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Royce Flippin

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Royce Flippin
Biographical details
Bornc. 1934
Playing career
1953–1955Princeton
Position(s)Halfback
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1972–1979Princeton
1980–1992MIT

Royce N. Flippin, Jr. (born c. 1934) is an American former college football player and athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at Princeton University from 1972 to 1979 and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1980 to 1992. A 1956 graduate of Princeton, he played football for the Princeton Tigers as a halfback from 1953 to 1955, captaining the 1955 squad.[1]

References

  1. ^ Shoemaker, Robert H (October 9, 1955). "Flying Tiger; Princeton's Captain, Royce Flippin, is the most exciting back in the Ivy League". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Retrieved April 3, 2016.