Place of birth Washington, D.C. Name Dick Absher 1967 Washington Redskins Role American football player | 1967-1968 Atlanta Falcons Positions Linebacker 1969-1971 New Orleans Saints | |
Date of birth (1944-04-19) April 19, 1944 (age 71) NFL draft 1967 / Round: 5 / Pick: 125
(By the Philadelphia Eagles) Education University of Maryland, College Park |
Richard Alfred Absher, Jr. (born April 19, 1944) is a former American football linebacker (and sometimes kicker) in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, and the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at the University of Maryland and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1967 NFL Draft by the Eagles.
Absher played for the New Orleans Saints when Tom Dempsey made his record breaking kick of 63 yards against the Detroit Lions on November 8, 1970.
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