Rich Umphrey

{{Short description|American football player (born 1958)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Richard Umphrey III

| number = 59, 66

| position = Center

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|12|13}}

| birth_place = Garden Grove, California, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 263

| high_school = Tustin (Tustin, California)

| college = Colorado

| draftyear = 1982

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 129

| pastteams =

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 45

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 18

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 2

| pfr = UmphRi20

}}

Richard Vernon Umphrey III (born December 13, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants (1982–1984) and the San Diego Chargers (1985). He graduated from Tustin High School in Tustin, California and went on to play at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He was selected in the fifth round of the 1982 NFL draft by the New York Giants as the starting center. He played three seasons for the Giants before being traded in 1985 to the San Diego Chargers.

He is married to Jackie and father to Justin and Noel Umphrey, a water polo player for UCLA.

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Category:1958 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Garden Grove, California

Category:Players of American football from Orange County, California

Category:American football centers

Category:Colorado Buffaloes football players

Category:New York Giants players

Category:San Diego Chargers players

Category:Tustin High School alumni

Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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