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Time

Rip Golden Richards

arizonacougarfan

Feb 23, 4:10pm

Golden’s brother played on a BYU basketball team.

MichCoug

Feb 23, 4:13pm

Correct. I think that was Kash Dillon’s (Utah signee) grandpa

arizonacougarfan

Feb 23, 4:15pm

Yes, Doug did. His bro, Sterling, also played FB at BYU.

Love Cougs

Feb 23, 5:43pm

Doug was a great player. I met him one night when I was a kid. He was at a Utah Stars b-ball game in the Salt Palace...

Brisco

Feb 23, 8:49pm

Doug played with Cosic when I was a student at BYU. Good guard.

Cougarbib

Feb 23, 10:40pm

Doug got drafted by the Dallas Cowboys to play db. Good guy, good athlete.

Soy Celeste

Feb 24, 5:58am

I was a student at BYU during Golden’s freshman year. Freshmen played in JV

WallaX2

Feb 23, 4:34pm

Returned two punts for a touchdown against North Texas in 1971

Feb 23, 4:58pm

I was there!

AT Cougar

Feb 23, 8:06pm

Same here.

Les IsMore

Feb 24, 1:46am

I went to school (BYU) with him. I think his 40-yard dash time was something

Feb 23, 5:05pm

Through all his mistakes, he got back on solid ground and turned things around. Good for him

CLCougar

Feb 23, 5:21pm

Thanks for posting that. I was unaware that he turned things around so well. The

Feb 23, 5:34pm

Marvelous turn-around. My best friend at BYU played with him and therefore I

Cougarbib

Feb 23, 10:47pm

Thanks--great read.

Parker Schnabel

Feb 24, 10:52am

I lived across the hall from Golden in 1970.

cougarchill

Feb 23, 6:17pm

Yea, I remember Doug Richards as well. Started at one of the guard positions if

Feb 23, 6:26pm

With Belmont Anderson I think.

Kaanapali

Feb 23, 11:31pm

Before Belmont he played along side Bernie Fryer. Bernie later worked as an NBA

Soy Celeste

Feb 24, 6:01am

Bernie Fryer went to high school in Port Angeles, WA. While visiting a relative

Feb 24, 5:11pm

Belmont was quite a player. I met him as well. Bernie Fryer played in high

Feb 24, 2:23pm

Belmont was remarkably athletic!

Soy Celeste

Feb 24, 3:40pm

Doug went with Cosic to Yugoslavia back in 1972 to do some missionary stuff

sfeuz

Feb 24, 8:34am

This is a great film clip featuring Golden...never seen before. Crazy how dirty the NFL was on how he was injured by

CLCougar

Feb 23, 6:26pm

Awesome

Parker Schnabel

Feb 24, 10:59am

I watched Super Bowl 12 and was excited with his TD grab

Feb 23, 6:29pm

He couldn't have been to much into his 70's I remember listening to a few games

Feb 23, 7:40pm

Died of congestive heart failure... was 73. Had his two sons later in life, sad for them

CLCougar

Feb 23, 7:58pm

If i remember correctly, he had enough points in the state track meet

Rigormortise

Feb 23, 10:49pm

He was my favorite NFL player when I was a little kid

AZ Coug

Feb 23, 8:30pm

Golden was one heckuva athlete - very talented. Fun to watch.

DawgHaus

Feb 23, 9:12pm

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