George Hughley

American football player (1939–1999)

George Hughley
Career information
No. 39
Date of birth	(1939-06-26)June 26, 1939
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California
Date of death	February 27, 1999(1999-02-27) (aged 59)
Position(s)	Fullback
US college	Central Oklahoma
High school	Santa Monica (Santa Monica, California)
Career history
As player
1964	Toronto Argonauts (CFL)
1965	Washington Redskins

Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

George Charles Hughley (June 26, 1939 – February 27, 1999) was an American football fullback who played for the Washington Redskins and the Toronto Argonauts.

Career

After graduating from Santa Monica High School, Hughley played football at Central State College in Oklahoma. He played in the Canadian Football League for the Toronto Argonauts in 1964. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins in 1965. He rushed the ball 37 times for 175 yards and no touchdowns that season; he also caught nine passes for 93 yards and one touchdown.^[1]

Death

By 1999, Hughley was a 20-year police department veteran from San Fernando, California. He was riding his motorcycle when he was struck from the rear by a car on the Foothill Freeway near Angeles Crest Highway. Hughley was on loan to a Southern California drug task force assigned to investigating major drug traffickers. He was taken by helicopter to Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, California, but he died more than two hours later.^[2]

References

^ "George Hughley 1965 game log". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
^ Blankstein, Andrew (March 1, 1999). "6 Killed in Accidents Over 24-Hour Period". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-03-05.