University of British Columbia - Totem Yearbook (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)

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aJ they reach jmperia! Cup ina 4 i'Top picture shows bull being headed by member of opposing team. Centre is the team shot. They did not have a manager M, till late in the season and never had cl coach. The bottom shot looks like illegal play but the player is the goalie. First Division soccer team included Mike Puhach. Bud Fredrilqson. Don Renton, liill Wtilters. Howie Ushourne, lim Foster. Bob Mounds. Other members of the 11 squad were Donald B. Gleig, Bill Popowich, Bud Dobson, Ken Campbell, Dick lyiatthews, Mesfin Abehe and lohn Linguist. A. E. Richman was coach of the team with Gene Smith representing the soccermen as Senior Manager on the Men's Athletic Directorate. The other Varsity soccer team in the Vancouver Second Division did not have the polish of the upper team. 111

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uncferbircf occer ave reaieaf ear Thunderbird soccer had one of its greatest years on the campus. Varsity soccer, which participated in the Van- couver and District League, First Division, was with- out a peer in their class. Besides their amazing record, there has been the best soccer played in the league in many a year. The UBC Soccer team went through the complete session with only two losses in the season and with a lf, straight unbeaten record ln Vancouver the Thunderbirds have proved them- selves not only as a team capable of playing soccer 'kMiIce Puhach, top picture, clears soccer ball from the goal. Centre, team shot. At left of last line is A. E. Richman, coach, and Gene Smith, senior manager. In bottom photo Foster, centre half, heads ball. of a high calibre, but also the spirit that has identified it as a team that Vancouver soccer fans will long re- member. Due to the snow in early March the Totem had to go to press without the results of the Imperial Cup finals. But it was expected that the Thunderbirds would take home the cup. which is symbolic of league suprem- acy, although the top teams are closely matched. Outside soccer authorities stated that in view of Varsity's record so far that they undoubtedly have the team that has played the best and most consistent soccer in the first team. l IO

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Willis, Gib Wade, and Bill Sellens eskiew ' algazn op UBC skiers proved once again Greatest threat to the supremacy that the University of British Col- umbia is rated as the number three skiing power in the Pacific North- west. In all meets this year, UBC, true to the precedent set in intercollegi- ate meets in the pLlSt few years, placed third to the ever-powerful of the Yankee colleges this year was the perennial Thunderbird plank- man, Gar Robinson. Robinson came back to captain the 'Birds after tak- ing a year out from school to study ski techniques under a professional in the United States. Peter Vajda coached the Thun teams of the University of Washing- derbird plankmen again this year KOH Huskies and the Washington SELIEC COLlg8I'S. f UBC again proved .to be onelof University of Washington, with a llzflizgegiireetlsesyms vifriarishe four year uninterrupted record to wrjtifwfllv bv two 'OP teams. defend, continued to set the pace in osfmgcshinglon and the first two International Inter- collegiate meets of the season, the first at Rossland, B.C., and the sec- ond at Banff, early in the new year. J 6 and built a fine team out of the ri available talent. Vajda counted a lot on Robinson, but regulars Frank i'Skiers stayed at the lodge on Red Mountain when they went to Rossland for the annual ski meet. i'Part of the crowd that gathered inside the lodge which included UBC skiers as well as other week-end guests. i'Plankman Gar Robinson, after a year out of school, was standout on the team. During March he went to Banff where he tried out for the Olympics. Half! were always dependable. Last meet of the year, the annual Northwest Intercollegiate Cham- pionships, was hosted by UBC on their own stamping grounds, Grouse Mountain, on March 17 and 18. VVashington State Cougars edged out the perennial champion Husky team to take top honors, while UBC again ran third. Thunderbirds were jinxed out of a possible win when they lost out in the giant 112