Dick Yelvington
![]() Yelvington on a 1954 Bowman football card | |
No. 72 | |
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Position: | Offensive tackle |
Personal information | |
Born: | Mims, Florida | July 27, 1928
Died: | February 24, 2013 Lake Charles, Louisiana | (aged 84)
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 232 lb (105 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Mainland (Daytona Beach, Florida) |
College: | Georgia |
NFL Draft: | 1951 / Round: 23 / Pick: 278 |
Career history | |
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Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Richard Joseph Yelvington Jr. (July 27, 1928 – February 24, 2013) was an American football offensive lineman. He played six seasons for the New York Giants.[1] Yelvington played college football at Georgia, and served one year with the United States Army during the Korean War before starting his NFL career.[2]
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Categories:
- 1928 births
- 2013 deaths
- American football offensive tackles
- Georgia Bulldogs football players
- New York Giants players
- United States Army personnel of the Korean War
- People from Mims, Florida
- Players of American football from Florida
- American football offensive lineman, 1920s birth stubs