Sam Horner

Sam Horner

No. 40, 26
Position:	Halfback Defensive back Punter
Personal information
Born:	(1938-03-04) March 4, 1938 (age 86) Fort Sill, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died:	2023
Career information
College:	VMI
NFL draft:	1960 / round: 2 / pick: 21
AFL draft:	1960 / round: Second Selections (by the Denver Broncos)
Career history
Washington Redskins (1960–1961) New York Giants (1962)
Career highlights and awards
Third-team All-American (1959)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 33 Offensive yards: 574 Touchdowns: 1 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Samuel Watson Horner, III (born March 4, 1938) is an American former professional football player who was a halfback, defensive back, and punter in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants. He played college football for the VMI Keydets and was selected in the second round of the 1960 NFL draft. He is a 1956 graduate of The Hill School

Other work

After Horner retired from the NFL, he attended the University of Georgia Veterinary School and earned a DVM degree. He practiced Equine Medicine and Surgery for 40 years in the Atlanta, Ga. area until his retirement in 2008. Sam was inducted into the VMI Sports Hall of Fame in 1973, and in 2000 he was the Georgia Equine Veterinarian of the Year.^[1]

References

1. "The Hill School -> Athletics Hall of Fame -> The Founders Hall -> Page 2". www.thehill.org. Archived from the original on April 29, 2018.