Erwin Righter
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Representing the  United States
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1920 Antwerp | Team competition |
Cornelius Erwin "Swede" Righter (March 7, 1897 – September 6, 1985) was an American college football and college basketball player and coach, and a 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. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
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Categories:
- 1897 births
- 1985 deaths
- American rugby union players
- Pacific Tigers football coaches
- Pacific Tigers men's basketball coaches
- Stanford Cardinal football players
- Stanford Cardinal men's basketball players
- Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby union players of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rugby
- Rugby union players at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- United States international rugby union players