Dick Colman
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1914–1982)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Dick Colman
| image = Dick Colman.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|11|11}}
| birth_place = New York, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|4|5|1914|11|11}}
| death_place = Middlebury, Vermont, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1935–1936
| player_team1 = Williams
| coach_years1 = 1937–1944
| coach_team1 = Williams (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1945–1956
| coach_team2 = Princeton (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1957–1968
| coach_team3 = Princeton
| admin_years1 = 1969–1977
| admin_team1 = Middlebury
| overall_record = 75–33
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 4 Ivy League (1957, 1963–1964, 1966)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
| CFBHOF_year = 1990
| CFBHOF_id = 1867
}}
Richard Whiting Colman Jr. (November 11, 1914 – April 5, 1982) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Princeton University from 1957 to 1968, compiling a record of 75–33. Colman had been the assistant to Princeton's previous coach, Charlie Caldwell; like Caldwell, Colman was known for his successful reliance on the single-wing formation offense, and ultimately he became the last major college coach to use the single wing, which Princeton gave up only after Colman's departure in 1969.{{cite news |title=Dick Colman, Former Coach |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 7, 1982 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/07/obituaries/dick-colman-former-coach.html |accessdate=August 5, 2010 }}
After retiring from coaching, Colman was the athletic director at Middlebury College from 1969 to 1977. Colman was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1990.
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Princeton Tigers
| conf = Ivy League
| startyear = 1957
| endyear = 1968
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1957
| name = Princeton
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 1st
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| championship =
| year = 1958
| name = Princeton
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| championship =
| year = 1959
| name = Princeton
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = T–5th
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| year = 1960
| name = Princeton
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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| year = 1961
| name = Princeton
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| year = 1962
| name = Princeton
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| year = 1963
| name = Princeton
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–1st
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1964
| name = Princeton
| overall = 9–0
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking = 13
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1965
| name = Princeton
| overall = 8–1
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1966
| name = Princeton
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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| year = 1967
| name = Princeton
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–4th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1968
| name = Princeton
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 4th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Princeton
| overall = 75–33
| confrecord = 61–23
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 75–33
| bowls = no
| poll = two
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References
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External links
- {{College Football HoF|1867}}
- {{Find a Grave|108607818}}
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