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Golden Richards
John Golden Richards
Position: WR
Height: 6-1 Weight: 181 lbs.
Born: December 31, 1950 in Salt Lake City, UT
College: BYU, Hawaii
Career AV: 24 (3751st overall since 1950)
Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 2nd round (46th overall) of the 1973 NFL Draft.
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| Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1973 | 23 | DAL | RET | 83 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 1 | 53 | 0.5 | 7.6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1974 | 24 | DAL | WR | 83 | 14 | 0 | 26 | 467 | 18.0 | 5 | 58 | 1.9 | 33.4 | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5 | -5.0 | -0.4 | 0.1 | 462 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 1975 | 25 | DAL | WR | 83 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 451 | 21.5 | 4 | 62 | 1.5 | 32.2 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 469 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 1976 | 26 | DAL | WR | 83 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 414 | 21.8 | 3 | 56 | 1.7 | 37.6 | 414 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| 1977 | 27 | DAL | WR | 83 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 225 | 13.2 | 3 | 50 | 1.2 | 16.1 | 225 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| 1978 | 28 | 2TM | WR/ | 16 | 14 | 28 | 381 | 13.6 | 0 | 52 | 1.8 | 23.8 | 381 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| DAL | 83 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| CHI | WR | 83 | 15 | 14 | 27 | 379 | 14.0 | 0 | 52 | 1.8 | 25.3 | 379 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 1979 | 29 | CHI | 83 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 1 | 52 | 1.0 | 21.4 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Career | 86 | 23 | 122 | 2136 | 17.5 | 17 | 62 | 1.4 | 24.8 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2151 | 17 | 6 | 27 | ||||
| 6 yrs | DAL | 66 | 9 | 90 | 1650 | 18.3 | 16 | 62 | 1.4 | 25.0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1665 | 16 | 5 | 22 | |||
| 2 yrs | CHI | 20 | 14 | 32 | 486 | 15.2 | 1 | 52 | 1.6 | 24.3 | 486 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1973 | 23 | DAL | RET | 83 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 139 | 0 | 46 | 6.6 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 20 | 14.7 | 276 |
| 1974 | 24 | DAL | WR | 83 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 74 | 0 | 15 | 5.7 | 536 | |||||
| 1975 | 25 | DAL | WR | 83 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 288 | 1 | 43 | 10.3 | 757 | |||||
| Career | 86 | 23 | 62 | 501 | 1 | 46 | 8.1 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 20 | 14.7 | 2696 | ||||
| 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 |
| 1973 | 23 | DAL | RET | 83 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1974 | 24 | DAL | WR | 83 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1975 | 25 | DAL | WR | 83 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1977 | 27 | DAL | WR | 83 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1978 | 28 | 2TM | WR/ | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| CHI | WR | 83 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Career | 86 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 yrs | DAL | 66 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 yrs | CHI | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 23 | DAL | RET | 83 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1974 | 24 | DAL | WR | 83 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 1975 | 25 | DAL | WR | 83 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1976 | 26 | DAL | WR | 83 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1977 | 27 | DAL | WR | 83 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1979 | 29 | CHI | 83 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Career | 86 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 108 | |||||||||||||
| 6 yrs | DAL | 66 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 102 | ||||||||||||
| 2 yrs | CHI | 20 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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