- Dick Flowers
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Dick Flowers No. 18 Quarterback Personal information Date of birth: August 13, 1927 Place of birth: South Bend, Indiana Date of death: May 7, 2010 (aged 82) Place of death: Mishawaka, Indiana Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight: 190 lb (86 kg) Career information College: Northwestern Debuted in 1953 for the [[Baltimore Colts]] Last played in 1953 for the [[Baltimore Colts]] Career history - *Offseason member only
Career highlights and awards - None
Career NFL statistics as of 1953 Games played 1 Passing yards 18 Passer rating 62.5 Stats at pro-football-reference.com Richard R. "Dick" Flowers (August 13, 1927 – May 7, 2010) was an American football quarterback who played for one season in the National Football League. He played for the Baltimore Colts in 1953. He played college football at Northwestern.
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College career
Flowers played college football at Northwestern University where was the backup quarterback in the 1949 Rose Bowl. In 1950, Flowers became the second quarterback in school history to pass for over 1000 yards in a season.[1]
Military career
Following graduation, Flowers joined the United States Marine Corps and served in the Korean War.[1]
Professional career
Flowers signed with the Green Bay Packers after serving with the Marines in 1953. He was traded to the Baltimore Colts on August 27, 1953 in exchange for an undisclosed draft pick in 1954.[2] He played in one game for the Colts, going 2-for-4 for 18 yards.
References
- ^ a b "Passings". Northwestern University. Fall 2010. http://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/fall2010/alumnilife/passings/passings.html. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
- ^ "Packers Trade Flowers to Colts". The Milwaukee Journal. August 27, 1953. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_jgoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uyMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1450,6201107. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
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Northwestern Wildcats starting quarterbacks Unknown (1882–1915) • Paddy Driscoll (1916) • Unknown (1917–27) • Walt Holmer (1928) • Unknown (1929) • Lee Hanley (1930) • Lafayette Russell (1930) • Pug Rentner (1930–32) • George Potter (1931–32) • Ollie Olson (1933–34) • Steve Toth (1935) • Fred Vanzo (1936–37) • Unknown (1938–39) • Dick Erdlitz (1940) • Bill DeCorrevont (1941) • Unknown (1942–46) • Jim Farrar (1947) • Don Burson (1948–49) • Dick Flowers (1950) • Bob Burson (1951) • Bob Bunco (1951) • Dick Thomas (1952–53) • John Rearden (1954) • Dale Pienta (1955–56) • Chip Holcomb (1957) • Dick Thornton (1958) • John Talley (1959) • Dick Thornton (1960) • Tom O'Grady (1961) • Tom Myers (1962–64) • Denny Boothe (1965) • Bill Melzer (1966–67) • Dave Shelbourne (1968) • Maurie Daigneau (1969–71) • Mitch Anderson (1972–74) • Randy Dean (1975–76) • Scott Stranski (1977) • Kevin Strasser (1978) • Mike Kerrigan (1979–81) • Kevin Villars (1981) • Sandy Schwab (1982–84) • Mike Greenfield (1984–87) • Greg Bradshaw (1988) • Tim O'Brien (1989) • Len Williams (1990–93) • Tim Hughes (1994) • Steve Schnur (1994–96) • Tim Hughes (1997) • Gavin Hoffman (1998) • Nick Kreinbrink (1999) • Zak Kustok (1999–2001) • Brett Basanez (2002–05) • Mike Kafka (2006) • C. J. Bachér (2006–08) • Mike Kafka (2008–09) • Dan Persa (2010) • Evan Watkins (2010) • Kain Colter (2011) • Dan Persa (2011−present)Categories:- 1927 births
- 2010 deaths
- People from South Bend, Indiana
- Players of American football from Indiana
- American football quarterbacks
- Northwestern Wildcats football players
- Green Bay Packers players
- Baltimore Colts players
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