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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1875-02-24)February 24, 1875 Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | October 28, 1947(1947-10-28) (aged 72) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1892–1896 | Wisconsin |
| Position | Fullback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1897 | Shurtleff |
| 1905–1909 | Colorado College |
| 1911 | Wisconsin |
| 1912 | Ohio State |
| 1917 | Wisconsin |
| 1919–1922 | Wisconsin |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1OAC (1912) | |
John Robertson "Big John"Richards (February 24, 1875 – October 28, 1947) was an Americancollege football player and coach, educator, and public administrator. He served as the head football coach atShurtleff College (1897),Colorado College (1905–1909), theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison (1911, 1917, 1919–1922), andOhio State University (1912).
Richards' 1912 season at Ohio State was notable for his action of pulling his team from the field during a loss toPenn State due to rough play. This action was widely ridiculed in contemporary newspapers by commentary such as "Coach Richards of Ohio State, who took his team off the field Saturday because he declared Penn State was too rough, evidently was never on Lake Erie on a choppy sea."[1]
In 1904, Richards was appointed as the principal of a high school inColorado Springs, Colorado. Previously, he had been a high school football coach and economics instructor inDubuque, Iowa, and a principal of military academies in Minnesota and Missouri.[2] After retiring from coaching, Richards was a director of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District, a part of theMetropolitan Water District of Southern California, from 1929 to 1947.[3] From October 2, 1939, to September 10, 1940, he was theCalifornia Director of Finance.[4] He died on October 28, 1947, inLos Angeles, at the age of 72.[5]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado College Tigers(Colorado Football Association)(1905–1908) | |||||||||
| 1905 | Colorado College | 5–1–2 | |||||||
| 1906 | Colorado College | 3–2–2 | 1–2–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1907 | Colorado College | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1908 | Colorado College | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| Colorado College Tigers(Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference)(1909) | |||||||||
| 1909 | Colorado College | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Colorado College: | 23–9–4 | ||||||||
| Wisconsin Badgers(Western Conference)(1911) | |||||||||
| 1911 | Wisconsin | 5–1–1 | 2–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
| Ohio State Buckeyes(Ohio Athletic Conference)(1912) | |||||||||
| 1912 | Ohio State | 6–3 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| Ohio State: | 6–3 | 5–0 | |||||||
| Wisconsin Badgers(Big Ten Conference)(1917) | |||||||||
| 1917 | Wisconsin | 4–2–1 | 3–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| Wisconsin Badgers(Big Ten Conference)(1919–1922) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Wisconsin | 5–2 | 3–2 | T–4th | |||||
| 1920 | Wisconsin | 6–1 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1921 | Wisconsin | 5–1–1 | 3–1–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1922 | Wisconsin | 4–2–1 | 2–2–1 | 4th | |||||
| Wisconsin: | 29–9–4 | 14–7–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 58–21–8 | ||||||||
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