Manuel Rivero (November 3, 1908 – August 23, 2001), nicknamed "The Golden Flash", was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.
A native of Havana, Cuba, Rivero was a three-year football lettermen at Columbia University from 1930 to 1932.[1][2][3] Between 1930 and 1934, he played professional baseball in the Negro leagues for the Cuban Stars (East) and Pollock's Cuban Stars.[4][5][6] Rivero went on to hold a variety of coaching positions at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania from 1933 to 1977.[7] The school's home gymnasium, Manuel Rivero Hall, is named in his honor.[8] Rivero died in Rising Sun, Maryland in 2001 at age 92.[9]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Lions (Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1934–1947) | |||||||||
| 1934 | Lincoln | 1–6 | 0–5 | 13th | |||||
| 1935 | Lincoln | 2–3–2 | 2–2–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1936 | Lincoln | 1–4 | 1–4 | 11th | |||||
| 1937 | Lincoln | 6–2–1 | 3–2–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1938 | Lincoln | 4–5 | 2–5 | 11th | |||||
| 1939 | Lincoln | 6–1–1 | 4–1–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1940 | Lincoln | 7–1 | 4–1 | 12th | |||||
| 1941 | Lincoln | 4–3 | 2–3 | 12th | |||||
| 1942 | Lincoln | 2–3–1 | 1–1–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1944 | Lincoln | 2–3–1 | 1–3 | 7th | |||||
| 1945 | Lincoln | 2–5 | 2–4 | 9th | |||||
| 1946 | Lincoln | 6–3 | 4–2 | 5th | W Orange Blossom Classic | ||||
| 1947 | Lincoln | 5–4–1 | 3–3–1 | 7th | |||||
| Lincoln Lions (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1951) | |||||||||
| 1951 | Lincoln | 6–2 | 4–2 | 5th | |||||
| Lincoln: | 60–49–9 | 37–40–5 | |||||||
| Total: | 60–49–9 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Former Columbia Star Named Athletic Head; Jones, N.Y.U., Assistant". Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. May 12, 1934. p. 15. Retrieved July 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Football Record Book" (PDF). gocolumbialions.com. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- ^ Brett Hoover & Stephen Eschenbach. "Ivy Blackball". ivy50.com. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ^ "Manuel Rivero". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- ^ "Manuel Rivero". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- ^ "Rivero the Flash and the Cuban Stars". blackpublicmedia.org. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ^ "Columbia Trailblazer: Manuel Rivero '33ENG, '38HR". gocolumbialions.com. February 9, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ^ "Manuel Rivero Hall". Lincoln University. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
- ^ Lewis, Larry (August 31, 2001). "M. Rivero, pillar of Lincoln U. sports". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. B6. Retrieved July 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors) and Seamheads