Walter R. Richards

Walter R. Richards was an American football coach and a captain in the United States Coast Guard. He was the head football coach at United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut for three seasons, from 1926 to 1928.
Richards was born on January 10, 1904, to Bart and Ellen Strandberg Richard. He attended high school in Bremerton, Washington. Richards entered the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1922. He lettered in football twice, in 1922 and 1923, and in baseball, in 1923.
Richards was married to Esther Roberta Cooper, whom he wed on November 14, 1925, at New London. He died on October 12, 1991, in North Fort Myers, Florida