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Full name | Richard Anthony Rydze | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | March 15, 1950||||||||||||||||||||
Died | November 28, 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Anthony Rydze (March 15, 1950 – November 28, 2023) was an American diver who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Rydze was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He competed in diving at the University of Michigan and won an Olympic silver medal while obtaining his MD at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.[1] He also served as one of the team doctors for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1985 until June 2007.[2][3]