Dick Rifenburg
Photo: Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

End, Michigan, 1946–⁠48

Dick Rifenburg

Lettered 1944–⁠48 (school media guide)

Born
Aug 21, 1926, in Petoskey, Michigan
Died
Dec 5, 1994, in Cheektowaga, New York
Served
United States Navy

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Dick Rifenburg played end at Michigan (1946–⁠48). The New York Yankees took Rifenburg in round 4, No. 24 overall in the 1949 AAFC Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1948
First-team All-Big Nine
Drafted
No. 24
Round 4, 1949 AAFC Draft (New York Yankees)

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 1947 and 1948; Big Ten champions, 1947 and 1948

The teams in those years

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