Colin Ridgeway
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Position (s): Punter |
Jersey number (s): 88 |
| born on February 19, 1939 in Melbourne , Australia | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1965 | |
| Undrafted in 1965 | |
| College : Lamar University | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Games | 3 |
| Punts | 13 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Colin Ridgeway ( Colin Edwin Ridgeway, later Ridgway; born February 19, 1939 in Melbourne , † May 13, 1993 in Dallas ) was an Australian high jumper and American football player .
At the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 he was seventh, and at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958 he was eliminated from the qualification.
He set his personal best of 2,146 m on March 10, 1962 in Laredo .
In 1965 he was hired by the Dallas Cowboys as a punter , making him the first Australian in the National Football League .
He settled in the United States as a businessman and was murdered in his home at the age of 54. The crime has not yet been resolved.
Web links
- Colin Ridgeway in the database of Athletics Australia (English)
- Colin Ridgeway in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
- Colin Ridgeway in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Ridgeway, Colin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ridgeway, Colin Edwin; Ridgway, Colin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian high jumper and American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Melbourne |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1993 |
| Place of death | Dallas |