Horace Ivory

American football player (born 1954)

American football player
Horace Ivory
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Position:Running back
Personal information
Born: (1954-08-08) August 8, 1954 (age 70)
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:197 lb (89 kg)
Career information
High school:Fort Worth (TX) Nolan
College:Oklahoma
NFL draft:1977 / round: 2 / pick: 44
Career history
  • New England Patriots (1977–1981)
  • Seattle Seahawks (1981-1982)
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Rushing attempts:351
Rushing yards:1,425
Rushing TDs:15
Player stats at PFR

Horace Orlando Ivory (born August 8, 1954) is a former American football running back in the NFL from 1977 through 1982. He attended Nolan Catholic High School from 1968 to 1972 where he was a TCIL All-State running back. He was offered a football scholarship to Notre Dame University but for academic reasons, went to Navarro Junior College before transferring to the University of Oklahoma for his junior and senior seasons.

Ivory was a member of two national championship teams while at Oklahoma.

He was named to the NFL All-Pro team as a kick returner after the 1980 season with the New England Patriots.

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1974 Oklahoma Sooners football—AP national champions
  • Vickey Ray Anderson
  • Karl Baldischwiler
  • Dean Blevins
  • Billy Brooks
  • Sam Claphan
  • Jim Culbreath
  • Kyle Davis
  • Steve Davis
  • Jimbo Elrod
  • Gary Gibbs
  • Zac Henderson
  • Dave Hudgens
  • Randy Hughes
  • Horace Ivory
  • Tinker Owens
  • Elvis Peacock
  • Jimmy Rogers
  • John Roush
  • Tony Peters
  • Lee Roy Selmon
  • Dewey Selmon
  • Rod Shoate
  • Mike Vaughan
  • Joe Washington
  • Head coach: Barry Switzer
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New England Patriots 1977 NFL draft selections


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