- Erwin Righter
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Olympic medal record Men's Rugby union Gold 1920 Antwerp Team competition Cornelius Erwin "Swede" Righter (March 7, 1897 – September 6, 1985) was a college football and basketball player and coach, and an American rugby union player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Righter attended Stanford University, where he played football and basketball. He was Stanford's first all-Pacific Coast Conference basketball player in 1920.[1]
At the 1920 Olympics, Righter played on the American rugby union team that defeated France for the gold medal.
After his playing days, Righter coached basketball and football at the University of the Pacific from 1921 to 1932.
References
- ^ "2006-2007 Stanford Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Stanford Department of Athletics. p. 72. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0607-mg-06.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
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Pacific Tigers head football coaches Unknown (1895) • No team (1896–1897) • Unknown (1898–1899) • No team (1900–1918) • George Sperry (1919) • Paul McCoy (1920) • Erwin Righter (1921–1932) • Amos Alonzo Stagg (1933–1946) • Larry Siemering (1947–1950) • Ernie Jorge (1951–1952) • Moose Myers (1953–1960) • John Rohde (1961–1963) • Don Campora (1964–1965) • Doug Scovil (1966–1969) • Homer Smith (1970–1971) • Chester Caddas (1972–1978) • Bob Toledo (1979–1982) • Bob Cope (1983–1988) • Walt Harris (1989–1991) • Chuck Shelton (1992–1995)
Pacific Tigers men's basketball head coaches Bob Atkinson (1910–1911) • James Travarrow (1911–1912) • Charles Sheldon (1912–1913) • Walter Case (1913–1914) • Bill Fletcher (1914–1915) • Frank Reeves (1915–1916) • George Sperry (1916–1920) • Ken Lilly (1920–1921) • Erwin Righter (1921–1933) • Larry Apitz (1933–1936) • Ralph Francis (1936–1942) • Chris Kjeldsen (1942–1952) • Van Sweet (1952–1963) • Dick Edwards (1963–1972) • Stan Morrison (1972–1979) • Dick Fitchner (1979–1982) • Tom O'Neill (1982–1988) • Denis Willens # (1988) • Bob Thomason (1988– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.
Categories:- 1897 births
- 1985 deaths
- American rugby union players
- Rugby union players at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby union players of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Stanford Cardinal football players
- Stanford Cardinal men's basketball players
- Pacific Tigers football coaches
- Pacific Tigers men's basketball coaches
- United States international rugby union players
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