Dick Poillon

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Dick Poillon
Queens, New York, U.S.
Died:November 14, 1994(1994-11-14) (aged 74)
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Career information
College:Canisius
Undrafted:1942
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards:535
Punting yards:5,804
Touchdowns:10
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Richard Charles Poillon (August 13, 1920 – November 14, 1994) was an

Washington Redskins
. He scored a career 247 points and was the Redskins' leading scorer for three years.

Raised in

Canisius College
.

Poillon was voted one of the Redskins' "Top 100 players" of all time by a poll by The Washington Post. He had held the Redskins' record with an interception returned for 93 yards and a touchdown set against the Philadelphia Eagles on November 21, 1948,[2] and broken on December 26, 1987, with a 100-yard return by Barry Wilburn.[3]

References

  1. ^ 2022 Nassau County High School Hall of Fame Inductees, Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame. Accessed February 4, 2024. "Three-sport star at Valley Stream Central in the 1930s. played basketball and baseball but excelled in football. he ran, passed, punted, kicked field goals and ran back punts and kickoffs."
  2. ^ Washington Redskins at Philadelphia Eagles - November 21, 1948, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed February 4, 2024.
  3. Newspapers.com
    . "In the second period, Wilburn picked off a Wilson pass on the Washington goal line and raced 100 yards for a TD. The interception return broke a Redskins' record of 93 yards, set by Dick Poillon against the Philadelphia Eagles in 1948."