Dick Absher

{{Short description|American football player (born 1944)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|4|19|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.

| death_date =

| number = 82, 57, 53

| college = Maryland

| position = Linebacker

| draftyear = 1967

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 125

| pastteams =

• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1967}})
• Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1967}}–{{NFL Year|1968}})
• New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|1969}}–{{NFL Year|1971}})
• Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1972}})

|highlights =

• First-team All-ACC (1966)

| pfr = AbshDi20

}}

Richard Alfred "Dick" Absher Jr. (born April 19, 1944) is a former American football linebacker and kicker) in the National Football League. He played for the Washington Redskins, Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, and the Philadelphia Eagles.{{cite web|title=Dick Absher|url=http://www.nfl.com/players/profile?id=ABS415291|work=NFL.com|publisher=National Football League|accessdate=3 January 2011}} He played college football at the University of Maryland and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1967 NFL/AFL draft by the Eagles.