{{Short description|American baseball player (1897–1975)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Lance Richbourg | image = Lance Richbourg 1922.png | width = 140 | alt = | caption = Richbourg from 1922<br>''Seminole'' yearbook | number = 8 | position = Right fielder | birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|12|18|mf=y}} | birth_place = DeFuniak Springs, Florida, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|9|10|1897|12|18|mf=y}} | death_place = Crestview, Florida, U.S. | bats = Left | throws = Right |debutleague = MLB | debutdate = July 4 | debutyear = 1921 | debutteam = Philadelphia Phillies |finalleague = MLB | finaldate = September 25 | finalyear = 1932 | finalteam = Chicago Cubs |statleague = MLB | stat1label = Batting average | stat1value = .308 | stat2label = Hits | stat2value = 806 | stat3label = Runs scored | stat3value = 378 | stat4label = Runs batted in | stat4value = 247 | stat5label = Home runs | stat5value = 13 | teams = * Philadelphia Phillies ({{Baseball year|1921}}) * Washington Senators ({{Baseball year|1924}}) * Boston Braves ({{Baseball year|1927}}–{{Baseball year|1931}}) * Chicago Cubs ({{Baseball year|1932}}) }}
'''Lance Clayton Richbourg''' (December 18, 1897 – September 10, 1975) was an American professional baseball player who was a Major League right fielder for eight seasons between {{baseball year|1921}} and {{baseball year|1932}}. Richbourg played college baseball for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators, Boston Braves and Chicago Cubs. Richbourg was a career .308 hitter (806-2619) with 13 home runs and 247 RBI in 698 games played.
== Early years ==
Richbourg was born in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, in the Florida Panhandle, in 1897.<ref name=bbrprofile>Baseball-Reference.com, Players, [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/richbla01.shtml Lance Richbourg]. Retrieved November 20, 2010.</ref> He graduated from Walton High School in DeFuniak Springs. The high school adopted the nickname of "Braves" because Richbourg was a member of the Boston Braves in 1926.<ref name=bbrprofile/>
== College career ==
He attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for the Florida Gators baseball team for a single season in 1919.<ref name=ufmediasupp>''[http://web.gatorzone.com/baseball/media/2012/supplement.pdf Florida Baseball 2012 Media Supplement] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903191713/http://web.gatorzone.com/baseball/media/2012/supplement.pdf |date=2014-09-03 }}'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 110, 115, 118 (2012). Retrieved May 15, 2012.</ref> He graduated from Florida with a bachelor's degree in 1922. In between stints in the major leagues, Richbourg returned to Gainesville to coach the Gators baseball team in 1922 and 1923, and again in 1926.<ref name=ufmediasupp/> He compiled a win–loss record of 39–21 (.650) in his three seasons as the Gators' head coach.<ref name=ufmediasupp/>
Richbourg died in Crestview, Florida, in 1975; he was 77 years old.
== See also ==
{{Portal|Baseball|Biography}} * Boston Braves all-time roster * Chicago Cubs all-time roster * List of Florida Gators baseball players * List of University of Florida alumni * Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster
== References ==
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== External links ==
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