1944 detroit lions roster

The 1944 roster for the Lions included Bill Callihan at running back, Dave Diehl at wide receiver and Al Kaporch at offensive lineman.

NO. NAME POS HEIGHT WEIGHT DOB AGE COLLEGE
1
Tony Aiello
T. Aiello
RB
5'6"
165
4/29/1921
23
Youngstown State
2
Stan Batinski
S. Batinski
OL
5'10"
215
3/4/1917
27
Temple
3
Paul Blessing
P. Blessing
WR
6'4"
215
1/6/1919
25
Nebraska-Kearney
4
Harry Bolton
H. Bolton
OL
6'3"
280
3/24/1919
25
Oklahoma State
5
Bill Callihan
B. Callihan
RB
6'3"
217
5/15/1916
28
Nebraska
6
Wayne Clark
W. Clark
WR
6'3"
210
4/13/1918
26
Utah
7
Joe D'Orazio
J. D'Orazio
OL
5'11"
220
10/5/1914
30
Ithaca
8
Fred Dawley
F. Dawley
RB
5'9"
190
3/11/1921
23
Michigan
9
Dave Diehl
D. Diehl
WR
6'0"
195
9/30/1918
26
Michigan State
10
Ed Eiden
E. Eiden
OL
6'0"
205
11/16/1921
23
Scranton
11
Tony Furst
T. Furst
OL
6'1"
217
4/26/1918
26
Dayton
12
John Greene
J. Greene
OL
6'0"
210
4/21/1920
24
Michigan
13
Elmer Hackney
E. Hackney
RB
6'2"
205
7/8/1916
28
Kansas State
14
Dale Hansen
D. Hansen
WR
6'3"
223
1/27/1921
23
Michigan State
15
Al Kaporch
A. Kaporch
OL
5'10"
215
10/6/1913
31
St. Bonaventure
16
Bob Keene
B. Keene
RB
5'10"
185
8/26/1919
25
Detroit Mercy
17
Tom Kennedy
T. Kennedy
OL
6'0"
218
6/4/1920
24
Wayne State (MI)
18
Sonny Liles
S. Liles
OL
5'8"
188
8/9/1919
25
Oklahoma State
19
Luke Lindon
L. Lindon
OL
5'10"
243
6/23/1915
29
Kentucky
20
Jackie Lowther
J. Lowther
RB
5'8"
165
12/27/1922
22
Detroit Mercy
21
Jack Matheson
J. Matheson
WR
6'2"
221
6/9/1920
24
Western Michigan
22
Ed Opalewski
E. Opalewski
OL
6'3"
230
11/11/1919
25
Eastern Michigan
23
Freeman Rexer
F. Rexer
WR
6'1"
211
6/18/1918
26
Tulane
24
Bill Rogers
B. Rogers
OL
5'11"
243
6/24/1913
31
Villanova
25
Ernie Rosteck
E. Rosteck
OL
6'1"
218
5/12/1922
22
None

More Lions Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

34.3

1st

OPP PPG

22.0

15th

RUSH YDS/G

139.0

6th

PASS YDS/G

232.3

13th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
Bears Bears
2
2
0
.500
Vikings Vikings
2
2
0
.500
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
DET DET
@
CIN CIN
4:25 PM
Sun
10/12
DET DET
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Mon
10/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
4:25 PM
Last Game
DET Lions

3 - 1 - 0

34

Final

10

CLE Browns

1 - 3 - 0

Sun 28 Sep 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
1
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/2
SF SF
@
LAR LAR
8:15 PM
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM