Richard Crump

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1955)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox CFL biography | name = Richard Crump | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|02|28}} | birth_place = Cairo, Georgia, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | team = | number = | status = | position1 = Running back | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lb = | college = Northeast Oklahoma | NFLDraftedYear = 1978 | NFLDraftedRound = 12 | NFLDraftedPick = 309 | NFLDraftedTeam = | playing_years1 = 1975–1979 | playing_team1 = Winnipeg Blue Bombers | playing_years2 = 1979 | playing_team2 = Calgary Stampeders | playing_years3 = 1979–1981 | playing_team3 = Ottawa Rough Riders | playing_years4 = 1983 | playing_team4 = Boston Breakers (USFL) | playing_years5 = 1984 | playing_team5 = New Orleans Breakers | playing_years6 = 1985 | playing_team6 = Orlando Renegades | career_highlights = * CFL East All-Star (1980) }} '''Richard Crump''' (born February 28, 1955) is a former Canadian Football League (CFL) running back who played for three different teams from 1975 through 1981.<ref>{{cite news|title=Interceptions help Bombers shade Stamps|work=Ottawa Citizen|date=1975-08-26|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o6IyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ku0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3408,4127574|accessdate=2011-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Down|first=John|title=Capital idea: Richard Crump sent to Ottawa|work=The Calgary Herald|date=1979-09-14|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VnRkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aX4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1831,1980162|accessdate=2011-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Casey|first=Tom|title='Coach-breaker' Crump waits for his pink slip from Riders|work=Ottawa Citizen|date=1981-09-02|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mK4yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y-4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5378,582035|accessdate=2011-04-12}}</ref> For his career, Crump finished with 3,854 yards rushing and 200 pass receptions.{{citation needed|date=April 2011}} Crump played in the USFL from 1983 through 1985 with the Boston Breakers,<ref>{{cite web|title=When the USFL Called UCF Home|publisher=University of Central Florida|date=2007-06-07|url=http://ucfathletics.com/genrel/060707aaa.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418235757/http://www.ucfathletics.com/genrel/060707aaa.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 18, 2012|accessdate=2011-04-12}}</ref> New Orleans Breakers<ref>{{cite news|title=Breakers survive injury for victory|work=Reading Eagle|date=1984-03-05|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LQ4iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K6cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6474,4467592|accessdate=2011-04-12}}</ref> and Orlando Renegades<ref>{{cite news|last=Greene|first=Jerry|title=Renegades Offer Hampton $2 Million-plus Contract|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=1985-05-21|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1985/05/21/renegades-offer-hampton-2-million-plus-contract/|access-date=2011-04-12}}</ref> where he rushed for 1,167 yards. Crump led the Breakers in 1983 with 990 yards rushing.<ref>{{cite news|title=Breakers fill need, quarterback signs|work=Eugene Register-Guard|agency=Associated Press|date=1985-02-13|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GvZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6869,2866490|accessdate=2011-04-12}}</ref>

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