1974 Philadelphia Bell Roster
Team Record: 9-11
Finishing 3rd in the WFL's East Division
Lost First Round
Coach: Ron Waller (9-11-)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 194,879, Avg. 19,488 in 10 home dates
1974 Philadelphia Bell Results
The Philadelphia Bell of the World Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 9 wins and 11 losses, finishing third in the WFL's East Division.
The Bell piled up points with 493 points, and the defense surrendered 413. King Corcoran directed the offense, passing for 3,631 yards. John Land topped pass catchers, snagging 54 passes, while Donnie Shanklin added 842 receiving yards, while Claude Watts contributed to the receiving game, too.
John Land carried the ball for a team-leading 1,136 yards for Philadelphia, and Claude Watts also contributed to the rushing attack.
Ron Mabra seized 9 opponent throws.
Ron Waller coached the team. The 1974 Philadelphia Bell lost in the First Round.
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# | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
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78 | Mike Ballew | DE | July 16, 1947 | 6'5" | 250 | Washington | Seattle, WA | 2 | 2 |
88 | Mike Bartik | WR | June 20, 1952 | 6'1" | 200 | Furman | Norway, MI | ||
33 | Cecil Bowens | RB | December 24, 1950 | 6'3" | 235 | Kentucky | Bloomfield, KY | ||
47 | Lorenzo Brinkley | CB | August 5, 1949 | 6'0" | 180 | Missouri | St. Louis, MO | ||
38 | Henry Brown | WR/P | September 13, 1947 | 6'2" | 206 | Missouri | Middletown, PA | ||
65 | Cliff Burnett | OT | February 18, 1950 | 6'7" | 250 | Montana | Tokyo, Japan | ||
84 | Mike Carter | TE/WR/P | February 18, 1948 | 6'1" | 210 | Sacramento St. | Little Rock, AR USA | ||
78 | Rick Cash | DE | July 1, 1945 | 6'5" | 248 | Missouri | St. Louis, MO USA | ||
39 | Bernie Chapman | CB | July 4, 1949 | 6'0" | 170 | Texas - El Paso | Mobile, AL | ||
62 | George Chatlos | LB/K | June 27, 1946 | 6'0" | 220 | Michigan State | Duquesne, PA | ||
72 | Steve Chomyszak | DT | February 27, 1944 | 6'6" | 265 | Syracuse | Johnson City, NY USA | ||
85 | Linzy Cole | WR | April 21, 1948 | 5'11" | 172 | TCU | Dallas, TX USA | ||
9 | King Corcoran | QB | July 6, 1943 | 6'0" | 200 | Maryland | Jersey City, NJ USA | 19 | |
44 | Bill Craven | CB/S | December 18, 1951 | 5'11" | 190 | Harvard | Ranson, WV USA | 10 | |
73 | Tommy Davis | DE/DT | September 11, 1945 | 6'0" | 259 | Tennessee State | San Augustine, TX | ||
54 | Wally Dempsey | LB | January 9, 1944 | 6'1" | 235 | Washington State | Melrose Park, IL | ||
61 | Frank DiLieto | OG/C | November 29, 1951 | 6'2" | 235 | Purdue | New Haven, CT | ||
10 | Frank Dimaggio | QB/P | May 1, 1950 | 6'1" | 210 | Temple | New York, NY | ||
86 | Paul Dunn | WR/TE | July 14, 1948 | 6'0" | 210 | San Francisco St. | Little Rock, AR USA | ||
73 | Bill Ellenbogen | OT/OG | December 8, 1950 | 6'5" | 258 | Buffalo | Glen Cove, NY USA | ||
87 | Willie Franklin | WR | October 9, 1949 | 6'2" | 195 | Oklahoma | San Diego, CA USA | ||
68 | Frank Gallagher | OG | March 2, 1943 | 6'2" | 245 | North Carolina | Chester, PA USA | ||
68 | Willie Germany | DB | May 9, 1948 | 6'0" | 192 | Morgan St. | Columbus, GA USA | ||
50 | Bob Grant | LB | October 14, 1946 | 6'2" | 225 | Wake Forest | Jacksonville, NC USA | ||
58 | Gary Gray | LB | April 18, 1950 | 6'0" | 215 | Penn State | Philadelphia, PA | ||
41 | Ed Hayes | S | August 14, 1946 | 6'1" | 185 | Morgan St. | Jacksonville, FL USA | ||
82 | LeVell Hill | TE | May 28, 1948 | 6'2" | 225 | Langston | Broken Bow, OK | ||
8 | Ron Holliday | WR | February 12, 1948 | 5'9" | 168 | Pittsburgh | West Chester, PA USA | ||
70 | Pete Horoszko | OT | August 15, 1952 | 6'3" | 250 | Virginia Tech | East Liverpool, OH | ||
61 | Walt Hughes | OG/OT | September 20, 1946 | 6'1" | 245 | Grambling State | Shreveport, LA | ||
81 | Len Izzo | WR | July 25, 1949 | 5'11" | 185 | C.W. Post | New York, NY | ||
89 | James Jackson | DE | May 14, 1949 | 6'5" | 240 | Norfolk State | Mobile, AL | ||
Oscar Jenkins | S | May 13, 1950 | 6'1" | 185 | Virginia Union | Chambersburg, PA | |||
32 | Jimmy Joe | FB | April 29, 1952 | 6'0" | 200 | Morgan State | Coatesville, PA | ||
38 | Benny Johnson | CB | June 29, 1948 | 5'11" | 178 | Johnson C. Smith | Fort Valley, GA USA | ||
57 | Ted Jornov | LB | November 26, 1950 | 6'1" | 220 | Iowa State | Hudson, NY | ||
63 | Dave Joyner | OG | January 27, 1950 | 6'1" | 245 | Penn State | Raleigh, NC | ||
59 | Ron Kecman | C | October 8, 1950 | 6'2" | 245 | Maryland | McKeesport, PA | 19 | |
57 | Jonnie Knoble | LB/P | December 2, 1949 | 6'5" | 230 | Weber State | Salt Lake City, UT | ||
53 | Curt Kral | LB | September 16, 1952 | 6'2" | 225 | Slippery Rock | Indiana, PA | ||
20 | John Land | RB | January 28, 1945 | 5'9" | 190 | Delaware State | Chicago, IL | ||
60 | Tom Laputka | DT | December 30, 1947 | 6'3" | 255 | Southern Illinois | Philadelphia, PA | ||
50 | Leo Levandowski | C | March 31, 1943 | 6'1" | 245 | none | |||
Dale Livingston | K/P | March 12, 1945 | 6'0" | 210 | East. Michigan | Plymouth, MI USA | 0 | ||
71/76 | Dennis Lozzi | OT | April 16, 1952 | 6'3" | 255 | Notre Dame | Brockton, MA | ||
48 | Ron Mabra | CB/S | June 4, 1951 | 5'10" | 166 | Howard | Talladega, AL USA | ||
58 | Mike Mansfield | LB | April 20, 1950 | 6'1" | 225 | North Carolina | Greensboro, NC | ||
45 | Bryan Marshall | S | March 5, 1948 | 6'2" | 195 | Albany State | Cleveland, OH | ||
40 | Frank McGuigan | RB | January 29, 1948 | 6'1" | 210 | Arkansas State | Philadelphia, PA | ||
73 | Walt Mitchell | DE | April 12, 1947 | 6'1" | 245 | South Carolina State | Charleston, SC | ||
Dale Mize | DL | June 3, 1952 | 6'3" | 250 | Northwestern | Hazel Crest, IL | |||
34 | Larry Monsilovich | RB | June 5, 1950 | 5'10" | 180 | Indiana (Pennsylvania) | Butler, PA | ||
76 | Doug Olson | DT | December 13, 1951 | 6'1" | 245 | West Chester | Allentown, PA | ||
83 | Vince Papale | WR/TE | February 9, 1946 | 6'2" | 195 | St. Joseph's (PA) | Chester, PA USA | ||
77 | Skip Parmenter | DE/DT | September 24, 1949 | 6'3" | 250 | Massachusetts | Worcester, MA | ||
52/54 | Bob Paschall | C | April 30, 1952 | 6'1" | 235 | Temple | Valley Forge, PA | ||
55 | Bill Peterson | LB | June 6, 1945 | 6'3" | 230 | San Jose St. | San Jose, CA USA | ||
36 | Marv Pettaway | CB | August 4, 1945 | 5'7" | 160 | Los Angeles CC | Texarkana, TX | ||
89 | Len Pettigrew | DE | June 9, 1948 | 6'4" | 240 | Ashland | Forrest City, AR | ||
78 | Leon Pettigrew | DE/DT | December 14, 1949 | 6'6" | 255 | Northridge State | Denison, TX | ||
52 | John Phillips | LB | 6'2" | 215 | Xavier (Ohio) | ||||
40 | Frank Polito | S | March 13, 1952 | 5'11" | 170 | Villanova | Pittsburgh, PA | ||
86 | Don Ratliff | DE | July 18, 1950 | 6'5" | 250 | Maryland | Baltimore, MD USA | 3 | |
39 | Rudy Redmond | S | August 25, 1947 | 6'1" | 196 | Pacific | Spokane, WA USA | ||
74 | Bob Rickenbach | OG/C/OT | December 31, 1950 | 6'4" | 255 | Penn State | Philadelphia, PA | 18 | |
55 | Mike Riley | LB | July 31, 1950 | 6'2" | 220 | Miami | Pittsburgh, PA | ||
82 | Tim Rossovich | DE/LB/DT | March 14, 1946 | 6'4" | 240 | USC | Palo Alto, CA USA | 12 | |
64 | Carl Schaukowitch | OG | February 14, 1951 | 6'3" | 235 | Penn St. | Pittsbugh, PA USA | ||
72 | Ken Scott | DT | November 23, 1951 | 6'2" | 250 | Maryland | Point Pleasant, NJ | ||
80 | Donnie Shanklin | WR | November 3, 1946 | 5'9" | 175 | Kansas | Amarillo, TX | ||
46 | Mike Shaw | CB | July 25, 1952 | 6'2" | 185 | San Diego State | San Diego, CA | ||
8 | Jack Simcsak | K/P | February 11, 1948 | 6'0" | 195 | Virginia Tech | New Brunswick, NJ | 0 | |
28 | Sonny Sixkiller | QB | September 6, 1951 | 5'11" | 200 | Washington | Tahlequah, OK | ||
52 | John Sodaski | LB | January 14, 1948 | 6'2" | 222 | Villanova | Phoenixville, PA USA | ||
75 | Ralph Sonntag | OT | October 16, 1948 | 6'3" | 255 | Maryland | Hicksville, NY | ||
79 | Jeff Steinberger | DE | May 3, 1945 | 6'4" | 250 | Monmouth (Illinois) | Middletown, NY | ||
81 | Jim Sullivan | DT | August 20, 1944 | 6'4" | 240 | Lincoln (MO) | Detroit, MI USA | ||
14 | Rich Szaro | K | March 7, 1948 | 5'11" | 205 | Harvard | Rzeszow, Poland | 4 | 0 |
22 | Alan Thompson | RB | October 5, 1949 | 6'0" | 205 | Wisconsin | |||
50 | Bob Thomson | DE | January 16, 1953 | 6'6" | 245 | Pennsylvania | Wyalusing, PA | ||
Dan Torzala | K | June 3, 1949 | 5'11" | 185 | Colorado State | Milwaukee, WI | 0 | ||
38 | Don Vallery | S | March 3, 1946 | 6'0" | 175 | Central Washington State | Beaumont, TX | ||
Don Warner | P/K | February 17, 1948 | 6'3" | 200 | Indiana | Chicago, IL | 1 | 0 | |
14 | Jerry Warren | K | June 2, 1947 | 5'11" | 175 | North Carolina State | Newport News, VA | 0 | |
30 | Claude Watts | RB | April 4, 1944 | 6'0" | 215 | Bluefield State | Caretta, WV | 19 | |
Mike Webb | LB | May 18, 1950 | 6'1" | 225 | Notre Dame | Bethesda, MD | |||
78 | Skip Williams | DE | August 25, 1952 | 6'3" | 240 | San Diego State | |||
65 | Vernon Winfield | OG | August 27, 1949 | 6'2" | 248 | Minnesota | Norfolk, VA USA | 1 | |
12 | Mike Yancheff | QB | December 19, 1949 | 6'4" | 210 | Rutgers | Harrisburg, PA | ||
41 | Zaven Yaralian | S | February 5, 1952 | 6'1" | 190 | Nebraska |