Dick Capp

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Dick Capp
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Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1942-04-09) April 9, 1942 (age 82)
Portland, Maine, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school: Portland (ME) Deering
College: Boston College
AFL draft: 1966  / Round: 17 / Pick: 147
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:16
Player stats at PFR

Richard Francis Capp (born April 9, 1942) is an American former American football tight end and linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL). He is from Portland, Maine. [1]

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Career

Capp played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1967 NFL season, which won Super Bowl II. He had previously been drafted in the seventeenth round of the 1966 AFL Draft by the Boston Patriots. The following season, he played with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

He played football and basketball at Worcester Academy graduating in 1961 and at the collegiate level at Boston College. [2]

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References

  1. "Dick Capp Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com .
  2. "Dick Capp Stats, News and Video - TE". NFL.com .