John Ricker Explained

John Ricker
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1929–1931
Player Team2:Bowdoin
Player Positions:Back
Coach Sport1:Baseball
Coach Years2:1947–1955
Coach Team2:Tufts
Overall Record:82–71
Tournament Record:NCAA: 1–2

John A. Ricker nicknamed Jit is a former American baseball coach. He played college football at Bowdoin College before enrolling the Navy. He then served as the head baseball coach of the Tufts Jumbos from 1947 to 1955, leading the Jumbos to a fifth-place finish in the 1950 College World Series.

In 1929, Ricker was a back for the Bowdoin Polar Bears football team.[1]

In 1947, Ricker, a former naval commander, was named the head baseball coach at Tufts University.[2]

In addition to coaching baseball at Tufts, Ricker also was a football coach at Medford High School in Massachusetts.[3]

Head coaching record

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bowdoin Alumnus Volume 4 (1929-1930) . January 1, 1930 . Bowdoin College . www.digitalcommons.bowdoin.edu . May 11, 2020.
  2. Web site: Outstanding in Omaha: The 1950 Tufts baseball team . Jeremy Goldstein . April 20, 2018 . The Tufts Daily . www.tuftsdaily.com . May 11, 2020.
  3. Web site: Medford native Corbisiero named to Middlebury Hall of Fame . Christopher Hurley . July 24, 2015 . The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA . www.patriotledger.com . May 11, 2020.
  4. Web site: Team Records, Captains & Coaches . Tufts Alumni . www.jumbobaseball.com . May 11, 2020.