Stockton College - El Recuerdo Yearbook (Stockton, CA)

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of F o o T B A L L ff ' . Al. .ll Ahnos This is a picTure Dick O'Day and STockTon College will always remem- ber lT musT be menTioned ThaT The popular Dick O'Day was noT menhoned as an ouTsTanding player because he suTTered a broken arm and was ouT mosT of The season. STockTon College proudly claims Mr. Amos Alonzo STagg as ColT-lv1usTang TooTball coach. Mr. STagg is The mosT Tamous name in FooTball. He is known naTionally noT only in gridiron circles buT To The general public as well. His name and TooTball will always go TogeTher. Mr. STagg aTTended Yale UniversiTy and played TooTball Two years aT +haT insTiTuTion --- T888-I889. One year he played RighT-End and The oTher aT LeTT-End. lmmediaTely aTTer he graduaTed Trom college he served as TooTball coach Tor SpringTield College H890-I89Il. He coached aT The UniversiTy oT Chicago Tor 4I years. AT Chicago he was ProTessor OT Physical EducaTion and AThleTics as well as TooTball coach. Because oT a compulsory reTiremenT plan aT Chicago he moved To C.0.P. aT sevenTy years oT age in I933. He was head coach aT PaciTic Tor I4 years. He served six seasons aT Susquehanna UniversiTy where he coached oTTense and planned sTraTegy while his son coached The deTense and line. AT presenT he is advisory coach aT STockTon College. Mr. STagg was named on WalTer Camp's All-American Team in l889. This was The TirsT All-American Team in The hisTory oT TooTball. While aT C.O.P. he was ProTessor oT Physical EducaTion. In I947 Mr. STagg was named FooTball Coach EmeriTus aT The College oT The PaciTic. Amos Alonzo STagg, well known as The grand old man oT TooTball, is a loved and respecTed Tigure in The FooTball world. STockTon College proudly hails him as MR, FOOTBALL. noT only Tor I954. buT Tor all Time. Alonzo Stagg

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T , .. l L L 1 - Rowl: Mervin Sears, Alan Caldwell, Jimmy Owens, Ossie Gooden, John FreneHe, Jim l-loll, Ken Yamamofo, Alberr Fields Junior Frazier, Gene Campbell, Doug Small, J. B. Girarcl. Row 2: Fred Janerioe, equipmenr man: Jim Evans, Ed l-lilcler, Lloyd Zorrozua l-larold l-lurs+. Neal Amick, Bob l-lilder, Bill Kobus, Frank Galindo. Jack Harrell, Al Molina, Boyd Carrer, Coach Gene Marlin Row 3: Vernon Du+ch Triebwasser, Trainer: Dick Fowler, Jim Kessel, John Lalor, Nick Garcia, Alex Linker, Ben Parks, Cecil Pearson Howard Jackson, Clarence Freeman, Junior Reynosa, Andy Misener, Coach Don l-lall. Row 4: Joe Boggs, Frances Kirk, Don Azevedo LeRoy Smilh, Phill Huff, Dick O'Day, John Nisby, Bob Zanelri, Jud Smilh, Joe Moore, Roger Lehr, Angelo Galindo. i953 Musfang Record Foo+ball plays an imporlanl parr in The inlercollegiale Sfockfon -Visifors a+hle'ric program as well as in The overall exrracurricular Sept I8 7 Bakersfield arhlelic program of The college. --- Earl Klapslein 53 sept 26 47 L. A. c. c. Oct 2 59 Sacramenro Ocr. IO 27 Compron Oc+. I5 25 Modesro Oc+. 24- 24 San+a Rosa Ocr. 30 I3 Wesr Conrra Cosra Nov. 7 52 S. F. Sfafe J.V. Nov. I3 I3 S. F. C. C. Nov. I9 38 San Mafeo Torals 303 Ass1'. Coach Gene lvlarfin, Head Coach Earl Klapslein, Asst Coach Don

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NeiTher rain, nor mud, nor wind can sTop The sTampeding Tangs Scheduled Tor Ten games in l953, The lvlusTangs carried away six wins and Tour losses. Final sTa- TisTics showed The lv1usTangs Tar ahead of The opposiTion. Leading ground-gainer was Gene Campbell wiTh 843 yards in 96 carries. Following in yardage gained was Jim HolT wiTh 770 yards in 92 carries. T E.. , 1 1 I . Y .A 1 1 . ,J-.ff-T .Q-'ia-i ' Charlie Munn 1' v 1 Pefe PraveTon Gene Campbell. J. B. Girard, Phil HUTT and Darrel Haynes were named as The ouTsTanding players of The year. Huff, Haynes. and Girard were named TirsT sTring All-Conference. Gene Campbell and LeRoy SmiTh were named All- Conference in The second sTrong. , Elise?-I was Head Coach Earl KlapsTein 1 , 4, 5 , Howard Jackson Don Azevedo