Dicky Lyons
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Position: | Defensive back | ||||||
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Born: | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | August 11, 1947||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 191 lb (87 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | St. Xavier (KY) | ||||||
College: | Kentucky | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1969 / round: 4 / pick: 103 | ||||||
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Richard D. Lyons, Sr. (born August 11, 1947) is a former American football defensive back of the National Football League (NFL).
Football career
[edit]Lyons attended high school at St. Xavier High School in Louisville, Kentucky, and he played college football at Kentucky. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth round of the 1969 NFL/AFL draft, and he played four games for the New Orleans Saints in 1970.[1]
Lyons also played for the World Football League's Birmingham Americans. He is the father of former Kentucky wide receiver, Dicky Lyons, Jr.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dicky Lyons". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
- ^ "Dicky Lyons Jr". UK Athletics. August 10, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
Categories:
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Players of American football from Louisville, Kentucky
- American football return specialists
- American football defensive backs
- Kentucky Wildcats football players
- Atlanta Falcons players
- New Orleans Saints players
- Birmingham Americans players
- American football defensive back, 1940s birth stubs
- Louisville, Kentucky stubs