Richard Fain
{{Short description|American football player (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Richard Fain
| number = 31, 24
| position = Cornerback
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|2|29|mf=y}}
| birth_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 185
| high_school = North Fort Myers
(North Fort Myers, Florida)
| college = Florida
| draftyear = 1991
| draftround = 6
| draftpick = 157
| pastteams =
- Cincinnati Bengals (1991)
- Phoenix Cardinals ({{NFL Year|1991}})
- Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1992|1993}})
- Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1994}})*{{cite web |title=Transactions |url=https://www.nfl.com/transactions/league/signings/1994/7 |website=NFL.com |access-date=16 June 2024}}
| highlights =
| statlabel1 = Interceptions
| statvalue1 = 1
| pfr = FainRi20
}}
Richard Alexander Fain (born February 29, 1968) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons during the early 1990s. Fain played college football for the Florida Gators, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Cincinnati Bengals, Phoenix Cardinals and Chicago Bears of the NFL.
Early years
Fain was born in Fort Myers, Florida.Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FainRi20.htm Richard Fain]. Retrieved March 10, 2011. He attended North Fort Myers High School in North Fort Myers,databaseFootball.com, Players, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111121114520/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=FAINRIC01 Richard Fain]}}. Retrieved March 10, 2011. and was a standout high school football player for the North Fort Myers Red Knights.
College career
Fain Accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Galen Hall and coach Steve Spurrier's Gators teams from 1987 to 1990.[http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2011/media_guide.pdf 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402035222/http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2011/media_guide.pdf |date=April 2, 2012 }}, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 88, 96–97, 98, 101, 154, 181 (2011). Retrieved August 28, 2011. He had ten interceptions in four seasons, and received first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors in 1989 and 1990, and was also a second-team All-American in 1989 and 1990. Memorably, in 1990, he recovered a punt blocked by Jimmy Spencer, and returned it twenty-five yards for a touchdown—the margin of victory in the Gators' 17–13 victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide.Norm Carlson, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, p. 107 (2007).
Fain graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sport sciences in 1990.
Professional career
The Cincinnati Bengals selected Fain in the sixth round (157th pick overall) of the 1991 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1991 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1991/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played for the Bengals and Phoenix Cardinals during the {{NFL Year|1991}} season.National Football League, Historical Players, [http://www.nfl.com/players/profile?id=FAI100676 Richard Fain]. Retrieved March 10, 2011. He played his second and final year in the NFL for the Chicago Bears in {{NFL Year|1992}}. In Fain's two-season NFL career, he played in twenty-four regular season games and started eight of them.
See also
{{Portal|American football|Biography|College football}}
- Florida Gators football, 1980–89
- Florida Gators football, 1990–99
- List of Chicago Bears players
- List of Florida Gators in the NFL draft
- List of University of Florida alumni
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References
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Bibliography
- Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). {{ISBN|0-7948-2298-3}}.
- Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory, Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). {{ISBN|0-9650782-1-3}}.
- Hairston, Jack, Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told, Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). {{ISBN|1-58261-514-4}}.
- McCarthy, Kevin M., [https://books.google.com/books?id=_Tk-IQepI6cC Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football], Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000). {{ISBN|978-0-7385-0559-6}}.
- Nash, Noel, ed., The Gainesville Sun Presents The Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois (1998). {{ISBN|1-57167-196-X}}.
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Category:People from North Fort Myers, Florida
Category:Players of American football from Fort Myers, Florida
Category:American football cornerbacks
Category:Florida Gators football players
Category:Cincinnati Bengals players