Richard Luman

Richard Luman

Luman from 1925 "Yale Banner & Pot Pourri"
Date of birth	April 26, 1900
Place of birth	Wyoming
Date of death	April 26, 1973 (aged 73)
Place of death	Houston, Texas
Career information
Position(s)	End
College	Yale University
Career history
As player
1924	Yale
Career highlights and awards
Consensus All-American (1924)

Richard John Luman (April 26, 1900 – April 26, 1973) was an American football and basketball player. He played college football for Yale University and was a consensus selection at the end position on the 1924 College Football All-America Team.

Luman was raised in Pinedale, Wyoming, and attended preparatory school at Phillips Exeter Academy.^[1] He attended college at Yale University, where he was a member of the football and basketball teams. As an end for the Yale Bulldogs football team, he was a consensus first-team All-American.^[2] In basketball, he played at the center position and was selected as the captain of the 1924-25 Yale basketball team.^[3]

He died in 1973 and was buried at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Cheyenne, Wyoming.^[4]

References

1. 1925 Yale Banner & Pot Pourri (yearbook), p. 96.
2. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
3. "Yale Five Elects Luman: Unanimously Names Veteran Centre Captain for Next Season". The New York Times. March 20, 1924.
4. "Richard J. Luman". Find a Grave.