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Rick Arrington
American football player (1947–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Cameron Arrington (February 26, 1947 – September 7, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL).[2] He played three seasons for the Eagles from 1970 to 1973. He played college football at Georgia and Tulsa.
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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
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Born: | (1947-02-26)February 26, 1947 Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Died: | September 7, 2021(2021-09-07) (aged 74)[1] Covington, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school: | Myers Park (Charlotte, North Carolina) | ||||||||||||||
College: | Georgia (1965–1966) Tulsa (1967–1969) | ||||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
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Arrington was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, the son of Hazel (née Cameron; 1925–2013) and Richard Adler Arrington, Jr (1911–1977). Counted amongst the Arrington family's notable ancestors is William Farrar, a gentleman farmer.[3]
Arrington was the father of former ESPN college football sideline reporter Jill Arrington[4] and the grandfather of actresses Dakota and Elle Fanning. After 35 years of symptoms, Arrington was diagnosed with Stage IV CTE after he died.[5][6] He was one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with this disease, which is caused by repeated hits to the head.[7][8]