Dick Poillon
American football player (1920–1994)
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Richard Charles Poillon (August 13, 1920 – November 14, 1994) was an American professional football halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He scored a career 247 points and was the Redskins' leading scorer for three years.
Queens, New York, U.S.
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Poillon on a 1948 Bowman football card | |||||||||
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| Positions | Halfback Defensive back Placekicker Punter | ||||||||
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| Born | August 13, 1920 Queens, New York, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | November 14, 1994 (aged 74) West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 193 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Valley Stream Central (Valley Stream, New York) | ||||||||
| College | Canisius | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1942: undrafted | ||||||||
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Raised in Valley Stream, New York, he attended Valley Stream Central High School, where he played baseball, basketball and football, as a quarterback, kicker, punter and kick / punt returner. He was inducted into the Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame in 2022.[1] He attended Canisius College.
Poillon was voted one of the Redskins' "Top 100 players" of all time by a poll by The Washington Post. He had held the Redskins' record with an interception returned for 93 yards and a touchdown set against the Philadelphia Eagles on November 21, 1948,[2] and broken on December 26, 1987, with a 100-yard return by Barry Wilburn.[3]
