:Dick Bassi

{{Short description|American football player (1915–1973)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Dick Bassi

| number = 35, 36

| position = Guard

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|1|1}}

| birth_place = San Luis Obispo, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|8|12|1915|1|1}}

| death_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 214

| high_school = Mission
(San Francisco, California)

| college = Santa Clara

| draftyear = 1937

| draftround = 4

| draftpick = 36

| pastteams =

• Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1938|1939}})
• Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1940}})
• Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1941}})
• San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|1946|1947}})

| highlights =

• First-team All-PCC (1936)
• NFL All-Star (1940)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 57

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 29

| pfr = BassDi20

}}

Richard Joseph Bassi (January 1, 1915 – August 12, 1973) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins, Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He also played for the San Francisco 49ers of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). Bassi played college football at the University of Santa Clara and was drafted in the fourth round of the 1937 NFL draft.{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/bass01800.html | title=DICK BASSI | publisher=profootballarchives.com | accessdate=April 17, 2015 | archive-date=April 17, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417175102/http://www.profootballarchives.com/bass01800.html | url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=1937 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1937/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}