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Eddie Price

American football player (1925–1979)

Field	Value
name	Eddie Price
image	Eddie Price - 1952 Bowman Large.jpg
caption	Price on a 1952 Bowman football card
number	31
position	Fullback
birth_date
birth_place	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
death_date
death_place	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
height_ft	5
height_in	11
weight_lb	195
high_school	Warren Easton (LA)
college	Tulane (1946–1949)
draftyear	1950
draftround	2
draftpick	20
statlabel1	Rushing yards
statvalue1	3,292
statlabel2	Rushing average
statvalue2	3.9
statlabel3	Receptions
statvalue3	75
statlabel4	Receiving yards
statvalue4	672
statlabel5	Total touchdowns
statvalue5	24
pfr	PricEd00
CollegeHOF	1665

New York Giants ()
3× Pro Bowl (1951, 1952, 1954)
2× All-Pro (1951, 1952)
NFL rushing leader (1951)
First-team All-American (1949)
Third-team All-American (1948)
2× First-team All-SEC (1948, 1949)

Edward Joseph Price Jr. (September 2, 1925 – July 21, 1979) was an American professional football player who was a running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football at Tulane University, he played six seasons with the Giants. Price was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982.

Biography

Price was born in New Orleans and attended Warren Easton High School there, class of 1943. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, then attended Tulane University and played college football for the Green Wave.

At Tulane, Price was a four-year letterman in football, for the 1946–1949 seasons. He was named to All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) teams three times, 1947–1949, the latter two times being a consensus selection. He was named to College Football All-America Teams in 1948 and 1949 by some selectors.

Price played in the 1950 Senior Bowl, the inaugural edition of that game, scoring a fourth-quarter touchdown for the South team, which defeated the North team, 22–13. He was selected in the second round of the 1950 NFL draft by the New York Giants. He had previously been selected by the Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) in the 1949 AAFC Draft, but he did not play in that league.

Price's NFL career lasted six seasons, 1950–1955, all with the Giants.

Following his professional football career, Price returned on New Orleans. In September 1963, Price was announced as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, paired with gubernatorial candidate Louis J. Michot. Michot placed sixth in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.

Price's son, Eddie Price III, also played football for Tulane and was a two-year letterman, 1972–1973. and was a charter member of the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame when it was established in 1977. He died in July 1979 at his New Orleans home of a heart attack, aged 53. He was posthumously inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982. Price is also an inductee of the Warren Easton Hall of Fame.

NFL career statistics

Legend

Bold

Year	Team	Games	Rushing	Receiving	GP	GS	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
10	7	126	703	5.6	74	4	4	30	7.5	21	0
12	10	271	971	3.6	80	7	5	19	3.8	8	0
11	11	183	748	4.1	75	5	11	36	3.3	14	0
12	9	101	206	2.0	15	2	26	233	9.0	31	1
12	11	135	555	4.1	47	2	28	352	12.6	83	3
6	2	30	109	3.6	29	0	1	2	2.0	2	0

Notes

References

(September 1943). "Draft Registration Card". [[Selective Service System]].
(February 1942). "Draft Registration Card". [[Selective Service System]].
"Tulane Football All-Time Lettermen List".
Leslie, Bill. (January 8, 1950). "Travis Tidwell Outshines Field As South Wins Senior Bowl 22-13". Johnson City Press-Chronicle.
"1950 NFL Draft Listing".
"1949 AAFC Draft".
"Eddie Price Stats".
(December 3, 1963). "Statewide Candidates Below Rank of Governor". [[Daily World (Opelousas).
(September 23, 1963). "E. J. Price Joins Michot As Candidate". [[The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana).
(January 1, 1964). "Ouachita Ballot". Monroe Morning World.
Thomas, Ben. (September 20, 1969). "All-American Offsprings Jesuit Stars". The Town Talk.
Carter, Bill. (November 30, 1972). "After 24 Years, Another Price". The Town Talk.
"Eddie Price".
"Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame History".
(July 23, 1979). "Tulane great Price dies". [[The Times (Shreveport).
"Eddie Price (1982)".
(May 17, 2013). "Warren Eason Hall of Fame".

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