Background
He was born in Archbold, Ohio in March 1897.
He was born in Archbold, Ohio in March 1897.
While attending Michigan, he played three years on the school"s basketball team He was one of the leading scorers on the 1917-1918 and 1918-1919 teams, and the captain of the 1919-1920 team After receiving his medical degree from Michigan, he was a resident at the University of Michigan Hospital for three years.
Rychener then moved to Memphis where he practiced for more than 30 years.
He also served as an associate professor at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. He was elected to the American Ophthalmological Society in 1933.
He died at age 64 in February 1962 from a cerebral hemorrhage.