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|position=[[Running back]]
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| number = 13
|birth_date={{Birth date|1910|12|27}}
| position = [[Halfback (gridiron football)|Halfback]]
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|birth_place=[[Garden Grove, Iowa]]
|death_date={{death date and age|1976|7|21|1910|12|27}}
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| birth_place = [[Garden Grove, Iowa]], U.S.
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|death_place=[[Los Angeles, California]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|7|21|1910|12|27}}
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| death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
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|high_school=Garden Grove (IA)
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|college=[[Simpson Storm football|Simpson (IA)]]
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| high_school = Garden Grove (IA)
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| college = [[Simpson Storm football|Simpson (IA)]]
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* [[New York Giants]] ({{NFL Year|1933}}–{{NFL Year|1939}})
* [[New York Giants]] ({{NFL Year|1933}}–{{NFL Year|1939}})
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| highlights =
* 2× [[History of National Football League Championship|NFL champion]] ([[1934 NFL Championship Game|1934]], [[1938 NFL Championship Game|1938]])
* 2× [[History of National Football League Championship|NFL champion]] ([[1934 NFL Championship Game|1934]], [[1938 NFL Championship Game|1938]])
* [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1939 National Football League All-Star Game|1938]])
* [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1939 National Football League All-Star Game|1938]])
* [[List of National Football League season receiving touchdown leaders|NFL receiving touchdowns co-leader]] (1933)
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| statlabel3 = Carries
| statvalue3 = 508
| statlabel4 = Yards rushing
| statvalue4 = 1,877 <small>(3.7 average)</small>
| statlabel5 = Receptions
| statvalue5 = 41
| statlabel6 = Yards receiving
| statvalue6 = 535 <small>(13.0 average)</small>
| statlabel7 = Touchdowns
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'''Elvin C. "Kink" Richards''' (December 27, 1910 &ndash; July 21, 1976) was an [[American football]] [[running back]] in the [[National Football League]] for the [[New York Giants]]. He first played [[college football]] at the former Baptist school known as Des Moines University (not to be confused with the unrelated current school of the same name) before transferring to [[Simpson College]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/rich03100.html | title=KINK RICHARDS | publisher=profootballarchives.com | access-date=April 17, 2015}}</ref>

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'''Elvin C. "Kink" Richards''' (December 27, 1910 &ndash; July 21, 1976) was an [[American football]] [[halfback (gridiron football)|halfback]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[New York Giants]]. He first played [[college football]] at the former Baptist school known as Des Moines University (not to be confused with the unrelated current school of the same name) before transferring to [[Simpson College]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/rich03100.html | title=KINK RICHARDS | publisher=profootballarchives.com | access-date=April 17, 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Giants-Bears-program-371031.jpg|thumb|left|260px|Richards featured on a 1937 New York Football Giants program.]]


==References==
==References==
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{{1938 New York Giants}}
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{{NFL receiving touchdown leaders}}



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Latest revision as of 22:19, 2 December 2024

Kink Richards
No. 13
Position:Halfback
Personal information
Born:(1910-12-27)December 27, 1910
Garden Grove, Iowa, U.S.
Died:July 21, 1976(1976-07-21) (aged 65)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school:Garden Grove (IA)
College:Simpson (IA)
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:73
Starts:18
Carries:508
Yards rushing:1,877 (3.7 average)
Receptions:41
Yards receiving:535 (13.0 average)
Touchdowns:19
Stats at Pro Football Reference


Elvin C. "Kink" Richards (December 27, 1910 – July 21, 1976) was an American football halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants. He first played college football at the former Baptist school known as Des Moines University (not to be confused with the unrelated current school of the same name) before transferring to Simpson College.[1]

Richards featured on a 1937 New York Football Giants program.

References

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  1. ^ "KINK RICHARDS". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved April 17, 2015.


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