Position: | Halfback Punter | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Newell, WV | July 13, 1918||||||||||||
Died: | November 25, 1987 East Liverpool, Ohio | (aged 69)||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | East Liverpool | ||||||||||||
College: | Western Reserve | ||||||||||||
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Richard Thomas Booth (July 13, 1918 – November 25, 1987) was an American football player.
Booth was born in Newell, WV, before moving to East Liverpool, OH where he played high school football alongside his brother Bill Booth, who would play football at the Ohio State University.[1] Dick Booth played college football at Western Reserve from 1938 to 1941, where he was instrumental in the 1941 Sun Bowl victory against Arizona State.
Booth played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions in 1941 and 1945.[2]
References[]
- ↑ THE EAST LIVERPOOL ONE HUNDRED http://www.eastliverpoolhistoricalsociety.org/el100.htm
- ↑ "Dick Booth". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BootDi20.htm. Retrieved March 14, 2016.