Thron Riggs

{{Short description|American football player (1921–2015)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Thron Riggs

| image = ThronRiggs.png

| caption = Riggs pictured c. 1942 at the University of Washington

| image_size =

| number =

| position = Tackle

| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|4|25}}

| birth_place = Buckley, Washington

| death_date = November 2015 (aged 94)

| death_place = Tempe, Arizona

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lbs = 225

| high_school = Buckley (WA)

| college = Washington

| undraftedyear =

| pastteams =

• Boston Yanks ({{NFL Year|1944}})

| pfr = R/RiggTh20

}}

Thron X. Riggs (April 25, 1921 – November 2015) was an American football tackle who played one season with the Boston Yanks. He played college football at the University of Washington, having previously attended Buckley High School in Buckley, Washington. He later worked in the oil business and was a general manager of the Chevron Pascagoula Refinery. He was also a World War II veteran, having served with the United States Marine Corps.{{Cite web|url=http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/10/thron_riggs_left_his_mark_on_c.html|title = Thron Riggs left his mark on Chevron Pascagoula Refinery, county in short time here|date = 25 October 2013}} He died in November 2015.[http://www.redrocknews.com/obituaries/14494-thron-riggs Thron Riggs' obituary]