Dick Horne

Dick Horne
Horne in 1946
No. 49, 54, 51
PositionEnd
Personal information
Born(1918-09-04)September 4, 1918
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
DiedNovember 9, 1964(1964-11-09) (aged 46)
Ventura County, California, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight
214 lb (97 kg)
Career information
High schoolWoodrow Wilson Classical
(Long Beach, California)
CollegeOregon
Career history
Career NFL + AAFC statistics
Games played22
Starts5
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Richard Courtland Horne (September 4, 1918 – November 9, 1964) was an American football end.

Biography

Horne (right) fighting for a loose basketball against USC Trojans center Jim Seminoff 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.

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.

Horne was later a businessman in Ventura, California. He died on November 9, 1964.

References

  1. 1 2 "Dick Horne Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Horne Selected as Best Oregon Gridman in '40". The Klammath News. December 10, 1940. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Former Wilson Grid Star Horne Succumbs". Press-Telegram. Long Beach, California. November 10, 1964. p. C2. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.