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Uailed May 3, 1963 for Release Upon Receipt. HINNEAPOLIS
Uailed May 3, 1963 For release upon receipt. ~ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ATHLETICS MINNEAPOLIS 14 "The Gophers" HINNEAPOLIS. - The performance may not be as polished as those in recent years, but l"men the young U1'liversity of Minnesota football squad :1chooses up sidesa and squares a",ay for the armual spring practice windup intra-squad game May 11 in Memorial Stadium, the head-knocking will be something to make the folks up in row 52 wince a bit. The football game will highlight the triple attraction Spring Sports Day at the University. First item on the day's full program is a double-header baseball game between Indiana and Minnesota starting at 11 a.m. The Gopher track.and field squad makes its only hane dual meet appearance of the season against Uisconsin starting at 12:30. The football game follows at 2:00 p.m. Because of the graduation of 20 lettennen, including 10 starters, fran the 1962 Big Ten runnerup.squad all positions excepting tackle are ltide open. At no time in l·iurray rlarmathts 10 seasons at Hinnesota has the competition for starting jobs and a place on th.. potential :ltravel squaduof 38 men been so keen. The result is a highly-spirited contest between the 11 lettering reserves participating in spring practice, a dozen non-lettering reserves, and about the same number of iigraduatesil of the 1962 freshman squad. The three-way battle at center between Frank Marchle\'lSki who played 50 minutes last fall as a sophanore, Joe Pung who clocked 83 minutes in relief of·Paul Benson, and Paul Faust who sat out the t 62 season because of injuries has particularly dralm Uarmathts attention. -
Dug MICHIGA a Goqd Many Years Ago a Man Said to Me, "You Know, John, When I Look
· HOMECOMING NEWS OCTOBER , , 15Y! dUG MICHIGA A gOQd many years ago a man said to me, "You know, John, when I look ~t you I see four faces. ~€@ I see you as you are ~ow, with a bachelor's gleam in your eye. -Jfj I see you five or six years from now, a little more jJ\~ ' .- ~~-ti-. serious, a picture of a wife and a couple of youngsters on your desk: ~ ~~ . , ~ I see you at forty-five, with a look of slightly pained amusement as you read your son's estimate of what he's going to need for the next month or so in college. ~ And I see you again at sixty, ~6_= looking around for a place where you can hunt ducks for nine months of the year ~ : V :';,';z.:.. " ~-W Now John, every man who hears this little story nods his head, just as you're doing. In his heart, he knows exactly what he should do. But-hegging your pardon-rarely do I meet a man who does anything about it unless he's practically pestered to death. ~~ That's what I'm go. ing to do to you-and some day you're going to thank me for it." He did just that-and for years I have thanked him for it. ~ And thanked him particularly for the thoroughness and care with which he worked out my life insurance plan-a plan which protected my wife and children during the years the youngsters ~ were growing up, provided money for their education, and finally, made it possible for me to look forward to a peaceful, happy old age. -
1934 National Champions 1935 National Champions
GOPHER FOOTBALL GOPHER HISTORY 1934 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1935 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS The Golden Gopher football program is one built strongly on tradition. After winning the first-ever Big Bernie Bierman started his fourth season as the head football coach at Minnesota in 1935. After lead - Nine team title in 1900 and outscoring opponents by an incredible 618-12 margin in 1903, the ing the Golden Gophers to their first national championship in 1934, expectations ran high for both University of Minnesota football team finally won its first national championship in 1934. Bierman and the team. Under the leadership of third-year coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers averaged 33.7 While the Golden Gophers were hurt by the graduation of three All-Americans from the 1934 points during the 1934 campaign, relying heavily on a potent running attack. The running game season, three other players stepped up their play to earn the same honor in 1935. Tackles Ed Widseth accounted for nearly 295 of the 325 yards the Maroon and Gold averaged each game. The Golden and Dick Smith, along with guard Bud Wilkinson earned All-America honors, while quarterback Babe Gophers were equally productive on the defensive side of the ball, shutting-out four of their eight LeVoir and fullback Sheldon Beise joined the All-America threesome on the All-Big Ten team. opponents, while holding them to a meager 4.7 points and 103 yards per game. Minnesota opened the 1935 season with a schedule mirroring the previous season with games Three players led Minnesota while earning All-America honors — Francis “Pug” Lund, Bill Bevan against North Dakota State and Nebraska to start the year. -
The 1939 College All-Star Games
THE COFFIN CORNER: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2003) The 1939 College All-Star Games By John Hogrogian The first College All-Star Game was played in Chicago on August Kurt Mandrodt g Bucknell Paterson Panthers (AA) 31, 1934. The last was played on July 23, 1976. The annual pre- Frank Merka b Geo. Washington season meeting between the previous year’s NFL champions and a Bob O’Mara b Duke team of just-graduated college stars was a popular attraction for Ed Palumbo b Detroit most of its 43-year run. Sam Roeder b Franklin & Marshall John Siegal e Columbia Chicago Bears Allan Sturges t Temple Older fans and football historians still remember the annual Lou Tomasetti b Bucknell Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago game. Almost completely forgotten is that other cities also Dick Wehler c Temple hosted pre-season college all-star games before World War II. In Babe Wood b Tennessee 1939, there were eight such contests. The Chicago game was the Greg Zitrides g Dartmouth/UP3 biggest, but games in New York and Dallas drew large crowds and media attention. Less prominent games were played in The most interesting aspect of the Eagles’ training camp was the Philadelphia, Cleveland, St. Louis, Boston, and Providence. The travel itinerary of Davey O’Brien, the 1938 Heisman Trophy winner first game was played on August 22, the last on September 15. whom the Eagles had signed to a lucrative contract. The Inquirer This article takes a quick look at all eight 1939 college all-star commented favorably on O’Brien’s performance in the early weeks games, focusing on the rosters of the All-Star teams.