DICK ALBRIGHT

Athlete, Lansdale HS, 1949

Football, Basketball, Track
All Bux-Mont 1st Team Football, 1947 & 1948
Bux-Mont League High Hurdle Champion, 1949
District One High Hurdle Champion, 1949
All-Philadelphia Area Invitational High Hurdle Champion, 1949
PA High Hurdle State Champion, 1949
All-Philadelphia Halfback, 1948

Inducted 2005

Lansdale High School, 1949 

Dick was Bux-Mont high hurdles District and State Champion in his senior year, team captain of track his senior year, and the 12th grade champion in the 120 highs at the All-Philadelphia Area Invitational. He was a letter winner for three consecutive years on the Lansdale H.S. football team (1946-1948) as tailback, punter and punt returner.  During his junior season, he scored five touchdowns against Sell-Perk.  He scored 19 touchdowns during his senior year when Lansdale posted its best season (11-0) under Coach Ken Poust. His season best was a four touchdown effort against Souderton High School. He received All-Bux-Mont honors in both his junior and senior years and was named All-Philadelphia Area in 1948.  Dick was starting guard on Lansdale’s 1948-1949 basketball team, which lost the PIAA District One title game by one point.  Dick graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, where he played varsity football in 1952 and varsity winter and spring track in 1952-1953.  Commissioned an ensign in the U.S. Navy in 1953, he rose to the rank of Captain, and commanded a missile destroyer and two destroyer squadrons.