About Dick Colman
Lived 1914 – 1982 (aged 67). Dick Colman was an American head coach.
Richard Whiting Colman Jr. (November 11, 1914 – April 5, 1982) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Princeton University from 1957 to 1968, compiling a record of 75–33. Colman had been the assistant to Princeton's previous coach, Charlie Caldwell; like Caldwell, Colman was known for his successful reliance on the single-wing formation offense, and ultimately he became the last major college coach to use the single wing, which Princeton gave up only after Colman's departure in 1969.
After retiring from coaching, Colman was the athletic director at Middlebury College from 1969 to 1977. Colman was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1990.
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Who was Dick Colman?
American football player and coach
When was Dick Colman born?
Dick Colman was born on 11 November 1914 in New York City.
When did Dick Colman die?
Dick Colman died on 5 April 1982 in Middlebury.
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Dick Colman was a head coach.
What nationality was Dick Colman?
Dick Colman was American.
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