Richmond Flowers (American football)
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||
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| Date of birth: | June 13, 1947 | ||||||
| Place of birth: | Dothan, Alabama | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Montgomery (AL) Sidney Lanier | ||||||
| College: | Tennessee | ||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1969 / Round: 2 / Pick: 49 | ||||||
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| Games played: | 55 |
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| Interceptions: | 6 |
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Richmond McDavid Flowers, Jr. (born June 13, 1947) is a former American football player and track star. He played safety in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants. He played college football at the University of Tennessee and was drafted in the second round of the 1969 NFL Draft.
Flowers participated in track and field primarily as a hurdler, specializing in the 110-meter high hurdles. After capturing the NCAA championship in the event in 1968, he was a leading contender to win the gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics before suffering a hamstring injury just prior to the Olympic trials. He set several records during his career.
Flowers was the son of Richmond Flowers, Sr., an anti-segregationist who served a tumultuous term as Alabama's attorney general in the 1960s.
Flowers was raised in Dothan, a city located in Houston County in southeastern Alabama. During his early childhood, he appeared to be anything but a future athlete. He suffered from asthma, anemia, and dyslexia, and frequently missed school due to illness. He was also flat-footed, and had to wear heavy orthopedic Brogans. By the time he was in junior high, however, his asthma had cleared up, and his feet began to arch. In the Fall of 1962, Flowers' family moved to Montgomery, where he attended Sidney Lanier High School.
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