// Workers AI · dad joke modeIs Dick Absher a good shooter? He's absher-ly great.
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Born | April 19, 1944 Washington, D.C., U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | February 25, 2026 (aged 81) | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Bullis School (Potomac, Maryland) | ||||||||
| College | Maryland | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1967: 5th round, 125th overall pick | ||||||||
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Richard Alfred Absher Jr. (April 19, 1944 – February 25, 2026) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League. He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins and was selected in the fifth round of the 1967 NFL/AFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. Absher played in the NFL for the Washington Redskins, Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, and the Eagles.[1]
Biography
[edit]Dick Absher was born in Washington, D.C., on April 19, 1944. He attended Bullis Preparatory High School in Silver Spring, Maryland before going to college at the University of Maryland.[2]
He was selected by the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the 1967 NFL/AFL draft.[2] On October 19, 1967, his contract was sold to the NFL's Washington Redskins, for whom he played one game before being released on October 30.[2] He was signed by the Atlanta Falcons on November 1 and played one game that season for that team as well.[2]
Absher died from pneumonia on February 25, 2026, at the age of 81.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Dick Absher". NFL.com. National Football League. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 John Duxbury and Larry Shainman (eds.), Football Register, 1968. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1968; p. 3.
- ↑ "Former Eagles linebacker, 6-year NFL veteran, dies". The Big Lead. March 3, 2026. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
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