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Position: | Halfback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born: | Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. | September 22, 1922||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died: | April 24, 1999 Prairie Village, Kansas, U.S. | (aged 76)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High school: | Wyandotte (Kansas City, Kansas) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College: | Kansas (1941–1942, 1946–1947) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1944 / round: 1 / pick: 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raymond Richard Evans (September 22, 1922 – April 24, 1999) was an American football halfback. He was an All-American in football and a twice All-American in basketball at the University of Kansas and is considered possibly the greatest overall athlete ever to attend KU. In addition to his multi-sport prowess in college, Evans would go on to play professional football and basketball, and was even offered a contract to play baseball for the New York Yankees.