Denver Post · Sep 16, 2019
John Ralston, former Broncos head coach, dies at 92
John Ralston compiled a 34-33-3 record as Broncos coach from 1972-76, leaving before the team played in its first Super Bowl.0
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — John Ralston, the former Stanford and Denver Broncos coach, has died. He was 92.
San Jose State, where Ralston finished his coaching career and later worked as special assistant to the athletic director, said Sunday that Ralston died Saturday in Sunnyvale.
Ralston was the head coach at Utah State from 1959-62, moved to Stanford in 1963 and to the Broncos in 1972. After leaving Denver in 1976 with a 34-33-3 record in five seasons, he coached the Oakland Invaders of the United States Football League from 1983-84 and at San Jose State from 1993-96.
