About Richard D. Martin
Lived 1932 – 2008 (aged 75). Richard D. Martin was an american football player.
Richard D. Martin (July 14, 1932 – March 8, 2008) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Rose Polytechnic Institute—now known as Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology—in Terre Haute, Indiana from 1964 to 1967 and Washington University in St. Louis from 1968 to 1971, compiling a career college football coaching record of 24–43–3. Martin was the athletic director at West Virginia University from 1978 to 1981 and the commissioner of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) from 1981 to 1985.
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Who was Richard D. Martin?
American football coach and administrator (1932–2008)
When was Richard D. Martin born?
Richard D. Martin was born on 14 July 1932 in La Crosse.
When did Richard D. Martin die?
Richard D. Martin died on 8 March 2008.
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Richard D. Martin was an american football player.
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