Rauch made his professional debut in the National Football League (NFL) in 1925 with the Pottsville Maroons.

In 1916 Rauch entered State College and he soon captained and played tight end on the school's freshman team.

Rauch continued to play guard his senior year in 1920, with the exception of the last four games when he was shifted to offensive tackle.

However, he accepted an offer by the Pottsville Maroons as serve as head coach of their professional football team.

Maroons owner Dr. John Striegel hired Rauch, because he was a protégé of the strict discipline philosophy instituted by Penn State coach, Hugo Bezdek.

Besides being a football player and coach, Rauch also worked as an ornithologist, a steel worker, an electrician and a graduate electrical engineer.

Dick spent his off-seasons writing poetry and traveled as far west as the Yukon to study the nesting habits of birds.