1975 Javelina Football Team Will Celebrate 40Th Anniversary This Fall
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1975 Javelina Football Team Will Celebrate 40th Anniversary This Fall The 1975 Texas A&I football the players on that squad were The season started for the team will celebrate its 45th also on the 1975 team. Javelinas when they went to anniversary this fall. The 1975 Javelinas were also Honolulu, Hawaii, for the opener. It won an NAIA national part of the 42-game winning streak They helped open Aloha Stadium, championship along with the Lone that had started for the team in one of the best-known arenas in Star Conference title. 1973 and extended into the 1977 the country, by taking on the The 1974 team had won the seasons. The undefeated streak University of Hawaii. two championships, and many of reached 46 games in a row. Aloha Stadium was the home of numerous NFL postseason games as well as bowl contests. The Javelinas, who had more than 800 fans follow them to the Islands, defeated the Rainbow Warriors, 43-9. LSC victories came over Abilene Christian, S.F. Austin State, East Texas State, Sul Ross State, Angelo State, Tarleton State, Sam Houston State, Howard Payne and Southwest Texas. The Javelinas beat Oregon VOLUME XX, NO. 40 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 MAY 27, 2020 (Continued on Page 9) Members of the 1975 Javelina football team are, left to right, front row, Johnny Martinez, Dan St. Leger, Larry Grady, Paul Rich, Larry Harvey, Joe Herzik, Howard Henderson, Ray Evans, David Hill and Thurmond Marshall; second row, Larry Seidel, Harry Ullom, Larry Collins, James Clay, Larry McFarland, Leonard Avery, Steve Fefer, Randy Brooks and John Massingill; third row, Johnny Barefield, David Palmore, Clem Franks, Mike Hawkins, Rufus Green, Hughie Shaw, Maurice Ball, George Franklin and Jeff Pyatte; fourth row, Larry Grunewald, Kim Evans, John Dawson, Eliseo Hernandez, Gary Allen, Elvis Hartsfield, Carlos Perez, Bryan Sweeney and Larry Urban; fifth row, Larry Hirt, Mike Jekel, Doug Walker, David Marquez, Mark Dizdar, Steven Glick, Richard Mayfield, Reginald Jones and Jerry Wilbanks; sixth row, Dino Rector, Stuart Dornburg, Richard Ritchie, Joe Henke, Lynn Frazier, Terry Russell, Billy John, Gary Davis and Kevin Gentry, and seventh row student trainers and managers Bill Lackey, Frank Wright, Bob Williams, Mark DeLaune, Jan Mumford, Clayton Roberts, Terri Patillo, Dean Graves and Rob Henderson. Not pictured are Doug Greene, Kent Allee, Wade Whiter and Glenn Starks. Page 1 Javelina Hash By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs AS YOU READ about NCAA Division II lowering the maximum and minimum number of games and matches for 2020- 21, these are for one year only. The national association could return to the current number of contests in 2021-22. HAVING BEEN A part of the Javelina athletic department for 52 years, I often get asked what is the biggest moment during this span. This is impossible to answer. There have been national championships, associating with players and coaches who are among the best in the history of college sports and taking trips no other person not associated with the Javelinas has had the opportunity to make. I thought it would be interesting to just jot down some of the places the Javelina teams have played in over this 52-year period. Internationally, Paris, France; Berlin and Nuremberg, Germany; Vienna, Austria; Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico, and Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. And in the U.S., Honolulu, Hawaii (three times); Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska; Seattle and Ellensburg, Wash.; Portland and Monmouth, Ore.; Los Angeles, Dominguez Hills, Marymount, San Bernardino, Long Beach, Stanislaus, San Luis Obispo, Sacramento, Davis, San Diego, Pomona, Chico, Malibu and Northridge, Calif.; Pocatello, Idaho; Reno, Nev.; Phoenix, Tucson and Flagstaff, Ariz.; Billings, Mont.; Denver, Durango, Fort Collins, Grand Junction and Pueblo, Colo.; Fargo and Grand Fork, N.D.; Des Moines, Iowa; Wichita, Emporia, Pittsburg and Topeka, Kan.; Kearney, Neb.; The 1973 Javelina volleyball team was one of the first when the Duluth, St. Cloud and Rochester, Minn.; Stevens Point and Eau current women’s intercollegiate Claire, Wis.; Kansas City, St. Joseph, Maryville and Rolla, Mo.; program began in 1968-69. Searcy, Arkadelphia, Texarkana, Magnolia and Fort Smith, Ark.; Members of the team were, left to New Orleans, Lafayette, Thibodeaux, Shreveport, Natchitoches, right, front row, Linda Haug, Monroe and Lake Charles, La.; Hattiesburg, Cleveland and Clinton, Diamond Gonzalez, Delma Miss.; Montgomery, Troy, Jacksonville, Livingston and Florence, Trevino, Hope Ruiz and Hope Elizaondo, and second row, Janice Ala.; Carrollton, Dahlonega and Valdosta, Ga.; Miami, Bradenton, Gipson, Marsha Spree, Joyce Daytona Beach, Tavares, Port St. Lucie, Orlando and Lakeland, Tegeler, Ester Pena and coach The Javelina Highlights Fla.; Wilberforce, Ohio; Greenville, S.C.; Richmond, Va.; Bowie, Betty Brewer Ford. The women Md.; Allendale, Mich.; Cary, N.C.; Boston, Mass., and New York, were members of the Texas is a weekly publication of the N.Y. Association of Intercollegiate Javelina Athletic Department. And there have been numerous sites in Oklahoma, New Mexico Athletics for Women and the national Association of Intercol- and Texas for Lone Star Conference and non-league contests. legiate Athletics for Women I’m sure I’ve missed a few but there probably isn’t another before the NAIA, NCAA and Lone Send address changes, school that has had teams play in as many international and national Star Conference started competi- sites as have the Javelinas. And this is just in the past 52 years. tion for the women’s programs. news, pictures or Since the first intercollegiate teams began play in 1925, the Texas A&I was one of the pioneer correspondence to Javelinas have long had schedules that have had the Javelinas being schools in initiating a women’s intercollegiate athletic program. seen pretty much throughout the world…and gaining fans who Ford was instrumental in the Fred Nuesch, MSC 114A, have never been on campus. starting of intercollegiate sports 700 University Blvd., program in the fall of 1968. FORMER JAVELINA ATHLETIC director and head women’s Kingsville, TX 78363 basketball coach Jill Willson is now with the NCAA and attending Division II championship events. or [email protected] Page 2 (Continued on Page 3) Upcoming Javelina Events JavelinaJavelina HashHash August - (The indoor volleyball and football preseason workouts start early in August. These dates will be announced By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs at a later date). Sept. 4 - Indoor Volleyball: Angelo State Tournament in San Angelo. (Continued from Page 2) Sept. 5 - Football: Colorado State-Pueblo in Kingsville, 7 p.m. There is a video of her at these events at youtu.be/ Indoor Volleyball: Angelo State Tournament in San Angelo. uRvIyR1UQ3Q and included on the video is Jill at last year’s NCAA Sept. 10 - Indoor Volleyball: Ouachita (Ark.) Baptist in Arkadelphia, Ark., 3 p.m. Division IIBy national Fred Nuesch, track and Coordinator field championships of Athletic in External Javelina Affairs Stadium. Sept. 11 - Indoor Volleyball: Southern Arkansas Tournament in Magnolia. She would have been back in Kingsville last weekend had the Sept. 12 - Football: Western Oregon in Monmouth, Ore., 3:05 p.m. national meet not been canceled. Indoor Volleyball: Southern Arkansas Tournament in Magnolia. Sept. 15 - Indoor Volleyball: St. Mary’s in Kingsville, 6 p.m. TEXAS A&M-SAN ANTONIO has delayed the start of its Sept. 18 - Indoor Volleyball: *Cameron in Lawton, Okla., TBA. Sept. 19 - Football: *Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville, 7 p.m. athletic program until spring 2021. Indoor Volleyball: *Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, TBA. The program is moving forward, announcing the hiring of its Sept. 26 - Football: *Texas A&M-Commerce in Commerce, 6 p.m. first three coaches and an associate athletic director. Indoor Volleyball: *Texas A&M International in Laredo, 1 p.m. TAMUSA had planned to start competition in softball, men’s Oct. 2 - Indoor Volleyball: *Angelo State in Kingsville, 6 p.m. golf and men’s and women’s soccer in the fall but the Red River Oct. 3 - Indoor Volleyball: *Lubbock Christian in Kingsville, 1 p.m. Athletic Conference approved the one-semester delay. Oct. 7 - Indoor Volleyball: Westminster (Utah) in Salt Lake City, Utah, 6 p.m. THE NCAA HAS cleared the return of student-athletes to Oct. 9 - Indoor Volleyball: *Texas Woman’s in Denton, TBA. campus in football and men’s and women’s basketball June 1 Oct. 10 - Football: *Midwestern State in Kingsville, 7 p.m. through June 30, according to a report from Yahoo Sports last Indoor Volleyball: *Dallas Baptist in Dallas, TBA. week. Oct. 13 - Indoor Volleyball: Texas A&M International in Kingsville, 6 p.m. There had been a moratorium on all athletic activities through Oct. 16 - Indoor Volleyball: *Texas-Tyler in Kingsville, 6 p.m. May 31. Oct. 17 - Indoor Volleyball: *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 1 p.m. Football: Tarleton State in Stephenville, 6 p.m. ASHLAND (OHIO) UNIVERSITY has announced it will join Oct. 23 - Indoor Volleyball: *Western New Mexico in Silver City, N.M., 6 p.m. the Great Midwest Athletic Conference beginning with the 2021-22 Oct. 24 - Football: *Western New Mexico in Kingsville, 7 p.m. school year. Indoor Volleyball: *Texas-Permian Basin in Odessa, TBA. Ashland has won four NCAA Division II national Oct. 30 - Indoor Volleyball: *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 6 p.m. championships in the last seven years including last year’s men’s Oct. 31 - Indoor Volleyball: *Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville, 1 p.m. track and field title in Javelina Stadium. Football: *West Texas A&M in Canyon, TBA. It becomes the 14th member of the nine-year-old GMAC that Nov. 3 - Indoor Volleyball: * St. Mary’s in San Antonio, 6 p.m. includes Alderson Broaddus (W.