Richard Trapp

Richard Trapp

No. 28, 44
Position:	Wide receiver
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1946-09-21) September 21, 1946
Place of birth:	Lynwood, California
Height:
Weight:
Career information
High school:	Bradenton (FL) Manatee
College:	Florida
NFL draft:	1968 / Round: 3 / Pick: 83
Career history
Buffalo Bills (1968) San Diego Chargers (1969)
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-SEC (1966, 1967) Florida–Georgia Hall of Fame University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame
Career NFL statistics as of 1969
Games played: 22 Receptions: 26 Receiving yards: 274 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Richard Earl Trapp (born September 21, 1946) is an American former college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the American Football League (AFL) for two seasons during the late 1960s. Trapp played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, played professionally for the Buffalo Bills and San Diego Chargers of the AFL.

Early years

He was born in Lynwood, California. Trapp attended Manatee High School in Bradenton, Florida, where he was a standout high school football player for the Manatee Hurricanes.

College career

Trapp accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Ray Graves' Florida Gators football team from 1965 to 1967. In three seasons as a starting wide receiver for the Gators, he totaled 1,783 receiving yards, and compiled eight games where he caught passes for 100 yards or more. Memorably, in 1966 he caught passes for 148 yards against the Auburn Tigers, and 150 yards against the Ole Miss Rebels; in 1967, he compiled 171 receiving yards against the Georgia Bulldogs. Trapp was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 1966 and 1967, and the recipient of the Gators' Fergie Ferguson Award in 1967. He also played for coach Dave Fuller's Florida Gators baseball team in 1967 and 1968.

Trapp graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in 1969, and a law degree in 1974, and was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame.

Professional career

The Buffalo Bills selected Trapp in the third round (83rd pick overall) of the 1968 combined draft, and he played for the Bills during the 1968 season. During his one year with the Bills, he played in all fourteen games, and caught twenty-four passes for 235 yards. During his second season, he saw limited action with the San Diego Chargers in eight games. He finished his professional football career with twenty-six receptions for 274 yards.

Life after football

Trapp is a practicing attorney in Orlando, Florida.

See also

• Florida Gators football, 1960–69
• List of Florida Gators football players in the NFL
• List of Levin College of Law graduates
• List of University of Florida alumni

Bibliography

• Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). ISBN 0-7948-2298-3.
• Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory, Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). ISBN 0-9650782-1-3.
• Hairston, Jack, Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told, Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). ISBN 1-58261-514-4.
• McCarthy, Kevin M., Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football, Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000). ISBN 978-0-7385-0559-6.
• McEwen, Tom, The Gators: A Story of Florida Football, The Strode Publishers, Huntsville, Alabama (1974). ISBN 0-87397-025-X.
• Nash, Noel, ed., The Gainesville Sun Presents The Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois (1998). ISBN 1-57167-196-X.