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American football player (1916–1991)

Dick Favor
Dick Favor, 1939
PositionBack
Personal information
Born:December 30, 1916
Crescent, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died:January 16, 1991
Career history
CollegeOklahoma

Richard E. Favor (December 30, 1916 - January 16, 1991) was an American football player.

A native of Crescent, Oklahoma, he attended Crescent High School. After high school, he spent a year working as a roughneck for the British-American Oil Company in the Oklahoma City oil field. In the fall of 1936, he enrolled at the University of Oklahoma. He played college football as a back for the Sooners during the 1938 and 1939 seasons. Considered one of the best blocking backs in the country, he led the Sooners to a 16–3–1 combined record during the 1938 and 1939 seasons. After the 1939 season, he was selected to play quarterback for the western squad in the 1940 East-West Shrine Game.

He was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the third round (17th overall pick) of the 1940 NFL draft. In March 1940, the Eagles traded their rights to Favor to the Cleveland Rams.

Favor was married in August 1938 to Margaret Sweeney.

References

  1. "Once a Player But Now a Real Football Star". Logan County News. November 16, 1939 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Dick Favor Is O.U. Freshman". Logan County News. November 5, 1936 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Dick Favor". University of Oklahoma. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  4. "Oklahoma Players Ask Sports Scribes to Boost 'Cracker: Dick Favor Looks Like All-America in Lists of Blocking Backs". Globe-Gazette. November 3, 1939. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Dick Favor to Quarterback West Team". Los Angeles Times. December 30, 1939 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "1940 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  7. "Favor Has Chance To Play With Philadelphia". Logan County News. December 14, 1939. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Cleveland Rams Sign Dick Favor and Bogden". News-Journal. March 28, 1940 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Dick Favor Marries Illinois Girl Last Aug". The Crescent Times. October 20, 1938. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
Philadelphia Eagles 1940 NFL draft selections
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