:Dickie Harris

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1950)}}

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

{{BLP sources |date=January 2008}}

{{Infobox Canadian Football League biography

| name = Dickie Harris

| image =

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|5|24}}

| birth_place = Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, U.S.

| death_date =

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| number = 18

| status = Retired

| import = yes

| position1 = Defensive back

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 170

| college = South Carolina

| NFLDraftedYear = 1972

| NFLDraftedRound = 5

| NFLDraftedPick = 114

| NFLDraftedTeam = New York Jets

| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1972}}–{{CFL Year|1980}}

| playing_team1 = Montreal Alouettes

| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1982}}

| playing_team2 = Montreal Concordes

| career_highlights =

• 2× Grey Cup champion (1974, 1977)
• First-team All-American (1970)
• Second-team All-American (1971)

| CFLAllStar = {{CFL Year|1974}}–{{CFL Year|1980}}

| CFLEastAllStar = {{CFL Year|1973}}–{{CFL Year|1980}}

| CFHOF = dickie-harris

| CFHOFYear = 1999

}}

Dickie Harris (born May 24, 1950) is a former all-star defensive back with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

A graduate of the University of South Carolina, Harris started his 10-year career with the Alouettes in 1972, spanning 134 games. He was an 8-time all-star and won the Grey Cup in 1974 and 1977. His 38 interceptions for 631 yards are team records as is his 118-yard interception return. He retired in 1980, but returned to the Montreal Concordes in 1982 for 3 games.

He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1999.{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/427993921.html?dids=427993921:427993921&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+16,+1999&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=CFL+welcomes+three+into+pantheon+;+Alouette+Harris,+Argo+Holloway+among+inductees&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104001824/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/427993921.html?dids=427993921:427993921&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+16,+1999&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=CFL+welcomes+three+into+pantheon+;+Alouette+Harris,+Argo+Holloway+among+inductees&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 4, 2012|title=CFL welcomes three into pantheon; Alouette Harris, Argo Holloway among inductees|date=16 October 1999|work=Toronto Star|access-date=24 September 2010}} In November, 2006, Harris was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#33) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.