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Dick Faust

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Dick Faust
Personal information
Born:July 27, 1903
Marion Township, Allen County, Ohio
Died:April 15, 1955
Dayton, Ohio
Height:5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:178 lb (81 kg)
Career information
High school:Steele (OH)
College:Otterbein
Position:Tackle, guard, end
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Games:14

Richard Emmet Faust (July 27, 1903 – April 15, 1955) was an American football player.

An Ohio native, Faust attended Steele High School and Otterbein College.[1][2]

He also played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a tackle, guard, and end for the Dayton Triangles. He appeared in 14 NFL games, 10 as a starter, over the course of the 1924, 1928, and 1929 seasons.[1]

After retiring from football, he worked as a foreman at the Frigidaire plant in Moraine, Ohio. He lived in Dayton, Ohio, for approximately the last 40 years of his life. He died in an automobile accident in 1955 at age 51.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dick Faust". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Rites Set For R. E. Faust, Victim of Traffic Accident". Journal Herald. April 16, 1955. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Dick Faust". Dayton Daily News. April 17, 1955 – via Newspapers.com.