Eugene Lamb Richards

Eugene Lamb Richards

Yale Bulldogs
Position	Halfback
Personal information
Born:	(1863-06-14)June 14, 1863 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Died:	September 17, 1927(1927-09-17) (aged 64) Woodbridge, Connecticut, U.S.
Career history
College	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 college 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

1. Osborn, Norris Galpin (1906). Men of Mark in Connecticut: Ideals of American Life Told in Biographies and Autobiographies of Eminent Living Americans. W.R. Goodspeed. p. 282. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
2. Richard Melancthon Hurd (1888). A History of Yale Athletics, 1840-1888. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. p. 82.
3. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
4. Quarter-centenary Record of the Class of 1885, Yale University. The Fort Hill Press. 1913. pp. 280–283.
5. "Richards Dies, Former Football Captain at Yale". The Hartford Courant. September 19, 1927. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Eugene Lamb Richards Jr". Brooklyn Life. March 26, 1916. p. 115.