Richard George Babcock (March 21, 1899 – February 27, 1988)[1] was an American college football player and coach and athletics administrator.

[2] At the time of the 1920 United States Census, he was living in Detroit, Michigan, and working as a hotel clerk.

At age 26, he was a starter at tackle for the 1925 Michigan Wolverines football team that outscored its opponents by a combined score of 227 to 3 on the season.

[5] While attending Michigan, Babcock studied education and was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and of the Sphinx and Michigamua.

[7] At the time of the 1930 United States Census, Babcock was living in Cincinnati with his wife, Aneeta, whom he married in approximately 1929.