Don Ridler
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Position: | Tackle |
Personal information | |
Born: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | April 2, 1909
Died: | June 4, 1963 Novi, Michigan, U.S. | (aged 54)
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
College: | Michigan State |
Career history | |
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Stats at Pro Football Reference |
Donald George Ridler (April 2, 1909 – June 4, 1963) was an American football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He played college football for Michigan State College (later known as Michigan State University) and professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Indians during the 1931 season.[1] He later became the football coach and athletic director at Lawrence Technological University.[2] He remained the athletic director at Lawrence Tech for 25 years.[3] He also served as the school's basketball coach starting in the mid-1940s and led the team to the 1951 National Invitation Tournament.[4][5]
Ridler served as entertainment director for the Michigan State Fair from 1950 to 1962. He died at his home in Novi, Michigan, in 1963 at age 54.[3]
Head coaching record
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[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Lawrence Tech Blue Devils (Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference) (1938–1941) | |||||||||
1938 | Lawrence Tech | 3–4 | |||||||
1939 | Lawrence Tech | 4–4 | 2–2 | T–2nd | |||||
1940 | Lawrence Tech | 6–3 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
1941 | Lawrence Tech | 3–3 | 1st | ||||||
Lawrence Tech Blue Devils (Independent) (1946) | |||||||||
1946 | Lawrence Tech | 4–3–2 | |||||||
Lawrence Tech: | 20–17–2 | ||||||||
Total: | 20–17–2 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
[edit]- ^ "Don Ridler". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ^ "Don Ridler Is Named Director". The Evening News (Michigan). October 13, 1938. p. 6.
- ^ a b "Don Ridler, Former Athletic Director, Dies". Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan. June 5, 1963. p. 17.
- ^ "Small Detroit School Makes Court History". Mansfield (Ohio) News-Journal. January 25, 1951. p. 12.
- ^ "Lawrence Tech Starts De-Emphasis By Cancelling Basketball Schedule". The Cumberland News. August 21, 1951. p. 7.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- Don Ridler at Find a Grave
- 1909 births
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- Cleveland Indians (NFL 1931) players
- Michigan State Spartans football players
- Lawrence Tech Blue Devils athletic directors
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- Lawrence Tech Blue Devils men's basketball coaches
- College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
- Players of American football from Detroit
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- Basketball coaches from Michigan
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