CAL WESTERN FOOTBALL TEAM REUNION March 13, 2010
The Little School That Did The Cal Western Football Player
• Physically Fit • Courageous • Good Looking • Intelligent • Driven • Fearless • Studly • Plays with Pain • Agile, Hostile, Mobile California Western University Coach Dinaberg Younger Years Cal Western Football Even the coaches were young Cal Western Team 1969
FOOTBALL ISN’T A CONTACT SPORT. IT’S A COLLISION SPORT. DANCING IS A CONTACT SPORT. Duffy Daugherty MSU Coaches 1970 FOOTBALL COMBINES THE TWO WORST THINGS ABOUT AMERICA: IT IS VIOLENCE PUNCTUATED BY COMMITTEE MEETINGS. George F. Will
FOOTBALL IS, AFTER ALL, A WONDERFUL WAY TO GET RID OF YOUR AGGRESIONS WITH-OUT GOING TO JAIL FOR IT.
Heywood Hale Brown Cal Western vs. Coast Guard I DON’T KNOW WHETHER I PREFER ASTRO TURF TO GRASS. I NEVER SMOKED ASTRO TURF.
QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. Joe Namath Coaches 1971 GENTLEMEN, IT IS BETTER TO HAVE DIED A SMALL BOY THAN TO FUMBLE THIS FOOTBALL.
John Heisman
INDIVIDUAL COMMITMENT TO A GROUP EFFORT-THAT IS WHAT MAKES A TEAM WORK, A COMPANY WORK, A SOCIETY WORK, A CIVILIZATION WORK.
Vince Lombardi
THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN WIN A FOOTBALL GAME IS ON THE FIELD, THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN LOSE IT IS IN YOUR HEART. Darrell Royal
THE REASON WOMEN DON’T PLAY FOOTBALL IS BECAUSE ELEVEN OF THEM WOULD NEVER WEAR THE SAME OUTFIT IN PUBLIC. Phyllis Diller – Mother of Cal Western Graduate
WINNING ISN’T EVERYTHING, IT’S THE ONLY THING!
Vince Lombardi
Kneaurt, George, Get Those Damned Motorcycles out of The Dormitory Hallways!
Gary Betts 1969 WHEN IT’S THIRD AND TEN, YOU TAKE THE MILK DRINKERS AND I’LL TAKE THE WHISKEY DRINKERS EVERY TIME. Max McGee
YOU CAN’T MAKE THE CLUB IN THE TUB.
Ric McDonald
IF IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO WINS OR LOSES THEN WHY DO THEY KEEP SCORE?
Vince Lomardi
I WOULDN’T EVER SET OUT TO HURT ANYONE DELIBERATELY UNLESS IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT LIKE A LEAGUE GAME OR SOMETHING. Dick Butkus
Egan, You Got Shit In Your Neck!
Marv Braden 1969
Nobody, and I Mean Nobody, Is Worth 45 Yards In Penalties. Now Go Sit Down!
Marv Braden 1970, Whittier
THE ROAD TO EASY STREET GOES THROUGH THE SEWER.
John Madden
If they start throwing food I’d better not see any of you returning fire!
Marv Braden 1970
Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.
Paul Bear Bryant
The idea of molding men means a lot to me.
Bear Bryant
Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.
Joe Paterno
If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
Paul Bear Bryant
It’s not the will to win that matters-everyone has that, it’s the will to prepare to win that matters.
Bear Bryant
PRACTICE DOES NOT MAKE PERFECT. ONLY PERFECT PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.
Vince Lombard
When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.
Joe Paterno
IF YOU’RE MAD AT YOUR KID, YOU CAN EITHER RAISE HIM TO BE A NOSE TACKLE OR SEND HIM OUT TO PLAY ON THE FREEWAY. IT’S ABOUT THE SAME. BOB GOLIC
YOU PLAY THE WAY YOU PRACTICE
POP WARNER
Coach, do these young men belong to you?
Washington State Police to Marv Braden, Tacoma Airport 1970
Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
John Wooden
The minute you think you’ve got it made, disaster is just around the corner.
Joe Paterno
Nugent, if you drop the ball now I’m going to kick your ass!
Gary Miller 1970
Our Principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles. Red Skelton
When you win, say nothing, when you lose, say less.
Paul Brown
Get the winners in the game!
Bear Bryant
I found that plays work best when you have big players.
Knute Rockne
When you coach as long as I did, you can’t help but miss those Saturdays - dealing with the players, the game preparation, the challenges, the excitement. Tom Osborne
Whenever I’m down and need to pull myself up, I play this song for inspiration. “To dream the impossible dream to fight the unbeatable foe…” Gary Miller 1970
It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up.
Vince Lombardi
Accept Challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration for victory.
Unknown
Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to produce uncommon results.
Unknown
Sacrifice work, self discipline, I teach these things and my boys don’t forget them when they leave.
Bear Bryant
I’ll See You at 5:00 A.M. For Breakfast Club!
Jim “Vince” Anderson 1969-1970
Nugent, George how in the hell did the two of you end up flying first class and the President of the University and I fly coach. Marv Braden 1970
One loss is good for the soul, too many losses is not good for the coach.
Knute Rockne
It’s the little things that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
John Wooden
It’s a lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
Muhammed Ali
I always prefer to believe in the best of everybody - saves so much trouble.
Rudyard Kipling
It isn’t necessary to see a good tackle…you can hear it.
Knute Rockne
Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John Wooden
Cal Western Homecoming 1970
Damn it, everyone gets clean socks, jocks, and T-shirts, stop taking more than you need!
Dee Speaks, all the time! Bo, Buc, and Raney Alcohol abuse is the leading cause of death on college campuses.
Tom Osbourne
Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
John Wooden
Boys, talk is cheap, and now the talkin’s over. So get out on the field, kick their butts, and then see what they say.
Woody Hayes OSU QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. Cal Western’s Old Farts
Faires 27 Karuzich 29 Palmer 28 Now forty years later! Look Warts it’s Dante! Hair Farm Defense CAL WESTERN REUNION Mission Bay Park 1985 This Mugs For You!
The Committee Thanks you for attending our reunion. That’s All Folks
See you in another forty years. Come on Back to Sunny San Diego.