Dick Danehe

{{Short description|American football player (1920–2018)}}

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Dick Danehe

| image = DickDanehe.png

| caption = Danehe pictured {{Circa|1941}} at USC

| number = 27

| position = Tackle

| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|9|10}}

| birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|6|20|1920|9|10}}

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 235

| high_school = Hickman (Columbia, Missouri)

| college = USC

| undraftedyear =

| pastteams = * Los Angeles Dons ({{NFL Year|1947}})

| pfr = D/DaneDi20

}}

Richard Michael Danehe (September 10, 1920 – June 20, 2018) was an American football defensive end and tackle who played two seasons with the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference. He played college football at the University of Southern California, having previously attended Hickman High School in Columbia, Missouri. He later worked as a football announcer.{{Cite web |last=Register |first=Orange County Register {{!}} Orange County |date=2007-09-13 |title=The game that changed the world |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2007/09/13/the-game-that-changed-the-world/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Orange County Register |language=en-US}} Danehe died in June 2018 at the age of 97.{{Cite web |date=2018-09-03 |title=In memoriam: ‘Dick’ Danehe, 98, USC football letterman and WWII veteran |url=https://news.usc.edu/in-memoriam-dick-danehe-98-usc-football-letterman-and-wwii-veteran/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=USC Today |language=en-US}}