Dick Christy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDick Christy
American football player
Date of Birth: 24-Nov-1935
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 07-Aug-1966
Profession: American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Dick Christy
- Richard Joseph "Dick" Christy (November 24, 1935 – July 8, 1966) was a collegiate and professional football player. At St.
- James High School, Christy was twice named 1st Team All-Scholastic by the Philadelphia Bulletin (1952 & 1953).
- He also led St.
- James to the Philadelphia City Football Championship in 1953.
- The 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 191 lb (87 kg) Christy was a star halfback at North Carolina State University (NC State) from 1955 to 1957, leading them to the 1957 Atlantic Coast Conference championship in his senior year.
- With the league title on the line in the season's final game, Dick Christy scored all 29 points in a 29-26 win over the University of South Carolina to clinch the championship for his Wolfpack.
- Christy scored the dramatic winning points on a field goal on the last play of the game.
- At the conclusion of the 1957 season, Christy was 1st team All-ACC and was an AP and UP 1st team All-American.
- He was also honored as the 1957 ACC Player of the Year in football and as the 1957–58 ACC Athlete of the Year for all sports.
- His number 40 jersey was retired in 1997 by NC State. Christy was selected in the third round of the 1958 NFL Draft (27th overall) by the Green Bay Packers.
- Hobbled in the College All-Star game in mid-August, he was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers before the start of the season.
- He later played in the new American Football League.
- Christy was an AFL All-Star for the New York Titans in 1962, renamed the Jets in 1963.
- He was cut by the Jets in September 1964.
- In March 1966, Christy became the first signing of the Wilmington Clippers of the Atlantic Coast Football League.Christy died in a one-vehicle automobile accident in 1966 at age 30 in Chester, Pennsylvania.
- He was named to the ACC Silver Anniversary football team in 1978.
- The Dick Christy Award was created by NC State to honor the football team's most valuable players in games against South Carolina.
- In 2016, Christy was inducted into the NC State Athletic Hall of Fame.
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