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Eddie Price

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For his son, the former mayor of Mandeville, Louisiana, seeEddie Price III.For other people with similar names, seeEd Price (disambiguation).

Eddie Price
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Price on a 1952Bowmanfootball card
Personal information
Born:(1925-09-02)September 2, 1925
New Orleans,Louisiana,U.S.
Died:July 21, 1979(1979-07-21)(aged 53)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school:Warren Easton (LA)
College:Tulane(1946–1949)
Position:Fullback
NFL draft:1950/ Round: 2 / Pick: 20
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Player stats atPFR

Edward Joseph Price Jr.[a](September 2, 1925 – July 21, 1979) was an American professionalfootballplayer who was arunning backfor theNew York Giantsof theNational Football League(NFL). After playingcollege footballatTulane University,he played six seasons with the Giants. Price was inducted to theCollege Football Hall of Famein 1982.

Biography

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Price was born inNew Orleansand attendedWarren Easton High Schoolthere, class of 1943.[5]He served in theUnited States Navyduring World War II,[6][7]then attendedTulane Universityand played college football for theGreen Wave.

At Tulane, Price was a four-yearlettermanin football, for the 1946–1949 seasons.[8]He was named to All-Southeastern Conference(SEC) teams three times, 1947–1949, the latter two times being a consensus selection. He was named toCollege Football All-America Teamsin 1948 and 1949 by some selectors.

Further information:1947,1948,and1949 All-SEC football team
Further information:1948and1949 College Football All-America Team

Price played in the1950 Senior Bowl,the inaugural edition of that game, scoring a fourth-quarter touchdown for the South team, which defeated the North team, 22–13.[9]He was selected in the second round of the1950 NFL draftby theNew York Giants.[10]He had previously been selected by theBrooklyn Dodgersof theAll-America Football Conference(AAFC) in the1949 AAFC Draft,[11]but he did not play in that league.

Price's NFL career lasted six seasons, 1950–1955, all with the Giants.[4]Heled the NFL in rushingin 1951, gaining 971 yards on 271 carries in a 12-week season.[12]His 80.9 yards per game also led the league.[4]He played a total of 63 regular-season NFL games (50 starts) while accruing 3,292 yards on 846 attempts, an average of 3.9 yards per carry.[4]He had 20 rushing touchdowns and four receiving touchdowns.[4]

Following his professional football career, Price returned on New Orleans.[3]He worked as a televisionsports announcerand also worked in sales for a brewing company.[3][7]In September 1963, Price was announced as a candidate forLieutenant Governor of Louisiana,paired with gubernatorial candidate Louis J. Michot.[3][13]Michot placed sixth in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.

Further information:1964 Louisiana gubernatorial election

Price's son,Eddie Price III,[b]also played football for Tulane and was a two-year letterman, 1972–1973.[15][8]The elder Price was inducted to theLouisiana Sports Hall of Famein 1975,[16]and was a charter member of the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame when it was established in 1977.[17]He died in July 1979 at his New Orleans home of aheart attack,aged 53.[12]He was posthumously inducted to theCollege Football Hall of Famein 1982.[6]Price is also an inductee of the Warren Easton Hall of Fame.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^Price and his father (born in 1898) had the same full name and lived at the same address at the time they submitted World War II draft registration cards.[1][2]Examples of the younger Price using "Jr." are first found when he was a political candidate in 1963.[3]The "Jr." also appears on thePro-Football-Reference.comwebsite.[4]
  2. ^During the time Eddie Price III played football, some newspaper reports referred to him as Eddie Price Jr.[14]

References

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  1. ^"Draft Registration Card".Selective Service System.September 1943.RetrievedJuly 30,2023– via fold3.com.(Edward Joseph Price, born September 2, 1925)
  2. ^"Draft Registration Card".Selective Service System.February 1942.RetrievedJuly 31,2023– via fold3.com.(Edward Joseph Price, born September 26, 1898)
  3. ^abcd"E. J. Price Joins Michot As Candidate".The Daily Advertiser.Lafayette, Louisiana.September 23, 1963. p. 4.RetrievedJuly 31,2023– via newspapers.com.
  4. ^abcde"Eddie Price Stats".pro-football-reference.com.RetrievedJuly 30,2023.
  5. ^ab"Warren Eason Hall of Fame"(PDF).warreneastoncharterhigh.org.May 17, 2013.RetrievedJuly 31,2023.
  6. ^ab"Eddie Price (1982)".footballfoundation.org.RetrievedJuly 30,2023.
  7. ^ab"Statewide Candidates Below Rank of Governor".Daily World.Opelousas, Louisiana.December 3, 1963. p. 16.RetrievedJuly 31,2023– via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ab"Tulane Football All-Time Lettermen List".tulanegreenwave.com.RetrievedJuly 31,2023.
  9. ^Leslie, Bill (January 8, 1950)."Travis Tidwell Outshines Field As South Wins Senior Bowl 22-13".Johnson City Press-Chronicle.Johnson City, Tennessee.UP.p. 11.RetrievedNovember 11,2020– via newspapers.com.
  10. ^"1950 NFL Draft Listing".pro-football-reference.com.RetrievedJuly 30,2023.
  11. ^"1949 AAFC Draft"(PDF).Profootballresearchers.org.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on June 17, 2013.RetrievedFebruary 1,2020.
  12. ^ab"Tulane great Price dies".The Times.Shreveport, Louisiana.UPI.July 23, 1979. p. 2-C.RetrievedJuly 30,2023– via newspapers.com.
  13. ^"Ouachita Ballot".Monroe Morning World.Monroe, Louisiana.January 1, 1964. p. 4-D.RetrievedJuly 31,2023– via newspapers.com.
  14. ^Thomas, Ben (September 20, 1969)."All-American Offsprings Jesuit Stars".The Town Talk.Alexandria, Louisiana.p. A-11.RetrievedJuly 31,2023– via newspapers.com.
  15. ^Carter, Bill (November 30, 1972)."After 24 Years, Another Price".The Town Talk.Alexandria, Louisiana.p. B-1.RetrievedJuly 31,2023– via newspapers.com.
  16. ^"Eddie Price".lasportshall.com.RetrievedJuly 31,2023.
  17. ^"Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame History".tulanegreenwave.com.RetrievedJuly 31,2023.
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