Dick Horne
{{Short description|American football player (1918–1964)}}
{{distinguish|Dick Horn}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Dick Horne
| image = Horne-Dick-1946.jpg
| caption = Horne in 1946
| number = 49, 54, 51
| position = End
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|9|4}}
| birth_place = Denver, Colorado, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|11|9|1918|9|4}}
| death_place = Ventura County, California, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 214
| high_school = Woodrow Wilson Classical
(Long Beach, California)
| college = Oregon
| pastteams = * New York Giants (1941)
- Miami Seahawks (1946)
- San Francisco 49ers (1947)
| statleague = NFL + AAFC
| statlabel1 = Games played
| statvalue1 = 22
| statlabel2 = Starts
| statvalue2 = 5
| statlabel3 =
| statvalue3 =
| statlabel4 =
| statvalue4 =
| pfr = H/HornDi21
}}
Richard Courtland Horne (September 4, 1918 – November 9, 1964) was an American football end.
Biography
File:Dick Horne and Jim Seminoff 1943.jpg in 1943.]]
Dick Horne was born in Denver, in 1918, and attended Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California. He played football at Compton Junior College and then, in 1939 and 1940, at the University of Oregon. He won the Hoffman Award as Oregon's outstanding senior football player in 1940.{{Cite news |date=December 10, 1940 |title=Horne Selected as Best Oregon Gridman in '40 |page=7 |work=The Klammath News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45993595/horne-selected-as-best-oregon-gridman/ |via=Newspapers.com}}
Horne played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants in 1941 and in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the Miami Seahawks in 1946 and the San Francisco 49ers in 1947. He appeared in a total of 22 professional games, five of them as a starter, and caught eight passes for 117 yards.{{Cite web |title=Dick Horne Stats |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HornDi21.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=March 2, 2020}}
Horne was later a businessman in Ventura, California. He died on November 9, 1964.{{cite news |author= |title=Former Wilson Grid Star Horne Succumbs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-telegram-obituary-for-dick-horne/124071459/ |newspaper=Press-Telegram |location=Long Beach, California |date=November 10, 1964 |page=C2 |access-date=May 4, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
References
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External links
- {{Footballstats |nfl=dick-horne |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=H/HornDi21 |rotoworld= }}
- {{Find a Grave|90342203}}
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Category:American football ends
Category:Compton Tartars football players
Category:Miami Seahawks players
Category:New York Giants players
Category:Oregon Ducks football players
Category:San Francisco 49ers players
Category:Santa Ana Army Air Base Flyers football players
Category:Players of American football from Ventura, California
Category:Players of American football from Denver
Category:Players of American football from Long Beach, California