William Joshua Doss Richerson (died 1976) was an athlete, with skills in shot put, discus,[1] javelin, and football. He played for the American Football League, on the Chicago Bulls football team in the 1926 year.[2]
He was married to Kansas City, Missouri artist Modesta Pearl Dorset Richerson. Together, they had two children, Billy Doss Richerson and Vallie Jean Richerson Medlin.
Richerson's mother wrote a biography of the Richardson family of Texas, noting that she was born a Richardson, but had married into the Richerson family. In her book, she talks in length about her son's sports abilities in high school and college.
In 1976, Doss Richerson died of a blood clot to the brain after sustaining a head injury from a three-story fall from a building that he was painting.
References edit
- ^ "No Breeze During Performance and Timers Believe Mark Will Be Recognized". The Evening Independent. May 24, 1926. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
- ^ "1926 Chicago Bulls". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-18. Retrieved 2008-10-29.