Jim Cadile - G

Jim Cadile was the Bears' 4th-round pick in 1962. He was a tackle in his rookie season, then switched to guard the next year. 

 

He was the Bears' starting right guard from 1964 to 1971. 

 

Cadile finished his career as a backup guard in 1972. 

 

 

Teams: Bears (1962-72)

Roy Winston - LB

Roy Winston played for 15 seasons (1962-76), all with the Vikings. 

 

He was drafted in the 4th round in 1962, and was the starting left linebacker in all but his first and last seasons. 

 

Although a steady player (only missing 5 games from 1962-74, and starting all but 13 games from 1963-73), he never made the Pro Bowl. 

 

 

Teams: Vikings (1962-76)

Pete Case - G

Pete Case was the Eagles' 2nd-round pick in 1962. He started just over half the games at right guard for the next 3 seasons. 

 

Before the 1965 season he was traded to the Giants for tackle Lane Howell. 

 

Case played every game for the Giants from 1965-69 at left guard, starting all but 5 games in that span. He wrapped up his career with the Giants in 1970 as a reserve. 

 

 

Teams: Eagles (1962-64), Giants (1965-70) 

  

Dick Witcher - FL

Dick Witcher was the 49ers' 8th-round pick in 1966. He spent his rookie season on the bench, but after Bernie Casey was traded to the Rams before the 1967 season, Witcher became the starting flanker. That was his best season, catching 46 passes for 705 yards. 

 

He remained in the starting lineup through 1971, although with the arrival of rookie Gene Washington in 1969, he shared the other wideout spot with Clifton McNeil. 

 

In 1972 he shared his position with Preston Riley. 

 

In his final season with the 49ers, he moved over to tight end, backing up Pro-Bowler Ted Kwalick. 

 

Witcher also played for the WFL's Southern California Sun in 1974. 

 

 

Teams: 49ers (1966-73), WFL (1974)

Don McCall - HB

Don McCall was the Saints' 5th-round pick in 1967. He rode the bench for much of his rookie year, as veterans Jim Taylor and Ernie Wheelwright (at the end of their careers, but still bigger names than Don McCall) got the most playing time in the backfield. 

 

McCall started 13 games in 1968 and led the Saints with 637 yards, a big improvement over Taylor's team-leading 390 yards in 1967. 

 

In 1969, running back Andy Livingston was acquired from the Bears before training camp started, making McCall expendable. Don was traded to the Steelers just before the start of the season. He played in 13 games for Pittsburgh, starting none. 

 

Waived in the summer of 1970, he was picked up by the Saints in mid-December, and played 2 games at the end of the season. 

 

He was later employed by the Chargers (1971) and Bills (1972) but saw no action with either of them. 

 

He also played for the WFL's Southern California Sun (1974) and San Antonio Wings (1975). 

 

 

Teams: Saints (1967-68, 1970), Steelers (1969), Chargers (1971), Bills (1972), WFL (1974-75).

Fred Hill - TE

Fred Hill played for the Eagles for 7 seasons (1965-71). He was mostly a backup tight end, but in 2 of his seasons he started 8 of the 14 games, making him the primary starter.

Fred was the Eagles' 4th-round pick in 1965. After a year on special teams, he started 8 games at split end in 1966, in place of the injured Ray Poage. Hill returned to the starting lineup in 1968, filling in for the injured and/or suspended Mike Ditka at tight end.

He played in at least 12 games every season except 1969 (8 games) and 1971 (7). Hill retired during training camp in 1972.

 

Teams: Eagles (1965-71)

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Fred Hill was one of the driving forces (along with Eagles' owner Leonard Tose) of the Ronald McDonald House charity. In 1971, Hill's 5-year-old daughter was diagnosed with leukemia. After her successful treatment, Hill and the Eagles started the "Eagles Fly For Leukemia" program, and founded the first Ronald McDonald's House, in Philadelphia.

"Where is he now" story on the Eagles' website

Bob Matheson - LB

Bob Matheson may be best remembered as a key player in the 1970s Miami Dolphins' "53 defense", so named because Matheson wore #53 with the Dolphins. 

 

Matheson was the Browns' 1st-round pick in 1967. A bench player as a rookie, he was the Browns' starting middle linebacker in 1968 and part of 1969. In 1970 he returned to a backup role. 

 

He played for the Dolphins from 1971 to 1979. Although a backup for his first 3 seasons in Miami, he was the extra linebacker brought in for the "53 defense", essentially a temporary 3-4 alignment. 

 

Bob was a starting outside linebacker for part of 1974 and all of '75 and '76. In 1977 the Dolphins switched to a 3-4 defense, with Matheson starting 9 games as an inside linebacker. 

 

He returned to a backup role for his final two seasons, and was released during training camp in 1980. 

 

Teams: Browns (1967-70), Dolphins (1971-79) 

Dave Edwards - LB

Dave Edwards played for 13 seasons, all for the Cowboys. 

 

He was a backup linebacker in 1963 and 1964, then started all but 1 game from 1965-1975. 

 

After 4 years on the right side, he moved to the left side in 1969. 

 

 

Teams: Cowboys (1963-75)

Lonnie Warwick - MLB

Lonnie Warwick signed with the Vikings in 1965 as an undrafted free agent. 

 

After starting 7 games at left linebacker as a rookie, he was the Vikes' middle linebacker from 1966-1970, starting all but 2 games during that span. 

 

Warwick missed all but 4 games in 1971, and all but 6 games in 1972. 

 

From 1973-74 he played every game for the Falcons, but started none. 

 

 

Teams: Vikings (1965-72), Falcons (1973-74)