Richard Luman
American football and basketball player (1900–1973)
Luman from 1925 "Yale Banner & Pot Pourri" | |
Yale Bulldogs | |
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Position | End |
Personal information | |
Born: | (1900-04-26)April 26, 1900 Wyoming, US |
Died: | April 26, 1973(1973-04-26) (aged 73) Houston, Texas, US |
Career history | |
College | Yale (1924) |
Career highlights and awards | |
Richard John Luman (April 26, 1900 – April 26, 1973) was an American football and basketball player. He played college football for Yale University and was a consensus selection at the end position on the 1924 College Football All-America Team.
Luman was raised in Pinedale, Wyoming, and attended preparatory school at Phillips Exeter Academy.[1] He attended college at Yale University, where he was a member of the football and basketball teams. As an end for the Yale Bulldogs football team, he was a consensus first-team All-American.[2] In basketball, he played at the center position and was selected as the captain of the 1924–25 Yale basketball team.[3]
He died in 1973.
References
- ^ 1925 Yale Banner & Pot Pourri (yearbook), p. 96.
- ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ "Yale Five Elects Luman: Unanimously Names Veteran Centre Captain for Next Season". The New York Times. March 20, 1924.
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1924 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
- QB Harry Stuhldreher
- HB Jim Crowley
- HB Red Grange
- FB Elmer Layden
- E Jim Lawson
- E Richard Luman
- E Henry Wakefield
- T Ed McGinley
- T Ed Weir
- G Carl Diehl
- G Joe Pondelik
- C Edwin C. Horrell