:Sam Horner

{{Short description|American football player (born 1938)}}

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

{{BLP sources|date=March 2017}}

{{Use American English|date=December 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image = Sam Horner 1961.jpg

| position = Halfback
Defensive back
Punter

| number = 40, 26

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|3|4|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Fort Sill, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date = 2023

| draftyear = 1960

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 21

| afldraftyear = 1960

| afldraftround = Second Selections
(by the Denver Broncos)

| college = VMI

| teams =

• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1960}}–{{NFL Year|1961}})
• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1962}})

| highlights =

• Third-team All-American (1959)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 33

| statlabel2 = Offensive yards

| statvalue2 = 574

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 1

}}

Samuel Watson Horner, III (born March 4, 1938) is an American former professional football player who was a halfback, defensive back, and punter in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants. He played college football for the VMI Keydets and was selected in the second round of the 1960 NFL draft. He is a 1956 graduate of The Hill School