Jerry Richardson

Jerome Johnson Richardson Sr. (18 ga Yuli, 1936 - 1 ga Maris, 2023) ɗan kasuwa ne ɗan Amurka, ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa, kuma mai shi a National Football League (NFL). Ɗan asalin Spring Hope, North Carolina, ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa ta kwaleji ga Wofford Terriers kuma ya kasance ɗan wasa na biyu a Little All-America . Bayan kammala karatunsa, ya buga wasanni biyu a NFL tare da Baltimore Colts .

Daga baya Richardson ya zama ɗan kasuwa, yana gudanar da kamfanin Hardee, inda ya kafa Spartan Foods, kuma ya zama babban jami'in gudanarwa a Flagstar . Ya kafa Carolina Panthers, kuma shi ne mamallakin kamfanin tun daga kakar wasa ta farko a 1995 har zuwa sayar da kamfanin a 2018.

 Rayuwar farko da jami'a 
An haifi Richardson a Spring Hope, North Carolina .  Ya je Kwalejin Wofford da ke Spartanburg, South Carolina .  Richardson ya kasance ɗan takarar Associated Press Little All-American a 1957 da 1958.  Har yanzu yana riƙe da tarihin Wofford na wasa ɗaya da yadi 241 da ya yi nasara a kan Newberry a 1956 kuma shi ne mai riƙe da tarihin makarantar don karɓar ƙwallo a kakar wasa (9 a 1958) da kuma a cikin aikinsa (21).  A matsayinsa na ɗalibi na farko a Wofford, ya zira kwallaye 72 a kan taɓawa tara, ƙarin maki 12 da kwallaye biyu a filin wasa.  Richardson ya kira zama kyaftin na ƙungiyar a 1958 mafi girman girmamawa da ya samu.  A 1983, an zaɓe shi cikin ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Wofford a matsayin mai karɓar ƙwallo. 

Richardson ya kasance mai himma a cikin ƙungiyoyi da yawa a harabar Wofford; ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar Kappa Alpha Order fraternity, Shugaban Majalisar Inter-Fraternity, kuma memba na majalisar SCA. Kyaututtukan da ya samu yayin da yake Wofford sun haɗa da Distinguished Military Student, Scabbard and Blade Military Fraternity, Sigma Delta Psi, Blue Key National Honorary Fraternity, da kuma girmamawa a cikin Who's Who a Jami'o'i da Kwalejoji na Amurka .

 Ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙwararru 
An zaɓe shi a zagaye na 13 ta hannun zakaran gasar Baltimore Colts, Richardson ya buga kakar wasa biyu a NFL, inda ya sami lambar yabo ta Colt Rookie na Shekara a 1959. Ya sami damar buga ƙwallon touchdown a Wasan Zakarun NFL na 1959 daga ɗan wasan quarterback Johnny Unitas . An yi ciniki da shi daga Colts zuwa New York Giants don John Guzik a ranar 3 ga Agusta, 1961. 

 Kasuwanci 
Bayan aikinsa na NFL, Richardson ya yi amfani da kyautar gasar NFL ta 1959 tare da taimakon abokinsa kuma tsohon ɗan wasan baya na Wofford Charles Bradshaw don buɗe ikon mallakar Hardee na farko a Spartanburg. Su biyun sun mallaki kasuwancin Hardee 50/50. Kasuwancin ya faɗaɗa cikin sauri a ƙarƙashin salon gudanarwarsa. Daga hedikwatarsa da ke Spartanburg, ya haɗu ya kafa Spartan Foods, wanda shine mai ikon mallakar Hardee na farko. Daga baya ya zama Shugaba na Flagstar, wanda shine kamfanin samar da abinci na shida mafi girma a Amurka, yana kula da gidajen cin abinci 2,500 kuma yana samar da ayyukan yi ga ma'aikata 100,000. Ya yi ritaya a 1995.  A cewar Statistica, shi ne ɗan wasan NFL mafi arziki a kowane lokaci.
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2023
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1936