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{{Infobox NFL player
 
|name=Kink Richards
 
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|position=[[Running back]]
 
|birth_date={{Birth date|1910|12|27}}
 
|birth_date={{Birth date|1910|12|27}}
 
|birth_place=[[Garden Grove, Iowa]]
 
|birth_place=[[Garden Grove, Iowa]]
|death_date=July 1976 (age 65)
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|death_date={{death date and age|1976|7|21|1910|12|27}}
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|death_place=[[Los Angeles, California]]
|College=[[Simpson College Indianola, Iowa]]
 
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|height_ft=5
|Position=[[Running back]]
 
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|height_in=11
|ProBowls=1 (1938)
 
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|weight_lbs=195
|years=1933-1939
 
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|high_school=Garden Grove (IA)
|teams=[[New York Giants]]
 
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|college=[[Simpson Storm football|Simpson (IA)]]
|DatabaseFootball=RICHAKIN01
 
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|pastteams=
|PFR=RichKi20
 
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* [[New York Giants]] ({{NFL Year|1933}}–{{NFL Year|1939}})
|NFL=RIC243440
 
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|highlights=
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* 2× [[History of National Football League Championship|NFL champion]] ([[1934 NFL Championship Game|1934]], [[1938 NFL Championship Game|1938]])
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* [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1939 National Football League All-Star Game|1938]])
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|nflnew=kinkrichards/2524079
 
|pfr=R/RichKi20
 
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'''Elvin C. "Kink" Richards''' (December 27, 1910 – July 1976) was an [[American football]] [[running back]] in the [[National Football League]] for the [[New York Giants]]. He played [[college football]] at [[Des Moines University]].
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'''Elvin C. "Kink" Richards''' (December 27, 1910 &ndash; July 21, 1976) was an [[American football]] [[running back]] in the [[National Football League]] for the [[New York Giants]]. He first played [[college football]] at the former Baptist school known as Des Moines University (not to be confused with the unrelated current school of the same name) before transferring to [[Simpson College]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/rich03100.html | title=KINK RICHARDS | publisher=profootballarchives.com | accessdate=April 17, 2015}}</ref>
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==References==
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{{Reflist}}
   
 
{{1934 New York Giants}}
 
{{1934 New York Giants}}
 
{{1938 New York Giants}}
 
{{1938 New York Giants}}
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{{NFL receiving touchdown leaders}}
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
 
| NAME = Richards, Kink
 
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
 
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American football player
 
| DATE OF BIRTH = December 27, 1910
 
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Garden Grove, Iowa]]
 
| DATE OF DEATH = 1976
 
| PLACE OF DEATH =
 
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[[Category:1910 births]]
 
[[Category:1910 births]]
 
[[Category:1976 deaths]]
 
[[Category:1976 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Decatur County, Iowa]]
 
 
[[Category:American football running backs]]
 
[[Category:American football running backs]]
 
[[Category:New York Giants players]]
 
[[Category:New York Giants players]]
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[[Category:Simpson Storm football players]]
 
 
[[Category:People from Decatur County, Iowa]]
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[[Category:Players of American football from Iowa]]
   
 
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[[pt:Kink Richards]]
 

Latest revision as of 23:50, 28 August 2019

Kink Richards
Running back
Personal information
Date of birth: (1910-12-27)December 27, 1910
Place of birth: Garden Grove, Iowa
Date of death: July 21, 1976(1976-07-21) (aged 65)
Place of death: Los Angeles, California
Career information
College: Simpson (IA)
No regular season or postseason appearances
Career history
* New York Giants ( 1933 1939)
Career highlights and awards
* 2× NFL champion (1934, 1938)
Stats at pro-football-reference.com

Elvin C. "Kink" Richards (December 27, 1910 – July 21, 1976) was an American football running back in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He first played college football at the former Baptist school known as Des Moines University (not to be confused with the unrelated current school of the same name) before transferring to Simpson College.[1]

References

  1. "KINK RICHARDS". profootballarchives.com. http://www.profootballarchives.com/rich03100.html. Retrieved April 17, 2015.

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