Jerry Riordan

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1873–1936)}}

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| name = Jerry Riordan

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|2|17}}

| birth_place = Trenton, Wisconsin, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1936|1|20|1872|2|17}}

| death_place = St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1895–1897

| player_team1 = Wisconsin

| player_years2 = 1900

| player_team2 = Wisconsin

| player_positions = Guard

| coach_years1 = 1899

| coach_team1 = Wisconsin (line)

| coach_years2 = 1901

| coach_team2= Marquette

| coach_years3 = 1903

| coach_team3 = Marquette

| overall_record = 11–1–1

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Jeremiah P. Riordan{{cite book|title=The realm of sport: a classic collection of the world's great sporting events and personalities as recorded by the most distinguished writers|author=Wind, H.W.|date=1966|publisher=Simon and Schuster|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yhI8AAAAIAAJ}} (February 17, 1873 – January 20, 1936) was an American college football player and coach.

Riordan was born in Trenton, Wisconsin and attended school in West Bend.{{cite news|title=Jerry Riordan Dies Suddenly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3166869/jerry_riordan_18731936/|newspaper=Ironwood Daily Globe|date=January 21, 1936|page=7|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 6, 2015 }} {{Open access}} Riordan was the third head football at Marquette University and he held that position for two seasons, in 1901 and 1903.{{cite web |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/m/marquette/coaching_records.php |title=Marquette Golden Eagles coaching records |publisher=cfbdatawarehouse.com |access-date=April 6, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425142050/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/m/marquette/coaching_records.php |archive-date=April 25, 2015 |df= }}

Riordan died suddenly of an "attack of heart disease" at St. Paul, Minnesota in 1936. He was buried at Madison, Wisconsin.{{cite news |author= |title=Former Star And Wisconsin Coach Dies At St. Paul |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47327351/the-oshkosh-northwestern/ |newspaper=Oshkosh Daily Northwestern |location=Oshkosh, Wisconsin |agency=Associated Press |date=January 21, 1936 |page=13 |access-date=December 21, 2016 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}