Main Rich

JMarion Johnston "Main" Rich


Born:
December 20, 1903
Jamestown, NY

Died:
September 13, 1970

Atlantic City, NJ


Career
Middlebury College - Connecticut (College)
1924-25 Oil City Merchants (WPL)
1925-26 Corry Keystones - Pennsylvania (Independent)
1925-26 Erie (Independent)
1925-26 Buffalo Bisons (ABL)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)
1926-27 Lorain Lions (CBL)
1927-28 Corry Keystones - Pennsylvania (Independent) 

Rich played basketball at Middlebury College before playing professionally a few years. In the early 1930's, he worked in Oil City, Pennsylvania, as a sports editor for the Oil City Derrick. He and his wife lived in Silver Creek, New York, in 1933. In 1934, Rich and his wife, Marjorie, were driving in a car when it was hit by a train. Main was critically injured, but Marjorie was killed.

He bounced around as a sports writer, working for 51 daily papers in 22 different states. He last worked at the Valley-Times News, (West Point, GA) from around 1960 to 1965. He retired from the newspaper business and was living in Atlantic City as of 1967. That's all I can find.

UPDATED 12/8/2023

Finding one of Rich's guest columns, he referred to his brother Beac in Arling, Vermont. From there, I found Beacom Rich, tracked back to his draft card which mentioned his father's full name, tracked down his father's information (Frederick McCullough Rich)and found his son Marion who died in Atlantic City in 1970. All comes together.


Source:
Oil City Derrick (PA), May 27, 1967

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/Main-Rich/