Riggins was born in Seneca, Kansas and attended Centralia High School in Centralia, Kansas, of partial Czech ancestry. While there, he was a three-sport athlete, earning high school All-American recognition in football, all-state honors in basketball and twice winning the Class B 100-yard dash state title.\n', '

Riggins\' high school is now located on John Riggins Avenue, which runs through a main part of Centralia.\n', '

On October 12, 2012 John with his brothers Frank (Junior) and Bill Riggins were on hand to dedicate the Centralia High School football field renaming it Riggins Field in honoring their parents, Franklin Eugene and Mildred Riggins. The Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated a plaque and NFL Films was there to film the event. The Riggins brothers took center field for the opening coin toss and the Centralia High School Panthers went on to beat the Troy (Kansas) High School Trojans with a final score of 55–0.\n', '\n', '\n', '

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