John Ricker

John Ricker
Playing career
Football
1929–1931	Bowdoin
Position(s)	Back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Baseball
1947–1955	Tufts
Head coaching record
Overall	82–71
Tournaments	NCAA: 1–2

John A. Ricker nicknamed Jit is a former American baseball coach. He played college football at Bowdoin College before enrolling the Navy. He then served as the head baseball coach of the Tufts Jumbos from 1947 to 1955, leading the Jumbos to a fifth-place finish in the 1950 College World Series.

In 1929, Ricker was a back for the Bowdoin Polar Bears football team.^[1]

In 1947, Ricker, a former naval commander, was named the head baseball coach at Tufts University.^[2]

In addition to coaching baseball at Tufts, Ricker also was a football coach at Medford High School in Massachusetts.^[3]

Head coaching record[edit]

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Postseason
Tufts Jumbos (Independent) (1947–1955)
1947	Tufts	12–2
1948	Tufts	11–1
1949	Tufts	10–7
1950	Tufts	17–6	College World Series
1951	Tufts	5–10
1952	Tufts	7–7
1953	Tufts	6–9
1954	Tufts	9–13
1955	Tufts	5–13
Tufts:		82–71
Total:		82–71
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

^ "Bowdoin Alumnus Volume 4 (1929-1930)". www.digitalcommons.bowdoin.edu. Bowdoin College. January 1, 1930. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
^ Jeremy Goldstein (April 20, 2018). "Outstanding in Omaha: The 1950 Tufts baseball team". www.tuftsdaily.com. The Tufts Daily. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
^ Christopher Hurley (July 24, 2015). "Medford native Corbisiero named to Middlebury Hall of Fame". www.patriotledger.com. The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
^ "Team Records, Captains & Coaches". www.jumbobaseball.com. Tufts Alumni. Retrieved May 11, 2020.