Big 10 Beckoning

ID: 3235 ~ Source: Ritcherson, Lewis, interviewed by Greg Bond and Troy Reeves, May 2, 2012. UW-Madison Oral History Program, Madison, Wisconsin. Access full interview here.
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Lewis Ritcherson remembers his decision to take a coaching job at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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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.…