Horace Orlando Ivory (born August 8, 1954) is a former
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
running back
A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback to rush the ball, to line up as a receiver to catch the ball,
and block. Ther ...
in the
NFL from 1977 through 1982. He attended
Nolan Catholic High School
Nolan Catholic High School is a private, coeducational, college preparatory school, formerly in the Marianist tradition, and is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas. It serves grades 9-12, has an average student population of ...
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.
Horace 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 Patriots
Living people
1954 births
American football running backs
Navarro Bulldogs football players
Oklahoma Sooners football players
New England Patriots players
Seattle Seahawks players
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