Royce Flippin | |
Birth Date: | 4 May 1934 |
Birth Place: | Montclair, New Jersey, U.S. |
Death Place: | New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1953–1955 |
Player Team1: | Princeton |
Player Positions: | Halfback |
Admin Years1: | 1972–1979 |
Admin Team1: | Princeton |
Admin Years2: | 1980–1992 |
Admin Team2: | MIT |
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Royce N. Flippin, Jr. (May 4, 1934 – July 31, 2021) was an American college football player and athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at Princeton University from 1972 to 1979 and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1980 to 1992. A 1956 graduate of Princeton, he played football for the Princeton Tigers as a halfback from 1953 to 1955, captaining the 1955 squad.[1]
Flippin was born and raised in Montclair, New Jersey. He died on July 31, 2021, at his home in New Brunswick, New Jersey.[2]