Dick Absher

Richard Alfred "Dick" Absher Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League. He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins and was selected in the fifth round of the 1967 NFL/AFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. Absher played in the NFL for the Washington Redskins, Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, and the Eagles.

Biography

Dick Absher was born April 19, 1944, in Washington, DC. He attended Bullis Preparatory High School in Silver Spring, Maryland before going to college at the University of Maryland.
Absher was selected by the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the 1967 NFL/AFL draft. On October 19, 1967, his contract was sold to the NFL's Washington Redskins, for whom he played one game before being released on October 30. He was signed by the Atlanta Falcons on November 1 and played one game that season for that team as well.