27 Facts About Dick Stanfel

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Richard Anthony Stanfel was an American football player and coach in the National Football League.

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Dick Stanfel played as an offensive guard, and his college and professional career spanned more than 50 years from 1948 to 1999.

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Dick Stanfel was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player in 2016.

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Dick Stanfel was named to the NFL 1950s All-Decade Team.

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Dick Stanfel was selected as a first-team All-Coast defensive guard in 1950.

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Dick Stanfel was selected by the Detroit Lions with the 19th pick in the 1951 NFL Draft, missed the 1951 season due to injury, and then played seven seasons as an offensive guard for the Detroit Lions from 1952 to 1955 and Washington Redskins from 1956 to 1958.

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Dick Stanfel was a key offensive player on the Lions' 1952 and 1953 NFL championship teams and was named the Most Valuable Player on the 1953 team.

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Dick Stanfel was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team All-NFL player in five of his seven NFL seasons and played in five Pro Bowls.

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Dick Stanfel spent more than 35 years as a football coach, principally as an offensive line coach.

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Dick Stanfel's coaching career included stints with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, California Golden Bears, Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints, and Chicago Bears.

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Dick Stanfel was born in San Francisco in 1927 and attended the High School of Commerce there.

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Dick Stanfel enrolled at San Francisco Junior College in the fall of 1946 and played football while changing his position to guard.

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Dick Stanfel was credited with opening numerous holes for Kyle Rote in the Shrine Game.

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Dick Stanfel was the first player drafted by head coach Buddy Parker after he became the Lions' head coach.

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Dick Stanfel loves to play football and enjoys the game the rougher it gets.

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Dick Stanfel instead signed a new contract with the Lions in May 1954 for an estimated salary of $8,500.

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Dick Stanfel returned to the lineup days before the NFL Championship Game.

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Dick Stanfel played for Kuharich's Redskins for three seasons from 1956 to 1958.

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Dick Stanfel remained an assistant coach at Notre Dame for four years.

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Dick Stanfel was an assistant at Cal under head coach Marv Levy.

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Dick Stanfel remained with the 49ers through the 1975 season, holding positions as offensive line coach and taking over in 1975 as the offensive coordinator.

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Dick Nolan, under whom Stanfel served in San Francisco, took over as the Saints' head coach in 1978.

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Dick Stanfel remained with the Bears when Mike Ditka took over as head coach in 1982.

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Dick Stanfel remained with the Bears throughout Ditka's tenure with the team which lasted through the 1992 season.

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Dick Stanfel was credited with helping to establish a solid offensive line that helped the 1985 Chicago Bears win Super Bowl XX.

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26.

Dick Stanfel was selected as a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in both 1993 and 2012, but failed to garner sufficient support.

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Dick Stanfel died at age 87 in June 2015 at his home in Libertyville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.