- Born
- Died
- Nicknames
- Night Train
- Cue Ball
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Richard Lane was born on April 16, 1927 in Austin, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Crazylegs (1953), Paper Lion (1968) and The NFL on CBS (1956). He was married to Dinah Washington. He died on January 29, 2002 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- SpouseDinah Washington(1963 - December 14, 1963) (her death)
- He didn't get the nickname "Night Train" until he was a pro. He would stop by a teammate's dorm room when the Buddy Morrow song "Night Train" was playing on the phonograph.
- His mother was a prostitute and his father was a pimp known as Texas Slim. Abandoned in a dumpster when he was three months old, Lane was found by a woman who at first thought his cries were a meowing cat. A widow with two other children, she adopted him.
- Married three times and divorced twice. One of his marriages was to singer Dinah Washington. She died of an accidental overdose of pills and alcohol only months after their marriage in 1963.
- Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame in1974.
- Children: Richard Lane and Richard Walker.
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