Biography

Dick Danehe was born on September 10, 1920 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for All Star Golf (1957) and AFL on ABC (1960). He was married to Nayda Colleen Lawrence. He died on June 20, 2018.

After WWII, Dick played professional football for the Los Angeles Bulldogs (1946) of the Pacific Coast Professional Football League, then the Los Angeles Dons (1947-1948), and the Chicago Rockets (1949) in the All-American Football Conference (AAFC). In 1950, the AAFC merged with the National Football League, Dick became a free agent, but he ended his football career at that time.

Around 1950, Dick rejected an offer from the Leo Burnett Ad Agency to become the 'Marlboro Man' because he didn't want to promote cigarette smoking.

Education: (1) Hickman High School, Columbia, Missouri. (2) University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California, B.A. Degree.

During 1942-1946, Dick served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, where he rehabilitated wounded combat soldiers. He also recruited, coached, and played for the Army football team.

Dick received a military funeral and burial at the U.S. National Cemetery in Riverside, California.

It's a lofty privilege, being a Trojan football player, and one that never goes away. I made the ball club and played first string and that's all you can ask.

I had come a considerable distance from that raggedy farm boy living in the shanty in Arkansas.