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Dick Absher

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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.

References

Dick Absher Wikipedia