About Manuel Rivero
Lived 1909 – 2001 (aged 91–92). Manuel Rivero was an American athlete.
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. Between 1930 and 1934, he played professional baseball in the Negro leagues for the Cuban Stars (East) and Pollock's Cuban Stars. Rivero went on to hold a variety of coaching positions at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania from 1933 to 1977. The school's home gymnasium, Manuel Rivero Hall, is named in his honor. Rivero died in Rising Sun, Maryland in 2001 at age 92.
Head coaching record Football
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Who was Manuel Rivero?
American sportperson
When was Manuel Rivero born?
Manuel Rivero was born in 1909 in Cuba.
When did Manuel Rivero die?
Manuel Rivero died on 23 August 2001 in Rising Sun.
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Manuel Rivero was an athlete.
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Manuel Rivero was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Manuel Rivero. https://biography.guide/manuel-rivero/
MLA: "Manuel Rivero." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/manuel-rivero/.
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