John R. Richards

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John R. Richards

Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1875-02-24)February 24, 1875 Wisconsin
Died	October 28, 1947(1947-10-28) (aged 72) Los Angeles, California
Playing career
1892–1895	Wisconsin
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1905–1909 1911 1912 1917 1919–1922	Colorado College Wisconsin Ohio State Wisconsin Wisconsin
Head coaching record
Overall	58–21–8
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

John Robertson "Big John" Richards (February 24, 1875 – October 28, 1947) was an American football player, coach, educator, and public administrator. He served as the head coach at Colorado College (1905–1909), the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1911, 1917, 1919–1922), and Ohio State University (1912), compiling a career college football record of 58–21–8.

In 1904, Richards was appointed as the principal of a high school in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Previously he had been a high school football coach and economics instructor in Dubuque, Iowa and a principal of military academies in Minnesota and Missouri.^[1] After retiring from coaching, Richards was a director of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District, a part of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, from 1929 to 1947.^[2] He died on October 28, 1947 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 72.^[3]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Colorado College Tigers (Independent) (1905–1909)
1905	Colorado College	5–1–2
1906	Colorado College	3–2–2
1907	Colorado College	5–2
1908	Colorado College	5–2
1909	Colorado College	5–2
Colorado College:		23–9–4
Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten 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

References

↑ "JOHN RICHARDS ADVANCED; Is Elected Principal of Colorado Springs High School for 1905". Telegraph Herald. June 3, 1904. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
↑ "THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009". Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. p. 29. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
↑ AP (October 29, 1947). "John R. Ricards". The New York Times. Retrieved July 11, 2011.

External links

John R. Richards at the College Football Data Warehouse

Colorado College Tigers head football coaches

E. B. Curtis (1883–1884)
R. P. McLeod (1885)
No team (1886–1890)
George K. Olmstead (1891–1893)
Harvey Noble (1894–1895)
Pope Lamson (1896)
Browning Smith (1897)
Wilson (1898)
John Clark (1899)
J. "Buck" Ewing (1900–1901)
Fred Caldwell (1902)
E. S. Merrill (1903)
William Juneau (1904)
John R. Richards (1905–1909)
Claude Rothgeb (1910–1918)
C. L. Parsons (1919–1921)
Telfer L. Meade (1922–1925)
William T. Van de Graaff (1926–1939)
Clark DeGroot (1940)
Juan Reid (1941)
Harold A. White (1942–1946)
Ben Douglas (1947)
Allison Binns (1948–1950)
William C. Heiss (1951–1953)
Roy B. Robertson (1954–1956)
Jerry Carle (1957–1989)
Craig Rundle (1990–1996)
Greg Polnasek (1997–2002)
Bob Bodor (2003–2008)

Wisconsin Badgers head football coaches

Alvin Kletsch (1889)
Ted Mestre (1890)
Herb Alward (1891)
Frank Crawford (1892)
Parke H. Davis (1893)
Hiram O. Stickney (1894–1895)
Philip King (1896–1902)
Arthur Hale Curtis (1903–1904)
Philip King (1905)
Charles P. Hutchins (1906–1907)
Thomas A. Barry (1908–1910)
John R. Richards (1911)
William Juneau (1912–1915)
Paul Withington (1916)
John R. Richards (1917)
Guy Lowman (1918)
John R. Richards (1919–1922)
John J. Ryan (1923–1924)
George Little (1925–1926)
Glenn Thistlethwaite (1927–1931)
Clarence Spears (1932–1935)
Harry Stuhldreher (1936–1948)
Ivy Williamson (1949–1955)
Milt Bruhn (1956–1966)
John Coatta (1967–1969)
John Jardine (1970–1977)
Dave McClain (1978–1985)
Jim Hilles (1986)
Don Morton (1987–1989)
Barry Alvarez (1990–2005)
Bret Bielema (2006–2012)
Barry Alvarez # (2012)
Gary Andersen (2013–present)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach for 2013 Rose Bowl.

Ohio State Buckeyes head football coaches

Alexander S. Lilley (1890–1891)
Frederick Bushnell "Jack" Ryder (1892–1895)
Charles A. Hickey (1896)
David Farragut Edwards (1897)
Frederick Bushnell "Jack" Ryder (1898)
John B. Eckstorm (1899–1901)
Perry Hale (1902–1903)
Edwin Sweetland (1904–1905)
Albert E. Herrnstein (1906–1909)
Howard Jones (1910)
Harry Vaughan (1911)
John R. Richards (1912)
John Wilce (1913–1928)
Sam Willaman (1929–1933)
Francis Schmidt (1934–1940)
Paul Brown (1941–1943)
Carroll Widdoes (1944–1945)
Paul Bixler (1946)
Wes Fesler (1947–1950)
Woody Hayes (1951–1978)
Earle Bruce (1979–1987)
John Cooper (1988–2000)
Jim Tressel (2001–2010)
Luke Fickell (2011)
Urban Meyer (2012–)

Persondata
Name	Richards, John R.
Alternative names	Richards, John Robertson
Short description	American football player, coach, and educator
Date of birth	February 24, 1875
Place of birth	Wisconsin
Date of death	October 28, 1947
Place of death	Los Angeles, California

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