Dick Yelvington

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Dick Yelvington
Positions:
Guard , Tackle 		Jersey numbers:
72, 77
born on July 27, 1928 in Mims , Florida
died on February 24, 2013 in Lake Charles , Louisiana
Career information
Active : 1952 - 1957
NFL Draft : 1951 / Round: 23 / Pick: 278
College : University of Georgia
Teams

Career statistics
Games     62
Fumble     1
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

Richard Joseph “Dick” Yelvington Jr. (born July 27, 1928 in Mims , Florida , USA ; † February 24, 2013 in Lake Charles , Louisiana ) was an American football player. He played as a guard / tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants .

Player career

College career

Dick Yelvington was born in Mims, but grew up in Daytona Beach , where he also attended high school . After graduating from school in 1946, he studied with a sports scholarship, interrupted by his military service in the US Army , until 1951 at the University of Georgia for their football team , the Georgia Bulldogs, he played from 1948 to 1951 as an offensive tackle. In 1948 he and his team won the title in the Southeastern Conference . In 1949 Richard Yelvington lost with his team in the Orange Bowl against the University of Texas 41:28. The following year followed a 40:20 loss in the Presidential Cup Bowl against the team from Texas A&M University . In 1951 Yelvington played in the North-South College All Star Game . He has received four awards from college for his athletic achievements.

Professional career

Richard Yelvington was the New York Giants in the 23rd round of the 278th place in 1951 drafted . From the 1952 season he was used by the Giants' head coach , Steve Owen , in the offensive line, where he was mainly active as a pre-blocker for running back Frank Gifford . In 1954 Jim Lee Howell was appointed coach of the Giants, and Vince Lombardi took over the offense of the team from that year . She and Tom Landry , the assistant coach responsible for defense of the Giants, led the Giants in 1956 in the NFL final against the Chicago Bears . With the help of Yelvington, the Giants' running backs were able to score three touchdowns in this game by running play and thus contributed decisively to the 47: 7 victory of the New York City team . After another year of play, Yelvington ended his professional career.

After the career

Immediately after his playing career, Yelvington worked as an agent with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics . In 1970 he resigned from office for health reasons. At the age of 65 he married his wife, whom he knew from school. He had a stepson and lived in Lake Charles , Louisiana . His body was cremated and the ashes returned to the family.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dick Yelvington's College Awards  ( page no longer available , search web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.lostlettermen.com
  2. ↑ Annual statistics of the New York Giants 1956
  3. ^ Statistics NFL final 1956
  4. ↑ Dick Yelvington in Find a grave

swell

  • Gene Asher, Legends: Georgians who lived impossible dreams , Mercer University Press, 2005, ISBN 9780865549777
personal data
SURNAME Yelvington, Dick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yelvington, Richard Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Mims , Florida , USA
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2013
Place of death Lake Charles , Louisiana , USA