| Richard Tysseling | |
| Birth Date: | 26 December 1910 |
| Birth Place: | Pella, Iowa, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Pella, Iowa, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1928–1931 |
| Player Team2: | Central (IA) |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | 1928–1932 |
| Player Team4: | Central (IA) |
| Player Sport5: | Baseball |
| Player Years6: | 1929–1932 |
| Player Team6: | Central (IA) |
| Player Sport7: | Track and field |
| Player Years8: | 1928–1932 |
| Player Team8: | Central (IA) |
| Player Positions: | End, quarterback (football) Guard (basketball) Second baseman (baseball) Sprint, pole vault (track and field) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1932–1936 |
| Coach Team2: | Garden Grove HS (IA) |
| Coach Years3: | 1937 |
| Coach Team3: | Shenandoah HS (IA) (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1938–1944 |
| Coach Team4: | Central (IA) |
| Coach Years5: | 1946–1960 |
| Coach Team5: | Central (IA) |
| Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
| Coach Years7: | 1937–1938 |
| Coach Team7: | Shenandoah HS (IA) (assistant) |
| Coach Years8: | 1938–1948 |
| Coach Team8: | Central (IA) |
| Coach Sport9: | Baseball |
| Coach Years10: | 1941 |
| Coach Team10: | Central (IA) |
| Coach Years11: | 1946 |
| Coach Team11: | Central (IA) |
| Admin Years1: | 1938–1964 |
| Admin Team1: | Central (IA) |
| Overall Record: | 85–89–7 (football) 84–79 (basketball) 3–7 (baseball) |
| Championships: | Football 3 Iowa Conference (1939, 1946, 1956) |
Richard Albertus "Babe" Tysseling (December 26, 1910 – September 3, 1997) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Central College in Pella, Iowa from 1938 to 1944 and from 1946 to 1960, compiling a record of 85–89–7.
Tysseling attended Central College, where lettered four times each in football, basketball, baseball, and track. He played as an end and quarterback in football, a guard in basketball and a second baseman in baseball. In track he competed as a sprinter and pole vaulter. After graduating from Central in 1932, Tysseling coached high school for give years in Garden Grove, Iowa. In 1937, he was hired as an assistant coach in football and basketball at Shenandoah High School in Shenandoah, Iowa.[1] [2]
Tysseling died in September 3, 1997, at Pella Community Hospital, following a long illness.[3]