Richie Petitbon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American football player and coach
Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1938
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Profession: American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Richie Petitbon
- Richard Alvin Petitbon (born April 18, 1938) is a former American football safety and coach.
- Petitbon first attended Loyola University New Orleans on a track and field scholarship and left after his freshman year to attend Tulane.
- After playing college football as a quarterback at Tulane, he played for the Chicago Bears from 1959 to 1968, the Los Angeles Rams in 1969 and 1970, and the Washington Redskins in 1971 and 1972.
- Petitbon recorded the second most interceptions in Bears history with 38 during his career, trailing Gary Fencik.
- Petitbon also holds the Bears record for the longest interception return, after scoring on a 101-yard return against the Rams in 1962.
- As of 2019, he also holds the Bears record for the most interceptions in a game (3 against the Green Bay Packers in 1967) and most interception return yards in a season (212 in 1962).He returned to the Redskins in 1978 as secondary coach under Jack Pardee.
- From 1981 to 1992, he was the Redskins' defensive coordinator under head coach Joe Gibbs, either alone or sharing the job with Larry Peccatiello.
- During this time period, Petitbon was considered one of the top coordinators in football.
- When Gibbs initially retired in 1993, Petitbon was named his successor.
- He did not find the same success as a head coach, lasting only one season.
- Aging and underachieving, the team finished 4-12 and Petibon was dismissed by Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke in favor of archrival Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Norv Turner.
- Following his firing, Petitbon never took another job in the NFL. His brother, John Petitbon, also played in the NFL.
- Both Petitbon brothers are members of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame.
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