Bill Richter
American sports coach and college president
About Bill Richter
Lived 1916 – 2007 (aged 91). Bill Richter was an American american football coach, basketball coach, university president and baseball manager.
William Blanchard Richter (August 15, 1916 – November 20, 2007) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach as well as a college president. During the 1947–48 season, he served as the head men's basketball coach at Boise State University.
Prior to his single season at Boise, Richter served as the head football coach (1946), head men's basketball coach (1946–1947), and athletic director at this alma mater, Minot State University.
Richter served as the head football coach at Valley City State University in Valley City, North Dakota, from 1948 to 1950 and from 1952 to 1953. In 1975, he was named the college president of Ohlone College in Fremont, California, where he remained until his retirement in 1979.
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Who was Bill Richter?
American sports coach and college president (1916–2007)
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Bill Richter was born on 15 August 1916 in Dickinson.
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Bill Richter died on 20 November 2007 in Sublimity.
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Bill Richter was an american football coach, basketball coach, university president and baseball manager.
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Bill Richter was American.
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