Jim Gillette, Marshall Goldberg and Ernie Steele were tied for the oldest defensive backs in 1948. They were 31 years old.
| NAME | Age | SEASON | TM | GP | TKL | AST | COMB | SCK | SCKY | INT | INT YDS | INT TD | FF | FR | FR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Gillette | 31 | 1948 |  DET | 10 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | | M. Goldberg | 31 | 1948 |  CHC | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | | E. Steele | 31 | 1948 |  PHI | 12 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | | A. Dudish | 30 | 1948 | DET | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | | I. Comp | 29 | 1948 |  GB | 11 | 5 | 86 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | | F. Reagan | 29 | 1948 |  NYG | 11 | 9 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | | J. Watt | 29 | 1948 | DET | 12 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | | G. Cheverko | 28 | 1948 | TOT | 10 | 6 | 168 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | | T. Compagno | 27 | 1948 |  PIT | 12 | 7 | 179 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | | A. Faircloth | 27 | 1948 | NYG | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | | R. Cochran | 26 | 1948 | CHC | 12 | 7 | 111 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | | T. Cook | 26 | 1948 | GB | 12 | 6 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | | B. Forte | 26 | 1948 | GB | 12 | 5 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | | A. Johnson | 26 | 1948 | PHI | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | | H. Livingston | 26 | 1948 |  WAS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | | E. Maves | 25 | 1948 | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | | L. Palmer | 25 | 1948 | PHI | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | | J. Davis | 24 | 1948 | CHC | 11 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | | H. Hartley | 24 | 1948 | WAS | 12 | 3 | 76 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 20 | | E. Tunnell | 24 | 1948 | NYG | 10 | 7 | 116 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 21 | | J. Billy Baumgardner | 23 | 1948 | DET | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 22 | | D. Sandifer | 21 | 1948 | WAS | 12 | 13 | 258 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
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