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| Yale Bulldogs — No. | |
| Halfback | |
| Major: | |
| Date of birth: June 14, 1863 | |
| Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut | |
| Career history | |
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| College(s): *Yale (1881–1884) | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| *National championship (1881, 1882, 1883, 1884) | |
Eugene Lamb Richards Jr. (June 14, 1863 – September 17, 1927) was an American football player, lawyer, and politician.
Early life[]
Richards was born on June 14, 1863 in New Haven, Connecticut. He was the son of Julia L. (née Bacon) Richards and Eugene Lamb Richards Sr., a Yale professor.[1]
While at Yale, he was a halfback on the undefeated 1881, 1882, 1883, and 1884 Yale Bulldogs football teams that have been recognized for winning four consecutive national championships.[2][3] He was the captain of the 1884 team. He set a Yale record in May 1883 by kicking a football 168 feet.[4]
Career[]
Richards later became a lawyer who was actively involved in Tammany Hall politics. He held state offices in New York, including Deputy Attorney General and Bank Commissioner.[5][6][4]
References[]
- ↑ Osborn, Norris Galpin (1906) (in en). Men of Mark in Connecticut: Ideals of American Life Told in Biographies and Autobiographies of Eminent Living Americans. W.R. Goodspeed. p. 282. https://books.google.com/books?id=ARFh_Sbpg84C&pg=PA282-IA2&lpg=PA282-IA2. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ↑ Richard Melancthon Hurd (1888). A History of Yale Athletics, 1840-1888. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. p. 82. https://books.google.com/books?id=RkxDAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Quarter-centenary Record of the Class of 1885, Yale University. The Fort Hill Press. 1913. pp. 280-283. https://books.google.com/books?id=6bcvAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ↑ "Richards Dies, Former Football Captain at Yale". The Hartford Courant: p. 1. September 19, 1927. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16329985/richards_dies_former_football_captain/.
- ↑ "Eugene Lamb Richards Jr.". Brooklyn Life: p. 115. March 26, 1916. https://www.newspapers.com/image/83227824/?terms=%22eugene%2Blamb%2Brichards%22%2Brichards.
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