Manuel Rivero

Manuel Rivero
Biographical details
Born(19-11-03)November 3, 19
Havana, Cuba
DiedAugust 23, 2001(2001-08-23) (aged 92)
Rising Sun, Maryland, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1930–1932Columbia
Baseball
1931–1933Columbia
1930–1934Cuban Stars (East)
Pollock's Cuban Stars
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1934–1947Lincoln (PA)
1951Lincoln (PA)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1934–?Lincoln (PA)
Head coaching record
Bowls1–0

Manuel Rivero (November 3, 1908 – August 23, 2001), nicknamed "The Golden Flash", was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.

A native of Havana, Cuba, Rivero was a three-year football lettermen at Columbia University from 1930 to 1932.[1][2][3] Between 1930 and 1934, he played professional baseball in the Negro leagues for the Cuban Stars (East) and Pollock's Cuban Stars.[4][5][6] Rivero went on to hold a variety of coaching positions at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania from 1933 to 1977.[7] The school's home gymnasium, Manuel Rivero Hall, is named in his honor.[8] Rivero died in Rising Sun, Maryland in 2001 at age 92.[9]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Lincoln Lions (Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1934–1947)
1934 Lincoln 1–6 0–5 13th
1935 Lincoln 2–3–2 2–2–1 7th
1936 Lincoln 1–4 1–4 11th
1937 Lincoln 6–2–1 3–2–1 4th
1938 Lincoln 4–5 2–5 11th
1939 Lincoln 6–1–1 4–1–1 4th
1940 Lincoln 7–1 4–1 12th
1941 Lincoln 4–3 2–3 12th
1942 Lincoln 2–3–1 1–1–1 6th
1943 No team—World War II
1944 Lincoln 2–3–1 1–3 7th
1945 Lincoln 2–5 2–4 9th
1946 Lincoln 6–3 4–2 5th W Orange Blossom Classic
1947 Lincoln 5–4–1 3–3–1 7th
Lincoln Lions (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1951)
1951 Lincoln 6–2 4–2 5th
Lincoln: 60–49–9 37–40–5
Total: 60–49–9

References

  1. ^ "Former Columbia Star Named Athletic Head; Jones, N.Y.U., Assistant". Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. May 12, 1934. p. 15. Retrieved July 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Football Record Book" (PDF). gocolumbialions.com. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  3. ^ Brett Hoover & Stephen Eschenbach. "Ivy Blackball". ivy50.com. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  4. ^ "Manuel Rivero". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "Manuel Rivero". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  6. ^ "Rivero the Flash and the Cuban Stars". blackpublicmedia.org. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  7. ^ "Columbia Trailblazer: Manuel Rivero '33ENG, '38HR". gocolumbialions.com. February 9, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  8. ^ "Manuel Rivero Hall". Lincoln University. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  9. ^ Lewis, Larry (August 31, 2001). "M. Rivero, pillar of Lincoln U. sports". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. B6. Retrieved July 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.