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The 1976 Seahawks Players

They were there. They were the pioneers of the 1976 Seattle Seahawks!

We all know who Joey Galloway is, but how many of us remember G.G. Galloway? Quick Gurus, tell me what position Neil Graff played! (Now there's an interesting story!) Did you realize we had a Rocky and a Rolly in the veterans' allocation? What a pity Rocky Rasley missed the cut - there was a dream combination in the making! What do you know about players like Benchwarmer Bob or Huge Corporation? I'll bet you thought The Immaculate Reception was all about the Steelers, not the Seahawks! Did you know that Vince Lombardi, son of the late Vince Lombardi, was the Administrative Assistant to GM John Thompson in 1976! We'll provide the list, you provide the memories! If you have stories about these players -- something you remember about them, where they are now, anything that may be of interest to other fans -- please drop us a line! We're adding stories all the time and we'd love to have all these players linked to memories!

If you are a player, read what your teammates have said!

1976 Squad (Including Coach Patera)
Name Pos From GP 1976/
Total for Seattle
1976 and after
Ted Bachman
Porterville
CB Traded by Cleveland
5/5
1976: Seattle (5G)
1976: Miami (8G)
DNP after 1976
Carl Barisich
Princeton
DT Cleveland Veterans' allocation
14/14
1977-80: Miami
1981: NY Giants
Larry Bates
Miami
Injured reserve all season
RB Draft (5c)
0/0
DNP after 1976
Nick Bebout
Wyoming
T Atlanta Veterans' allocation
14/56
1976-79: Seattle
1980: Minnesota
Don Bitterlich
Temple
K Draft (3b)
3/3
DNP after 1976
Lyle Blackwood
Texas Christian
Played in Super Bowl XVII & XIX
DB Cincinnati Veterans' allocation
11/11
1977-80: Baltimore
1981-86: Miami
Andrew Bolton
Fisk
RB Draft (4c)
5/5
1976: Seattle (5G)
1976: Detriot (7G)
1977-78: Detroit
Ed Bradley
Wake Forest
Played in Super Bowl IX
LB Pittsburgh Veterans' allocation
14/14
1977-78: San Francisco
Dave Brown
Michigan
DB Pittsburgh
Veterans' allocation
14/159
1976-86: Seattle
1987-89: Green Bay
Don Clune
Pennsylvania
WR NY Giants Veterans' allocation
9/9
DNP after 1976
Ron Coder
Penn State
G Pittsburgh - Traded by Pittsburgh for 12th round draft pick
13/43
DNP 1978
1976-79: Seattle
1980: St Louis
1985: Baltimore (USFL)
Randy Coffield
Florida State
LB Draft (10)
13/13
1978-79: NY Giants
Greg Collins
Notre Dame
LB San Francisco Pre-season waivers
13/13
1977: Buffalo
Al Cowlings
USC
DE Free agent Previously Rams
1/1
1977: Rams
1979: San Francisco
Mike Curtis
Duke
Played in Super Bowl V
LB Baltimore Veterans' allocation
14/14
1977-78: Washington
Alvis Darby
Florida
TE Draft (6)
1/1
1976: Seattle (1G)
1976: Houston (1G)
1978: Tampa Bay
John Demarie
Louisiana State
G Cleveland Veterans' allocation
9/9
DNP after 1976
Don Dufek
Michigan
S Draft (5a)
14/95
DNP 1978
1976-84: Seattle
Rick Engles
Tulsa
P Draft (3b)
14/15
DNP 1978
1976-77: Seattle
1977: Pittsburgh
1978: Philadelphia
Norm Evans
Texas Christian
Seattle NFL Man of the Year 1976,
as voted by the fans. Played
in Super Bowls VI, VII and VIII
T Miami Veterans' allocation
10/38
DNP 1978
1976-78: Seattle
Ken Geddes
Nebraska
LB Rams Veterans' allocation
11/36
1976-78: Seattle
Neil Graff
Wisconsin
QB New England Veterans' allocation
0/0
Active for 2 games
1977: Pittsburgh
Sammy Green
Florida
LB Draft (2a)
14/60
1976-79: Seattle
1980: Houston
Don Hansen
Illinois
LB Atlanta Veterans' allocation
2/2
1976: Seattle (2G)
1976: Green Bay (12G)
1977: Green Bay
Richard Harris
Grambling State
DT Chicago Pre-season waivers
14/28
1976-77: Seattle
Fred Hoaglin
Pittsburgh
C Houston Veterans' allocation
13/13
DNP after 1976
Ron Howard
Seattle University
TE Dallas Veterans' allocation
14/42
1976-78: Seattle
1979: Buffalo
Ken Hutcherson
Livingston
Injured reserve all season
LB Green Bay Veterans' allocation
0/0
DNP after 1976
Gordon Jolley
Utah
T Detroit Veterans' allocation
14/26
1976-77: Seattle
Ernie Jones
Miami
CB Draft (5a)
9/9
1977-79: New York Giants
Art Kuehn
UCLA
C Washington Veterans' allocation, but played in World Football League while Washington had rights to him
14/98
1976-82: Seattle
1983: New England
1984: USFL
Steve Largent
Tulsa
WR Houston Trade for 8th round draft pick
14/200
1976-89: Seattle
John Leypoldt
Northern Virginia CC
K Free agent Previously Buffalo
11/25
1976-77: Seattle
1978: Seattle (1G)
1978: New Orleans
Bob Lurtsema
Played in Super Bowl IX
DE Minnesota Pre-season waivers
13/27
1976-77: Seattle
Al (Alvin) Matthews
Texas A & I
S Green Bay Veterans' allocation
14/14
1977: San Francisco
Sam McCullum
Montana State
Played in Super Bowl IX
WR Minnesota Veterans' allocation
14/91
1976-81: Seattle
1983-83: Minnesota
Hugh McKinnis RB Cleveland Pre-season waivers
11/11
DNP after 1976
John McMakin
Clemson
Played in Super Bowl IX
TE Detroit Veterans' allocation
13/13
DNP after 1976
Eddie McMillan
Florida State
CB Rams Veterans' allocation
14/28
1976-77: Seattle
1978: Buffalo
Bill Munson
Foothill
QB Detroit
Trade for 5th round draft pick
5/5
1977: San Diego
1978-79: Buffalo
Steve Myer
New Mexico
QB Draft (4a)
0/13
Active for 7 games in 1976
1976-79: Seattle
Ralph Nelson
No College
RB Washington Pre-season waivers
8/8
DNP after 1976
Bob Newton
Cerritos
G Chicago Pre-season waivers
12/82
1976-81: Seattle
Steve Niehaus
Notre Dame
NFC Defensive Rookie of the
Year 1976
DT Draft (1)
14/36
1976-78: Seattle
1979: Minnesota
Bill Olds
Nebraska
RB Free agent Previously Colts
1/1
1976: Seattle (1G)
1976: Philadelphia (11G)
Jack Patera
NFL Coach of the Year 1978
.
Bob Penchion
Alcorn A&M
G San Francisco Veterans' allocation
14/14
DNP after 1976
Steve Raible
Georgia Tech
WR Draft (2c)
13/83
1976-81: Seattle
Oliver Ross
Alabama A&M
RB Denver Pre-season waivers
14/14
DNP after 1976
Dave Simonson
Minnesota
T Houston Pre-season waivers
5/5
1977: Detroit
Sherman Smith
Miami (Ohio)
RB Draft (2b)
12/82
1976-82: Seattle
1983: San Diego
Don Testerman
Ferrum; Virginia Tech; Lenoir-Rhyne; Clemson
RB Philadelphia Pre-season waivers
14/44
1976-78: Seattle
1979: Miami
Dave Tipton
Stanford
DE San Diego Veterans' allocation
12/12
DNP after 1976
Charles Waddell
North Carolina
Injured reserve all season
LB San Diego Veterans' allocation
0/0
1977: Tampa Bay (1G)
Jim White
Northeastern JC (Colo)
DE Free agent Previously Houston
2/2
1976: Seattle (2G)
1976: Denver (7G)
Larry Woods
Tennessee State
DT Jets Veterans' allocation
6/6
DNP after 1976
Rolly Woolsey
Boise State
CB Dallas Veterans' allocation
14/14
1977: Cleveland
1978: St Louis
Jim Zorn
Cal Poly (Pomona)
NFC Offensive Player of the
Year 1976
QB Free Agent Previously Dallas
14/126
1976-84: Seattle
1985: Green Bay
1987: Tampa Bay
(also in CFL)
Players who missed the final squad
Name Pos From 1976 and after
Wayne Baker
Brigham Young
DT San Francisco
Ron Barnett
Texas Arlington
WR Draft (12) .
Jarvis Blinks
Northwestern State
DB Draft (14) .
Bob Bos
Iowa State
T Draft (9) .
Skip Boyd
Washington
P Free Agent
Rams draft pick 1975
Terry Brown
TE Waivers
Minnesota
Reggie Brown
Washington
TE Free Agent
Trialled with Atlanta 1975
Bob Cason
Puget Sound
QB Free Agent
Trialled with Redskins 1972
Scott Christman
Oklahoma State
QB Free Agent
Trialled with Dallas 1975
Phil Clabo
Tennessee
T Free Agent
No previous NFL
experience
Rondy Colbert
Lamar
DB Giants
Veterans' allocation
1976: NY Giants (14G) 1977-78: St Louis
1979: Winnipeg (CFL)
Dwaine Copeland
Middle Tennessee State
RB Free Agent
Miami draft pick 1975
Dwayne Crump
Fresno State
DB St Louis
Veterans' allocation
1976: St Louis (13G)
Jerry Davis
Morris Brown
DB Jets
Veterans' allocation
Ned Deane
Massachusetts
G Free agent
No previous NFL
experience
Greg Den Boer
Michigan
TE Free agent
Colts draft pick 1975
John Didion
Oregon State
New Orleans MVP 1974
C Free agent
Previously Washington,
New Orleans and
Chicago
Alan Dixon
Harding College
RB Free agent
Previously Minnesota
Dick Dixon
Arkansas State
DT Draft (7) .
Jay Douglas
Memphis State
T Free agent
Previously San Diego
Steve Duncanson
Idaho
G Free agent
No previous NFL experience
James Ford
Texas Southern
RB Free agent
Previously New Orleans
Solomon Freelon
Grambling
G Free agent
Previously Houston
G G Galloway
Clemson
DE Free agent
No previous NFL experience
Ted Gerela
Washington State
K Free agent
Previously British
Columbia Lions
Greg Gibson
Oregon
LB Free agent
No previous NFL experience
Cornelius Greene
Allen Haigler
Tennessee State
LB Free agent
Trialled with Atlanta 1975
Billy Hardee
VPI
DB Free agent
No previous NFL experience
1976: Denver (2G)
1977: NY Jets
1981 Toronto (CFL)
1982 Ottawa (CFL)
Gary Hayman
Penn State
Played pre-season v San Francisco
Scored 4 TDs in pre-season:
1 v Rams 1 v San Diego
(KR return) 2 v Oakland
RB Buffalo
Veterans' allocation
Ruben Hodges Jr
Mississippi Valley State
DB Free agent
No previous NFL experience
Larry Howse
Tennessee State
DB Free agent
Trialled with Atlanta 1975
Lauriberto Ignacio
San Pedro, Brazil
K Free agent
Trialled with Rams and
Houston 1974
Po James
New Mexico State
RB .
Previously Philadelphia
Randy Johnson
Georgia
G Free agent
No previous NFL experience
Wayne Johnson
Oregon
WR Free agent
No previous NFL experience
Gary Keithley
Texas ElPaso
QB St Louis
Veterans' allocation
Al Kelso
Washington
C Free Agent
Washington
Al Knapp
Utah State
P/K Free agent
Previously Green Bay
Brad Kramer
Azusa Pacific
K Free agent
No previous NFL experience
Jerry Lee
Seattle University
TE Free agent
No previous NFL experience
Stan Lewis
Wayne (Neb.) State
DE Free agent
Previously Cleveland
Bill Lide
Johnson C. Smith
WR Free agent
Trialled with Houston 1975
Larry Lilja
Northwestern
C Free agent
Trialled with Atlanta 1975
Jeff Lloyd
West Texas State
DE Draft (3) 1976: Buffalo (9G) 1978: Kansas City
Kerry Marbury
West Virginia
RB New England
Veterans' allocation, but played in Canada
while NE had rights to him
1991 West Virginia All-time
Clifton Marcus
Washington
RB Free agent
No previous NFL experience
Johnny Masters
Hawaii
P Free agent
No previous NFL experience
Peter Miskov
Northern Illinois
K Free agent
No previous NFL experience
Keith Muehr
Southwestern Louisiana
P Draft (11)
John Neuman
Central Michigan
DT Free agent
No previous NFL experience
Jesse O'Neal
Grambling
DE Houston
Veterans' allocation
Joe Owens
Alcorn A&M
DE New Orleans
Veterans' allocation
1976: Houston (3G)
Bob Picard
1 TD in pre- season v Denver
WR Philadelphia
Veterans' allocation
1976: Philadelphia (4G) 1976: Detroit (8G)
Ahmad Rashad
Oregon
Played pre-season v Denver 1 TD
in pre-season v Oakland
WR Free agent
Previously Buffalo
1976-82: Minnesota
Rocky Rasley
Oregon State
G Kansas City
Veterans' allocation
1976: San Francisco (1G)
Andy Reid
Georgia
RB Draft (13) 1976: Buffalo (1G)
Ernie Richardson
Oregon State
LB Free agent
No previous NFL experience
Gordon Riegel
Stanford
LB Free agent
Trialled with Rams 1975
Preston Roberts
Bishop
WR Free agent
Trialled with
Philadelphia 1975
Darwin Robinson
Dakota State
Played pre-season v Denver
RB Free agent
Trialled with
Washington 1974
Robin Ross
Washington State
T .
Chris Rowland
Washington
QB Draft (17)
Bryant Salter
Dan Shepherd
Cincinnati State
R
Larry Shipp
Louisiana State
WR Draft (6)
Herb Singleton
Oregon
QB Free agent
No previous NFL experience
Dan Smith
Washington State
T Draft (15)
Steve Taylor
Georgia
DB Denver
Veterans' allocation
Jeff Urczyk
Georgia Tech
DB Draft (16)
Mark Wahl
Huron
K Free agent
No previous NFL experience
Dave Williams
Washington
First player signed by Seahawks
WR Free agent
Previously with St Louis,
San Diego, Pittsburgh
Lydell Williams
Missouri Southern State
RB Free agent
No previous NFL experience
Vaughn Williams
Washington State
RB Free agent
No previous NFL experience
Sears Woods
North Texas State
RB Free agent
No previous NFL experience
Sources:
    Total Football (the NFL Encyclopedia) (1997)
    Seattle Seahawks 1976 Media Guide
    Seattle Seahawks 1977 Fact Book
    Seattle Seahawks website
    Beckett’s Football Card Alphabetical Checklist (1997)

Notes:
    There are inconsistencies between sources about the number of games for some players in 1976, or for their Seahawks career. We’ve done the best we can with the list! Players are described as having played in pre-season because the 1977 Fact Book mentions them. Apologies to others who played pre-season but who aren’t mentioned in the Fact Book. Seattle Post-Intelligencer 1976 posters are now hard to find. For many players, there are also other collectables available, and alternatives have been suggested where possible.
Special Note:
    A very special thanks to my best friend Leigh, for the honour of working beside him on our Seahawks site and especially on this '76 Seahawks site. Does he do great research or what?!?! This has been so much fun, Leigh. Thanks for everything!
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