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 Statistics
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.

The Giants scored 331 points, and the defense conceded 247. Ron Johnson ran for a team-leading 1,182 yards for New York.

Norm Snead threw for 2,307 yards. Bob Tucker topped the receiving corps, hauling in 55 passes for 764 yards. Ron Johnson contributed to the receiving game, too.

The larcenous defense created 38 turnovers. Pete Athas, Richmond Flowers, Spider Lockhart and Willie Williams 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
45Pete AthasLCBSeptember 15, 19465'11"185TennesseeHackensack, NJ USA140
15Tom BlanchardPMay 28, 19486'0"190OregonGrants Pass, OR USA140
21Otto BrownDBJanuary 12, 19476'1"188Prairie ViewTallahassee, FL USA130
79Carter CampbellDE-LBSeptember 29, 19476'4"240Weber St.Mobile, AL USA140
29Vince ClementsRBJanuary 4, 19496'3"210ConnecticutSouthington, CT USA40
24Chuck CristDBJanuary 16, 19516'2"205Penn St.Salamanca, NY USA140
51John DouglasLBSeptember 6, 19456'2"228MissouriColumbia, MD USA140
28Bobby DuhonRBSeptember 24, 19466'0"195TulaneAbbeville, LA USA40
65Mark EllisonGApril 15, 19486'2"250DaytonPittsburgh, PA USA140
62Dick EnderleLGNovember 6, 19476'2"250MinnesotaBreckenridge, MN USA140
31Charlie EvansFBJanuary 10, 19486'1"220UtahGardena, CA USA80
58Jim FilesLLBJanuary 16, 19486'4"240OklahomaParis, AR USA140
44Richmond FlowersSSJune 13, 19476'0"180TennesseeMontgomery, AL USA140
83Tom GatewoodTE-WRMarch 7, 19506'3"215Notre DameBaltimore, MD USA100
3Pete GogolakKApril 18, 19426'1"190CornellBudapest, Hungary140
68Dan GoichDTApril 30, 19446'4"240CaliforniaChicago, IL USA40
81Jack GregoryRDEOctober 3, 19446'5"250Tenn-ChattanoogaOkolona, MS USA140
27Bob GrimWRMay 8, 19456'0"200Oregon St.Oakland, CA USA130
61Charlie HarperT-G-DTAugust 14, 19446'0"250Oklahoma St.Haskell, OK USA10
85Don HerrmannWRJune 5, 19476'2"205WaynesburgNewark, NJ USA140
52John HillC-TApril 16, 19506'2"249LehighEast Orange, NJ USA140
67Ron HornsbyMLBAugust 16, 19496'2"232SE LouisianaBaton Rouge, LA USA130
84Rich HoustonWRNovember 16, 19456'2"196Texas A&M-CommerceTexarkana, TX USA140
56Pat HughesRLBJune 2, 19476'2"240Boston Univ.Everett, MA USA140
70Bob HylandC-GJuly 21, 19456'5"255Boston Col.White Plains, NY USA100
75Larry JacobsonLDTDecember 10, 19496'6"260NebraskaSioux Falls, SD USA140
11Randy JohnsonQBJune 17, 19446'3"205Texas A&M-KingsvilleSan Antonio, TX USA41
30Ron JohnsonRBOctober 17, 19476'1"205MichiganDetroit, MI USA140
87Rich KotiteTEOctober 13, 19426'3"233Miami (FL)Brooklyn, NY USA20
53Greg LarsonCNovember 15, 19396'3"250MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN USA140
43Spider LockhartFSApril 6, 19436'2"175North TexasDallas, TX USA130
64John MendenhallRDTDecember 3, 19486'1"255Grambling St.Cullen, LA USA140
40Joe MorrisonHB-FL-FBAugust 21, 19376'1"210CincinnatiLima, OH USA140
49Joe OrdunaRBNovember 6, 19486'0"195NebraskaOmaha, NE USA110
80Henry ReedLDEJanuary 15, 19486'3"230Weber St.Detroit, MI USA140
18Eldridge SmallDBAugust 2, 19496'1"190Texas A&M-KingsvilleHouston, TX USA140
16Norm SneadQBJuly 31, 19396'4"215Wake ForestHalifax County, VA USA1413
72Joe TaffoniRTMarch 27, 19456'3"255West VirginiaBrownsville, PA USA140
22Rocky ThompsonKRNovember 8, 19475'11"200West Texas A&MPaget, Bermuda140
71Dave TiptonDE-DTApril 23, 19496'6"245StanfordHollister, CA USA140
38Bob TuckerTEJune 8, 19456'3"230BloomsburgHazleton, PA USA140
63Doug Van HornRGJune 24, 19446'3"245Ohio St.Sedalia, MO USA140
41Willie WilliamsRCBDecember 29, 19426'0"190Grambling St.Atlanta, GA USA140
69Willie YoungLTJune 27, 19436'0"265Grambling St.Ruston, LA USA140



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