1975 Portland Thunder Roster

World Football League (WFL)
Team Record: 4-7
Finishing 4th in the WFL's West Division
Coach: Greg Barton (1-5-)
Coach: Bob Brodhead (1-1-)
Coach: Joe Gardi (2-1-)
Location: Portland, Oregon
Attendance: 47,976, Avg. 7,996 in 6 home dates

1975 Portland Thunder Statistics
1975 Portland Thunder Results

The Portland Thunder of the World Football League ended the 1975 season with a record of 4 wins and 7 losses, finishing fourth in the WFL's West Division.

Portland scored 213 points, while the defense gave up 239. Rufus Ferguson ran for a team-best 768 yards for the Thunder.

Don Horn passed for 1,742 yards. Rufus Ferguson paced the receiving corps, snagging 32 passes, while Bob Christiansen accumulated 456 receiving yards.

Phil Borjas picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition.

Greg Barton, Bob Brodhead and Joe Gardi coached the team.

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#	Player	Pos.	Birth Date	Height	Weight	College	Hometown	GP
55	Al Andrews	LB	July 10, 1945	6'3"	216	Laney College (CA)	Oakland, CA USA
76	Mike Askea	OT	January 7, 1951	6'4"	260	Stanford	Visalia, CA USA
72	Tony Bachmann	OG	August 8, 1952	6'2"	240	San Diego State	Montreal, QC
88	Bruce Bergey	DE	August 8, 1946	6'2"	240	UCLA	South Dayton, NY USA	11
32	Phil Borjas	S	January 6, 1951	5'10"	190	Fresno State	Clovis, CA	10
31	Bob Boustead	CB/S	March 19, 1953	5'11"	175	Washington	Pisgah, IA	11
54	Larry Brame	LB	July 20, 1948	6'1"	225	Western Kentucky	Hopkinsville, KY	11
77	Buzz Brazeau	OT	September 10, 1949	6'4"	255	Washington State	Escanaba, MI
57	Dave Brown	C	June 8, 1950	6'0"	230	Southern California	Glendale, CA
89	Bob Christiansen	TE	May 8, 1949	6'4"	230	UCLA	Marshalltown, IA USA	11
70	Dave Costa	DT	October 27, 1941	6'2"	250	Utah	Yonkers, NY USA	8
50	Larry Dean	LB	September 5, 1951	6'1"	215	Portland State	Tyler, TX
34	Denny Draper	S/CB	April 4, 1950	6'0"	190	Oregon State	McMinnville, OR	6
28	Jim Evenson	FB	January 9, 1947	6'3"	230	Oregon	Hillsboro, OR	7
46	Rufus Ferguson	FB	April 28, 1951	5'6"	193	Wisconsin	Miami, FL	11
64	Allan Graf	OG	December 16, 1949	6'3"	243	Southern California	Wichita, KS
37	Ira Hammon	FB/HB/TE	August 28, 1951	6'3"	219	Pacific Lutheran	Okmulgee, OK	11
42	J.J. Hartstein	RB	October 9, 1953	5'10"	200	Arizona State	Kokomo, IN
13	Don Horn	QB	March 9, 1945	6'2"	195	Washington St.	South Gate, CA USA	11
79	Jerry Inman	DT	February 4, 1940	6'2"	256	Boise St.	Manhattan, KS USA	11
52	Jonnie Knoble	LB/P	December 2, 1949	6'5"	230	Weber State	Salt Lake City, UT	5
59	Kurt Knudsen	LB	March 19, 1953	6'0"	215	Simon Fraser	Burlington, WA
22	Jim Krieg	WR	May 29, 1949	5'9"	172	Washington	Buffalo, NY USA
84	Kurt Matter	DE	July 25, 1951	6'7"	230	Washington	Longview, WA	11
18	Ken Matthews	WR	March 27, 1951	6'0"	181	Long Beach State	Glendale, CA
58	Mike McConnell	LB	August 21, 1950	6'1"	225	Oregon	Sterling, IL	9
26	Earl McCullouch	WR	January 10, 1946	5'11"	175	USC	Clarksville, TX USA	8
60	Ken Muhlbeier	OG/C	July 13, 1951	6'2"	235	Idaho	Billings, MT
29	Darold Nogle	WR	August 19, 1952	5'11"	187	San Diego State	Whittier, CA	2
47	Tom Oberg	S/CB	August 7, 1945	6'0"	185	Oregon St.	Portland, OR USA	11
48	Clancy Oliver	DB	November 17, 1947	6'1"	183	San Diego St.	Bakersfield, CA USA	11
12	Jim Ousley	QB	July 13, 1947	6'2"	210	Cincinnati	Ashborn, GA
45	Hal Phillips	CB	May 19, 1950	6'1"	190	Michigan State	Detroit, MI	5
51	Mike Popovich	LB	July 23, 1952	6'1"	225	Oregon	Eugene, OR
62	Marv Roberts	OG/K	June 5, 1951	6'3"	245	Michigan State	Richwood, WV
30	Frank Russell	WR	June 3, 1953	6'0"	175	Maryland	Wantagh, NJ	2
24	Robin Sinclair	CB/S	November 21, 1951	5'11"	185	Washington State	Portland, OR	10
71	Chris Stecher	DT	October 7, 1951	6'6"	260	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	St. Louis, MO	10
73	Dave Taylor	OT/OG	February 15, 1950	6'4"	255	Weber State	Oneida, TN
83	Drew Taylor	DE/DT	September 8, 1950	6'5"	250	San Jose State	Riverside, CA	11
61	John Taylor	OT/OG	October 25, 1953	6'4"	255	Pacific	Los Angeles, CA	10
27	Jim Thorpe	WR	January 10, 1946	6'2"	185	Hofstra	Manhasset, NY
53	Clyde Warehime	LB	October 22, 1951	6'2"	217	Washington State	Everett, WA
11	Don Warner	P/K	February 17, 1948	6'3"	200	Indiana	Chicago, IL	11
74	Billy Joe Winchester	DT	February 7, 1951	5'11"	260	Arizona State	Detroit, MI	6
35	Bob Wyatt	RB	September 21, 1949	6'0"	215	North Texas	Victoria, TX	5
25	Joe Wylie	S/WR/RB/P	January 31, 1951	6'1"	190	Oklahoma	Henderson, TX	11
	John Zadigian	DT	March 30, 1949	6'5"	260	Colorado State