Dick Yelvington
Appearance
![]() Yelvington on a 1954 Bowman football card | |||||||||
No. 72 | |||||||||
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Position: | Tackle Guard | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Born: | Mims, Florida, U.S. | July 27, 1928||||||||
Died: | February 24, 2013 Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S. | (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: 23rd round, 278th pick | ||||||||
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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 Brevard County, Florida
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football offensive lineman, 1920s birth stubs