The Hawkstorian's All-Time Numeric Roster

[volsunghawk]

Ahh, Brian Habib. Aros's favorite player.

I'm trying to gloss over some of the darkest aspects of Seahawk history.

Tom Ashworthless fits that category as well.

Fun side note: My daughter's teacher is Tom Ashworth sister.

 

[drdiags]

There is no disputing what killed Grant Feasel at age 52. He drank himself to death. But bubbling below the surface was an undercurrent his family didn’t know about until after his death: He had been dogged by CTE, a degenerative brain disease caused by the repetitive trauma of football.

http://seattletimes.com/html/seahawks/2 ... 16xml.html

Man, my memory stinks. I remember now when this went down. I usually don't forget stuff I noted before. CRS (cannot remember stuff) stinks.

 

[Hawkstorian]

#64

First	Last	College	Pos	Years	Games	Starts
Gordon	Jolley	Utah	G-T	1976-1977	26	15
Charlie	Aiu	Hawaii	G	1978	1	0
Ron	Essink	Grand Valley St.	T	1980-1986	88	74
Wes	Dove	Temple	DE	1987	2	0
Darrick	Brilz	Oregon State	G	1989-1993	78	44
Robert	Barr	Rutgers	T	1996	0	0
Norris	McCleary	East Carolina	DT	2002	0	0
Steve	McKinney	Texas A&M	G	2008	0	0
Mike	Gibson	California	G	2009-2011	22	10
J.R.	Sweezy	North Carolina St.	G	2012-2013	33	23

Gordon Jolley was an expansion pick from Detroit who started 4 games at tackle in 1976 and then most of 1977 at guard. He came to camp in 1978 but knee injuries forced his retirement. The following off-season he was traded back to Detroit for what was called "past consideration". No word on what those considerations were.

Our most current #64 is J.R. Sweezy, who was Russell Wilson's former teammate at North Carolina State. He switched from defensive line to offensive guard and even started his first game as a rookie. He has since become the full-time starter and has a great shot to become the best #64 in team history...

...supplanting Ron Essink. The best way to describe Essink is take Breno Giacomini and send him back in time 30 years. Essink was one of those guys who fought through injuries and the occassional opponent through his years blocking for Curt Warner. He was never the most talented guy on the field, but fans appreciated that he gave everything he had.

 

[Ad Hawk]

Did he really have more starts than total games played?

Breno has been a worthy lineman for us; that's good company.

 

[Hawkstorian]

Did he really have more starts than total games played?

Thanks, it's fixed.

 

[3Girls'HawkDad]

Bringing back some great names.

Great topic over some beers with other 12s!

Thanks, Hawkstorian

 

[byau]

Love this thread Hawkstorian! Brings back lots of old memories. Loved getting reacquainted with one of my favorite players Joe Nash. And Phteven: LOVED seeing that hit by Largent in the youtube clip.

And who doesn't remember this???

[youtube]LMmQkNT65Do[/youtube]

Memory is a bit fuzzy but that wasn't retaliation for the Blades hit a play earlier, it was retaliation because earlier in the season Harden hit Largent so hard it injured him for a few game right?

Loved that hit by Largent. I remember my dad, older brother, and I jumping out of our seats when we saw that!

Oh, one more interesting Largent memory: he was interviewed one time, don't even remember where or when, but they asked him how he was so good even though he wasn't as athletic as the guys guarding him. He said something about talking and making eye contact, and when he made eye contact, he knew he could beat him

"If they're looking at my eyes, they won't see what my feet do"

I use that a lot in a lot of sports I play even today

LOVE THIS THREAD!!!

It's fun because you know there are certain numbers we're ALL waiting for, but like Hawkstorian said, gotta go through them all

LOVE IT!

 

[IndyHawk]

Remember Essink well..Some names just stand out and he certainly played hard during our AFC glory years-Ground Chuck/Air Knox depending on the year..~S~ to Hawkstorian for the time and research this takes..

 

[Hawkstorian]

#63

First	Last	College	Pos	Years	Games	Starts
Nick	Bebout	Womng	T	1976-1979	57	56
Fred	Anderson	Prairie View	DE	1980-1982	21	6
Mark	Hicks	Arizona State	LB	1983-1984	13	1
Reggie	Kinlaw	Oklahoma	DT	1985-1986	29	5
Roy	Hart	South Carolina	DT	1988-1989	16	1
Ronnie	Lee	Baylor	T	1990-1992	34	21
Donald	Willis	North Carolina A&T	G	1995	0	0
Frank	Beede	Panhandle State	G	1996-2000	48	8
Trevor	Canfield	Cincinatti	T	2009	0	0
Chris	White	Southern Mississippi	C	2010	7	0
Rishaw	Johnson	California (PA)	G	2012	0	0

Nick Bebout was the team's most consistent offensive lineman in the early years, starting most of the games at left tackle in the '70s. By 1979 there weren't very many expansion picks left on the roster, maybe 3 or 4 left. He was the same height as Walter Jones and Russell Okung, just about 70 pounds lighter.

Fred Anderson lived across the street from me growing up in Bellevue. My dad said he played for the Seahawks but I could never understand why I never saw him in the game. Super quiet guy, saw him at the mailbox a few times but that's about it. Back then a lot of the players lived in Bellevue.

Rishaw Johnson was the most recent #63, another one of the practice squad guys who pop up on the roster for a few weeks but play little or at all. It seems like in the early years of the practice squad era, there was less movement between that and the active roster.

No other #63 Seahawk has done more in his career than Bebout:

Here's another great picture of Bebout with his 1979 offensive linemen. My favorite Seahawk history site on the internet is http://www.beckys-place.com/spirit.html. Becky Selm is just a great fan who lives in Kansas and loves researching old Seahawk stuff. She's had her website up in one form or another for nearly 20 years: Heck that's back when Seatown Jay was at the cutting edge of internet fandom. Becky and Jay are among the folks who motivated me to be among the fans who never let Seahawk history fade away.

 

[Zebulon Dak]

Frank Beede is literally the only name on that list I remember besides Rishaw.

 

[Hawkstorian]

Ronnie Lee was a pretty good right tackle.

 

[Seahwkgal]

Just a little note about #64 Ron Essink. He is from my HS alma mater. We are both graduates of Zeeland, MI HS. I believe that Essink is the first of two NFL players from my home town and the other one was my 1st Cousin Jay Reimersma.

 

[Hawkstorian]

#62

First	Last	College	Pos	Years	Games	Starts
Dave	Simonson	Minnesota	T	1976	5	0
Ernie	Price	Texas A&I	DE	1978-1979	16	15
Terry	Dion	Oregon	DT	1980	9	2
Kani	Kauahi	Hawaii	C	1982-1986	62	5
Roland	Barbay	Louisiana State	NT	1987-1988	6	0
Sean	Farrell	Penn State	G	1992	6	0
Chris	Gray	Auburn	G	1998-2007	167	154
Evan	Dietrich-Smith	Idaho State	G	2010	0	0

Dave Simonson was a backup lineman who played for five teams in four years. He was on the roster for 11 weeks in '76 but only saw spot duty in 5 games.

#62 has been sparingly used in recent years. Evan Dietrich-Smith was claimed off waivers from Green Bay (John Schneiders first year with the Seahawks) at the start of 2010 but was cut after being inactive for 4 weeks. He eventually signed back with Green Bay and was their starting center in 2013. He just signed a free agent deal with Tampa for 4 years and $14 Million.

In March of 1998 the Seahawks signed two free agent guards. The first was Brian Habib from Denver who was slotted as the immediate starter at right guard. The second was a backup from Chicago named Chris Gray, whom nobody gave much thought to. Which guy do you think went on to start over 150 games for Seattle over 10 seasons?

Gray played most of his years at guard but did you remember he started 2000 at center? Robbie Tobeck was signed in the off-season but injured his back so Gray played center all year.

Admit it now, all you "haters" ... Chris Gray was a damn good guard and one of the main cogs in the great rushing attacks of the mid '00s. You may have never loved him, but we could never find anyone better ... and over time we all learned to appreciate him, especially after he was gone.

 

[ChiefHawk]

You would be hard pressed to find a player that did more work than Gray.

Good lineman than can take any of the three interior spots.

 

[Tundra]

Excellent write up to sum up Chris Gray and what he was for this organization.

 

[Zebulon Dak]

One of the original .NET whipping boys. Always the scapegoat.

 

[Hawkstorian]

#61

First	Last	College	Pos	Years	Games	Starts
Tom	Lynch	Boston College	G	1977-1980	60	48
Robert	Pratt	North Carolina	G	1982-1985	57	57
Alonzo	Mitz	Florida	DE	1986-1989	41	7
Theo	Adams	Hawaii	T	1992	10	0
Matt	Werner	UCLA	DE	1994	0	0
Mark	Rodenhauser	Illinois State	LS	1999	9	0
Robbie	Tobeck	Washington State	C	2000-2006	97	93
Lemuel	Jeanpierre	South Carolina	C	2010-2013	52	8

Tom Lynch was the first of the three #2 pick the Seahawks received for trading back in the first round of the 1977 draft, giving the Cowboys Tony Dorsett.. Trading away Dorsett is widely considered one of the worst trades in NFL history but in reality the team didn't have much of a choice. If they had drafted Dorsett he would have been behind an offensive line that consisted mostly of expansion draft picks who were well past their years. The Seahawks needed to fill out their roster with talent across the board. In the trade, the team got two linemen (Lynch & Steve August), a starting linebacker (Terry Beeson) and traded the last pick for WR Duke Fergerson who didn't amount to much. After going 9-7 in both 1978 and 1979 the trade didn't see all that bad, but Beeson wore down pretty quickly, August never played up to a first round level and Newton was traded to Buffalo after holding out into the 1981 season.

All trades are judged by history, and the fact remains Dorsett is in the Hall of Fame and the rest of the guys are mere footnotes; but Beeson was pretty damn good for a few years; and if Lynch and August had played longer maybe the trade doesn't look so bad.

Robert Pratt holds the team record for receiving yards by an offensive lineman.

The most recent #61 is Lemuel Jeanpierre, who was indispensable in 2013 when Max Unger missed some games. LJP has worked his way from a practice squad guy to a key depth guy. Maybe he'll get a shot to start somewhere in the future.

The MVP at #61 is, of course, Robbie Tobeck, who was the vocal leader of the great offenses of the Holmgren years. He was probably also the best interview on the team, win or lose. The guy was probably one of the smartest and wilyest lineman you ever watched.

 

[IndyHawk]

I hated that Dorsett trade,I don't think we came out ahead in any way..I saw how much he improved the Cowboys from the time he got there ..All I could think is how stupid can you be to trade a franchise player..
If this was the Viking trade Dallas made with Walker then great you got 2-3 yrs of #1 picks and more..Our Fo then couldn't even come close to getting that and Dorsett was much better than Walker ..

 

[Hawkstorian]

#60

First	Last	College	Pos	Years	Games	Starts
Ron	Coder	Penn State	G	1976-1979	42	19
Kevin	Turner	Pacific	LB	1981	7	0
Jerome	Boyd	Oregon State	LB	1983	5	0
Glenn	Hyde	Pittsburgh	C	1986	3	0
Chris	Godfrey	Michigan	G	1988	10	2
Greg	Bloedorn	Cornell	C	1996-1999	11	0
Joe	Brown	Ohio State	DT	2001	2	0
Max	Unger	Oregon	C	2009-2013	66	66

Thought I'd spark some more discussion about the Dorsett trade. Come on! Where's the passion all you old-fart fans!

Ron Coder was part of the wave of last-minute acquisitions on the eve of the inaugural 1976 season. He started all of 1977 at guard but injuries eventually limited his playing time and he was cut prior to the 1980 season. His story seems very similar to a lot of early Seahawks. There were many very good players whose career shows promise, but they never seemed to pan out. Certainly old Kingdome turf didn't help. It was basically a concrete floor with a thin pad over it. Remember Curt Warner's knee injury in '84? He was never touched .. he just planted and it went. I remember reading reports also that the Seahawk's medical staff wasn't exactly top notch in those early years. Not sure how much truth there is to that, but I think we're lucky now to have a team that really understands how to take care of players in the best way possible, given the violent nature of the sport.

Our current and all-time best #60 is Max Unger, who played his first year at guard before settling in a fixture at center. He been voted to two pro-bowls, and, of course Superbowl champion. He even landed on the NFL's "Top 100" list which is unusual for a center. If only you could find a player who actually admits to casting a vote!

 

[hawksfansinceday1]

No argument on any of the last 3. Slam dunks IMO. Always was a big Tobeck fan since he's a Coug.