Dick Horne
American football player (1918–1964)
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Richard Courtland Horne (September 4, 1918 – November 9, 1964) was an American football end.
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Ventura County, California, U.S.
Horne in 1946 | |||||||
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| Position | End | ||||||
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| Born | September 4, 1918 Denver, Colorado, U.S. | ||||||
| Died | November 9, 1964 (aged 46) Ventura County, California, U.S. | ||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
| Listed weight | 214 lb (97 kg) | ||||||
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| High school | Woodrow Wilson Classical (Long Beach, California) | ||||||
| College | Oregon | ||||||
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Biography
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]
