Rich Houston
Appearance
No. 84 | |
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Position: | Wide receiver |
Personal information | |
Born: | Texarkana, Texas, U.S. | November 16, 1945
Died: | December 11, 1982 Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 37)
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 196 lb (89 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Texarkana (TX) Dunbar |
College: | East Texas State |
NFL draft: | 1969 / round: 4 / pick: 92 |
Career history | |
Stats at Pro Football Reference |
Richard Charles Houston (November 16, 1945 – December 11, 1982) was an American football wide receiver who played five seasons with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the New York Giants in the fourth round of the 1969 NFL Draft. He played college football at East Texas State University and attended Dunbar High School in Texarkana, Texas.[1] Houston was killed in a car crash on December 11, 1982.[2]
References
- ^ "RICH HOUSTON". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
- ^ "Ex-Giant Killed in Crash". The New York Giants. Associated Press. December 12, 1982. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
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Categories:
- 1945 births
- 1982 deaths
- Players of American football from Texarkana, Texas
- American football wide receivers
- African-American players of American football
- Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football players
- New York Giants players
- Road incident deaths in New Jersey
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- American football wide receiver, 1940s birth stubs