| ALL-PENN STATE Half Century (1950-1999) |
| OFFENSE Pos Name Ht Wt Sr Yr QB 16 JOHN HUFNAGEL 6-1 194 1972 12 KERRY COLLINS 6-5 234 1994 14 CHUCK FUSINA 6-1 196 1978 FB 34 Franco Harris 6-2 220 1971 32 Matt Suhey 5-11 212 1979 32 Tom Donchez 6-2 216 1974 RB 23 LYDELL MITCHELL 5-11 195 1971 HOF 25 CURT WARNER 6-0 198 1982 HOF 32 KI-JANA CARTER 5-10 212 1994 * RB 22 JOHN CAPPELLETTI 6-1 206 1973 HOF 42 LENNY MOORE 5-11 177 1955 39 CURTIS ENIS 6-1 233 1997 * WR 10 BOBBY ENGRAM 5-10 187 1995 83 KENNY JACKSON 5-11 173 1983 24 O J McDUFFIE 5-11 185 1992 TE 82 TED KWALICK 6-4 230 1968 HOF 81 KYLE BRADY 6-6 260 1994 89 Dan Natale 6-3 215 1974 T 70 DAVE JOYNER 6-0 235 1971 57 CHRIS CONLIN 6-4 280 1986 77 Charlie Sieminski 6-5 250 1962 G 50 JEFF HARTINGS 6-3 284 1995 62 SEAN FARRELL 6-3 266 1981 78 Mike Munchak 6-3 265 1981 C 53 GLENN RESSLER 6-2 235 1964 HOF 53 Bill Lenkaitis 6-2 241 1967 55 Jack Baiorunos 6-3 227 1974 G 66 STEVE WISNIEWSKI 6-5 265 1988 72 TOM RAFFERTY 6-3 238 1975 60 CHARLIE ZAPIEC 6-1 222 1971 T 71 KEITH DORNEY 6-5 262 1978 HOF 77 BILL DUGAN 6-4 281 1980 77 Charlie Getty 6-4 260 1973 PK 14 Travis Forney 5-9 164 1999 20 Brett Conway 6-2 190 1996 13 Nick Gancitano 5-7 167 1984 HOF = College Football Hall of Fame CAPS in blue selected to First Team All-America. Lower case blue selected to 2nd or 3rd team A-A. Lucas was an All-American QB in 1959 when NCAA rules mandated teams play one-platoon football. He also played defensive back and led Penn State in interceptions and punting. I listed him here as a DB in order to list three other First team A-A QB's. * Entered the NFL Draft after his junior season. |
| DEFENSE Pos Name Ht Wt Sr Yr DE 86 COURTNEY BROWN 6-5 270 1999 83 BRUCE BANNON 6-3 224 1972 37 WALKER LEE ASHLEY 6-0 235 1982 DT 54 BRUCE CLARK 6-2 255 1979 79 MIKE HARTENSTINE 6-3 233 1974 53 RANDY CROWDER 6-3 235 1973 DT 68 MIKE REID 6-2 245 1969 HOF 60 MATT MILLEN 6-1 255 1979 55 LOU BENFATTI 6-3 270 1993 DE 89 DAVE ROBINSON 6-3 220 1962 HOF 86 BOB MITINGER 6-2 215 1961 74 Larry Kubin 6-1 228 1980 LB 33 JACK HAM 6-3 220 1970 HOF 11 LaVAR ARRINGTON 6-3 233 1999 * 87 ED O'NEIL 6-3 220 1973 LB 35 DENNIS ONKOTZ 6-1 210 1969 HOF 81 JOHN SKORUPAN 6-2 208 1972 53 KURT ALLERMAN 6-3 221 1976 LB 31 SHANE CONLAN 6-3 225 1986 67 GREG BUTTLE 6-2 220 1975 56 Lance Mehl 6-3 231 1979 CB 33 RICHIE LUCAS 6-1 185 1959 HOF 39 Eddie Johnson 5-10 170 1988 47 Paul Johnson 5-11 185 1969 CB 32 MARK ROBINSON 5-11 202 1983 27 David Macklin 5-9 199 1999 10 Mike Smith 5-11 184 1970 H 9 DARREN PERRY 5-11 192 1991 43 MICHAEL ZORDICH 6-0 206 1985 17 Harry Hamilton 5-11 191 1983 S 26 NEAL SMITH 5-11 180 1969 27 PETE HARRIS 6-1 203 1980 3 KIM HERRING 6-0 197 1996 P 21 Ralph Giacomarro 6-1 190 1982 11 John Bruno 6-1 189 1986 41 Pat Pidgeon 5-10 202 1999 Kubin was injured in the third game of his senior season. He was granted a medical redshirt but opted not to come back for his fifth year. Zapiec was a starting G on the 1968 & 1969 undefeated teams. He was medically redshirted in 1970 and then played LB in 1971. Eddie Johnson and Robinson both played CB and S. |
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