1972 San Diego Chargers Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-9-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Harland Svare (4-9-1)
Location: San Diego, California
1972 San Diego Chargers StatisticsTeam Record: 4-9-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Harland Svare (4-9-1)
Location: San Diego, California
1972 San Diego Chargers Results
The San Diego Chargers of the National Football League ended the 1972 season with a record of 4 wins and 9 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
Harland Svare coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | Lionel Aldridge | RDE | February 14, 1941 | 6'3" | 254 | Utah St. | Evergreen, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 81 | John Andrews | LB | November 2, 1948 | 6'3" | 227 | Indiana | Indianapolis, IN USA | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Bob Babich | LLB | May 5, 1947 | 6'2" | 231 | Miami (OH) | Youngstown, OH USA | 14 | 0 |
| 59 | Pete Barnes | LB | August 31, 1945 | 6'1" | 239 | Southern | Keatchie, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 40 | Joe Beauchamp | DB | April 11, 1944 | 6'0" | 188 | Iowa St. | Chicago, IL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 45 | Reggie Berry | RS | March 15, 1950 | 6'0" | 190 | Long Beach St. | Minneapolis, MN USA | 9 | 0 |
| 50 | Lee Caffey | LLB-MLB | June 3, 1941 | 6'4" | 240 | Texas A&M | Thorndale, TX USA | 12 | 9 |
| 83 | Mike Carter | WR | February 18, 1948 | 6'1" | 210 | Sacramento St. | Little Rock, AR USA | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | Wayne Clark | QB | May 30, 1947 | 6'2" | 203 | U.S. International | Oskaloosa, IA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 64 | Dave Costa | RDT | October 27, 1941 | 6'2" | 250 | Utah | Yonkers, NY USA | 14 | 0 |
| 35 | Chuck Detwiler | FS | March 6, 1947 | 6'0" | 185 | Utah St. | Rome, NY USA | 13 | 6 |
| 28 | Chuck Dicus | WR | October 2, 1948 | 6'0" | 183 | Arkansas | Odessa, TX USA | 10 | 0 |
| 34 | Oscar Dragon | RB | March 2, 1950 | 6'0" | 214 | Arizona St. | Madera, CA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 39 | Lenny Dunlap | PR | June 25, 1949 | 6'1" | 196 | North Texas | Monroe, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 77 | Ron East | LDT | August 26, 1943 | 6'4" | 250 | Montana St. | Portland, OR USA | 12 | 0 |
| 37 | Cid Edwards | FB | October 10, 1943 | 6'3" | 230 | Tennessee St. | Selma, AL USA | 12 | 0 |
| 44 | Chris Fletcher | DB | December 25, 1948 | 5'11" | 185 | Temple | Morristown, NJ USA | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Mike Garrett | RB | April 12, 1944 | 5'9" | 191 | USC | Los Angeles, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 27 | Gary Garrison | WR | January 21, 1944 | 6'2" | 193 | San Diego St. | Amarillo, TX USA | 14 | 13 |
| 69 | Ira Gordon | ROT | May 5, 1947 | 6'3" | 275 | Kansas St. | Kilbourne, LA USA | 6 | 0 |
| 65 | Sam Gruneisen | C | January 16, 1941 | 6'1" | 242 | Villanova | Louisville, KY USA | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | John Hadl | QB | February 15, 1940 | 6'1" | 214 | Kansas | Lawrence, KS USA | 14 | 14 |
| 80 | Kevin Hardy | DT | July 28, 1945 | 6'5" | 276 | Notre Dame | Oakland, CA USA | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | Bob Howard | DB | November 24, 1944 | 6'2" | 174 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | Tallulah, LA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 75 | Deacon Jones | LDE | December 9, 1938 | 6'5" | 272 | South Carolina St. | Eatonville, FL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 23 | Ray Jones | LCB-RCB | December 24, 1947 | 5'11" | 187 | Southern | Lufkin, TX USA | 14 | 4 |
| 51 | Pete Lazetich | MLB | February 4, 1950 | 6'3" | 245 | Stanford | Billings, MT USA | 14 | 5 |
| 25 | Jerry LeVias | WR | September 5, 1946 | 5'9" | 177 | SMU | Beaumont, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | John Mackey | TE | September 24, 1941 | 6'2" | 224 | Syracuse | Queens, NY USA | 13 | 0 |
| 55 | Carl Mauck | C | July 7, 1947 | 6'4" | 243 | Southern Illinois | McLeansboro, IL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 10 | Bill McClard | K | October 15, 1949 | 5'10" | 202 | Arkansas | Purcell, OK USA | 9 | 0 |
| 88 | Pettis Norman | TE | January 4, 1939 | 6'3" | 222 | Johnson C. Smith | Lincolnton, GA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 76 | Terry Owens | LT | July 5, 1944 | 6'0" | 260 | Jacksonville St. | Jasper, AL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 29 | Dennis Partee | K | September 1, 1946 | 6'1" | 229 | SMU | Cameron, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 66 | Rick Redman | RLB | March 7, 1943 | 6'1" | 220 | Washington | Portland, OR USA | 10 | 0 |
| 82 | Tim Rossovich | MLB | March 14, 1946 | 6'4" | 240 | USC | Palo Alto, CA USA | 6 | 6 |
| 30 | Bryant Salter | SS | January 22, 1950 | 6'4" | 195 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 57 | Cal Snowden | DE | November 29, 1946 | 6'4" | 253 | Indiana | Washington, DC USA | 8 | 0 |
| 78 | Walt Sweeney | RG | April 18, 1941 | 6'4" | 256 | Syracuse | Cohasset, MA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 46 | John Sykes | RB | May 13, 1949 | 5'11" | 195 | Morgan St. | Baltimore, MD USA | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | Jesse Taylor | KR | May 26, 1948 | 6'0" | 200 | Cincinnati | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 73 | Lee Thomas | DE | March 12, 1946 | 6'5" | 246 | Wiley | Karnack, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 70 | Russ Washington | RT | December 17, 1946 | 6'6" | 289 | Missouri | Kansas City, MO USA | 14 | 14 |
| 54 | Ralph Wenzel | LOG-ROG | March 13, 1943 | 6'2" | 250 | San Jose St. | San Mateo, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 38 | Lee White | RB | May 9, 1946 | 6'2" | 232 | Weber St. | Las Vegas, NV USA | 8 | 0 |
| 56 | Ray White | LB | May 18, 1949 | 6'1" | 227 | Syracuse | Weymouth, MA USA | 4 | 0 |
| 63 | Doug Wilkerson | LG | March 27, 1947 | 6'3" | 253 | North Carolina Central | Fayetteville, NC USA | 14 | 14 |
| 84 | Dave Williams | WR-SE | August 10, 1945 | 6'2" | 207 | Washington | Cedar Rapids, IA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 68 | Gregory Wojcik | DT | January 27, 1946 | 6'6" | 268 | USC | Jamestown, ND USA | 7 | 0 |
| 79 | Ernie Wright | LOT | November 6, 1939 | 6'4" | 270 | Ohio St. | Toledo, OH USA | 14 | 0 |
