Richard Lane

(1927-2002) lived in Scottsbluff. Professional football player, while playing cornerback in the National Football League from 1952 to 1965, he pioneered the importance of a defensive back, and set a single season record of 14 interceptions during the 12-game season with the Los Angeles Rams in 1952; played for Scottsbluff Junior College in 1947, was inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1974, and selected as member of “All Century NFL Team” by Sports Illustrated in August 30, 1999 issue. Consult Omaha World Herald Magazine, October 30, 1957, p. G-19 and Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Football (Greenwood Press, 1987) 332-333 and Denis J. Harrington, The Pro Football Hall of Fame (Greenwood Press, 1991) 283-285 and Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives: Sports Figures, Vol 2 (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2002) 13-14 and Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol 6 (2004) 293-295.

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