Laney College - Oak Log Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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ln the- second quarter, end Bill Herrcrar broke through the Stockton line to recover a loose hall on the Mustang six-yard line. Fullback Dave Littleton powered over from the two to give Oak- land the go ahead score. Long runs by halfback Rich McKinney and joe Crismon and the passing of Larry Albright were too much for the Stock- toners as the T-Birds built up a 23-3 lead. which was cut to 28-24 when two quick scores caught the Oakland third-stringers napping in the fourth quarter. Against Sacramento, the combination of Peters to Palmore almost pulled another game out of the fire for Oakland. Peters hit Palmore for two touch- downs, one for 66 yards and the big 6-foot 2-inch end scored the third Oakland score when he inter- cepted a pass and ran 50 yards for a touchdown. Palmoreis scoring efforts were not sufficient for a victory as Sacramento held on to win 24-22. Guard John Hutcherson. who gained third string All-American honors for 1953. was lauded for his defensive play at the linebacker slot. Oakland dropped two more games. 16-0 to Modesto in their Homecoming Game, and 33-12 to City College of San Fran- cisco. The Thunderbirds could not get going against the Pirates as Modesto scored two touchdowns in the first half giving them a 16-0 bulge at halftime. ln the second hall, Larry Albright threw a 40-yard pass to lonely end Charles Shaw in the end zone. Shaw dropped the ball and the game ended 16-0. San Francisco boxed the T-Bird attack up as quarterback Ron Casper's passing was not good enough to keep Oakland in the game. Caspar completed 10 of 18 passes for 121 yards but it was not good enough to overcome the balanced CCSP offense. Things went from had to worse as San Nlateo held Oakland to 102 yards total offense and walloped the 'lihunderbirds 36-0. Oakland fullback Willie? Love collected 4-7 of the Blue and Coldis 52 yards on the ground and Caspar hit on six of 11 passes for 50 yards. The Thunderbirds ended the season with a 20-12 loss to Contra Costa College. The loss was particularly hard to take as the arch-rival Comets had not won a game to date. Q It ROOM Conch Gil Cullies and Dalek Treibwusser. joe Crisman put Oakland on the scoreboard first as he went 16 yards for a touchdown in the opening quarter. The Comets roared back to go ahead 8-6 in the second quarter but Caspar to Albright and end Rolf Dahl passes put the T- Birds on the Commet eight-yard line. Stan Peters slammed the final eight yards for the six-pointer which closed out the Thunderbird scoring for the day and season. Contra Costa rallied in the second half to win 20-12. Halfback Crismon was selected as the most valuable player of the season and guard john Hutcherson received the most improved player award. Halfback Stan Peters led the T-Birds in rushing. passing. and total offense to earn the title 'Win Offense? Letter winners for Oakland included Larry Albright. Don Bruck, John Conroy. Joe Crismon. Bill Herrera, ,lohn Hutch- erson, Dave Littleton, Hill Love, Rich McKinney, Larry Rich- ardson, Rich Walton, Carroll Wright, Lornell Ashley, Dennis Campbell, Rolf Dahl, Bob Finke, Ron Casper, George Lopez. Gary Lovett, Jim Madde. Artuis Palmore. Stan Peters, Charles Peoples, Charles Shaw. Odell Stafford. Overton Williams. Carl Wright. and manager Charles Purnell. 'l'he1959 Vf1rsiIySqu11r1. ig, N

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V YW ' ALL THE WAY JOE-Halfback .loe Crismon cuts lo the outside behind the key block of guard Willie Love and picks up 14 yards against Contra Costa. Two Victoria! H zlglrl zlglat Pzlgrlein Seaton by Frefl Mcllonalfl Oakland's Thunderbirds finished the 1958 football season with a record of two wins and seven losses, deafeating Diablo Valley College in their practice opener. 40-16 and heavily favored Stockton, 28-24. The Thunderbirds. coached by head mentor Gil Callies and Assistant Coach Vernon '6Dutch,, Triebwasse, opened the season with a resounding 40-16 victory over Diablo Valley College at Antioch. Paced by the running and passing of tailback Stan Peters and the defensive play of linebacker Larry Richardson, the T-Birds came back in the second half after being held to a 16-16 score, to break the game wide open. Richardson intercepted two passes to set up touchdowns and Peters passed to end Artuis Palmore for two scores. Full- back Bob Gilmore tallied the third Oakland touchdown before suffering an injury which sidelined him for the remainder ofthe season. Halfback Joe Crismon and center Charles Peo- ples were lauded for their play during the game. Traveling to Boise, the Oakland multiple offense was un- able to get started as the nationis second rated junior college team, Boise JC, piled up a 27-0 halftime score and coasted home for a 40-0 win. Lone Oakland thrill was a 60-yard touch- down pass from Peters to Palmore. but the ollicials ruled that Palmore had stepped out of bounds earlier. Oakland opened Big Eight Conference play against Santa Rosa at Oakland's home field, Bushrod Park. Santa Rosa was first on the scoreboard, but a 25-yard touch- down gallop by fullback Dave Littleton put the T-Birds back in the game. In the second quarter, tailback Peters became a victim of a refereejs quick whistle. Peters cracked into the line, spun away from three tacklers and sped 74 yards for an apparent score. Referees ruled the play dead at the line of scrimmage and the Bear Cubs went on to win the game 36-12. Coach Gil Callies' forces came back the following week to score the biggest upset of the 1958 season. Facing a Stockton team favored by 24 points. the T-Birds spotted the hosting Mustangs to eight points and then rolled back on the wings of three Peters to Joe Crismon passes good for 70 yards. The game-tying score coming on a 12-yard strike from Peters to Crismon who was all alone in the end zone. SWIVEL HIPS - Quarterback Larry Albright squirms out of the grip of a prospective Santa Rosa tackler. Also pictured is guard Willie Love, who comes up too late to help the T-Bird ball carrier.

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vita XM flIllillll'llI,S '58-'S' l.. VK A 4' Cage Team. YKLAQ KLA 17 V4 if ty l . . tn fg-on 'E' aat ii gli t 2 1 ' img if ,Q E 'll-Birll Mentor liill Rorlcurell by Frei! llflcllonald Coach Bill Rockwellls T-Bird cfagers ended the l95l'5-59 season with an over-all ll?-T mark and a 9-5 Big Eight record. ,good for fourth place. The Tllunderhirds were parted hy forward Rufus Hawkins. loading T-Bird scorer. third loading Big Eight point maker. and an almost unanimous All-Big Eight selection. Forwards Russ Vlfickwire. second team All-Big Eight. and Holm Laird. centers Ron Nelson and Jim Hatchett. and guards Holm Johnson. John Wloonvy. Ron Gower. and LaVan Patton recviwcl many plaudits also in the Oakland cause. Oakland opened the season with an 85-52 victory over Napa ,IC with llawkins and Gower doing most of the sooring. J RAKL4 Qglll 7 I2 T-Birdy End Second ffm zlglrt Winning Season Jumping Jim Hatchet! prepares to score as the awed Contra Costa Comets look on.