Elvin C. "Kink" Richards (December 27, 1910 – July 21, 1976) was an

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

halfback in the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...

(NFL) for the

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East division. The ...

. He first played

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at the former Baptist school known as Des Moines University (not to be confused with the unrelated current school of the same name) before transferring to

Simpson College Simpson College is a Private college, private United Methodist Church, Methodist college in Indianola, Iowa. It is Higher education accreditation in the United States, accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and enrolled 1,151 students in ...

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1910 births 1976 deaths American football running backs New York Giants players Simpson Storm football players People from Decatur County, Iowa Players of American football from Iowa 20th-century American sportsmen Pacific Coast Professional Football League players {{runningback-1910s-stub