Richard John Luman (April 26, 1900 – April 26, 1973) was an American football and basketball player. He played college football for Yale University and was a consensus selection at the end position on the 1924 College Football All-America Team.

Richard Luman

Luman from 1925 "Yale Banner & Pot Pourri"
Yale Bulldogs
Position	End
Personal information
Born:	(1900-04-26)April 26, 1900 Wyoming
Died:	April 26, 1973(1973-04-26) (aged 73) Houston, Texas
Career history
College	Yale (1924)
Career highlights and awards
Consensus All-American (1924)

Luman was raised in Pinedale, Wyoming, and attended preparatory school at Phillips Exeter Academy.[1] He attended college at Yale University, where he was a member of the football and basketball teams. As an end for the Yale Bulldogs football team, he was a consensus first-team All-American.[2] In basketball, he played at the center position and was selected as the captain of the 1924–25 Yale basketball team.[3]

He died in 1973 and was buried at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Cheyenne, Wyoming.[4]

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