INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL RESEARCHERS ASSOCIATION ™ The

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ISSN: 1526-233x [November 2010 Vol. 3 No. 10] circa: Jan. 2008

Tex Noel, Editor ( [email protected] )

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Ø Next, I have had computer problems the past 3-4 weeks and I have lost a few files; but thankfully, I have the majority of my work. If you have sent in a story for the Nov. issue of The College Football Historian , at this time, I haven’t been able to find it—I apologize and would you please resend and it will appear in the December issue of TCFH. Thank you for understanding!!!

First TV Football Game from 1939 to1940. A signal reaching an estimated 500 homes in a 50- • From Waynesburg mile radius broadcasted games from University site Ebbets Field, Madison Square Garden and Yankee Stadium. Those Waynesburg Plays in First who could afford a $600 television Televised Football Game set at the time witnessed television history. And it was the Waynesburg The inception of televised sports took place in the New York City area The College Football Historian-Historian -2--222 --- Cincinnati Reds in the first-ever televised professional game, College Yellow Jackets that they first and five months after the Princeton watched play football. and Columbia baseball teams played the first televised sporting The Yellow Jackets visited Randall's event. On Oct. 22, 1939, the Island, N.Y., on Sept. 30, 1939 to Brooklyn Dodgers football team play in the first televised football defeated the , game when they battled Fordham 24-14, at Ebbets Field for the first- University at Triboro Stadium. ever televised professional football game. Within a year later, the New NBC broadcasted the game with one York Rangers played the Montreal camera, as announcer Bill Stern Canadiens in the first televised made the historic call. hockey game at Madison Square Fordham won the game, 34-7, over Garden, while the University of Waynesburg, guided by its all-time Pittsburgh visited Fordham for the winningest coach Frank Wolf, first televised basketball game. despite scoring the first touchdown What was once considered the in the televised football history when demise of attendance at games and Bobby Brooks reached the zone the end of professional football, on a 63-yard . television broadcast has since The historic journey to New York developed into a lucrative business took an entire weekend as a that has changed American culture. cavalcade of cars left Waynesburg And yet, it all started when a few on Thursday, Sept. 28. In all, 42 men from Waynesburg left town for players and the team's personnel the weekend to play a simple game made the 400-mile trip. Among the of football. players was John F. "Jack" Wiley, Other accounts recall this historic the namesake of the current event. Waynesburg football stadium. Wiley would move on to play for the • From The NCAA News, Oct. before a 11, 2004, page coaching career at Waynesburg. The 3…Trimbrough Stadium, New Jackets finished the season 6-2-1, York City...heard on WNYC as did Fordham, a preseason pick radio...signal 50 mile for the national championship. radius....estimated 1000 tv sets in metropolitian The game came just one month after area....Bobby Brooks's 65 TD the Brooklyn Dodgers hosted the run on game's third The College Football Historian-Historian --- One month later, on October 23, 1939, Kansas State's 333 --- homecoming contest against the University of Nebraska was the • play...Fordham rallied for a second to be broadcast. 34-7 win. The following season, on October 5, • From Wikipedia search…The 1940, what is described as the "first first televised college football commercially televised game" game occurred during the between the University of Maryland "experimental" era of and the University of Pennsylvania television's broadcasting was broadcast by Philco. history, when a game between Fordham University and * * * Waynesburg College was broadcast on September 30, 1939. • Wisconsin 1942, 8-1-1, AP 3 rd , league champion Ranked among the Top 3 was Ohio State teams…and not • Michigan State 1955, 8-1- Conference Champions 0, AP 2 nd , league champion was Ohio State By Bob Kirlin • Michigan State 1957, 8-1- In chronological order, twelve 0, AP 3 rd , league teams that finished in the top champion was Ohio State three in the final AP Poll but • Mississippi 1959, 10-1-0, did not win their own AP 2 nd , league champion conference championship. was Georgia • Oklahoma 1971, 11-1-0, • Minnesota 1936, 7-1-0 AP AP 2 nd , league champion 1st , league champion was was Nebraska Northwestern • Arkansas 1977, 11-1-0, • Michigan 1940, 7-1-0, AP AP 3 rd , league champion 3rd , league champion was was Texas Minnesota Committee submitted a report to the Council of the University Athletic The College Football Historian-Historian -4--444 --- Club in which they presented their reasons for urging the Colleges to • Washington 1984, 11-1- hold their annual contests on 0, AP 2 nd , league College grounds and not elsewhere. champion was USC After some interchange of views, the • Michigan 1985, 10-1-1, Council, by unanimous vote, AP 2 nd , league champion accepted the report of the Committee and adopted the was Iowa following resolutions: • Colorado 1994, 11-1-0, AP 3 rd , league champion Resolved, That the report of the was Nebraska members of the Club interested in the management of the annual Yale- • Tennessee 1995, 11-1-1, Princeton Foot-ball Game be AP 3 rd , league champion accepted and adopted as the views was Florida of the members of this Council; and

* * * Further resolved, That the Secretary of the Club send a copy of the report Source: The Outing Magazine and a copy of these resolutions to the Presidents of the Yale and No more championship Princeton Foot-ball Associations and foot-ball for New to the Athletic Committees of the York…1886 Universities. This action makes it certain that the Those persons who hold at heart the intercollegiate championships best interests of intercollegiate hereafter will be decided on the sport, have for several years been grounds of one of the competing convinced that playing the annual colleges, and will thereby become game for the intercollegiate more of a collegiate affair and less of championship in New York City was a great public spectacle. not desirable, and the point has now been reached where a change seems certain. At a meeting of the Council of the University Athletic Club, held January 13th, the Foot-ball Because of this, the game was brutal in many The College Football Historian-Historian -5--555 --- aspects; causing then-

From the beginning of scoring President of the United values in 1883 through the 1888 States, Theodore Roosevelt season, Yale compiled a 54-1-2 to issue a proclamation, record and scored an unbelievable 3,242 points while surrendering “Clean-up the brutality or I only just 39 including Rutgers 10 will ban the game.” This points on this day—the only Yale was in 1905. surrendered during its 1884 season.

It was the most points Yale So, a year later, the Rules surrendered in any game from 1876 Committee issued the to 1888Yale’s Dominance initial forward passing * * * rules—with many restrictions. Pre-1937 career leaders in most passes caught As the game advanced teams were still leery about By Tex Noel, Editor, The tossing the ball forward. College Football Histori an Noted historian Parke H. Davis made this In early college football, the observation on early operative word was, foot; as passing: There were only a players advanced the ball small number of forward the field by kicking passes and that for every it; or using both feet—on a that went rushing play of returning through for a touchdown in the previously kicked 1914, two forward passes football. were intercepted and ran back for a touchdown. The College Football Historian-Historian -6--6-66--- AFFAIRS in the world of football have been Player, College, Years Played, changing so rapidly of late Catches and era held the record that it is extremely difficult Bernie Kirk, Notre Dame, 1918-19 28 to get a clear view of the 1906-20 situation. Eddie Anderson, Notre Dame 1919-21 43 1919-28 In spite of all the shifts, Wear Schoonover, Arkansas 1927-29 however, the building up of 46 1927-35 weaker teams, and Walter Roach, TCU 1934-36 63 tumbling down of stronger 1934-36 ones, it seems fairly evident that the East this Source: Stars of an Earlier Autumn an unofficial College Football Records year outclasses the West. Book. ©1 st -N-Goal/2007 Even the Western papers * * * admitted when Michigan, the usual champion of the College America - In the Midst of the Football Season West, went down in defeat Baseball Magazine , by Donald before Cornell, that the Wilhelm. 1912 January Vol. VIII No. result demonstrated this 3 p. 85-89. [as is] superiority. Michigan is College America—In the always in the front rank of Midst of the Football Western universities, if not Season the very strongest, while Cornell this year is by no A Glimpse of Football Affairs at the means the leading Eastern Leading Universities With a Few university so far as football Words in Prophesy of Their Probable is concerned. Standing at the Close of the Season. This is the Last Word from the Big In the East, the rivalry for Elevens for the Gridirons as We Go to championship honors has Press Before the Lineup of Final Games of the Year never been more complex and uncertain. The teams The College Football Historian-Historian -7--7-77--- shattered in the following contest with Princeton. which started weak have developed surprising The brilliant and strength, while those which spectacular game with were heavily backed by Carlisle proved a final their followers have met Waterloo to Harvard with serious reverses. adherents, and hopes of victory in the annual It seems that the annual struggle with their ancient grand struggle far rival, Yale, are now supremacy among anything but bright. members of the big six and their stronger outside The Harvard line possesses rivals, will hardly be settled great defensive strength. definitely until the final Smith as end is one of the games of the season. best men in the country in his position. The back field, Harvard began the year as when in perfect form, is an unknown quantity, but also strong. rapidly developed surprising form under the Wendell, the chief ground skillful management of gainer, has scored more Coach Haughton, and touchdowns than any upset the predictions of the other man in the game, leading authorities by an while the other backs have overwhelming show of showed versatility of attack strength against Brown. and defense.

This brilliant victory raised The game with Princeton, the hopes of Harvard in addition to being a supporters high, but these defeat was a double blow to hopes were destined to be Harvard, as it injured some of her best men. The loss of The College Football HistorianHistor ian-ianian -8--888 --- destiny of football contests, chose Princeton winner Gardiner in particular, was over Harvard, and repeated heavily felt. her favor with a similar victory over Dartmouth. Whether this crippling of Without bringing discredit her main team accounted on the Princeton team, it is for the defeat from Carlisle but just to say that both is problematical, but it is these victories were at least doubtful if Carlisle extremely lucky. would have won the battle had Harvard been in a The now celebrated fluke position to employ her full play which won in the strength throughout. Dartmouth contest, has caused more discussion in There is little doubt, the sporting world than however, that the Indians any similar event for would have scored more several years. It seems than one in any evident that the decision event. was given according to the Princeton opened the letter of the rules, although season rather weakly. an exactly similar play in While not defeated in any the historic contest contest, two battles with between Andover and rival institutions of Exeter on the same day, learning resulted in that was decided otherwise. most unsatisfactory of all football scores, a tie. The The most enthusiastic star of the Orange and Princeton admirer, Black seemed doomed to a however, must admit that permanent eclipse. a field goal which bounces several times and finally, But the fickle fortune which presides over the The College Football Historian-Historian -9--9-99------The Green did not develop any great strength against her early opponents, but by a combination of lucky her first defeat was that circumstances, goes over administered by Princeton. the cross bar, should hardly be sufficient to This historic contest was decide a featured by a most victory. The suggestion of commendable display of some of the leading generosity and fairness. In authorities at Yale that the view of the chance play rules be amended to which decided the contest, prevent any such the Princeton supporters occurrence in the future, courteously offered to will no doubt be deemed cancel all bets, which advisable by all lovers of proposition was as football. courteously refused by the Dartmouth men. This The Princeton line this year graceful acceptance of is relatively light, but her defeat on the part of the all around work has been Dartmouth followers is a exceptionally brilliant. striking illustration of that sportsmanlike spirit which The work of the Dartmouth should ever be the team this year since the dominant feature of all very beginning of the athletic contests. season has been shrouded Dartmouth has a heavy in mystery. line, with strong defensive qualities. Her back field Coach Cavanaugh has while considered weak, has been particularly silent, developed consistently, and even for him. while there has been nothing as yet overwhelmingly The College Football Historian-Historian -10--101010 --- triumphed over Pennsylvania, and seemed spectacular in her record, likely to do as well against she has, nevertheless, Harvard. The Providence given a very fair account of team, however, at the herself. Stadium, met a bewildering offense, which completely Brown has been a nullified her ground disappointment. gaining strength.

This does not mean that Her most brilliant her work has not been individual player, good, and even brilliant at Sprackling, was completely times. She is a swamped by the Harvard disappointment, ends, and unable to make nevertheless, as her any showing at all against followers set for her a very the aggressive tactics of his high standard of opponents. achievement. From the resulting score, The team which last year Harvard 20, Brown 6, the defeated Yale 22-0, and critics gathered that Brown who should have tied with was a one-man team. This the strongest team Harvard is hardly fair, although has had in years, was there is no question that looked upon for great Sprackling is the most things this season. brilliant individual player in the Brunonian After a series of aggregation. Ashbaugh, the overwhelming victories Brown end, has scored gained from the usual more goals from aggregation of weaker touchdowns twice over, opponents at the beginning than any other player in of the season, Brown The College Football Historian-Historian -11--11-1111 --- than likely to end the season in full possession of the highest laurels. the game, while several other of the Brown stars Much of her success has have also shown been due to the specially conspicuous ability. brilliant work of Captain Howe. The hope of the championship has died Pennsylvania has been a away at Providence, serious disappointment however, since Yale wiped to her many supporters. the bitter recollections of last year's defeat by the Defeated by Brown, and substantial victory over her overwhelmingly swamped rival of 15-0. by Carlisle, she seems to have the weakest team in After emerging from a years. Of late, however, series of hard scrimmages there has been a surprising with greatly inferior increase of strength, and opponents, Yale seems the while Pennsylvania cannot most likely contender for look at the past season's the supremacy in football. record with any great degree of pride, and is Her record is not hopelessly out of the absolutely clear from championship race, she defeat, as she lost the should, however, finish annual battle with West much stronger than she Point by a score of 6-0. began.

Since that event, however, Carlisle has enjoyed the Yale's strength has been most brilliant year of her consistently developed history. After swamping until now she seems more Pennsylvania, the highest The College Football Historian-Historian -12--121212 --- This year, however, her line was heavy, but she did not hopes of the red-skinned show any remarkable warriors were realized offensive power against when they humbled their Harvard. She did show, ancient rival, Harvard, for however, the most the second time in a long surprising offense that has series of years. There is no been seen in recent years. team in the country who has stronger offense than Her great half-back, Carlisle. Glen Warner has Thorpe, who has made stamped himself as the himself the most trickiest, most resourceful prominent candidate for coach in the business. The all-around athletic honors, Indians are always looked demonstrated his supreme to for some surprising play, ability on the gridiron by and they seldom or never, practically winning the disappoint in this respect. game -handed, or It may well be doubted if rather single-footed, any line of recent years, against the Harvard team. even Harvard or Yale at their best, could prevent Four successful goals from the present Carlisle team the field, two of them made from scoring. It is seldom from a distance exceeding that Carlisle does not forty yards, is a fair day's score, but when pitted work for one individual. against Harvard, she has usually lost the battle The new rules as modified because she has been for the present season have totally lacking in defensive resulted in a style of play strength. This has been superior to the so-called largely due to her light line. old football. The percentage of accidents has been noticeably fewer, while The College Football Historian-Historian --- 131113-33--- goal has been particularly conspicuous. Among other things it won the games for victory results oftener from Princeton against individual cleverness and Dartmouth, and for ability, and less from Carlisle against Harvard. brawn and brute strength. Carlisle, especially her This has been shown great halfback, Thorpe, has repeatedly in the fact that been particularly weak colleges have scored successful with this play, against stronger ones, while Captain Howe of Yale where before touchdowns has done almost as well. or field goals would have been impossible. The field * * *

National Champions that National Champions having a Winning Streak ended a Winning Streak Snapped [Year(s) of of a Defending National Championship ] Champion Wins, seasons, #1 team lost to (score and Bowl) [Year of § Texas snapped USC’s 34- Championship(s)] game streak (2003-04-05) in the 2006 Rose Bowl (41-38) --30 or more Games-- § Ohio State snapped Miami o FL’s 34-game winning streak {34, 2003-05} USC lost to (2000-03) in the 2002 Fiesta Texas (41-38, 2006 Rose Bowl (31-24, 2 OT) Bowl) [2003-04] o § Notre Dane snapped Texas’ {34, 2000-03} Miami FL lost to 30-game streak (1968-70) in Ohio State (31-24, 2 OT, in the 1970 Cotton Bowl (24-11) the 2002 ) [2001] o § Alabama snapped Miami FL’s {31, 1948-50} Oklahoma lost 29-game winning streak to (13-7, 1951 (1990-93), in the 1993 Sugar [1950] Bowl, 34-13 The Award is The College Football Historian-Historian -1--1411444 --- given to the “individual, group or institution whose services have been outstanding in the advancement of o {30, 1968-70} Texas lost to the best interests of football.” Its Notre Dame (24-11, 1970 purpose is “to perpetuate the Cotton Bowl) [1969-70] example and influence of Amos Alonzo Stagg.” --25-29 Consecutive Wins-- The award is named in honor of a o {29} Alabama snapped Miami man who was instrumental in FL’s (1990-93), (14-13 1993 founding the AFCA in the 1920s. He Sugar Bowl) [1991] is considered one of the great o {28} Purdue snapped Michigan innovators and motivating forces in State's (1950-53), 6-0 [1952] the early development of the game of o Kansas snapped Oklahoma's football. The plaque given to each (1973-75), 20-3 [1974-75] recipient is a replica of the one given o Mississippi State snapped to Stagg at the 1939 AFCA Alabama's (1978-80), 6-3 Convention in tribute to his 50 years [1978-79] of service to football. (Used by o Tennessee snapped Alabama's permission.) (1991-93), 17-17 [1992] o {26} Arizona State snapped Past Nebraska's (1994-96), 19-0 Winners [1994-95] o {25} Oregon State snapped • 1940 Donald Herring, Jr., USC's, 1931-33, 0-0 [1931-32] (Princeton player) and family o Army snapped Michigan's (1946-49), 21-7 [1948] • 1941 William H. Cowell o UCLA snapped BYU's (1983- (posthumously), New Hampshire 85), 27-24 [1984] • 1946 , * * * sportswriter

Bobby Bowden to Receive • 1947 William A. Alexander, the 2011 Amos Alonzo Stagg Award • 1948 Gilmour Dobie, North Dakota State, From the AFCA website: • Washington, Navy, Cornell, The Award Boston College

the South, Pennsylvania, Rutgers The College Football Historian-Historian -15--15 --- • 1961 , Illinois • Glenn S. “Pop” Warner, Georgia, Cornell, Carlisle, Pittsburgh, • 1962 E.E. “Tad” Wieman, Stanford, Temple Michigan, Princeton, Maine

• Robert C. Zuppke, Illinois • 1963 , Stanford, Washington & Jefferson, • 1949 Richard C. Harlow, Penn State, Colgate, • Colgate, Lebanon Valley • 1964 , Missouri • Western Maryland, Harvard • 1950 No award given • 1965 , Wisconsin • 1951 DeOrmond “Tuss” McLaughry, Westminster, • 1966 Bernie H. Moore, LSU

• Amherst, Brown, Dartmouth • 1967 , Southwestern, • 1952 A.N. “Bo” McMillin, Indiana Clemson, Rice

• 1953 , Georgetown, • 1968 , TCU Columbia • 1969 Charles A. “Rip” Engle, • 1954 Dana X. Bible, Mississippi Brown, Penn State College, LSU, Texas A&M, Nebraska, Texas • 1970 Lynn “Pappy” Waldorf, Syracuse, Oklahoma • 1955 Joseph J. Tomlin, founder, City,Kansas, Oklahoma A&M, Football Kansas State,

• 1956 No award given • Northwestern, California • 1971 Bill Murray, Delaware, • 1957 Gen. Robert R. Neyland, Duke Tennessee • 1972 , Stanford • 1958 , Mississippi A&M, Tulane, Minnesota • 1973 , Amherst, Harvard • 1959 Dr. John W. Wilce, Ohio

State • 1974 Alonzo S. “Jake” Gaither, Florida A&M • 1960 Harvey J. Harman, Haverford, University of The College Football Historian-Historian -16--16-1616 --- • 1990 , Oregon

• 1991 Bob Blackman, Denver, • 1975 Gerald B. Zornow, business Dartmouth, Illinois, Cornell executive

• 1992 Charles McClendon, LSU • 1976 No award given

• 1993 , ABC-TV • 1977 Floyd “Ben” Schwartzwalder, Muhlenberg, Syracuse • 1994 , Nebraska, Wyoming • 1978 Tom Hamilton, Navy, Pittsburgh • 1995 John Merritt, Jackson State, Tennessee State • 1979 H.O. “Fritz” Crisler, Minnesota, Princeton, Michigan • 1996 , College Football Association • 1980 No award given • 1997 , Miami (Ohio), Northwestern, Notre Dame • 1981 , sportswriter

• 1998 , Augustana (Ill.) • 1982 Eddie Robinson, Grambling • 1999 , Miami • 1983 Paul W. “Bear” Bryant, (Ohio), Michigan Maryland, Kentucky, • 2000 , Nebraska • Texas A&M, Alabama • 1984 Charles B. “Bud” Wilkinson, • 2001 , Georgia Oklahoma

• 2002 , Penn State • 1985 , Michigan State • 2003 LaVell Edwards, Brigham Young • 1986 , Denison, Miami (Ohio), Ohio State • 2004 , Central (Iowa) • 1987 Field Scovell, Cotton Bowl

• 2005 , North Texas, • 1988 G. Herbert McCracken, SMU, Iowa Allegheny, Lafayette

• 2006 , McMurry, • 1989 David Nelson, Delaware Angelo State, Baylor 2 (1928) , Pittsburgh, The College Football Historian-Historian --- 171117-77--- Pa. 2 (1959) Mark May, Oneonta, • 2007 , Georgia Tech, N.Y. Alabama, Kentucky 2-(d – 1952) Walter Koppisch, New York, N.Y. • 2008 Bill Walsh, 2-(d – 1973) , Lake 49ers, Stanford Worth, Fla. 2-(d – 1999) Billy Nicks, • 2009 , Carroll (Mont.), St. John’s (Minn.) Houston, Texas 3 (1893) Charley Barrett, Bellevue, Pa. • 2010 , Mississippi State, Washington, Texas 3 (1908) Bronko Nagurski, Rainey River, Ontario, Canada * * * 3 (1937) Jim Houston, Massillon, Ohio College Football Hall of 3 (1967) Kirk Baumgartner, Famers—dates of birth Colby, Wis. and dates of death…for 4 (1930) - Dick MacPherson, Old the month of November Town, Maine 5 (1891) Greasy Neale,

Parkersburg, W.Va. By Bo Carter 5 (1900) ,

Selinsgrove, Pa. 1 (1876) James Hogan, County 5 (1933) Bruce Bosley, Fresno, Tipperary, Ireland Calif. 1 (1911) Slade Cutter, Oswego, 5 (1943) Larry Pugh, New Castle, Ill. Pa. 1 (1926) John Gagliardi, 5 (1957) , St. Trinidad, Colo. Louis, Mo. 1 (1947) Tom Curtis, Cleveland, 6 (1914) Everett Daniell, Ohio Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 (1947) , 6 (1916) John Pingel, Mount Guatemala City, Guatemala Clemens, Pa. 1-(d - 1957) Charley Caldwell, 6 (1939) Pat Dye, Augusta, Ga. Princeton, N.J. 6-(d – 1967) , 1???-(d – 1986) Henry Ketcham, Winchester, Tenn. Seattle, Wash. 7 (1938) Jake Gibbs, Grenada, 1-(d – 1999) Walter Payton, So. Miss. Barrington, Ill. 8 (1929) , 1-(d – 2001) Warren Amling, Birmingham, Ala. Columbus, Ohio 8 (1964) Chuck Cecil, Red Bluff, 2 (1903) Myles Lane, Melrose, Calif. Mass. 13-(d – 1978) Allyn McKeen,

The College Football Historian-Historian --- 18-181818 --- Montgomery, Ala. 14 (1926) , Flint,

Mich. 9-(d – 1949) Ray Eichenlaub, 14-(d – 1931) Bill Kelly, New Columbus, Ohio York, N.Y. 9-(d – 1988) Clarke Hinkle, 14-(d – 1969) Ben Stevenson, Steubenville, Ohio Houston, Texas 9-(d – 1969) Gordon Locke, 14-(d – 1970) Frank Loria, Washington, D.C. Huntington, W.Va. 10 (1879) Neil Snow, Detroit, 14-(d – 1974) Jim Phelan, Mich. Honolulu, Hawai’i 10 (1919) Clyde “Bulldog” 14-(d – 1995) Les Horvath, Turner, Sweetwater, Texas Glendale, Calif. 10-(d – 1932) Ed Hall, Hanover, 15 (1890) Shorty Miller, N.H. Harrisburg, Pa. 11 (1908) , Galax, 15 (1898) Frank Thomas, Va. Muncie, Ind. 11 (1908) John Orsi, Newark, 15 (1907) Volney Ashford, N.J. , Ill. 11 (1914) , New 15-(d – 1949) Charles Wharton, York City Dover, Del. 11 (1939) Ed Dyas, Mobile, Ala. 15-(d -1974) Johnny Mack 11 (1961) Ricky Hunley, Brown, Beverly Hills, Calif. Petersburg, Va. 15-(d – 1992) Carl Hinkle, Little 12 (1890) , Rock, Ark. Norman, Okla. 16 (1965) Gordie Lockbaum, 12 (1896) , Spring Medina, Pa. Place, Ga. 16-(d – 1938) George Brooke, 12 (1933) Grant Teaff, Tucson, Ariz. Hermleigh, Texas 17 (1908) John Cain, 12 (1946) , San Montgomery, Ala. Bernardino, Calif. 17 (1939) , 12-(d – 1967) Jack Cannon, Clarksdale, Miss. Columbus, Ohio 17-(d – 2001) , Coral 12-(d – 2002) Glenn Dobbs, Gables, Fla. Tulsa, Okla. 17-(d – 2006) Bo Schembechler, 13 (1900) Eddie Anderson, Ann Arbor, Mich. Oskaloosa, Iowa 18 (1896) Slip Madigan, Ottawa, 13 (1934) Bob Pellegrini, Ill. Williamsport, Pa. 18 (1934) , Modesto, 13-(d – 1967) George McLaren, Calif. Towson, Md.

24 (1912) , Hartford,

The College Football Historian-Historian --- 19-191919 --- Ala. 24 (1924) Dick Scott, Highland 18 (1948) Jack Tatum, Falls, N.Y. Cherryville, N.C. 24 (1931) Stan Jones, Altoona, 18–(d - 1977) Davey O’Brien, Ft. Pa. Worth, Texas 24 (1935) Pervis Atkins, Ruston, 18-(d – 1992) Ed Franco, La. Bayonne, N.J. 24 (1959) Terry Kinard, Bitburg, 19 (1947) Mike Phipps, Germany Shelbyville, Ind. 24-(d – 1977) Joe Utay, Dallas, 19 (1949) Ahmad Rashad (nee Texas Bobby Moore), Portland, Ore. 25 (1904) Johnny Kitzmiller, 19-(d – 1976) , Harrisburg, Pa. Arlington, Va. 25 (1945) George Webster, 19-(d – 1982) , Anderson, S.C. Miami Springs, Fla. 25-(d - 1965) Joe Kendall, 20 (1901) , Memphis, Owensboro, Ky. Tenn. 26 (1892) , White 21 (1897) , Des Earth, Minn. Moines, Iowa 26 (1909) Ernie Smith, 21 (1916) , Spearfish, S.D. Brooklyn, N.Y. 26 (1947) Roger Wehrli, New 21 (1964) , Point, Mo. Daingerfield, Texas 26 (1953) , 21 (1966) Troy Aikman, West Florence, S.C. Covina, Calif. 26-(d – 1974) Tuss McLaughry, 21-(d – 1981) Bobby Grayson, Norwich, Vt. Portland, Ore. 26-(d – 2002) Jim Butterfield, 22 (1946) Matt Long, Toledo, Ithaca, N.Y. Ohio 27 (1889) Dexter Very, Fairdale, 23 (1916) , Little Pa. Rock, Ark. 27 (1960) Ken O’Brien, Rockville 23 (1930) , Toledo, Centre, N.Y. Ohio 27 (1963) Frank Sheptock, 23 (1937) Alex Kroll, Leechburg, Shamokin, Pa. Pa. 27-(d – 1993) Earl Banks, 23-(d – 2004) Harrison Stafford, Baltimore, Md. Edenia, Texas 27-(d – 1999) Rod Franz, 24 (1893) Bob Higgins, Corning, Sacramento, Calif. N.Y. 28 (1868) William Lewis, 24 (1905) Jack Mollenkopf, Portsmouth, Va. Convoy, Ohio

The College Football Historian-Historian -20--20-2020 --- Deaf Football Player: Sammy Oates, Hardin- 28 (1948) Vern Den Herder, Sioux City, Simmons, 1958-1961 Iowa 29 (1907) Dale Van Sickel, Eatonton, Barry Strassler, Editor, Ga. DeafDigest.com

29 (1924) Dick Duden, Pottstown, Pa. Sammy Oates passed away on 29-(d – 1996) , St. Louis, October 6, 2010. He starred Mo. at end and fullback at Hardin- Simmons for four full seasons 30 (1927) Jim Butterfield, Tampa, Fla. (1958-1961). 30 (1962) Bo Jackson, Bessemer, Ala. He was a rarity, elevating to big 30-(d -1967) Lloyd Yoder, Chicago, Ill. time football from a state 30-(d – 1991) David Nelson, Newark, school for the deaf, which Del. normally plays on a Class A level in a 4-level state. State deaf school graduates * * * that are good football players would normally end up playing Bowl Affiliations Tie-ins of at Gallaudet. Not Oates. Conferences before BCS Despite being a freshman, he Years include games when a was an instant starter at end respective conference was a under coach Slinging Sammy participant Baugh, a Washington Redskins *Cotton Bowl—SWC in 1941-95. legend. Oates thought Baugh would be a forthright, upright *Rose Bowl—Big 10 and Pacific gentleman, and was shocked to Coast (now Pac 10), 1947-2001. find him cussing, spitting out tobacco and all that. *Sugar Bowl—SEC in 1943-45, 47-

48, 50-95, 97. As a freshman Oates was all- *—Big Eight and ACC, Border Conference at end. 1954-58 and 82; Big Eight, 1959- Hardin-Simmons went 6-5, 64; 66; 69-74; 76-98. defeating Tulsa and Arizona State and losing 20-6 to LSU's * * * famed , the The College Football Historian-Historian -21--21-2121 --- changeover.

After Hardin-Simmons, Oates nation's #1 team; and winding had tryouts in the AFL and up in the , losing 14- CFL but did not make it. He 6 to Wyoming. then played a couple of games in the United Football League It was all downhill for Hardin- (not the new league but the old Simmons, suffering these 3-7, league that went out of 0-10 and 0-0 seasons. As a business in 1963). Weary of senior Oates was shifted to the minor league football grind, fullback. Oates left his team in mid- season. The ran this piece, as a preview to the 1960 While at Hardin-Simmons he season: was a role model for deaf Gone with the wind of players in high school football. graduation are nine starters, including half of the first-string One of them was Gary backfield. Coach Howard Klingensmith, who later McChesney, who replaces played at Penn State; as a Sammy Baugh, has switched promising high school player, Sammy Oates, the heralded Gary wrote Oates a letter, deaf player, from end to asking for advice on playing fullback. Oates last year was football in college.

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