Doss Richerson

William Joshua Doss Richerson (died 1976) was an athlete, with skills in shotput, discus,^[1] javelin, and football. He played for the American Football League, on the Chicago Bulls football team in the 1926 year.^[2]

He was married to Kansas City, Missouri artist Modesta Pearl Richerson. Together they had two children, Bill Doss Richerson and Valley Jean Richerson (Dorset).

Richerson's mother wrote a biography of the Richardson family of Texas, noting that she was born a Richardson, but had married into the Richerson family. In her book she talks in length about her son's sports abilities in high school and college.

In 1976, Doss Richerson died of a blood clot to the brain after sustaining a head injury from a three story fall from a building that he was painting.

References

1. ^ "No Breeze During Performance and Timers Believe Mark Will Be Recognized". The Evening Independent. May 24, 1926. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9XkLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=flQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1580,4531165&dq=doss-richerson. Retrieved 2008-10-29. 
2. ^ "1926 Chicago Bulls". databaseFootball.com. http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=CHB&lg=aflg&yr=1926. Retrieved 2008-10-29. 

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