| Manuel Rivero | |
| Birth Date: | 3 November 19 |
| Birth Place: | Havana, Cuba |
| Death Place: | Rising Sun, Maryland, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1930–1932 |
| Player Team2: | Columbia |
| Player Sport3: | Baseball |
| Player Years4: | 1931–1933 |
| Player Team4: | Columbia |
| Player Years5: | 1930–1934 |
| Player Team5: | Cuban Stars (East) Pollock's Cuban Stars |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1934–1947 |
| Coach Team2: | Lincoln (PA) |
| Coach Years3: | 1951 |
| Coach Team3: | Lincoln (PA) |
| Admin Years1: | 1934–? |
| Admin Team1: | Lincoln (PA) |
| Bowl Record: | 1–0 |
Manuel Rivero (November 3, 1908 – August 23, 2001), nicknamed "The Golden Flash", was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.
A native of Havana, Cuba, Rivero was a three-year football lettermen at Columbia University from 1930 to 1932.[1] [2] [3] Between 1930 and 1934, he played professional baseball in the Negro leagues for the Cuban Stars (East) and Pollock's Cuban Stars.[4] [5] [6] Rivero went on to hold a variety of coaching positions at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania from 1933 to 1977.[7] The school's home gymnasium, Manuel Rivero Hall, is named in his honor.[8] Rivero died in Rising Sun, Maryland in 2001 at age 92.[9]