Happy 70th birthday to Rickey Young! Young was a running back for three seasons with the San Diego Chargers and six with the Minnesota Vikings. In 1978, his first year with the Vikings, he led the NFL with 88 pass receptions.
I learned today that Young, Robert Brazile, and Don Reese played together at Vigor High School in Prichard, Alabama. I promptly added them to the Gallery’s High School Teammates page. After high school, all three went to Jackson State University, and they were teammates there, as well.
Young’s 1978 Topps card is pictured here. Though he is shown with the Chargers, the Chargers had traded him to the Vikings for Ed White in July of 1978.