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Rick Casares
Richard Jose Casares (July 4, 1931 – September 13, 2013) was an American college and professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) for twelve seasons during the 1950 and 1960s. Casares played college football for the University of Florida, where he was standout fullback and kicker. Casares played professionally for the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins of the NFL, and was a member of the expansion Miami Dolphins of the AFL.
== Early years ==
Rick Casares was born in Tampa, Florida in 1931.〔Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, ( Rick Casares ). Retrieved July 1, 2010.〕 When he was 7 years old, his father was killed in a gang shooting; his mother sent him to live with an aunt and uncle in Paterson, New Jersey.〔Paul Guzzo, "( Tampa's NFL Hero: Rick Casares )," ''Cigar City Magazine'', pp. 22–23, 25–27 (January–February 2011). Retrieved October 7, 2014.〕 At 15, Casares became a Golden Gloves boxing champion in the 160-pound division.〔〔Rozell A. Lee, "( Tampa Bay's All-Century Team: No. 12 Rick Casares )," ''Tampa Tribune'' (December 21, 1999). Retrieved May 4, 2010.〕 When he was offered a professional boxing contract, his mother refused to permit it, and he returned to Tampa.〔
From the age of 15, Casares lived in West Tampa with his mother, and he attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Tampa,〔databaseFootball.com, Players, ( Rick Casares ). Retrieved June 2, 2010.〕 where his teachers introduced him to high school sports as a way to keep him in school.〔 The Jefferson coaches discovered the 190-pound, six-foot-one-inch freshman when he picked up a javelin for the first time and threw it.〔 Casares played high school football, basketball, and baseball for the Jefferson Dragons, and he was also a track and field athlete.〔 He was an all-state football and basketball player, and the Dragons won the city football championship in 1948 and 1949.〔
''The Tampa Tribune'' recognized Casares as one the Tampa Bay area's 100 greatest athletes of the previous century in 1999.〔 In 2007, fifty-seven years after he graduated from high school, the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) recognized him as one of the thirty-three all-time greatest Florida high school football players of the last 100 years by naming him to its "All-Century Team."〔"( FHSAA announces 33-member All-Century football team )," Florida High School Athletic Association (December 12, 2007). Retrieved May 26, 2011.〕
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