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Bosh Pritchard
No. 56, 30, 35
	Pritchard on a 1948 Bowman football card
Born:	September 10, 1919; Windsor, North Carolina, U.S.
Died:	November 7, 1996 (aged 77); Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Halfback
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	164 lb (74 kg)
College	Georgia Tech; VA Military Institute
Career history
As player
1942	Cleveland Rams
1942–1951	Philadelphia Eagles
1951	New York Giants
Career highlights and awards
	2× NFL champion ( 1948, 1949);
Pro Bowls	1 (1942)
Career stats
	Playing stats at NFL.com;

Abisha Collins "Bosh" Pritchard (September 10, 1919 – November 7, 1996) was an American football halfback in the National Football League (NFL) who played for ten seasons for the Cleveland Rams, the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants. He appeared in 60 NFL games, scored 25 touchdowns, and compiled 1,730 rushing yards, 1,168 receiving yards, 1,072 punt return yards, and 938 kickoff return yards. He led the NFL in 1949 with an average of 6.0 yards per rushing carry and in 1946 with an average of 11.3 yards per touch. He also led the NFL in 1948 with five fumble recoveries.^[1] He attended Georgia Tech and the Virginia Military Institute.

Pritchard served as a commentator on Eagles television broadcasts for CBS in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.

References

^ "Boss Pritchard". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2021.

External links

Bosh Pritchard at Find a Grave

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[1] "Boss Pritchard". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2021.

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