Dick Gordon

Richard Frederick Gordon

Position: WR-SE-FL
Height: 5-11    Weight: 190 lbs.

Born: January 1, 1944 in Cincinnati, OH
College: Michigan St.   (school history)
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 7th round (88th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 37 (2578th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

• 6/5 FootballPerspective.com: Analyzing Outlier Seasons for Receivers: After hearing that the other Steve Smith was retiring, Kyle on twitter asked me where Smith’s 2009 season ranked in the...
• 6/1 FootballPerspective.com: Longest Streaks without a 1,000-yard receiver: A couple of weeks ago, I looked at the longest team streaks without a 1,000-yard rusher. Today’s post examines the teams...

• 5/25 FootballPerspective.com: Ranking wide receivers by percentage of team yards: Seven years ago, Doug wrote this post analyzing wide receivers by team receiving yards. That post was overdue for an update for...

• 4/8 FootballPerspective.com: Forgotten Stars: Hugh Taylor: Only three players in NFL history have been responsible for half of their team’s receiving touchdowns over a six-year period:...

• 2/18 FootballPerspective.com: The Greatest Wide Receivers Ever Version 2.0: Part II – Single season leaders: Yesterday, I explained my methodology for ranking every wide receiver in football history. Today I’m going to present a...

• 12/31 FootballPerspective.com: Examining the seasons of Calvin Johnson and Brandon Marshall in a different light: Three weeks ago, I set forth the argument that perhaps Calvin Johnson was not even the most productive receiver in his own division....

• 9/28 FootballPerspective.com: How the Steelers traded Roy Jefferson and won four Super Bowls: Roy Jefferson isn’t well-remembered today, but he was one of the top receivers at the start of the Super Bowl era. Jefferson...

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