Freddie Solomon
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||
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Born: | Sumter, South Carolina, U.S. | January 11, 1953||||||||||
Died: | February 13, 2012 Tampa, Florida, U.S. | (aged 59)||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Sumter | ||||||||||
College: | Tampa | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1975 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36 | ||||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Freddie Solomon (January 11, 1953 – February 13, 2012) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 1975 NFL Draft. A native of Sumter, South Carolina, he was a graduate of Sumter High School class of 1971. A 5-foot-11, 184-pound receiver from the University of Tampa (where he had played quarterback), Solomon played in 11 NFL seasons for the Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers from 1975 to 1985. On December 5, 1976, Solomon had a career game, with 5 catches for 114 yards and a touchdown, 1 rushing attempt for 59 yards and a touchdown, and a punt return for 79 yards and a touchdown.[1] Solomon won two Super Bowls with the 49ers.[2]
On "The Catch", Dwight Clark's famous leaping grab that helped the 49ers beat the Dallas Cowboys in the 1982 NFC Playoffs, Solomon was the primary target on the play, but slipped coming out of his cut. Solomon made several key plays on the 49ers final drive of that game.[3]
Solomon died on February 13, 2012, after a nine-month battle with colon and liver cancer.[4]
Soloman was inducted in the Florida Sports Hall of Fame in 1994[5]
NFL career statistics[edit]
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Regular season[edit]
Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
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GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
1975 | MIA | 14 | 5 | 22 | 339 | 15.4 | 58 | 2 |
1976 | MIA | 10 | 8 | 27 | 453 | 16.8 | 53 | 2 |
1977 | MIA | 13 | 6 | 12 | 181 | 15.1 | 54 | 1 |
1978 | SFO | 16 | 15 | 31 | 458 | 14.8 | 58 | 2 |
1979 | SFO | 15 | 11 | 57 | 807 | 14.2 | 44 | 7 |
1980 | SFO | 16 | 13 | 48 | 658 | 13.7 | 93 | 8 |
1981 | SFO | 15 | 15 | 59 | 969 | 16.4 | 60 | 8 |
1982 | SFO | 9 | 7 | 19 | 323 | 17.0 | 46 | 3 |
1983 | SFO | 13 | 11 | 31 | 662 | 21.4 | 77 | 4 |
1984 | SFO | 14 | 13 | 40 | 737 | 18.4 | 64 | 10 |
1985 | SFO | 16 | 12 | 25 | 259 | 10.4 | 39 | 1 |
151 | 116 | 371 | 5,846 | 15.8 | 93 | 48 |
Playoffs[edit]
Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
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GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
1981 | SFO | 3 | 2 | 16 | 234 | 14.6 | 58 | 2 |
1983 | SFO | 2 | 2 | 6 | 122 | 20.3 | 76 | 2 |
1984 | SFO | 3 | 3 | 12 | 181 | 15.1 | 29 | 2 |
1985 | SFO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | 7 | 34 | 537 | 15.8 | 76 | 6 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Freddie Solomon, a Star N.F.L. Receiver, Dies at 59". The New York Times. February 14, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
- ^ "'The Catch' lands a spot in NFL lore". St. Petersburg Times. November 19, 1999. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
- ^ Off on the wrong foot Sports Illustrated [dead link]
- ^ "Former Dolphins and 49ers WR Freddie Solomon dies". USA Today. February 13, 2012. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012.
- ^ "Florida Sports Hall of Fame | Freddie Solomon". Retrieved 2024-05-05.
- 1953 births
- 2012 deaths
- American football return specialists
- American football wide receivers
- Miami Dolphins players
- San Francisco 49ers players
- Tampa Spartans football players
- Sportspeople from Sumter, South Carolina
- Players of American football from South Carolina
- Deaths from colorectal cancer in Florida
- Deaths from liver cancer in Florida
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- 21st-century African-American people
- American football wide receiver, 1950s birth stubs