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Dick Poillon

Dick Poillon

American football player (1920–1994)

Richard Charles Poillon (August 13, 1920 – November 14, 1994) was an American football halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He scored a career 247 points and was the Redskins' leading scorer for three years.

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Raised in Valley Stream, New York, he attended Valley Stream Central High School, where he played baseball, basketball and football, as a quarterback, kicker, punter and kick / punt returner. He was inducted into the Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame in 2022.[1] He attended Canisius College.

Poillon was voted one of the Redskins' "Top 100 players" of all time by a poll by The Washington Post. He had held the Redskins' record with an interception returned for 93 yards and a touchdown set against the Philadelphia Eagles on November 21, 1948,[2] and broken on December 26, 1987, with a 100-yard return by Barry Wilburn.[3]

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    2022 Nassau County High School Hall of Fame Inductees, Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame. Accessed February 4, 2024. "Three-sport star at Valley Stream Central in the 1930s. played basketball and baseball but excelled in football. he ran, passed, punted, kicked field goals and ran back punts and kickoffs."
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    Washington Redskins at Philadelphia Eagles - November 21, 1948, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed February 4, 2024.
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    via United Press International. "'Skins halt Vikings in OT", The Daily Spectrum, December 27, 1987. Accessed February 4, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "In the second period, Wilburn picked off a Wilson pass on the Washington goal line and raced 100 yards for a TD. The interception return broke a Redskins' record of 93 yards, set by Dick Poillon against the Philadelphia Eagles in 1948."
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