He’s being inducted as a legend, and that word is certainly appropriate for Fred Richter.
Richter will enter into the Bucks County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday, April 21 in the “Legends” category.
Other inductees include fellow Legend inductee Paul Wilson (Central Bucks East, Council Rock South track coach), posthumous inductee Dennis Warg (athletic director, Council Rock, Bensalem) and living inductees Lauren Crandall (Central Bucks East, field hockey); Kristen White Christman (Central Bucks East, tennis, soccer, golf); Addie Micir (Council Rock North, basketball, field hockey, lacrosse); Kelly Kopack Kaufman (Neshaminy, field hockey); Joseph Kiefer (Pennsbury soccer, wrestling, baseball); Ralph Tamm (Bensalem, football); Tyrone Lewis (Harry S Truman, basketball, football, indoor track); Dana Mitchell (Pennsbury, basketball, soccer, volleyball); Amanda Burke (William Tennent, diving); and Wayne Emme (Pennsbury, basketball).
The induction was held up for two years by COVID. Richter and his peers were actually elected as the Class of 2020.
In the mid 1960s, Richter was a three-year starter for Quakertown’s basketball team, where he was named to the All Bux-Mont team in his junior and senior seasons.
He went on to play at East Stroudsburg, where he was a varsity starter for three seasons. The 1970 team posted the first 20-win season in school history and Richter was named to the All-Conference team.
He began his coaching career at Central Bucks East, then returned to his alma mater as head coach for six years. From 1982-91 he was the girls basketball coach at Quakertown, where he recorded 145 wins. His 1982-83 team won the league championship with a 19-3 record and advanced to both the District One and PIAA tournaments.
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