Dick Absher

American football player (born 1944)

American football player

Dick Absher

No. 82, 57, 53

Position:

Linebacker

Personal information

Born:

(1944-04-19) April 19, 1944 (age 79)
Washington, D.C., U.S.

Career information

College:

Maryland

NFL draft:

1967 / Round: 5 / Pick: 125

Career history

Washington Redskins (1967)
Atlanta Falcons (1967–1968)
New Orleans Saints (1969–1971)
Philadelphia Eagles (1972)

Career NFL statistics

Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Richard Alfred "Dick" Absher, Jr. (born April 19, 1944) is a former American football linebacker and kicker) in the National Football League. He played for the Washington Redskins, Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, and the Philadelphia Eagles.^[1] He played college football at the University of Maryland and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1967 NFL Draft by the Eagles.

Biography

Dick Absher was born April 19, 1944 in Washington, DC. He attended Bullis Preparatory High School in Silver Spring, Maryland before going to college at the University of Maryland.^[2]

Absher was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) in the 5th round of the 1967 NFL Draft.^[2] On October 19, 1967 his contract was sold to the NFL's Washington Redskins, for whom he played one game before being released on October 30.^[2] He was signed by the Atlanta Falcons on November 1 and played one game that season for that team as well.^[2]

References

^ "Dick Absher". NFL.com. National Football League. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d John Duxbury and Larry Shainman (eds.), Football Register, 1968. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1968; p. 3.