Royce Flippin Explained

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
Awards:
  • First-team All-Eastern (1954)
  • Second-team All-Eastern (1953)

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Shoemaker . Robert H . October 9, 1955 . Flying Tiger; Princeton's Captain, Royce Flippin, is the most exciting back in the Ivy League . . . April 3, 2016 .
  2. News: . Royce Flippin . . . August 22, 2021 . October 5, 2021 . .