University of Nevada Las Vegas - Epilogue Yearbook (Las Vegas, NV)

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Coach Ban lreland Spring Football Practice Prepares Gridders for Fall Debut in 1968 Spring separated the men from the boys as NSU prepared to field its first intercollegiate football team for the fall of l968. Beginning with a squad of 58 in February and ending with a group of 40 in May, head coach Bill Ireland and assistant Bill Daniels screened, hopefully, the nucleus of next season's winners. A talented recruiter, Ireland managed to land eight outstanding prospects from Bakersfield, California - a perennial junior college power who last year finished as the number 2 J.C. football team in the nation. Leading the contingent from Cal were: Quarterback Carl Smith, End Mark Larson, Halfbacks John Ackerley and Jim Thompson, Guards Harold Gibson and George Mawson, Tackle Charles Brent, and Linebacker Frank Provencal. Also impressive throughout the spring drills were: Tackles Tommy Rowland from Arvin, Calif., and John Denham from Los Angeles, Guards Dick Morgan of Las Vegas, and Layton Duer from Powell, Wyoming, Center Melvin Creel, Newport News, Virginia, Defensive End Mike Kiddy of Las Vegas, Backs Steve Buzick from Sparks, George Powell of Las Vegas, and Richard Logan, Las Vegas. A-w...,.s....,. are ...R is-sf-'sf-'B

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with Football NAME Smith, Carl . . Johnson, Ed . . Bruno, Frank . . . . Ackerley, John . . . . Thompson, Jim . . . . Logan, Richard Jolly, Greg . . Haynes, Fred. . . . Gutterrez, Dan . . . . Anderson, Joe Buzick, Steve . Staresinic, Steve. . . . Wright, John . Powell, George Creel, Melvin . Vincent, Richard Lupo, Joe . . Sewell, Kevin . Arceneaux, Rene Morgan, Dick . Pos. AB QB HB HB HB HB HB HB HB HB FB HB FB LB C LB G T LB G HT. 5'10 5'1 5'5 5'9 5'9 5'9 5'1o 5'11 5'8 5'9 5'1o 5'8 5'10 5'o 5'0 5'0 5'8 5'1o 5'4 5'1 1 u n Wt. 170 195 160 170 174 183 170 168 181 165 208 140 200 195 201 212 200 180 175 210 Massano, Mike . Gibson, Harold . Duer, Layton . . Bates, Lee . . . Mawson, George Lomprey, Ernie . Barnes, Emmett . Naegle, Shiel . . Latham, Tig . . Brent, Charles . Denham, John . Rowland, Tommy Collins, Joe. . . Burton, Robert . Wagoner, James Provencal, Frank Stefanelli, Angelo Larson, Mark . . Kiddy, Mike . Buettner, Hunt . . G 5'4 . G 6'0 . G 6'1 . LB 5'9 . G 6'0 . G 5'8 . LB 5'10 . T 6'1 . T 6'1 . T 6'1 . T 6'3 . T 6'1 . E 6'0 , T 6'1 . E 5'1 1 . LB 5'9 . E 5'9 . E 6'2 . E 6'2 . T 6'2 160 210 212 175 205 175 220 183 197 230 240 210 208 220 194 200 157 185 210 220

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