Pat Richter

Pat Richter
Career information
No. 88
Date of birth	(1941-09-09) September 9, 1941
Place of birth	Madison, Wisconsin
Position(s)	End Wide receiver Punter
College	Wisconsin
AFL draft	1963 / Round: 10 / Pick: 78 (by the Denver Broncos)
NFL draft	1963 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7
Career history
As player
1963–1970	Washington Redskins
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com
College Football Hall of Fame

Hugh Vernon "Pat" Richter (born September 9, 1941) is the former University of Wisconsin–Madison athletic director and American football player. He was responsible for hiring Barry Alvarez from Notre Dame in 1990 as head football coach, restoring the Badgers football program to national prominence. He also hired basketball coaches Dick Bennett and Bo Ryan, both of whom reached the "Final Four" of the NCAA Tournament.

Playing career

Richter was a nine-time letterman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (the last person to earn such a distinction in school history). He lettered three times each in football, basketball, and baseball. He was also an All-American end twice. Richter set a Rose Bowl record with 11 catches for 163 yards in the 1963 game vs. No. 1-rated USC Trojans.

He was a first round draft pick of the Washington Redskins in the 1963 NFL Draft and went on to play eight seasons in Washington.

Athletic director

Richter returned to the University of Wisconsin–Madison as athletic director in 1989 after 17 years service as Vice President of Personnel at Oscar Mayer Foods Corp., recruited by then-chancellor Donna Shalala. He inherited a program in disarray, with outmoded facilities, struggling teams, and a deficit of $2.1 million.

He made a priority of modernizing the sports facilities, including construction of the Kohl Center and renovations to Camp Randall Stadium. He reversed the financial fortunes of the department, erasing the deficit and building a budget reserve of $6.4 million.

When he stepped down as athletic director on April 1, 2004, he was the longest-tenured director of athletics in the Big Ten Conference with 14-plus years. He was succeeded by Alvarez.

Legacy

Richter is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, the Academic All-America Hall of Fame, the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame and the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame. He was named to Sports Illustrated's NCAA Football All-Century Team.^[1]

Richter is a member of The Pigskin Club of Washington, D.C. National Intercollegiate All-American Football Players Honor Roll.

The University of Wisconsin–Madison twice honored Richter during the 2006 football season. On November 4, his number 88 was retired in a ceremony during that day's football game. On November 17 a bronze statue of Richter was unveiled in the Kellner Hall plaza immediately outside Camp Randall Stadium.^[2]

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Wisconsin Badgers athletic directors

George Little (1925–1932) Walter Meanwell (1933–1935) Harry Stuhldreher (1936–1950) Guy Sundt (1950–1955) Ivy Williamson (1955–1969) Elroy Hirsch (1969–1987) Ade Sponberg (1987–1989) Pat Richter (1989–2004) Barry Alvarez (2004– )

1962 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Backfield	QB Terry Baker HB Mel Renfro HB Jerry Stovall FB George Saimes

Line	E Hal Bedsole E Pat Richter T Bobby Bell T Jim Dunaway G Jack Cvercko G Johnny Treadwell C Lee Roy Jordan

1963 NFL draft first-round selections

Terry Baker Jerry Stovall Jim Dunaway Ed Budde Bob Vogel Lee Roy Jordan Pat Richter Kermit Alexander Tom Hutchinson Rufus Guthrie Dave Behrman Daryl Sanders Don Brumm Dave Robinson

Boston / Washington Redskins first-round draft picks

Washington Redskins 1963 NFL Draft selections

Pat Richter Lonnie Sanders Ron Snidow Charley Nickoson Dave Francis Billy Joe Rod Foster Allen Schau Bob Caldwell John Greiner Tom Winingder Harry Butsko Dave Adams Ron Whaley Drew Roberts Jim Turner Joe Baughan

Draft years 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1950 AAFC 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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