Alma Mater

ID: 3226 ~ Source: Image courtesy of Ritcherson, Rod. “Les Ritcherson,” photograph. Madison 365, 2018. https://madison365.com/uws-first-black-football-coach-knew-what-he-was-getting-into-and-came-anyway/.
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Lewis Ritcherson coached at A.J. Moore High School in Waco from 1950-1966. A teacher as well as a coach, Ritcherson always emphasized the importance of education for his players and would make sure they went to class even if they had been up to the wee hours of the morning because of a game.

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By Maria Petrolia
Lewis “Les” Ritcherson, born in Hillsboro, Texas in 1926, was the first African American to coach at the University of Wisconsin and the second African American football coach in the Big Ten.…