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 attended the University of Tulsa and the University of Georgia.
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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | February 26, 1947||||||||||||
Died: | September 7, 2021[1] Covington, Georgia, U.S. | (aged 74)||||||||||||
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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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
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 the gentleman farmer William Farrar.[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]