Jeremiah P. Riordan (February 17, 1873 – January 20, 1936) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

player and coach. Riordan was born in Trenton, Wisconsin and attended school in West Bend. Riordan was the third head football at

Marquette University Marquette University () is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Henni, John Martin ...

and he held that position for two seasons, in 1901 and 1903. Riordan died of an "attack of heart disease" at St. Paul, Minnesota in 1936. He was buried at

Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-lar ...

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* 1873 births 1936 deaths 19th-century players of American football American football guards Marquette Golden Avalanche football coaches Wisconsin Badgers football coaches Wisconsin Badgers football players Sportspeople from Washington County, Wisconsin {{1900s-collegefootball-coach-stub