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Roy Riegels

August 23, 2023

Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels (April 4, 1908 – March 26, 1993) played for the University of California, Berkeley football team from 1927 to 1929. His wrong-way run in the 1929 Rose Bowl is often cited as the worst blunder in the history of college football.[1][2] That one play overshadowed Riegels' football talents, since he earned first team All-America honors and served as team captain for the Bears in 1929. Riegels' notability has been shared by motivational speakers who use his life as an example of overcoming setbacks.

Roy Riegels
Roy Riegels during the 1929 Rose Bowl
California Golden Bears – No. 11
PositionCenter
Personal information
Born:(1908-04-04)April 4, 1908
Oakland, California
Died:March 26, 1993(1993-03-26) (aged 84)
Woodland, California
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Career history
CollegeCalifornia (1927–1929)
Bowl games
Career highlights and awards

Background

The 1920s saw the first golden age of California football, as the Golden Bears went 50 straight games without a defeat from 1920 to 1925, with a record of 46 wins and 4 ties. As of 2010, this is the 3rd longest unbeaten (not to be confused with winning) streak in NCAA history. The 1920–1924 squads were so dominant that they were nicknamed "The Wonder Teams," and were coached by Andy Smith. One of the stars during this era was Brick Muller and the university later established a freshman leadership group called the Brick Muller Society. Cal won four Pacific Coast Conference championships and made three trips to the Rose Bowl during this decade, in 1921 (28–0 win over Ohio State), 1922 (0–0 tie with Washington & Jefferson), and 1929 (8–7 loss to Georgia Tech).[3]

Riegels played center on the 1928 California Golden Bears football team, which had a 6–1–2 record going into the Rose Bowl game. Riegels led the Golden Bears in conference minutes played that season, and he was voted onto the All-Coast team. He was a good blocker, but his strength was playing "roving center" on defense, similar to present day middle linebacker position. Cal's coach Nibs Price gave credit to Riegels as the smartest player he ever coached.[4] Cal's Rose Bowl opponent was undefeated and had outscored its opponents 213 points to 40 after nine games played.[5] The Rose Bowl game was broadcast nationally by radio during this time.[6]

The game

See also: 1929 Rose Bowl

On January 1, 1929, the Golden Bears faced the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, USA. Midway through the second quarter, Riegels, who played center on both offensive and defensive lines and who was then playing in a role similar to that of the modern defensive nose guard or nose tackle, picked up a fumble by Tech's Jack "Stumpy" Thomason. Just 30 yards away from the Yellow Jackets' end zone, Riegels was somehow turned around and ran 69 yards in the wrong direction. The following describes what transpired from Riegels perspective:[7] [8]

I was running toward the sidelines when I picked up the ball," Riegels told The Associated Press. "I started to turn to my left toward Tech's goal. Somebody shoved me and I bounded right off into a tackler. In pivoting to get away from him, I completely lost my bearings.

— Roy Riegels[7]

Teammate and quarterback Benny Lom chased Riegels, screaming at him to stop. Known for his speed, Lom finally caught up with Riegels at California's 3-yard line and tried to turn him around, but he was immediately hit and piled on by a wave of Tech players who tackled and then threw him over the goal-line. The referee called the ball down at the place where Riegels had been stopped by his teammate. The Bears chose to punt rather than risk a play so close to their own end zone, but Tech's Vance Maree blocked Lom's punt which after a mad scramble was recovered by Tech for a safety, giving Georgia Tech a 2–0 lead.[8][9][10]

During Roy's wrong way run, Georgia Tech's coach Bill Alexander said to his excited players who were jumping up and down near the Tech bench: "Sit down. Sit down. He's just running the wrong way. Every step he takes is to our advantage"[11] Broadcaster Graham McNamee, who was calling the game on the radio, said during Roy's wrong way run: "What am I seeing? What's wrong with me? Am I crazy? Am I crazy? Am I crazy?"[12] After the play, Riegels was so distraught that he had to be talked into returning to the game by coach Nibs Price for the second half. Roy said "Coach, I can't do it. I've ruined you, I've ruined myself, I've ruined the University of California. I couldn't face that crowd to save my life." Coach Price responded by saying "Roy, get up and go back out there — the game is only half over."[13]

Riegels did play, and he turned in a stellar second half performance, including blocking a Tech punt. In addition, Lom passed for a touchdown and kicked the extra point, but that was not enough. Tech would ultimately win the game and their second national championship 8–7. Georgia Tech's safety score after the wrong way run made the difference in the outcome of the game, which increased the significance of Roy's mistake. In spite of the loss, the example of how the distraught Riegels was persuaded to pick himself up, return to the field and play so hard during the second half is sometimes used by motivational speakers to illustrate overcoming setbacks.[14]

Aftermath

After the game, coach Nibs Price defended Riegels, saying "It was an accident that might have happened to anyone."[4] That one play overshadowed Riegels' football talents. Georgia Tech center and captain Peter Pund said Riegels was "the best center I have played against all year. He's a battler and he never quit."[15] Riegels would take his spot as team captain during his senior year, earning All-America honors and he helped the Bears to a 7–1–1 record during the following season.[16][17] Later, the NCAA football rules committee would pass a rule barring a player from advancing a recovered fumble once it hits the ground, which remained in place for several decades.[18] According to one contemporary article, there were about 4,500 stories totaling an estimated 250,000 column inches written about Riegels' wrong-way run in newspapers across the United States. [5]

Riegels gained notoriety from his wrong -way run but he was able to capitalize on his blunder, parodying his famous run in vaudeville acts.[12] The opening sequence of the 1929 Frank Capra movie Flight is based on Riegels and uses photographs of him.[19][20] In 1965, the movie John Goldfarb, Please Come Home was released and the lead character performs a similar blunder in his college years, earning the name "Wrong Way" Goldfarb.[21] In 2011, a picture book written by Dan Gutman was published with title "The Day Roy Riegels Ran the Wrong Way," which provides play-by-play description of this moment in sports history.[22]

Looking back on the play years later, Riegels said, "I was embarrassed when I realized what I had done. I wanted a hole to open in the ground so I could jump in it. But that soon passed and I reached a stage when mention of it would cause me to bristle. Soon that passed and it has never really bothered me since, except in cases when people tried to exploit it."[23] Riegels was reminded of his mistake throughout his life. Riegels once said: "All the times I've run across or heard people saying 'wrong way,' even though they weren't referring to me, I immediately turned around to see if they were speaking about me. I still don't understand how I did it."[1] Riegels dealt with his situation by laughing about what happened.[10][14] Riegels once joked "If I had to do it again, I'd still run in the same direction, for I surely thought I was going the right way."[23] Riegels also said "You run the wrong way with a football in front of 60,000 people and it's pretty hard to lie out of it."[23] When presented his membership card into the Georgia Tech Lettermen's Club 42 years later, Riegels quipped, "Believe me, I feel I've earned this."[24][25][26][27][28]

External images
  Diagram of the play
  With his teammates

Riegels sent letters to athletes who made similar mistakes. For example, Riegels sent a letter to Paramount High School's Jan Bandringa in 1957, who had intercepted a pass only to run it 55 yards into his own end zone, resulting in a safety for Centennial High, who won the game 9–7. Riegels wrote in the letter: "For many years I've had to go along and laugh whenever my wrong-way run was brought up, even though I've grown tired listening and reading about it. But it certainly wasn't the most serious thing in the world. I regretted doing it, even as you do but you'll get over it."[29] In addition, during an NFL game in 1964 between the Minnesota Vikings and San Francisco 49ers, Minnesota defensive end Jim Marshall ran a recovered fumble 66 yards into his own end zone (resulting in a safety but the Vikings won 27–22). Riegels reportedly later sent Marshall a letter reading "Welcome to the club".[29]

In later years, Riegels said his blunder made him a better person. "I gained true understanding of life from my Rose Bowl mistake," he said in an interview with the Pasadena Star. "I learned you can bounce back from misfortune and view it as just something adverse that happened to you."[30]

In 1991, Riegels was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame.[26][31] He was posthumously elected to Cal's Hall of Fame in 1998.[16] In 2003, a panel from the College Football Hall of Fame and CBS Sports chose Riegels' "Wrong way run in the Rose Bowl" one of six "Most Memorable Moments of the Century."[29]

Family and personal life

Riegels was born to Max Jakob Andreas Riegels and Beda Helena Nilsdotter. His father was from Denmark and his mother was from Sweden. Riegels had 2 sisters named Elsie and Dora and a brother named William. He was married to Barbara Bailey (1916–1985).[32] Riegels had four children: David, Richard, Alexa Richmond, and Helen Mackey.[33][34][35]

Riegels graduated from the University of California in 1931 with a degree in agriculture. Riegels became a teacher and coached football at California and at the high school and junior college levels where his players often ran the wrong way during practice.[36][37] He served as an officer in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and later worked in the agriculture field and as a cannery executive.[1][10] In 1955 Riegels started his own agricultural chemicals dealership[34] in Woodland, California, Roy Riegels Chemicals, earning plaudits for his contributions to California farming from the state legislature and governor. Riegels sold the company and retired in 1976. He died in March 1993 in his sleep at his home at the age of 84 due to complications from Parkinson's disease.[4][5][33][34][35][38]

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Roy Wrong Way Riegels April 4 1908 March 26 1993 played for the University of California Berkeley football team from 1927 to 1929 His wrong way run in the 1929 Rose Bowl is often cited as the worst blunder in the history of college football 1 2 That one play overshadowed Riegels football talents since he earned first team All America honors and served as team captain for the Bears in 1929 Riegels notability has been shared by motivational speakers who use his life as an example of overcoming setbacks Roy RiegelsRoy Riegels during the 1929 Rose BowlCalifornia Golden Bears No 11PositionCenterPersonal informationBorn 1908 04 04 April 4 1908Oakland CaliforniaDied March 26 1993 1993 03 26 aged 84 Woodland CaliforniaWeight165 lb 75 kg Career historyCollegeCalifornia 1927 1929 Bowl gamesRose Bowl 1929 Career highlights and awardsAll American 1929 Contents 1 Background 2 The game 3 Aftermath 4 Family and personal life 5 References 6 External linksBackground EditThe 1920s saw the first golden age of California football as the Golden Bears went 50 straight games without a defeat from 1920 to 1925 with a record of 46 wins and 4 ties As of 2010 this is the 3rd longest unbeaten not to be confused with winning streak in NCAA history The 1920 1924 squads were so dominant that they were nicknamed The Wonder Teams and were coached by Andy Smith One of the stars during this era was Brick Muller and the university later established a freshman leadership group called the Brick Muller Society Cal won four Pacific Coast Conference championships and made three trips to the Rose Bowl during this decade in 1921 28 0 win over Ohio State 1922 0 0 tie with Washington amp Jefferson and 1929 8 7 loss to Georgia Tech 3 Riegels played center on the 1928 California Golden Bears football team which had a 6 1 2 record going into the Rose Bowl game Riegels led the Golden Bears in conference minutes played that season and he was voted onto the All Coast team He was a good blocker but his strength was playing roving center on defense similar to present day middle linebacker position Cal s coach Nibs Price gave credit to Riegels as the smartest player he ever coached 4 Cal s Rose Bowl opponent was undefeated and had outscored its opponents 213 points to 40 after nine games played 5 The Rose Bowl game was broadcast nationally by radio during this time 6 The game EditSee also 1929 Rose Bowl On January 1 1929 the Golden Bears faced the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena California USA Midway through the second quarter Riegels who played center on both offensive and defensive lines and who was then playing in a role similar to that of the modern defensive nose guard or nose tackle picked up a fumble by Tech s Jack Stumpy Thomason Just 30 yards away from the Yellow Jackets end zone Riegels was somehow turned around and ran 69 yards in the wrong direction The following describes what transpired from Riegels perspective 7 8 I was running toward the sidelines when I picked up the ball Riegels told The Associated Press I started to turn to my left toward Tech s goal Somebody shoved me and I bounded right off into a tackler In pivoting to get away from him I completely lost my bearings Roy Riegels 7 Teammate and quarterback Benny Lom chased Riegels screaming at him to stop Known for his speed Lom finally caught up with Riegels at California s 3 yard line and tried to turn him around but he was immediately hit and piled on by a wave of Tech players who tackled and then threw him over the goal line The referee called the ball down at the place where Riegels had been stopped by his teammate The Bears chose to punt rather than risk a play so close to their own end zone but Tech s Vance Maree blocked Lom s punt which after a mad scramble was recovered by Tech for a safety giving Georgia Tech a 2 0 lead 8 9 10 During Roy s wrong way run Georgia Tech s coach Bill Alexander said to his excited players who were jumping up and down near the Tech bench Sit down Sit down He s just running the wrong way Every step he takes is to our advantage 11 Broadcaster Graham McNamee who was calling the game on the radio said during Roy s wrong way run What am I seeing What s wrong with me Am I crazy Am I crazy Am I crazy 12 After the play Riegels was so distraught that he had to be talked into returning to the game by coach Nibs Price for the second half Roy said Coach I can t do it I ve ruined you I ve ruined myself I ve ruined the University of California I couldn t face that crowd to save my life Coach Price responded by saying Roy get up and go back out there the game is only half over 13 Riegels did play and he turned in a stellar second half performance including blocking a Tech punt In addition Lom passed for a touchdown and kicked the extra point but that was not enough Tech would ultimately win the game and their second national championship 8 7 Georgia Tech s safety score after the wrong way run made the difference in the outcome of the game which increased the significance of Roy s mistake In spite of the loss the example of how the distraught Riegels was persuaded to pick himself up return to the field and play so hard during the second half is sometimes used by motivational speakers to illustrate overcoming setbacks 14 Aftermath EditAfter the game coach Nibs Price defended Riegels saying It was an accident that might have happened to anyone 4 That one play overshadowed Riegels football talents Georgia Tech center and captain Peter Pund said Riegels was the best center I have played against all year He s a battler and he never quit 15 Riegels would take his spot as team captain during his senior year earning All America honors and he helped the Bears to a 7 1 1 record during the following season 16 17 Later the NCAA football rules committee would pass a rule barring a player from advancing a recovered fumble once it hits the ground which remained in place for several decades 18 According to one contemporary article there were about 4 500 stories totaling an estimated 250 000 column inches written about Riegels wrong way run in newspapers across the United States 5 Riegels gained notoriety from his wrong way run but he was able to capitalize on his blunder parodying his famous run in vaudeville acts 12 The opening sequence of the 1929 Frank Capra movie Flight is based on Riegels and uses photographs of him 19 20 In 1965 the movie John Goldfarb Please Come Home was released and the lead character performs a similar blunder in his college years earning the name Wrong Way Goldfarb 21 In 2011 a picture book written by Dan Gutman was published with title The Day Roy Riegels Ran the Wrong Way which provides play by play description of this moment in sports history 22 Looking back on the play years later Riegels said I was embarrassed when I realized what I had done I wanted a hole to open in the ground so I could jump in it But that soon passed and I reached a stage when mention of it would cause me to bristle Soon that passed and it has never really bothered me since except in cases when people tried to exploit it 23 Riegels was reminded of his mistake throughout his life Riegels once said All the times I ve run across or heard people saying wrong way even though they weren t referring to me I immediately turned around to see if they were speaking about me I still don t understand how I did it 1 Riegels dealt with his situation by laughing about what happened 10 14 Riegels once joked If I had to do it again I d still run in the same direction for I surely thought I was going the right way 23 Riegels also said You run the wrong way with a football in front of 60 000 people and it s pretty hard to lie out of it 23 When presented his membership card into the Georgia Tech Lettermen s Club 42 years later Riegels quipped Believe me I feel I ve earned this 24 25 26 27 28 External images Diagram of the play With his teammatesRiegels sent letters to athletes who made similar mistakes For example Riegels sent a letter to Paramount High School s Jan Bandringa in 1957 who had intercepted a pass only to run it 55 yards into his own end zone resulting in a safety for Centennial High who won the game 9 7 Riegels wrote in the letter For many years I ve had to go along and laugh whenever my wrong way run was brought up even though I ve grown tired listening and reading about it But it certainly wasn t the most serious thing in the world I regretted doing it even as you do but you ll get over it 29 In addition during an NFL game in 1964 between the Minnesota Vikings and San Francisco 49ers Minnesota defensive end Jim Marshall ran a recovered fumble 66 yards into his own end zone resulting in a safety but the Vikings won 27 22 Riegels reportedly later sent Marshall a letter reading Welcome to the club 29 In later years Riegels said his blunder made him a better person I gained true understanding of life from my Rose Bowl mistake he said in an interview with the Pasadena Star I learned you can bounce back from misfortune and view it as just something adverse that happened to you 30 In 1991 Riegels was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame 26 31 He was posthumously elected to Cal s Hall of Fame in 1998 16 In 2003 a panel from the College Football Hall of Fame and CBS Sports chose Riegels Wrong way run in the Rose Bowl one of six Most Memorable Moments of the Century 29 Family and personal life EditRiegels was born to Max Jakob Andreas Riegels and Beda Helena Nilsdotter His father was from Denmark and his mother was from Sweden Riegels had 2 sisters named Elsie and Dora and a brother named William He was married to Barbara Bailey 1916 1985 32 Riegels had four children David Richard Alexa Richmond and Helen Mackey 33 34 35 Riegels graduated from the University of California in 1931 with a degree in agriculture Riegels became a teacher and coached football at California and at the high school and junior college levels where his players often ran the wrong way during practice 36 37 He served as an officer in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and later worked in the agriculture field and as a cannery executive 1 10 In 1955 Riegels started his own agricultural chemicals dealership 34 in Woodland California Roy Riegels Chemicals earning plaudits for his contributions to California farming from the state legislature and governor Riegels sold the company and retired in 1976 He died in March 1993 in his sleep at his home at the age of 84 due to complications from Parkinson s disease 4 5 33 34 35 38 References Edit a b c Where Are They Now Roy Riegels Worst Football Blunder trivia library com Retrieved 2009 10 12 Feldman Bruce 2007 05 30 Top 10 blunders in history ESPN Retrieved 2014 01 11 Cal History PDF calbears com Archived from the original PDF on 2013 12 30 Retrieved 2013 08 02 a b c Dave Newhouse 2013 01 03 An infamous Rose Bowl Cal v Georgia Tech 1929 bearinsider com Retrieved 2013 06 12 a b c Fimrite Ron 1990 10 15 Nowhere To Hide sportsillustrated com Retrieved 2013 08 02 Tournament of Roses tournamentofroses com Retrieved 2015 01 01 a b Goldstein Richard 2003 12 25 Revisiting Wrong Way Riegels The New York Times Retrieved 2013 06 05 a b TECH PLAYERS HAILED AS U S CHAMPIONS Freak Break Decides Game California Captain Elect Runs to Wrong Goal Supposedly Groggy San Antonio Light AP wire story 1929 01 02 Greenspan Bud 1999 01 01 Misdirection Misconception Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2013 07 02 a b c Great Run Wrong Way sportsillustrated com 1955 01 03 Retrieved 2013 08 13 Tech Tradition PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2013 12 30 Retrieved 2013 06 10 a b Rosenbaum Art 1993 03 29 Even Riegels had to laugh at wrong way play Sarasota Herald Tribune Retrieved 2013 08 03 Lowitt Bruce 1999 09 26 Wrong Way Riegels takes off into history St Petersburg Times Retrieved 2013 08 03 a b Whitley David 2012 08 31 Kent State player not the only one to run the wrong way sportingnews com Retrieved 2013 06 09 The Rose Bowl Michelle L Turner Google Books a b Nine Athletes Named to Cal s Hall of Fame calbears com 1998 04 30 Archived from the original on 2013 10 04 Retrieved 2013 08 01 Trumbell Walter 1929 01 29 Roy Riegels Is Lucky He Gets A Comeback The Milwaukee Journal Retrieved 2013 08 10 The Fumble Experiment PDF Intercollegiate Football Research Association Charleston Daily Mail 1929 10 16 Retrieved 2013 06 10 McBride Joseph 1992 Frank Capra The Catastrophe of Success New York Touchstone Books p 205 ISBN 0 671 79788 3 Nixon Rob Flight Turner Classic Movies Retrieved 2013 08 09 Sportsflicks John Goldfarb Please Come Home or The Strangest Football Movie Ever Made theclassical org 2013 01 18 Retrieved 2013 06 30 The Day Roy Riegels Ran the Wrong Way bloomsbury com 2011 10 11 Retrieved 2013 08 02 a b c Wrong Way Roy Riegels Honored by Georgia Tech Gettysburg Times 1971 09 25 Retrieved 2013 06 09 Wrong Way Riegels Georgia Tech Alumni Association Spring 1998 Archived from the original on 2012 09 27 Retrieved 2012 06 30 Rose Bowl espn com 2012 01 02 Retrieved 2013 08 04 a b Glick Shav 1991 08 09 Wrong Way Run Finally Turns Out Right College football Despite his mistake that cost Cal in 1929 Roy Riegels is inducted into Rose Bowl Hall of Fame Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2013 08 05 Major Athletics News in 1928 Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Fall 1978 Retrieved 2014 01 19 The Most Famous Run Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Fall 1971 Retrieved 2014 01 19 a b c By Any Other Name 2010 04 12 Retrieved 2013 06 09 Dufresne Chris 2014 01 02 The game that moved the nation The Bulletin Retrieved 2014 01 19 Rose Bowl Hall of Fame PDF tournamentofroses com Archived from the original PDF on 2013 09 18 Retrieved 2013 08 03 Norway Archives ancestry com 2010 09 07 a b Roy Riegels 84 Who Took Off In Wrong Direction in Rose Bowl The New York Times 1993 03 28 a b c Shav Glick 1993 03 27 Cal s Wrong Way Roy Riegels Dead at 83 Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2013 08 11 a b Wrong Way Riegels dead at age 84 Lewiston Morning Tribune 1993 03 27 Retrieved 2013 08 11 Los Angeles Times December 29 2006 Sam Chapman 90 halfback on last Cal team to win Rose Bowl accessed 2006 01 01 Roy Riegels Who Pulled Football Boner Is Name Assistance Coach at California The Lawrence Daily Journal World 1930 02 13 Retrieved 2013 06 13 Roy Riegels Chemicals corpiva com Archived from the original on 2013 08 11 Retrieved 2013 08 11 External links Edit Roy Riegels wrong way run in the Rose Bowl YouTube Archived from the original on 2021 12 22 on YouTube Roy Riegels on YouTube on I ve Got a Secret television show in 1958Portals Biography College football California Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roy Riegels amp oldid 1158982096, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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