Dick Flanagan

{{Short description|American football player (1927–1997)}}

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Dick Flanagan

| image = Dick Flanagan - 1955 Bowman.jpg

| caption = Flanagan on a 1955 Bowman football card

| number = 9, 74, 60, 57

| position = Linebacker
Guard
Center

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|10|31|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Sidney, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|9|23|1926|10|31}}

| death_place = Sidney, Ohio, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 216

| high_school = Sidney (Sidney, Ohio)

| college = Ohio St.

| draftyear = 1948

| draftround = 10

| draftpick = 83

| pastteams =

• Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1948|1950}})
• Detroit Lions (1950-{{NFL Year|1952}})
• Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1953|1955}})

| highlights =

• NFL champion (1952)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 84

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 53

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 8

| pfr = FlanDi20

}}

Richard E. Flanagan (October 31, 1927 – September 27, 1997) was a National Football League (NFL) center who played eight seasons. Flanagan played high school football for Sidney High School and college football for Ohio State University.{{cite news|last=Pendleton|first=Marc|url=https://www.daytondailynews.com/sports/sidney-football-top-players-yellow-jackets-history/qtHzgefzsHEfJwYOXCRaoK/|title=Sidney football: Top 7 players in Yellow Jackets history|date=August 9, 2017|newspaper=Dayton Daily News|access-date=May 17, 2022}} He was selected by the Chicago Bears in the 10th round of the 1948 NFL draft.{{cite web|author=|url=https://247sports.com/Team/Ohio-State-Buckeyes-Football-79/DraftPicks/?year=1948|title=1948 Ohio State Buckeyes Draft|website=247Sports|access-date=May 17, 2022}} He played running back in college and his first year with the Bears. He also played linebacker and offensive guard during his professional career. Flanagan was a member of the Detroit Lions team that defeated the Cleveland Browns to win the 1952 NFL Championship.{{cite book|last=Page|first=Joseph S.|title=Pro Football Championships Before the Super Bowl: A Year-by-Year History, 1926-1965|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jysqjoco9rsC&pg=PA126|chapter=1952 NFL—The Lions Texas Connections|pages=124–128|year=2014|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-5785-4|via=Google Books|access-date=May 26, 2022}}