Dick Horne

Not to be confused with Dick Horn.
Dick Horne
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Horne in 1946
No. 49, 54, 51
Position:End
Personal information
Born:(1918-09-04)September 4, 1918
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Died:November 9, 1964(1964-11-09) (aged 46)
Ventura County, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:214 lb (97 kg)
Career information
High school:Woodrow Wilson Classical
(Long Beach, California)
College:Oregon
Career history
Career NFL + AAFC statistics
Games played:22
Starts:5
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Richard Courtland Horne (September 4, 1918 – November 9, 1964) was an American football end.

Biography

Horne (right) fighting for a loose basketball against USC Trojans center Jim Seminoff in 1943.

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

  1. ^ a b "Dick Horne Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  2. ^ "Horne Selected as Best Oregon Gridman in '40". The Klammath News. December 10, 1940. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Former Wilson Grid Star Horne Succumbs". Press-Telegram. Long Beach, California. November 10, 1964. p. C2. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.