Erwin Righter
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Cornelius Erwin "Swede" Righter (March 7, 1897 – September 6, 1985) was a college football and basketball player and coach, and an American rugby union player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Righter attended Stanford University, where he played football and basketball. He was Stanford's first All-Pacific Coast Conference basketball player in 1920.[1]
At the 1920 Olympics, Righter played on the American rugby union team that defeated France for the gold medal.
After his playing days, Righter coached basketball and football at the University of the Pacific from 1921 to 1932.
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- 1897 births
- 1985 deaths
- American rugby union players
- Rugby union players at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby union players of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Stanford Cardinal football players
- Stanford Cardinal men's basketball players
- Pacific Tigers football coaches
- Pacific Tigers men's basketball coaches
- United States international rugby union players
- Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
