Dick Harris (football player)
Encyclopedia
Dick Harris is a former American football
defensive back
who played six seasons in the American Football League
with the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers from 1960 to 1965. He was selected to the 1960
and 1961 AFL All-League teams. Harris had a total of 25 intereptions in the Chargers' first four seasons.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
defensive back
Defensive back
In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...
who played six seasons in the American Football League
American Football League
The American Football League was a major American Professional Football league that operated from 1960 until 1969, when the established National Football League merged with it. The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence...
with the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers from 1960 to 1965. He was selected to the 1960
1960 American Football League All-League Players
-Sporting News American Football League All-League Team - 1960:The American Football League did not have an All-Star game after its first season in 1960, but an All-League team, selected by vote of the AFL players themselves, was published by the Sporting News...
and 1961 AFL All-League teams. Harris had a total of 25 intereptions in the Chargers' first four seasons.