Dick Plasman
Position: | End/Tackle | ||||||
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Born: | Miami, Florida, U.S. | April 6, 1914||||||
Died: | June 23, 1981 | (aged 67)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 218 lb (99 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Miami (FL) | ||||||
College: | Vanderbilt | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1937 / Round: 3 / Pick: 28 | ||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Herbert Gustave "Dick" Plasman (April 6, 1914 – June 23, 1981) was a professional American football player who played running back for eight seasons for the Chicago Bears and Chicago Cardinals. He is notably the last player in the NFL to play a game without a helmet.[1] He did so in the 1940 NFL Championship game on December 8, 1940.
References[]
- ^ NEA (October 31, 1974). "Last man to play without helmet has hole in his head". Southeast Missourian. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1981 deaths
- Miami Senior High School alumni
- Players of American football from Miami
- Basketball players from Miami
- American football running backs
- Vanderbilt Commodores football players
- Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball players
- Chicago Bears players
- Chicago Cardinals players
- Vanderbilt University alumni
- American men's basketball players
- American football running back, 1910s birth stubs