Franco Harris Football League
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#51|John Bross Defensive Tackle
Retired (1987, Age 33)
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Total Rating B   Help Conditioning 95%
Status Deceased (01-04-2018) Potential C 
Age at Death 63 Born 10-26-1954 in Norfolk, NE
Drafted Round 2, Pick 40 (1977) Experience 9 Years (180 Wks)
College State University of Alabama, 1978 Salary 745 ($2027.922M/2122 $)
OFFENSE DEFENSE SPEC TEAMS
Throw Power D  Catching D+ Pass Cover C  Kick Power D+
Throw Acc D- Pass Blocking C- Run Cover C+ Kick Acc D 
Carrying D- Run Blocking C+ Tackling B- Kick Return F 
        Pursuit C     
PHYSICAL MENTAL DEXTERITY
Speed C+ Stamina C  Execution A- Agility D+
Strength B+ Health D+ Aggressiveness C- Hands C-
Jumping D+     Attitude D+ Break Tackle D-
ROLES
QB D  C C- DT B  SS C  K F  GUN C 
WR D  G C  DE C  FS C- P D- KR D 
HB/TB D+ T C- ILB C+ CB C- LS D  KRB C-
FB C- TE C- OLB C+ H D+ HT C  KOS D-
Year Team G GS TKL SOLO AST SACK SAF STF DEF BRK INT INTY AVG LNG TD FF
1977 STL 16 16 0 0 0 6.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0
1978 STL 16 16 0 0 0 5.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 4
1979 STL 16 16 0 0 0 8.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0
1980 STL 13 13 0 0 0 3.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0
1981 STL 16 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 1
1982 STL 16 16 0 0 0 2.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0
1983 STL 16 16 0 0 0 6.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 2
1984 STL 12 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0
1986 STL 16 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0
Total   137 95 0 0 0 34.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 7

Career Transactions
DateTransaction
02-28-1988John Bross has retired from football.
09-06-1987The St. Louis Lions have moved Jerry Stehouwer to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Ladrian Waddle to the inactive roster.
09-06-1987The St. Louis Lions have waived John Bross.
08-31-1987The St. Louis Lions have moved Stefan Grimes, Jeff Lamana, Cliff Avril, Kevin Jones, Winnie Zereoue, Dave Compton, and Tony Cichowski to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved John Bross, Roy Wilkinson, Theo Riddick, Quinton Reese, Lloyd Paul, and Earl Wilson to the inactive roster.
08-04-1986The St. Louis Lions have moved Sedrick Irvin, Craig Gollomb, Derrick Williams, John Bross, Adam Moran, Quinton Reese, Alex Carter, Chris Claiborne, Pratt Lewis, and Riley Reiff to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Kevin Jones, Dave Compton, Ernie Sims, Darius Slay, Bennie Blades, Cliff Avril, Shane Helmsley, and Lewis Zimmerman to the inactive roster.
09-02-1985The St. Louis Lions have moved Bennie Blades, Darius Slay, Kevin Jones, Shaun Rogers, Kevin Brown, Lewis Zimmerman, and Laken Tomlinson to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Tom Fernandes, Bill Bentley, John Bross, Pratt Lewis, Jim Bahr, Jerry Kennedy, and Adam Moran to the inactive roster.
12-10-1984The St. Louis Lions have moved John Bross to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Reggie Guyon to the inactive roster.
11-12-1984The St. Louis Lions have moved Reggie Guyon to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved John Bross to the inactive roster.
11-11-1984John Bross of the St. Louis Lions is injured with an ankle ligament sprain and is expected to be out for approximately 23 days.
09-06-1982The St. Louis Lions have moved Rod Turnbow, Darius Slay, Rashean Mathis, John Bross, Mark Farr, Kevin Brown, Joe Feldhaus, Carl Treu, and Rob Sims to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Coy Tyson, John Saul, Scotty Anderson, Trumaine Slater, Leonard Beverly, Pratt Lewis, Earl Fawcett, and Kyle Van Noy to the inactive roster.
08-15-1982The St. Louis Lions have moved Louis Delmas, Jake Sands, Shaun Rogers, Ernie Sims, Leonard Beverly, and Bill Bentley to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Toi Carnelly, Reggie Guyon, John Bross, Tahir Whitehead, Rashean Mathis, and Darius Slay to the inactive roster.
08-15-1982John Bross of the St. Louis Lions is injured with a knee derangement and is expected to be out for approximately 20 days.
12-28-1980The St. Louis Lions have moved John Bross to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Jake Sands to the inactive roster.
12-22-1980The St. Louis Lions have moved Jake Sands to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved John Bross to the inactive roster.
12-21-1980John Bross of the St. Louis Lions is injured with a finger fracture and is expected to be out for approximately 8 days.
10-13-1980The St. Louis Lions have moved John Bross and Matthew Whittington to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Tahir Whitehead and Eric Rothwell to the inactive roster.
09-29-1980The St. Louis Lions have moved Tahir Whitehead to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved John Bross to the inactive roster.
09-28-1980John Bross of the St. Louis Lions is injured with a hip contusion and is expected to be out for approximately 9 days.
09-01-1980The St. Louis Lions have moved Nick Forbes, Trumaine Slater, Darius Slay, John Bross, Jim Kennard, Shine Seidelson, Jim Bahr, Mark Farr, Kevin Brown, and Joe Feldhaus to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Bill Bentley, Steve Kingsriter, Tahir Whitehead, Leonard Beverly, Matthew Whittington, Paul Ellis, Earl Fawcett, and Adam Moran to the inactive roster.
08-11-1980The St. Louis Lions have moved David Martin, Bill Bentley, Mike Freitas, Tahir Whitehead, Leonard Beverly, Pratt Lewis, Matthew Whittington, Tony Cichowski, Eric Rothwell, Earl Fawcett, and Rob Sims to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Nick Forbes, Trumaine Slater, Darius Slay, John Bross, Skippy Carter, Jim Kennard, Shine Seidelson, Jim Bahr, Mark Farr, Kevin Brown, and Joe Feldhaus to the inactive roster.
09-02-1979The St. Louis Lions have moved Nick Forbes, Coy Tyson, John Saul, Buzz Davis, Trumaine Slater, Sam Kiefer, Toi Carnelly, Riley Reiff, Chris Scott, John Bross, Jim Kennard, Shine Seidelson, Kevin Brown, Joe Feldhaus, and Jim Gaustad to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved David Martin, Mike Freitas, Dan McDonald, Leonard Beverly, Pratt Lewis, Matthew Whittington, Skippy Carter, and Adam Moran to the inactive roster.
04-29-1979The St. Louis Lions have moved Adam Moran, Carl Novak, Frank Tausch, Sterling Ezor, Bob Baugh, Stump Mitchell, Corey Fuller, David Martin, Pratt Lewis, Al Varajon, Mike Freitas, Bob Odomes, and Matthew Whittington to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Jim Gaustad, Toi Carnelly, John Bross, Kevin Brown, Buzz Davis, Jim Kennard, Trumaine Slater, Joe Feldhaus, John Saul, Nick Forbes, Coy Tyson, Riley Reiff, and Chris Scott to the inactive roster.
08-15-1977The St. Louis Lions have moved John Bross to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Ryan Jenkins to the inactive roster.