1974 Florida Blazers Roster
World Football League (WFL)
Team Record: 14-6
Finishing 1st in the WFL's East Division
Lost Championship
Coach: Jack Pardee (14-6-)
Location: Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 134,081, Avg. 14,898 in 9 home dates
1974 Florida Blazers StatisticsTeam Record: 14-6
Finishing 1st in the WFL's East Division
Lost Championship
Coach: Jack Pardee (14-6-)
Location: Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 134,081, Avg. 14,898 in 9 home dates
1974 Florida Blazers Results
The Florida Blazers of the World Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 14 wins and 6 losses, finishing first in the WFL's East Division.
The Blazers ran up 419 points, and the defensive squad allowed 280. Tommy Reamon carried the ball for a team-best 1,576 yards for Florida.
Bob Davis threw for 3,079 yards. Jim Strong hauled in 47 passes, while Matt Maslowski accumulated 850 receiving yards. Greg Latta and Tommy Reamon contributed to the receiving game also.
Miller Farr and Billie Hayes each seized 6 opponent throws.
Jack Pardee coached the team. The 1974 Florida Blazers lost in the Championship.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | Richard Amman | DE/DT | September 21, 1950 | 6'5" | 245 | Florida St. | Seattle, WA USA | 8 | |
| 71 | Roger Anderson | DT | November 11, 1942 | 6'5" | 265 | Virginia Union | Bedford, VA USA | ||
| 61 | Rick Anthony | OG/OT | December 18, 1951 | 6'2" | 243 | South Carolina | Pickens, SC | ||
| 44 | Chuck Beatty | S | February 8, 1946 | 6'2" | 200 | North Texas | Waxahachie, TX USA | 20 | |
| 58 | Boice Best | DT | May 23, 1951 | 6'0" | 245 | Texas A&M | Pasadena, TX | ||
| 62 | Tim Brannan | OG | October 18, 1950 | 6'1" | 237 | Maryland | Baltimore, MD | 20 | 20 |
| 23 | Henry Brown | WR/P | September 13, 1947 | 6'2" | 206 | Missouri | Middletown, PA | 2 | |
| 42 | Hubie Bryant | WR | February 10, 1946 | 5'10" | 170 | Minnesota | Pittsburgh, PA USA | ||
| 22 | Leonard Bryant | CB | December 11, 1949 | 6'0" | 180 | Morris Brown | Pompano Beach, FL | ||
| 77 | Rich Buzin | OT | January 25, 1946 | 6'5" | 255 | Penn St. | Youngstown, OH USA | ||
| 78 | Ernie Calloway | DE | January 1, 1948 | 6'6" | 255 | Texas Southern | Orlando, FL USA | ||
| 86 | Gary Collins | WR/P | August 20, 1940 | 6'5" | 215 | Maryland | Williamstown, PA USA | 3 | |
| 47 | Lonnie Crittenden | WR | March 31, 1951 | 6'0" | 180 | Texas - El Paso | Newport News, VA | ||
| 10 | Eric Crone | QB/DB | July 19, 1950 | 6'3" | 197 | Harvard | Meriden, CT | ||
| 12 | Bob Davis | QB | September 15, 1945 | 6'2" | 205 | Virginia | Neptune, NJ USA | 20 | 20 |
| 73 | Tommy Davis | DE/DT | September 11, 1945 | 6'0" | 259 | Tennessee State | San Augustine, TX | ||
| 59 | Larry Ely | LB | December 19, 1947 | 6'1" | 230 | Iowa | Iowa City, IA USA | 20 | |
| 20 | Miller Farr | CB | April 8, 1943 | 6'1" | 190 | Wichita St. | Beaumont, TX USA | ||
| 39 | Rod Foster | S/CB | April 28, 1951 | 6'0" | 200 | Harvard | Dallas, TX | ||
| 35 | Bill Gatti | RB | April 25, 1949 | 6'0" | 217 | Louisville | Melrose Park, IL | ||
| 60 | Larry Grantham | LB | September 16, 1938 | 6'0" | 210 | Mississippi | Crystal Springs, MS USA | ||
| 46 | Rickie Harris | S | May 15, 1943 | 5'11" | 182 | Arizona | St. Louis, MO USA | ||
| 15 | Billie Hayes | CB | June 22, 1947 | 6'1" | 175 | San Diego St. | Riverside, CA USA | 20 | |
| 33 | W.K. Hicks | S | July 14, 1942 | 6'1" | 195 | Texas Southern | Texarkana, AR USA | ||
| 89 | John Hilton | TE | March 12, 1942 | 6'5" | 225 | Richmond | Albany, NY USA | ||
| 55 | Bill Hobbs | LB/P | September 18, 1946 | 6'0" | 218 | Texas A&M | Mount Pleasant, TX USA | ||
| 40 | Dickie James | RB | March 22, 1951 | 6'2" | 196 | Cincinnati | Dayton, OH | ||
| 64 | Mitch Johnson | T | March 1, 1942 | 6'4" | 251 | Los Angeles St. | Chicago, IL USA | 20 | 20 |
| 85 | Michael Kaczmarek | LB | October 31, 1951 | 6'4" | 235 | Southern Illinois | Gary, IN USA | 12 | |
| 57 | Ted Lachowicz | C/OG | August 2, 1950 | 6'1" | 235 | Syracuse | Shenandoah, PA | ||
| 88 | Greg Latta | TE | October 13, 1952 | 6'3" | 227 | Morgan St. | Newark, NJ USA | 20 | |
| 74 | Ron Maree | OT | December 31, 1949 | 6'5" | 286 | Purdue | Sumter, SC | ||
| 83 | Matt Maslowski | WR | September 10, 1949 | 6'3" | 210 | San Diego | Chicago, IL USA | ||
| 76 | Mike McBath | DT | May 29, 1946 | 6'4" | 251 | Penn St. | Woodbury, NJ USA | ||
| 42 | Cliff McClain | RB | December 29, 1947 | 6'0" | 217 | South Carolina St. | Orlando, FL USA | ||
| 8 | Buddy Palazzo | QB | March 31, 1951 | 6'0" | 199 | Southern Mississippi | Gulfport, MS | ||
| 38 | Luther Palmer | TE/K | July 20, 1949 | 6'2" | 225 | Virginia Union | Chambersburg, PA | ||
| 79 | Mel Parker | DE | May 7, 1951 | 6'2" | 228 | Duke | Portsmouth, VA | ||
| 62 | Dan Peiffer | C | March 29, 1951 | 6'3" | 252 | SE Missouri St. | Sigourney, IA USA | 20 | 20 |
| 36 | Les Perry | K | December 20, 1948 | 6'0" | 228 | Concordia | Appleton, WI | 0 | |
| 85 | Don Ratliff | DE | July 18, 1950 | 6'5" | 250 | Maryland | Baltimore, MD USA | 7 | 3 |
| 21 | Tommy Reamon | RB | March 12, 1952 | 5'10" | 192 | Missouri | Virgilinia, VA USA | 20 | |
| 82 | John Ricca | DE/DT | March 3, 1952 | 6'6" | 253 | Duke | Washington, DC | ||
| 80 | Eddie Richardson | WR | July 23, 1952 | 6'3" | 195 | Howard | Monroe, LA | 10 | |
| 67 | Walt Rock | OT | November 4, 1941 | 6'5" | 255 | Maryland | Cleveland, OH USA | ||
| 81 | Louis Ross | DE | August 31, 1947 | 6'6" | 248 | South Carolina St. | Orlando, FL USA | 17 | |
| 53 | Bob Rush | LB/TE | June 26, 1951 | 6'3" | 233 | Boston College | Poughkeepsie, NY | ||
| 84 | Eddie Sheats | LB | February 28, 1951 | 6'2" | 224 | Kansas | Atlanta, GA | 20 | |
| 9 | Dave Strock | K/P | February 15, 1948 | 6'1" | 200 | Virginia Tech | Pottstown, PA | 9 | 0 |
| 28 | Jim Strong | RB | December 12, 1946 | 6'1" | 215 | Houston | San Antonio, TX USA | 20 | |
| 42 | Richard Trapp | WR | September 21, 1946 | 6'1" | 175 | Florida | Lynwood, CA USA | 3 | 2 |
| Cecil Turner | KR | April 2, 1944 | 5'10" | 176 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | Washington, DC USA | |||
| 72 | Paul Vellano | DT | March 10, 1952 | 6'3" | 250 | Maryland | Schenectady, NY | ||
| 9 | Billy Walik | WR | November 8, 1947 | 5'11" | 180 | Villanova | New Haven, CT USA | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | A.D. Whitfield | RB | September 2, 1943 | 5'10" | 200 | North Texas | Rosebud, TX USA | ||
| 24 | Clancy Williams | CB | September 24, 1942 | 6'3" | 194 | Washington St. | Deweyville, TX USA | ||
| 70 | Del Williams | G | November 9, 1945 | 6'2" | 240 | Florida St. | Live Oak, FL USA | ||
| 33 | Larry Willis | CB | July 18, 1948 | 5'11" | 171 | Texas-El Paso | Phoenix, AZ USA | ||
| 63 | Billy Yoest | OG/OT | November 26, 1951 | 6'0" | 251 | North Carolina State | Pittsburgh, PA |
