George Charles Hughley (June 26, 1939 – February 27, 1999) was
an American football fullback who
played for the Washington Redskins and
the Toronto Argonauts. After
graduating from Santa Monica High School,
Hughley played football at Central State College in
Oklahoma. He played in the Canadian Football League for
the Toronto Argonauts in
1964. He played in the National Football League (NFL)
for the Washington Redskins in
1965. He rushed the ball 37 times for 175 yards and no touchdowns that season;
he also caught nine passes for 93 yards and one touchdown. By
1999, Hughley was a 20-year police department veteran from San Fernando, California.
He was riding his motorcycle when he was struck from the rear by a car on
the Foothill
Freeway near Angeles Crest Highway.
Hughley was on loan to a Southern California drug task force assigned to
investigating major drug traffickers. He was taken by helicopter to Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, California, but
he died more than two hours later.