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I came across this list published in July 1980 by a Sacramento-based researcher named Joe Cronin and thought it was interesting. I added the numbers in parentheses (number of games played in the NFL).

OT - Roger Finnie (Bridgeport Jets) (121)
OT – Wade Key (Pottstown Firebirds) (121)
OG – Woody Peoples (Richmond Rebels) (168)
C – Jim Clack (Norfolk Neptunes) (146)
QB – Ken Stabler (Spokane Shockers) (184)
FB – Marv Hubbard (Hartford Knights) (103)
TB – Tony Baker (Des Moines Warriors) (86)
WR – Gino Cappelletti (Sarnia Golden Bears) (153)
WR – Jack Dolbin (Pottstown Firebirds) (62)
K – Garo Yepremian (Michigan Arrows) (177)

DE – Coy Bacon (Charleston Rockets, Orlando Panthers, Oklahoma City Plainsmen) (180)
DE – Robert Eddie Brown (Wheeling Ironmen) (146)
DT – Andy Rice (Wheeling Ironmen) (102)
LB – Dick Absher (Virginia Sailors) (58)
LB – Ed Beard (Wheeling Ironmen) (97)
LB – Ron Acks (Des Moines Warriors) (105)
DB – Cliff Harris (Santa Ana Rhinos) (141)
DB – Bobby Bryant (Des Moines Warriors) (161)
DB – Joe Taylor (Montreal Rifles) (108)
DB – Nelson Munsey (Norfolk Neptunes) (72)
P – Ron Widby (Oklahoma City Plainesmen) (81)

great list.

Joe Cronin was great, he sold old NFL record books that he'd recreated to make them affordable...1940s-50s-60s were so rare and there was no ebay when he started ... so you didn't have to go to HOF library

Thanks f or posting

Didn't Johnny Unitas play semi-pro football? I would rate him above Stabler.

Mark wrote: ↑Sun May 03, 2026 11:17 pm Didn't Johnny Unitas play semi-pro football? I would rate him above Stabler.

Good Call!
Bloomfield Rams, 1955.