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Richard Bishop

Bishop, Richard Allen
Height: 6-1 Weight: 265
Born: March 23, 1950 Cleveland, OH
Died: September 26, 2016 Miami, FL
High School: Glenville (Cleveland, OH)
YearCollegeStatus
1969Marshalltown JCPlayed
1970Marshalltown JCPlayed
1971LouisvilleIneligible
1972LouisvilleLettered
1973LouisvilleLettered
Draft: 5th round (127th overall) 1974 Cincinnati Bengals; 8th round (91st overall) 1974 Portland Storm
Relatives: Father of Bryce Bishop
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YEAR TEAMNOPOSGPGS
1974 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1974 HAM CFL54DE5
1975 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1975 HAM CFL54DT2
1975 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1975 OTT CFL55DT4
1975 Year (CFL)1975 Year CFL6
1976 New England Patriots (NFL)1976 NE NFL64NT140
1977 New England Patriots (NFL)1977 NE NFL64NT120
1978 New England Patriots (NFL)1978 NE NFL64RDE1615
1979 New England Patriots (NFL)1979 NE NFL64RDE-LDE-RDT1414
1980 New England Patriots (NFL)1980 NE NFL64LDE-NT135
1981 New England Patriots (NFL)1981 NE NFL64NT1616
1982 Miami Dolphins (NFL)1982 MIA NFL72NT20
1983 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1983 LARM NFL65NT20
8 Years (NFL)8 Years NFL8950
2 Years (CFL)2 Years CFL11
TransactionDateTeam
Draft2/5/19741974 Portland Storm (WFL)1974 POR WFL
Draft1/29/19741974 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL)1974 CIN NFL
Signed1974 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL)1974 CIN NFL
Signed1974 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1974 HAM CFL
Released9/10/19741974 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL)1974 CIN NFL
Released1975 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1975 HAM CFL
Signed1975 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1975 OTT CFL
Released1975 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1975 OTT CFL
Signed2/24/19761976 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL)1976 CIN NFL
Released8/17/19761976 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL)1976 CIN NFL
Signed1976 New England Patriots (NFL)1976 NE NFL
Released9/13/19761976 New England Patriots (NFL)1976 NE NFL
Signed1976 New England Patriots (NFL)1976 NE NFL
Reserve/Did Not Report9/1/19801980 New England Patriots (NFL)1980 NE NFL
Exemption9/23/19801980 New England Patriots (NFL)1980 NE NFL
Activated9/28/19801980 New England Patriots (NFL)1980 NE NFL
Released9/2/19821982 New England Patriots (NFL)1982 NE NFL
Signed11/23/19821982 Miami Dolphins (NFL)1982 MIA NFL
Released7/1/19831983 Miami Dolphins (NFL)1983 MIA NFL
Signed9/21/19831983 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1983 LARM NFL
Released10/4/19831983 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1983 LARM NFL
Signed3/27/19841984 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1984 GB NFL
Released1984 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1984 GB NFL
SCORINGTDX1X1AX1%X2X2ADXFGFGAFG%SSAFPTS
1978 New England Patriots (NFL)1978 NE NFL000---00-12
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL000---00-12
SACKSNOYDS
1976 New England Patriots (NFL)1976 NE NFL6.0
1978 New England Patriots (NFL)1978 NE NFL5.036.0
1979 New England Patriots (NFL)1979 NE NFL7.072.0
1980 New England Patriots (NFL)1980 NE NFL5.050.0
1981 New England Patriots (NFL)1981 NE NFL4.539.5
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL27.5
FUMBLESNOLOSTOWNOPPRECYDSTD
1976 New England Patriots (NFL)1976 NE NFL0002200
1977 New England Patriots (NFL)1977 NE NFL0001100
1978 New England Patriots (NFL)1978 NE NFL0002200
1979 New England Patriots (NFL)1979 NE NFL0001100
1980 New England Patriots (NFL)1980 NE NFL0001100
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL0007700
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