As a UVA alumni and someone who is passionate about the sport of football, I wanted to share a story by Doug Doughty in The Roanoke Times about Dr. John Risher of Lynchburg, Virginia. He is a centenarian at the age of 101, who has been tracking UVA football statistics since 1957. He has missed only one home game in the past 54 years, and that was the 2011 season opener. Pneumonia kept him away. Dr. Risher was suited up but did not play in the first football game played at Scott Stadium, which opened 80 years ago this past October. Dr. Risher played in the opening game of the 1931 season when the Cavaliers defeated Roanoke College. The end was injured, so the coach put him in. But he never played again. Dr. Risher remembered that game well – it was UVA’s only victory in a 1-7-2 season. He played tennis until he was 85, and then started playing golf, which he gave us at the age of 90. What an amazing man!
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