Richard P. Kaufmann (1996) - Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame

Richard P. Kaufmann

Induction:
1996
Class:
1968

Sports: Football, Wrestling
A three-year letterman in football and wrestling, Dick Kaufmann captained the 1967 football team and was co-captain of the wrestling team as a junior and senior. He began his football career at Bucknell as a fullback but was moved to defensive end at the beginning of his junior year. He was twice named to the All-Pennsylvania second team and All-Middle Atlantic Conference first team at the new position. Kaufmann's career dual-match wrestling record was 17-12-2, and as a senior he won Bucknell's Outstanding Multiple Sport Athlete award and the Christy Mathewson Award as the top senior athlete. The top accounting student in his class and a cum laude graduate, Kaufmann earned an MBA from Harvard and later turned to the ministry. He came to Bucknell from Oakcrest High School in Egg Harbor, N.J.
(Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 1996)