You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Players > L > Dick Lynch

Dick Lynch

Richard Dennis Lynch

Position: DB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 202 lbs.
Born: April 29, 1936 in Oceanside, NY
College: Notre Dame

Career AV: 57 (1009th overall since 1950)

1-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Washington Redskins in the 6th round (66th overall) of the 1958 NFL Draft.

25 22

Defense & Fumbles

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty AV
1958 22 WAS RDH 25 12 0 2 24 0 13 0 1 0 0 6
1959 23 NYG RDH 22 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9
1960 24 NYG RCB 22 12 0 3 61 1 32 0 2 0 0 7
1961 25 NYG RCB 22 14 0 9 60 0 36 2 2 5 0 9
1962 26 NYG RCB 22 13 0 5 90 0 27 7
1963*+ 27 NYG RCB 22 14 0 9 251 3 82 1 0 0 0 16
1964 28 NYG RCB 22 10 0 4 68 0 37 6
1965 29 NYG RCB 22 14 0 4 38 0 23 0 4 84 1 6
1966 30 NYG 22 8 0 1
Career 109 0 37 592 4 82 3 11 89 1 67
8 yrs NYG 97 0 35 568 4 82 3 10 89 1 61
1 yr WAS 12 0 2 24 0 13 0 1 0 0 6

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1960 24 NYG RCB 22 12 0 1 1 6
1962 26 NYG RCB 22 13 0 2 2 12
1963*+ 27 NYG RCB 22 14 0 3 3 18
1965 29 NYG RCB 22 14 0 1 1 6
Career 109 0 1 4 2 7 42

Similar Players

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1963

First-Team All-Pro

1963

Non-Offensive TDs

1960 NFL 1 (3)
1962 NFL 2 (1)

1963 NFL 3 (1/23)

1965 NFL 1 (9)
Career 7 (44)

Fumbles Recovered

1965 NFL 4 (9)

Fumble Return Yds

1965 NFL 84 (1/59)

Career 89 (149)

Fumble Return TD

1965 NFL 1 (1)

Interceptions

1961 NFL 9 (1/76)

1963 NFL 9 (1/76)

Career 37 (98)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1963 NFL 251 (1/16)

Career 592 (88)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1960 NFL 1 (2)
1963 NFL 3 (1/4)

Career 4 (49)

Long Intercep. Return

1963 NFL 82 (3)

   
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

1961UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1963Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1965Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.