1970s All-Rookie Teams

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1974
	Offense			Defense			Special Teams
QB	Tom Owen	SF	DE	John Dutton	BAL	PK	Efren Herrera	DAL
RB	Wilbur Jackson	SF	DE	Ed Jones	DAL	P	Dave Jennings	NYG
RB	Don Woods	SD	DT	Carl Barzilauskas	NYJ
WR	Nat Moore	MIA	DT	Bill Kollar	CIN
WR	Lynn Swann	PIT	OLB	Matt Blair	MIN
TE	Paul Seal	NO	OLB	Sam Hunt	NE
C	Mike Webster	PIT	MLB	Jack Lambert	PIT
G	John Hicks	NYG	CB	Terry Schmidt	NO
G	Tom Mullen	NYG	CB	Roscoe Word	NYJ
T	Charles Getty	KC	S	Prentice McCray	NE
T	Claudie Minor	DEN	S	Bill Simpson	LA

1975
	Offense			Defense			Special Teams
QB	Steve Bartkowski	ATL	DE	Mike Hartenstine	CHI	PK	Steve Mike-Mayer	SF
RB	Don Hardeman	HOU	DE	Mack Mitchell	CLE	P	Neil Clabo	MIN
RB	Mike Thomas	WAS	DT	Gary Johnson	SD
WR	Freddie Solomon	MIA	DT	Louie Kelcher	SD
WR	Rick Upchurch	DEN	OLB	Robert Brazile	HOU
TE	Russ Francis	NE	OLB	Randy White	DAL
C	Bill Reid	SF	MLB	Steve Towle	MIA
G	Lynn Boden	DET	CB	Neal Colzie	OAK
G	Burton Lawless	DAL	CB	Louis Wright	DEN
T	Doug France	LA	S	Ed Jones	BUF
T	Jeff Sevy	CHI	S	Johnnie Gray	GB

1976 - First Team
	Offense			Defense			Special Teams
QB	Jim Zorn	SEA	DE	Gary Burley	CIN	PK	Chris Bahr	CIN
RB	Clark Gaines	NYJ	DE	Charles Philyaw	OAK	P	Rusty Jackson	LA
RB	Chuck Muncie	NO	DT	Mike Dawson	STL
WR	Steve Largent	SEA	DT	Steve Niehaus	SEA
WR	Sammy White	MIN	OLB	Greg Buttle	NYJ
TE	David Hill	TE	OLB	Reggie Williams	CIN
C	Randy Cross	SF	MLB	Harry Carson	NYG
G	Tom Glassic	DEN	CB	Marlo Clark	BUF
G	Don Macek	SD	CB	Mike Haynes	NE
T	Mark Koncar	GB	S	Tim Fox	NE
T	Dennis Lick	CHI	S	James Hunter	DET

1976 - Second Team
	Offense			Defense			Special Teams
QB	Mike Kruczek	PIT	DE	Troy Archer	NYG	PK	Fred Steinfort	OAK
RB	Archie Griffin	CIN	DE	Lee Roy Selmon	TB	P	Danny White	DAL
RB	Lawrence Gaines Tony Galbreath	DET NO	DT	Ken Novak	BAL
WR	Brian Baschnagel	CHI	DT	John Woodcock	DET
WR	Billy Brooks	CIN	OLB	Larry Gordon	MIA
TE	Bennie Cunningham	PIT	OLB	Dan Jilek	BUF
C	Pete Brock	NE	MLB	Jimbo Elrod	KC
G	Russ Bolinger	DET	CB	Aaron Kyle	DAL
G	Glenn Bujnoch	CIN	CB	Frank Reed	ATL
T	Matt Herkenhoff	KC	S	Gary Barbaro	KC
T	Steve Young	TB	S	Mike Reinfeldt	HOU

1977
	Offense			Defense			Special Teams
QB	Tommy Kramer	MIN	DE	Mike Butler	GB	PK	Rafael Septien	LA
RB	Rob Carpenter	HOU	DE	A.J. Duhe	MIA	P	Bucky Dilts	DEN
RB	Tony Dorsett	DAL	DT	Bob Baumhower	MIA
WR	Billy Waddy	LA	DT	Eddie Edwards	CIN
WR	Wesley Walker	NYJ	OLB	Kim Bokamper	MIA
TE	Don Hasselbeck	NE	OLB	Bob Brudzinski	LA
C	Bob Rush	SD	MLB	Terry Beeson	SEA
G	George Reihner	HOU	CB	Raymond Clayborn	NE
G	R.C. Thielemann	ATL	CB	Gary Green	KC
T	Ted Albrecht	CHI	S	Bill Currier	HOU
T	Warren Bryant	ATL	S	Vern Roberson	MIA

1978
	Offense			Defense			Special Teams
QB	Doug Williams	TB	DE	Al Baker	DET	PK	Frank Corral	LA
RB	Earl Campbell	HOU	DE	Ross Browner	CIN	P	Tom Skladany	DET
RB	Terry Miller	BUF	DT	Dee Hardison	BUF
WR	John Jefferson	SD	DT	Don Latimer	DEN
WR	James Lofton	GB	OLB	John Anderson	GB
TE	Ozzie Newsome	CLE	OLB	Reggie Wilkes	PHI
C	Blair Bush	CIN	MLB	Dan Bunz	SF
G	Walt Downing	SF	CB	Bobby Jackson	NYJ
G	Homer Elias	DET	CB	Ron Johnson	PIT
T	Mike Kenn	ATL	S	Ken Greene	STL
T	Chris Ward	NYJ	S	John Harris	SEA

1979
	Offense			Defense			Special Teams
QB	Phil Simms	NYG	DE	Jesse Baker	HOU	PK	Tony Franklin	PHI
RB	Ottis Anderson	STL	DE	Dan Hampton	CHI	P	Bob Grupp	KC
RB	William Andrews	ATL	DT	Fred Smerlas	BUF
WR	Jerry Butler	BUF	DT	Manu Tuiasosopo	SEA
WR	Earnest Gray	NYG	OLB	Jim Haslett	BUF
TE	Dan Ross	CIN	OLB	Jerry Robinson	PHI
C	Mark Dennard	MIA	MLB	Stan Blinka	NYJ
G	Cody Risien	CLE	CB	Larry Braziel	BAL
G	Greg Roberts	TB	CB	Henry Williams	OAK
T	Keith Dorney	DET	S	Vernon Perry	HOU
T	Dave Studdard	DEN	S	Brenard Wilson	PHI

Many thanks to John Turney of the Professional Football Researchers Association for his assistance in completing the PFWA’s award history.