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The New Los Angeles Chargers ..... Starting Lineups Center Insert ...... Pages 4, 5, 7, 9, 27 Visiting Team Pages 21, 23 Ticket Information Pages 12, 13 Official Charger Souvenirs Page 29 Charger Team Roster Page 14 Chargers Rendezvous Pages 6, 15, 18, 26 Visiting Team Roster Page 19 Next Home Game Page 25
NEXT HOME GAME - NEW YORK TITANS, DECEMBER 18, 1960, 1:00 P. M. 3 THE NEW LOS A
By MEL DUR5LAG has never been hanged in effigy, and one in fact even got to the White House with a sing• Los Angeles Examiner ing daughter named Margaret. Then there were stocks and bonds. He got When Sid Gillman departed from the Los an offer to sell both. Here was a sweet busi• Angeles Rams last year, he sat down for ness involving no risk on the part of the sales• thought and reflection. He could, he figured, man. He collected fees even if the client went play the piano for a living. A piano player bust. Whatever path he would choose, football coaching, Gillman swore solemnly, was out. His team of 1959, which won but two of twelve games, left him with an emotional scar not easy to shake. Nor, in his elderliness, would he recall fondly the press notices which sug• gested that perhaps he was unfit to vote. So it is, you can see, no triumph of con• sistency, but at least one of justice that Gill• man has returned to football and finds him• SID self on the doorsill of playing in a champion• GILLMAN ship game. If his Los Angeles Chargers defeat Denver today, or New York next week, they win the Western Division title of the American Football League and advance to the finals against the champion of the East. 4 ELES
Getting teams together in the new pro• cellence and Gillman had his hands full, as fessional league this year was no joy for the any losing coach will in this community. coaches. Gillman, for instance, screened more So, as pointed out above, the triumphal re• than 300 athletes before finally selecting his turn of Sid in the new league is a gratifying current roster. He looked at young players, accomplishment. In a situation where every• old ones, experienced ones, and tenderfeet. one started from scratch, he has taken his He had to talk fast to lure some athletes team to the top, and you can't go higher than from the clutches of the rival National League, first. went to court to win others. It has, in every respect, been an uphill battle this season, but AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE I Gillman has come through with more than STANDINGS I his share of merit badges. AS OF DEC. S, 1960 Since emigrating to this city from the Uni• WESTERN DIVISION W L T versity of Cincinnati where he never had a Team Pts. Opp. I losing season, Gillman has experienced some Los Angeles 840 282 259 pretty rigorous times. In the field of second Dallas 660 304 246 guessing, Los Angeles football fans rank sec• Oakland 570 243 347 I ond to none. Denver 471 256 304
While coaching the Rams, Gillman was be• EASTERN DIVISION labored for his choice of quarterbacks, for his I Team W L T Pts. Opp. trades, for sending in plays and a parcel of Houston 840 311 241 other moves accepted as normal functions of New York 660 308 321 I a coach in most cities. Buffalo 5 6 1 266 248 But Los Angeles fans are committed to ex- Boston 570 265 278 I
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JACK KEMP, Quarterback RON M.IX, Off. Tackle Height 6-0 Height 6-4 Weight 200 Weight 245 Hometown: Los Angeles Hometown: Inglewood College: Occidental College: USC
DAVE KOCOUREK, Off. End Height 6-5 Weight 225 Hometown: Cicero, III. College: Wisconsin
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; 4 CHARLIE BRUECKMAN, RON NERY, Def. End Linebacker ~l, PAULj\ ~'oWE, Off. Back Height 6-6 Height 6-2 / i' Height 6-0 Weight 180 Weight 226 Weight 225 Hometown: Cheswick, Po. Hometown: McKees Rock, Po. "~ Hometown: Compton Iii College: Oregon State College: Kansas State College: Pittsburgh
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FRED COLE, Guard Height 5-11 Weight 226 Hometown: Newark, N. J. ERNIE WRIGHT, Off. Tackle College: Maryland
Height 6-4 HOW ARD CLARK, Off. End Weight 265 Hometown; Toledo, Ohio College: Ohio State Weight 204 ", Hometown:Height 6-2 Dalton, Ga. I," College: Chattanooga
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DICK HARRIS, Def. Back Height 5-11 Weight 174 CHARLIE FLOWERS, Fullback ORLANDO FERRANTE, Guard . Hometown: San Pedro Height 6-1 Height 6-0 College: McNeese St. (La.) Weight 207 Weight 229 Hometown: Marianna, Ark. Hometown: Los Angeles College: Mississippi College: USC
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I: on :I \ J ,------, ./' 6 ft. 2V2 in., Ferguson packs 217-pounds on his lean, angular frame which has been sea• soned to the rigors of football by an exten• sive career on the field despite no college experience. "I played four years at New Iberia (La.) High," the darkhaired, brown-eyed native of the bayous explained. "I joined the Navy in January 1948," he added, "and played four more years." Two of those campaigns he was All-Navy and the main weapon in the Phi Pac (Amphibious, Pa• cific Base) team in San Diego. Professional football didn't beckon until he was out of Navy blue a year. "I was working as a derrick hand on an oil drilling rig in Freeport, Texas," Howie recalls, "when I got questionnaires from the Rams and the Chicago Bears." A tryout with the Rams in 1952 was not successful and Ferguson returned to the rough• neck work of a derrickman. In 1953, the Green Bay Packers tendered Ferguson a trial. It turned into tenure and the lament of the defensive backs began with his rookie season as this rock ribbed runner began A PRO,FILE OF busting defenses apart. By mid-season, Ferguson's reputation as a bruising, battering type of a ball carrier was made. By 1955 he ranked with the great HOWIE FERCiUSO,N power runners of the league and was selected to the West squad fo·r the Pro Bowl classic in Among the defensive halfbacks of the January 1956. American Football League there's a common That was Ferguson's introduction to Sid bond, especially when the opposition is the Gillman for the Charger headman coached Los Angeles Chargers and the fullback is the West that year. Here Gillman gained an Howie Ferguson. even closer insight into Ferguson as an offen• "When Ferguson gets the ball," one de• sive back naming him to start at fullback fensive veteran said, "you are rooting like ahead of Alan (The Horse) Ameche and mad for the linebackers to stop him. Rick Casares. "Some call Fergie a hard runner. I say he's "Ferguson was then and is now one of the just a roughhouse runner with reckless dis• most interested, dedicated football players regard for anything in his way, particularly I've ever come across," Sid said. defensive halfbacks." "If there's a better blocker in all of foot• There are some who would almost be will• ball," he added, "Howard has got to be ing to share their salary with the linebacker second best." consistently able to pin Ferguson down. This is supreme praise to a back who re• Ferguson, who never played college foot• tired from professional football Sept. 16, ball, is a seven year veteran of the profes• 1959 with a series of injuries that included sional wars. "I just run," the 30-year-old full• major knee and shoulder ailments. back said. "You've got to deliver the blow In six seasons with the Packers, the non• rather than take it. I try to throw everything college man from New Iberia had gained I've got into the tackler." 2120 yards, been called the roughest runner Everything is a large package. Standing Continued on Page 73
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12 who shoots in the high 70's, Fergie now lives HOWIE FERGUSON in the Woodland Hills area of the San Fer• Continued From Page 11 nando Valley with his wife "Teedee", an in the game and the most deadly blocker in eight-year-old daughter, Cathy, and a flve• any backfield. year-old son, Mark. "Howard has exceeded our every hope "We like living here so much," Howie said, this year," Gillman said about his comeback. "that we'd like to stay if I can find a good "He has stayed healthy despite being prac• job." Ferguson fears this may be his last sea• tically wired for sound." son in football. Gillman hopes otherwise. By that Gillman meant that many of Fer• "Howie has as many good years left in guson's injuries were repaired by the use of football as he wants," Sid insists. "We hope surgical wire to help mend damaged bone he wants to play some more for the Chargers." structure. It's a hope that all opposing defensive backs An avid hunter, water skiier and a golfer, prefer not to come true.
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OFFENSE Pro No. Name Age Ht. Wt. Hometown College Year ~UARTERBACKS: 15 Jack Kemp m 25 6-0 200 __Los Angeles m__Occidental __m m4 17 Bob Laraba mm26m_6-3m 194 __Niagara Falls, N. Y. Texas Western _m__l
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20 Fred Fordmm 2L __5-8mmI85 __Tularem m Cal Poly mm __m __2 23 Paul Lowe __m 23m_6-0 180 __Comptonm m m __m Oregon St. mm l 28 Royce Womblemm 27_m6-1 184 __Arlington, Texas No. Texas St. m_5
FULLBACKS:
37 Howie Ferguson 29 6-2 217 __New Iberia, La._mmm No Collegem ] 41 Charlie Flowersmm __23 6-1 _m__208 __Marianna, Ark. mm Mississippi __m __m 1
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Howard Clarkmm 25 6-2 204 __Dalton, Ga. Chattanooga mm __l Dave Kocourek_m 22m_6-5mm225 __Cicero, 1I1.. mm __m Wisconsin _m__mm2 Trusse Norris_m_mm_23m_6-1 mI90 __San Antonio, Tex.mm UCLA mmmm ml Don Nortonm 22 6-1 180 __Anamosa, lowa m_ Iowa mm_l
TACKLES: Sam DeLuca_m m 24_m6-2 245 __Brooklyn, N. Y. So. Carolina m_m_3 Ron Mix __m __m __m 22m_6-4 245_.Inglewoodm m USC __m mml ,,~ Ernie Wright m 21 6-4 265 __Toledo, Ohio Ohio St. _m_m m__l
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66 Fred Cole m_m 23 5-11 226 __Newark, N. L mm __ Maryland __mm 2 68 Orlando Ferrante m_27_m6-0m 229 __Los Angeles..mm USC mm_mmmml 69 AI Barry mm 29_m6-2mm240 __Beverly HiIIs.._m __mm USC mm m__5
CENTERS: Don Rogers m_m_23m_6-2 257 __Maplewood, N. L So. Carolina __m l
PLACEKICKER: 3 Ben Agajanian m .41 6-0mm220 __Long Beachmm New Mexico ._14-
DEFENSE ENDS: 76 Gary Finneran mm26 6-3mm238 __Los Angelesm m_ USC mmm m 1 80 Ron Nery m __m 25 6-6 226 __Cheswick, Pa. Kansas St. _mm__ml 81 Maury SchleicheLm_23m_6-3m 240 __Slatington, Pa. m Penn St. mm __m2
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71 Dick Chorovich m 26 6-4 260 __St. Clairsville, O.. m Miami (Ohiolmm __3·---I 60 John Komparam 24 6-1mm245 __Canton, Ohiom mm_ So. Carolina __mm __l 70 Volney Peters mm32_m6-4_m __243 __San Diego_m m USC mm m 8
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57 AI Bansavage m6-3mm228 __Union City, N. L USC mm m_l 54 Ron Botchan __mmm_25_m6-1 m 238 __Los Angelesmm mm_ Occidental m ml 53 Charlie Brueckman __24 6-2 __m_225 __McKees Rock, Pa.m Pittsburgh mmm2 56 Emil Karas_m 26 6-3m 225 __Pittsburgh, Pa. __m . Dayton m__mm __m2 51 Rommie Loudd __mm26 6-3m 226 __Los Angeles.. __m m_ UCLA __mmmm __m_2
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OFFENSE Pro No. Name Age Ht. \JIlt. Hometown College Year QUARTERBACKS: 16 George Herringmm ..26 6-2 190 ..Gadsden, Ala h.. Miss. Southernm 3 18 Frank Tripuckam.hh32m.6-2.m ..205 ..Bloomfield, N. J __Notre Dame.mm 12
HALFBACKS: 21 Gene Mingom.mmh21 6-1 h 200hAkron, Ohioh.m.mm. None .mh ..mhm .... h 1 22 Bob StranskYmhhmh24 6-1 180h Yankton, S.D..mh m Colorado hmhm2 40 Ted Wegert.. ..hm.m.26m.6-0h 21 OhRiverhead, N.y None hmmmm.mm.4 __ • 41 Bob McNamara""hh26'h.6-0h"" 190hMinneapolis, Minn.'h Minnesota hhmmhh5
FULLBACKS: 35 Dave Rollem mmh22 6-0h .. h215 ..Poteau, Okla.hmhm .. Oklahoma 2 36 J. W. Brodnaxh.mh ..23hh6-0mm208hBastrop, La.m m. L.S.U. hhh hhmhhh2 43 Don Allenhh m21 hh6-0 205hNew London, Texas.. Texas m.mhmhh.ml
ENDS:
81 Ken Carpenter m.30 6-0 212hSeaside, Oregon __Oregon St.. mhhhhh 9 85 Jim Greermm m26m.6-3 215hHuntington, W. Va Eliz. St. (N.C.)hmmh 1 87 Lionel Taylor..h"hm.23hh6-2h 214hAccoville, W. Va.h N.M. Highlands m2 88 Pat Eppersonmh.h ..h23 .... 6-3m.h225hSunland, Calif.mmh .. Adams St. (Colo.) 1 ---.
TACKLES:
74 Gordy Holzmmhhh ..26 6-4h 270 ..St. Paul, Minn.mmm .. Minnesota m 3 75 Eldon Danenhauer..25hh6-4h"h235 ..Clay Center, Kan.hm. Pittsburgh St.hm 2 -.77 Carl Larpenter .... m.23.m6-4 .... h235 ..Port Arthur, Texas.h ..Texas .m .. hhhh"h"h 1 ~--.
GUARDS: 60 Ken Adamson 21 6-2 215hAtlanta, Ga ..h hhh .. Notre Damem.m ..ml ---, 62 Jack Davis mhmm.h24 6-2m.h235 ..Enid, Okla.mhhhhm .. Arizona hhmmhhhh2 71 Willie Smithmhh.mm22 .. h6-2hh ..255hLittle Rock, Ark.h"''''' Michigan .... h... m.... 2
CENTERS: 51 Mike Nichols.. h.. 2Lh6-3h ..h225hMonticello, Ark.mhm Arkansas A&Mmmh 1 52 Frank Kuchta.h ..hhh.24 .... 6-3h .. h235 ..Cleveland, Ohio.mh .. Notre Dameh ... m .... 3
DEFENSE ENDS:
65 Joe Youngmhh m26hh6-3 245hChicago, lII.hhhmhm Arizona hh mm.m 1 76 Bill Yelvertonm hh26 ..h6-4h 220hNatchez, Miss.h Mississippi h h 3
TACKLES:
64 Bud McFadin m.30.m6-4hm.280hHouston, Texas...mm Texas m hm ..h] ._ 67 John Hatleym hh30 6-4h 260 ..Uvalde, Texas..hh .. m Sui Ross (Texas)h 5 70 Don Kingmhhh 29m.6-3h 255hTurtle Creek, Pa h.. Kentucky hh h.. .4
LINEBACKERS: 33 Pete Mangumhhhh ..30h ..6-1mm220 .. Lake Providence, La.. Mississippi m 6 -.- 34 Hardy Brownmhmm.32m.6-0h 195hFort Worth, Texas..h .. Tulsa mh hh.hh .. 10 53 Bob Hudson ... mh.mh30 .... 6-4h 235hNo. Charleston, S. C.. Clemson mhm l0 63 Dave Strickland m28m.6-0 220hHolly Springs, Tex.h. Memphis SLm.m 5 84 AI Daymhhhhh.hhh22 6-2mm216 ..Detroit, Mich m. E. Michigan U l
BACKS: 15 Skip Doyle mhhmm27m.6-1 195hColumbus, Ohioh h Ohio St.hmmhhhh ..4 23 Austin Gonsoulinmh.22hh6-3h 205hPort Arthur, Texasm .. Baylor .mmhhhhm .. 1 42 AI Rominehmmhhhh27.m6-1 mml90hHaleyville, Ala Florence St. (Ala.)h ..6 83 Johnny Pyeatt m.m26hh6-3mm204. Winslow, Ariz.hh h. None hh mm 5
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