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Position: | Running back | ||
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Date of birth: | September 24, 1964 | ||
Place of birth: | New York, New York | ||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||
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High school: | Fernandina Beach (FL) | ||
College: | Clemson | ||
NFL Draft: | 1987 / Round: 1 / Pick: 25 | ||
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Robert Terrence Flagler (born September 24, 1964) is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers and Phoenix Cardinals. He played college football at Clemson University.
Flagler attended Fernandina Beach High School, where as a senior he posted 1,683 rushing yards on 200 carries and 20 touchdowns, including one of the greatest games in Northeast Florida high school history, when against West Nassau (October 23, 1981) he had 405 rushing yards and 7 touchdowns. He also practiced basketball and led the district in scoring as a senior.
He accepted a scholarship from Clemson University and became a full-time starter until his senior season. He helped the team win an ACC championship, while finishing with 1,258 rushing yards (13th in nation), 10 touchdowns, six 100-yard rushing games (including 2 games with over 200 rushing yards), 274 all purpose yards in one game (school record), 106.9 rushing yards per game in one season (school record). He was a runner-up in the ACC Player of the Year voting.
In 2013, he was inducted into the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame.
Flagler was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the first round (25th overall) of the 1987 NFL Draft. In three years he only had 42 carries for 145 yards and one touchdown, while playing behind Roger Craig.
After asking for a trade, he was sent along with Daniel Stubbs, a third (#81-Craig Veasey) and an eleventh-round (#304-Myron Jones) draft pick to the Dallas Cowboys, in exchange for a second (#47-Dennis Brown) and third-round (#68-Ron Lewis) draft choices on April 19, 1990.