Dick Horne
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Position: | End | ||||||
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Born: | Denver, Colorado, U.S. | September 4, 1918||||||
Died: | November 9, 1964 Ventura County, California, U.S. | (aged 46)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 214 lb (97 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Woodrow Wilson Classical (Long Beach, California) | ||||||
College: | Oregon | ||||||
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Richard Courtland Horne (September 4, 1918 – November 9, 1964) was an American football end.
Biography
[edit]Dick Horne was born in Denver, in 1918, and attended Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California.[1] He played football at Compton Junior College and then, in 1939 and 1940, at the University of Oregon. He won the Hoffman Award as Oregon's outstanding senior football player in 1940.[2]
Horne played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants in 1941 and in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the Miami Seahawks in 1946 and the San Francisco 49ers in 1947. He appeared in a total of 22 professional games, five of them as a starter, and caught eight passes for 117 yards.[1]
Horne was later a businessman in Ventura, California. He died on November 9, 1964.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Dick Horne Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
- ^ "Horne Selected as Best Oregon Gridman in '40". The Klammath News. December 10, 1940. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Former Wilson Grid Star Horne Succumbs". Press-Telegram. Long Beach, California. November 10, 1964. p. C2. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- Dick Horne at Find a Grave
- 1918 births
- 1964 deaths
- American football ends
- Compton Tartars football players
- Miami Seahawks players
- New York Giants players
- Oregon Ducks football players
- San Francisco 49ers players
- Santa Ana Army Air Base Flyers football players
- Players of American football from Ventura, California
- Players of American football from Denver
- Players of American football from Long Beach, California