Dick Tamburo

Dick Tamburo
Playing career
Sport(s)	Football
1950–1952	Michigan State
Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1958–1966	Arizona State (assistant)
1967–1970	Iowa (assistant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1971–1972	Kent State (assistant AD)
1972–1978	Illinois (associate AD)
1978–1980	Texas Tech
1980–1985	Arizona State
1985–1986	Fresno State (associate AD)
1986–1988	Missouri (assistant AD)
1988–1992	Missouri
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
First-team All-American (1952)

Richard P. "Dick" Tamburo (born c. 1930) was an American football player and athletic coach and administrator. A native of New Kensington, Pennsylvania,^[1] he played college football for the Michigan State Spartans football team and was selected by the Associated Press, the International News Service and the Central Press Association as a first-team player on the 1952 College Football All-America Team.^[2]^[3] He later went into coaching and intercollegiate athletic administration. He served as the athletic director at Texas Tech (1978–1980), Arizona State University (1980–1985), and the University of Missouri (1988–1992).^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Bendel, Joe (March 8, 1992). "Tamburo to retire as AD at Missouri". The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
↑ Ted Smits, "Michigan State and Tech Pace All-American," Florence Times-Daily, p. 8 (December 5, 1952). Retrieved March 21, 2010.
↑ International News Service, "Hardeman, Morehead on INS All-American team," Rome News-Tribune, p. 15 (November 30, 1952). Retrieved March 21, 2010.
↑ "Arizona State's Tamburo Quits as Athletic Director Amid a Drug Controversy". Los Angeles Times. March 27, 1985.
↑ "Missouri AD Tamburo opts for retirement over chance". Southeast Missourian. February 26, 1992.

Texas Tech Red Raiders athletic directors

Ewing Y. Freeland (1925–1927) Grady Higginbotham (1927–1929) Pete Cawthon (1930–1940) Morley Jennings (1941–1951) DeWitt Weaver (1952–1960) Polk Robison (1960–1970) J. T. King (1970–1978) Dick Tamburo (1978–1980) John Conley (1980–1985) James "T" Jones (1985–1992) Robert Bockrath (1992–1995) Gerald Myers (1996–2011) Kirby Hocutt (2011– )

Arizona State Sun Devils athletic directors

Frederick M. Irish (1896–1913)
George Schaeffer (1914–1916)
George E. Cooper (1917–1921)
Ernest C. Wills (1922)
Aaron McCreary (1923–1929)
Ted Shipkey (1930–1932)
Rudy Lavik (1933–1949)
Donn Kinzle (1949–1952)
Donald R. Van Petten (1952–1954)
Clyde B. Smith (1955–1971)
Fred Miller (1971–1980)
Robert Knox # (1980)
Joseph Kearney (1980)
Dick Tamburo (1980–1984)
Frank Sackton # (1984–1985)
Charles S. Harris (1985–1995)
Christine Wilkinson # (1995–1996)
Kevin White (1996–2000)
Christine Wilkinson # (2000)
Gene Smith (2000–2005)
Christine Wilkinson # (2005)
Lisa Love (2005–2012)
Steve Patterson (2012–2013)
Ray Anderson (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim athletic director.

Missouri Tigers athletic directors

Clark Hetherington (1897–1908)
W. J. Monilaw (1909–1910)
Chester Brewer (1911–1918)
Walter Meanwell (1919–1920)
Zora G. Clevenger (1921–1923)
Chester Brewer (1924–1935)
Don Faurot (1935–1942)
George Edwards (1943–1945)
Don Faurot (1946–1967)
Dan Devine (1967–1970)
Wilbur Stalcup (1971–1972)
Mel Sheehan (1972–1977)
Dave Hart (1978–1986)
Jack Lengyel (1986–1988)
Dick Tamburo (1988–1992)
Dan Devine (1992–1994)
Joe Castiglione (1994–1998)
Mike Alden (1998–2015)
Mack Rhoades (2015– )

1952 Michigan State Spartans football—consensus national champions

Paul Dekker Frank Kush Dick Tamburo Willie Thrower Billy Wells Tom Yewcic Bert Zagers Head coach: Clarence Munn Assistant coaches: Duffy Daugherty Dan Devine Earle Edwards Dewey King Steve Sebo

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