Erwin Righter
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Cornelius Erwin "Swede" Righter (March 7, 1897 – August 30, 1985) was an American college football and college basketball player and coach, and a rugby union player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1]
Righter attended Stanford University, where he played football and basketball. He was Stanford's first All-Pacific Coast Conference basketball player in 1920.[2] 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 1933. In 12 season as head football coach, he led the Pacific Tigers football program to a record of 54–34–4. Righter coached the football team at Burlingame High School in Burlingame, California from 1934 to 1946.[3] He was succeeded by Ted Forbes in 1947.[4]
Righter died on August 30, 1985, in Dayton, Ohio.[5]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Tigers (Independent) (1921) | |||||||||
| 1921 | Pacific | 3–1 | |||||||
| Pacific Tigers (California Coast Conference) (1922–1923) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Pacific | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1st (North) | |||||
| 1923 | Pacific | 7–0 | 4–0 | 1st (North) | |||||
| Pacific Tigers (Independent) (1924) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Pacific | 6–3 | |||||||
| Pacific Tigers (Far Western Conference) (1925–1932) | |||||||||
| 1925 | Pacific | 5–2 | 1–2 | 4th | |||||
| 1926 | Pacific | 5–3–1 | 1–2–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1927 | Pacific | 2–6 | 1–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1928 | Pacific | 5–2 | 2–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1929 | Pacific | 3–4–1 | 1–3–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1930 | Pacific | 3–6 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1931 | Pacific | 5–2–2 | 2–1–2 | T–1st | |||||
| 1932 | Pacific | 4–4 | 2–2 | 4th | |||||
| Pacific: | 54–34–4 | 19–17–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 54–34–4 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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