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ID: 3231 ~ Source: Image Courtesy of UW Archives, “Members of the 1966 coaching staff,” photograph. University of Wisconsin-Madison. https://www.library.wisc.edu/archives/exhibits/african-american-athletes-at-uw-oral-history-project/.
This file appears in: Lewis "Les" Ritcherson

The five-year contract Ritcherson insisted on when he was hired was unusual for an assistant coach, but it protected him during the overhaul of the coaching staff that took place after Bruhn was let go. Some of Bruhn’s other assistant coaches were displeased when they learned about this contract.

This file appears in: Lewis "Les" Ritcherson

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.…