- Remi Prudhomme
NFL player
DateOfBirth=April 24 ,1942
Birthplace=Opelousas, LA
DateOfDeath=December 6 ,1990
Deathplace=Opelousas, LA
Position=Center
College=Louisiana State
AFLDraftedYear=1965
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years=1966-1967
1968-1969
1971-1972
1972
teams=AFLBuffalo Bills
AFLKansas City Chiefs
NFLNew Orleans Saints
NFL Buffalo BillsJoseph Remi Prudhomme (
April 24 ,1942 -December 6 ,1990 ) was anAmerican football offensive lineman atLouisiana State University . He joined theAmerican Football League 'sBuffalo Bills in 1965 and played for them in 1966 and 1967, and later returned to the Bills of the NFL in the 1972 season. Even though he was injured in 1965, and did not dress for a regular season game that season, he was given an American Football League Championship ring for the 1965 season.He played for the AFL's
Kansas City Chiefs in 1968 and 1969, thus also earning a 1969 AFL Championship ring and a ring from the Chiefs victory over the NFL's vastly overrated Vikings in the fourth and final AFL-NFL World Championship Game. In that game, he recovered a Vikings fumble at the Minnesota 19 to set up a Chiefs touchdown. He later played for the NFL's New Orleans Saints in 1971 and 1972 before returning briefly to the Bills.ee also
*Other American Football League players
External links
* [http://www.remembertheafl.com/AFLGuestEssays.htm#Prudhomme Story of Prudhomme's 1965 AFL Championship ring]
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