California State Polytechnic University Pomona - Madre Tierra Yearbook (Pomona, CA)

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Head coach Don Worhurst congratulates quarterback George Swade and wingback John Hardy on being elected as honorary co-captains of the 1960 Broncos at the annual awards banquet. lson By Winning Last Seven The 1960 Broncos: L. to R., Front Row, Bill Ticknor, Jim Moratti, Karl Finch, Laddie Potts, Mike Rumbauch, Niaz Mohamed, Roy Bottini, Gary Tavan, Marv Weetman, Marvin Wood. Row 2, Dallas Yost, Warren Hazard, Hal Thienes, Bill Ricci, Tom Branchetti, Bill Thompson, Dave Gutowski, Gordon Thompson, Cliff Yoshida, Ross Velderrain, Jim Arnaiz. Row 3, Al Boyd, Joe Medovitch, Mike Curr'an, Ken Lake, Rod Gooch, Allen Hammerschmidt, John Hardy, Jim Smith, Gary Burnett, Dick Martin, Jim Mosely. Row 4, Don Warhurst, Stan Jackson, Chuck Bacon, Jerry Kanada, Dick Polos, Roger Paroz, Gary Ruckle, Georqe Swade, Lou Minnefield, Barney Anooshian, John Scolinos, Ray Daugherty. -as, 'l7I i

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xx- V'A: Mee Head Coach Don Warhurst completed another great season at Cal Poly, as he guided the hard charging Broncos to a 7-2-O record. 170 The Cal Poly Broncos opened their 1960 football cam- paign in Brawley by falling prey to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot of San Diego, 27-12. The Leathernecks, with superior speed and weight, held the Broncos in check most of the evening. The game was not without bright spots for Cal Poly as the offense and defense of the Broncos showed fine potential. Mike Curran was the outstanding Cal Poly player of the game. The ex- Mount Sac star caught six passes for 205 yards, and two touchdowns. Mike's touchdowns came on plays of 64 and 67 yards. Cliff Yoshida and George Swade al- so played very well for California Polytechnic Institute. After a week lay-off, the Broncos hosted the powerful Gators from San Francisco State College. The game marked the first time a Cal Poly-Pomona team had played on its own field. Out to avenge their lone loss of last season, a 34-14 beating by the Gators, the Broncos played an outstanding first half. Cal Poly held The West Coast's No. 1 Small College Eleven to only 13 yards at halftime. Poly's inability to score when the opportunity presented itself was the deciding factor in the game as the San Francisco team, lead by big Charley Gooch, former Fallbrook High and Palomar J.C. star, was Bronco of the Week for the fine game he turned in. Gooch made many key tackles and blocks for the steadily improving Broncos. Opponent Cal Poly School 12 MCRD 0 San Francisco State 20 U. of Nevada 33 Whittier College 44 Pepperdine College 19 Sacramento State 18 Arizona State, Flagstaff 28 U. of San Diego 27 Redlands U. Broncos Climax it . lil: 4

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S. N-,Eg Y - W it 5 2 1 in On a cold, windswept night in Reno, Nevada, Cal Poly won its first game of the season. The Broncos unleashed a powerful attack that buried the University of Nevada Wolfpack for the remainder of the game. Gary Burnett, Poly fullback, personally hammered out 156 yards and little Bobby Anderson added 54 more plus a touch- down. For the second week in a row a guard was hon- ored for his fine play. Gordon Thompson, for his great offensive and defensive effort, was named Bronco of the Week. Gordy, an all-C.l.F. and All-American player while at Covina High School, intercepted a pass and led the Broncos to a well-deserved spectacular win. Mount Sac's Stadium was the scene of the first White Cane Charity Bowl game and it pitted the Broncos against the Whittier Poets. Led by Quarterback Bill Vail and Little All-American end Ken Gregory, the Poets were gunning for their fifth straight win while the Broncos were trying to even their record at 2-2. Tak- ing a 7 to 6 advantage into the second half, Cal Poly completely swamped the Poets with a 26 point on- slaught. For Poly, Quarterback George Swade brought the fans to their feet the first time he got his hands on the ball after intermission. George dropped back to pass, but with all his receivers covered, ran. Weav- ing back and forth along the sideline, he ran 72 yards through the entire Poet team for a touchdown. Less than 3V2 minutes later, Swade passed to end Karl Finch on a play that covered 70 yards and a touch- down. Whittier never recovered from the deficit and Poly went on to post a decisive 33-14 win. Swade was named the outstanding player of the game for his tremendous team leadership and quick thinking run. Fullback Gary Burnett starts out on another of his long runs a occassions to run as he garnered a total of 156 of Poly's 334 Open Field Runnil A Nevada back tries to elude Bronco John Hardy, but to no avail. The Wolfpack took it on the nose to the tune of 20 to 6 at Reno, as Poly scored its first 1960 victory. fi' Bottini, Roy .. T75 lqckle Q. 1 l '- Bacon, Chuck H Z.. fullback Burnett, Gary 'll fullback . . 'Z Finch, Karl f , end