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Richard Roy France was an American football guard who played for the University of Michigan in 1898 and 1899. The 1898 team won the Western Conference. He was named an All-American in 1899.
Photograph of Richard France cropped from 1899 Michigan team photograph
William Ralph Cunningham was an American football center for the University of Michigan, and the first All-American selection for the Michigan Wolverines football program.
Richard France
…of O'Dea. There were reports that Michigan's strategy was to put O'Dea out of the game, and he was subjected to a number of rough hits by France and William Cunningham. On one play, France "came into him like a battering ram after he had punted the ball." O'Dea warned France that if he did it again "there would be…
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