
| Herb Marshall | S | August 20, 1949 | 6'3" | 204 | Cameron | Corpus Christi, TX | 1 | ||
| 54 | Rocky Martin | LB | February 16, 1947 | 6'0" | 230 | Colorado | Englewood, CO | 1 | 1 |
| 88 | Mickey McCarty | TE/K | November 15, 1946 | 6'5" | 255 | TCU | Jonesboro, AR USA | ||
| 8 | Charlie McKee | WR | February 2, 1950 | 6'3" | 190 | Arizona | North Little Rock, AR | ||
| 33 | Jesse Mims | RB | August 27, 1948 | 5'11" | 203 | New Mexico State | Alameda, CA | ||
| 39 | Darrell Mossburg | DB | August 12, 1950 | 5'11" | 175 | Eastern Michigan | Temperance, MI | ||
| 74 | Jim O'Connor | OT | September 19, 1950 | 6'4" | 265 | Arizona | Latrobe, PA | ||
| 72 | Jessie Parks | DE | October 20, 1950 | 6'4" | 250 | Jackson State | New Orleans, LA | ||
| 14 | Ken Pengitore | QB | March 27, 1952 | 5'11" | 194 | Clemson | |||
| 65 | Renard Perkins | DT | February 7, 1952 | 6'3" | 250 | California - Riverside | Los Angeles County, CA | ||
| 41 | Terry Phillips | WR | May 4, 1951 | 6'3" | 170 | Northeastern Oklahoma | Houston, TX | ||
| 20 | Floyd Priester | CB | April 11, 1949 | 6'1" | 195 | Boston | |||
| 23 | Larry Radcliff | RB | January 24, 1948 | 6'2" | 200 | Eastern Michigan | Toomsuba, MS | ||
| 84 | Tom Ramsey | DE/DT | January 18, 1950 | 6'5" | 250 | Northern Arizona | Yuma, AZ | ||
| 43 | Jim Rathje | RB | November 7, 1952 | 6'0" | 218 | Northern Michigan | |||
| 83 | Don Ratliff | DE | July 18, 1950 | 6'5" | 250 | Maryland | Baltimore, MD USA | 7 | |
| 74 | Bo Renfrow | DT | June 20, 1949 | 6'5" | 260 | none | Brookhaven, MS | ||
| 60 | Dominic Riggio | LB | September 6, 1951 | 6'0" | 225 | Western Michigan | |||
| 32/36 | Billy Sadler | RB | September 16, 1949 | 5'11" | 200 | Texas Christian | Houston, TX | 13 | |
| 72 | Dan Sartin | OT/OG/DT | June 23, 1946 | 6'1" | 250 | Mississippi | Gulfport, MS USA | ||
| 85 | Joe Scales | TE | April 8, 1949 | 6'3" | 210 | Tennessee State | Chicago, IL | 3 | |
| 35 | Sam Scarber | FB | June 24, 1949 | 6'3" | 230 | New Mexico | St. Louis, MO USA | 14 | |
| 12 | Bruce Shaw | QB | May 3, 1952 | 6'2" | 190 | North Carolina State | |||
| 75 | John Skladany | DE/DT | September 24, 1950 | 6'5" | 250 | Central Connecticut State | Lexington, MA | ||
| Bennie Smith | DB | December 19, 1951 | 5'11" | 184 | Brigham Young | Pineland, TX | |||
| 55 | Brian Stenger | LB | January 16, 1947 | 6'4" | 241 | Notre Dame | Euclid, OH USA | ||
| 76 | Carl Taibi | DT/DE | October 20, 1950 | 6'4" | 258 | Colorado | Pueblo, CO | ||
| 50 | Michael Taylor | LB | September 21, 1949 | 6'1" | 230 | Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 14 | |
| 30 | Eugene Teague | RB | May 11, 1951 | 6'0" | 195 | San Jose State | |||
| 83 | Gene Trosch | DE | June 7, 1945 | 6'7" | 277 | Miami (FL) | Steubenville, OH USA | ||
| 42 | Dave Walker | CB/S | May 4, 1949 | 6'0" | 190 | Utah | Royal, AB | ||
| 77 | Mike Walker | DE | November 7, 1949 | 6'4" | 235 | Tulane | Texarkana, AR USA | ||
| 88 | Bob Wallace | TE | October 7, 1945 | 6'3" | 211 | Texas-El Paso | Texarkana, AR USA | ||
| 36/44 | Phil Webb | DB | October 11, 1948 | 6'4" | 209 | Colorado State | Lake Charles, LA | ||
| 78 | Ted Wheeler | OT | September 16, 1945 | 6'3" | 245 | West Texas A&M | Detroit, MI USA | ||
| Bill Wideman | DT/DE | September 15, 1951 | 6'3" | 265 | North Carolina A&T | Greenwood, SC | |||
| 85 | Terry Williams | TE | October 19, 1947 | 6'3" | 225 | Grambling State | Pineville, LA | ||
| 62 | Mike Wilson | G | October 20, 1947 | 6'3" | 245 | Dayton | Wilmington, OH USA | ||
| 53 | Richard Winther | C | October 22, 1947 | 6'4" | 261 | Mississippi | Charles City, IA USA | ||
| 70 | James Wright | OG | September 12, 1951 | 6'1" | 250 | Southern | |||
| 18 | Bubba Wyche | QB | April 4, 1946 | 6'0" | 190 | Tennessee | 12 |
