Note: This is my alma mater (Class of '68), so I'm devoting a special separate page to University of Utah football players and coaches. Go Utes!
Huck Adelt (1921-2008)
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Quarterback—(Utah) St. Mary's Preflight Air Devils 1942, Salt Lake Seagulls (PCFL) 1947
I played on the '47 [Seagulls] team. I had been the first 'T' formation quarterback at the U of U when we changed from the single wing in 1941. . . . I mention this only to tell you of my experience and of my surprise, when I joined the Seagulls and saw their unimaginative offense. Fred Tedesco [head coach] and Paul McDonough [line coach] had been out of football for over 10 years when they were asked to coach the team. They were running the old single wing. I joined the team because I thought it would be fun and perhaps the beginning of something. I worked myself into a starting position, but more importantly I tried to change the formation [from the outdated single wing] so that it was more explosive, quick hitting and more passing. The coaches finally let me get behind the center at times as in the 'T,' but we still had an unbalanced line with the wingback in motion. Believe me, we were the only team in the country with such a set-up. I made up plays in the huddle, especially pass patterns for the man in motion and the ends. I do not think the coaches knew what was going on half the time. At least the players were having fun. As I recall we were paid between $75 and $125 a game.
Huck Adelt, excerpt of 5-page handwritten letter to Mel Bashore, March 28, 1990
Huck Adelt, excerpt of 5-page handwritten letter to Mel Bashore, March 28, 1990
Ike Armstrong (1895-1983)
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Head Coach—(Drake) Utah 1925-49 (record: 140-55-15; 13 conference championships, 5 undefeated seasons) [College Football Hall of Fame 1957]
As a youth I found the utmost exhilaration in playing football at the university under Coach Armstrong. I found an outlet for my love of athletics. To him football not only provided a vehicle for the development of skills, ideals, and leadership, it personified life--and life at its best. To him the game afforded an unrivaled opportunity to teach not only football prowess, but also courage, duty, dependability, perseverance, integrity, and enthusiasm, which resulted in physical, emotional, and even spiritual conditioning at the highest level. Coach Armstrong was a fierce competitor and loved to win, but even more he loved to see his players become responsible, honorable, and goal-oriented young men, faithful to the loftiest ideals. The end product was to be nothing less than character of the most solid kind. Beyond these ideals Coach Armstrong taught basic, fundamental, hard football. He emphasized the fact that if each play were perfectly executed, it would result in a touchdown. But achieving that perfect play, he stressed, was only possible if each player performed his responsibility and assignment perfectly. This meant that each lineman and backfield man would have to do a perfect job of blocking out his opponent, that the center would have to pass the ball to the quarterback with bull's-eye accuracy and timing, and that the ball carrier would have to execute the play as called. I can assure you that it didn't always work this way, anymore than life itself can be directed or lived without some trial and error. However, if ultimate success is to be achieved in either football or life, there can be no compromising of the ideals or the effort. And, as in all things, it is frequently necessary to pick up the pieces, reevaluate the resources and the goals, never tiring of making the second effort. I recall a glorious November Indian summer afternoon at the Ute stadium in 1937. Our opponent was the University of Colorado. The star of that team was Byron "Whizzer" White, a versatile, fast, powerful, and innovative quarterback. He has since been a Rhodes Scholar and is presently Associate Justice on the bench of our country's Supreme Court. Utah kicked off to Colorado. Whizzer plucked the ball out of the air five yards behind the goal line and with enormous speed side-stepped every one of Utah's 11 players, each one of whom touched him as he sped past. He ran the entire length of the field, plus five yards, to a roaring touchdown. It was a heart-stopping, hair-raising performance, the longest, most spectacular run of the year in our conference. At our post-game evaluation session, Ike demonstrated how it might have been possible for any one of the Utes to stop Whizzer, if he had played up to his potential. I recount this unforgettable experience to emphasize that success in life depends upon the development of qualities that are often neglected. A let-down in morale and high purpose is usually a forerunner of failure.
Joseph B. Wirthlin
Joseph B. Wirthlin
I won this 1959 contract document signed by Ike Armstrong in an eBay auction in 2018. My winning bid was $56. At the time, Armstrong was athletic director at the University of Minnesota. It was a contract for a basketball game to be played between Minnesota and Ohio State on March 5, 1960, at Minneapolis. Ike Armstrong couldn't wait to associate himself with the game of football. He made his Seymour High School team while still an eighth-grade student in Seymour, Iowa, and began a gridiron romance that could reach only one end -greatness. Armstrong lettered as a fullback at Drake during the early 1920s, and his pile-driving style of ball-carrying played an important role in the Bulldogs' perfect seven-game record of 1922. After graduation, he stayed on at the Des Moines campus to coach the freshman team. Then, in 1925, the University of Utah offered Armstrong the head coaching position, and that action marked the start of a 25-year association in which his teams rolled to a 140-55-15 record. He produced five undefeated teams for the Utes, and had five other squads finish with only one regular-season loss apiece. Utah won 12 conference championships under Armstrong. In 1938, Armstrong's Utah club earned its first-ever bowl invitation and captured a 26-0 decision over New Mexico in the Sun Bowl. Armstrong's 1939 Utes led the nation in scoring with 259 points in nine games. However, Armstrong was more than just a football coach. After his Utah days, he was director of athletics at Minnesota 1950-63. Armstrong also coached Utah's basketball team for four years and the track squad for 20 years.
Pete Bogden (1917-1995)
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End—(Utah) Cleveland Rams 1940, Columbus Bullies 1940
Frank Christensen (1910-2001)
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Blocking Back/Defensive Back/Fullback/Linebacker—(Utah) Detroit Lions 1934-37 [All-American (UPI) 1932]
In 1933, we had a contract with the Portsmouth Spartans. Jack Johnson and I both had a contract. We went to a game in Chicago called the "Century of Progress" game in the fall of 1933. We were given a 14-day excursion ticket on the railroad to Chicago and return. We were given seven dollars a day to live on, expenses, while we were there. They deducted four dollars for board and room where we stayed in a dormitory at Northwestern University. So we had three dollars left over. If we went to Portsmouth, Ohio, to work for the Spartans and we didn't make the team, how would we get home? We'd have to thumb a ride or something. Our excursion tickets would be gone and we had no money. We elected--to heck with it. We would pass it up because we weren't that sure that we'd make it in pro football. We took the train back to Salt Lake and didn't play. They threatened to sue us. The team was sold the next season [1934] to Detroit to G. A. Richards. They then had our contracts. They sent us new contracts and gave us a ten dollar raise over what Portsmouth was going to give us and guaranteed us three games salaries. We felt pretty comfortable in going to Detroit the next year because they had guaranteed us they would give us three games pay. If we didn't make the team, we'd have enough money to get back. I'm talking about the Depression years. A few dollars was quite a factor then and having a job and something to do was important.
Frank Christensen, excerpt of interview with Mel Bashore, August 11, 1990
Frank Christensen, excerpt of interview with Mel Bashore, August 11, 1990
Frank gave me a 1932 Don McKenzie Ripley's Believe It or Not cartoon that he had printed on slick paper. Christensen is credited with scoring 13 points in 13 seconds in a game against Colorado College, an amazing feat memorialized in Ripley's Believe It or Not. On 11 August 1990, I did an interview with Frank in his business office in Salt Lake City. One memorable moment on that occasion is when he got down in a 3-point stance to show me how he played against Bronko Nagurski.
Win "Shifty" Croft (1910-1993)
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Guard—(Utah) St. Louis-Kansas City Blues (American League) 1934, Brooklyn Dodgers 1935, Pittsburgh Pirates 1936 [A.P. All-American League team 1934]
I had to quit after 3 years. I was too brittle.
Win Croft, in a note to Mel Bashore
Win Croft, in a note to Mel Bashore
Jack "Cactus Jack" Curtice (1907-1982)
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(Transylvania University) Head Coach—West Texas State 1940-41, Texas Mines/Texas Western 1946-49, Utah 1950-57, Stanford 1958-62, UC Santa Barbara 1962-69 [Amos Alonzo Stagg Award 1972]
Merrill Douglas (1936- )
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Fullback/Halfback—(Utah) Chicago Bears 1958-60, Dallas Cowboys 1961, Philadelphia Eagles 1962
Tom Dublinski (1930-2015)
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Quarterback—(Utah) Detroit Lions 1952-54, Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 1955-57,1962, New York Giants 1958, Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) 1959,1961 [University of Utah Crimson Club Hall of Fame 1993]
Dublinski invited me to meet with him in his hotel room in May 1993, when he was in Utah for his induction into the University of Utah Crimson Club Hall of Fame. He gave me a couple of football postcards, signing his name on the reverse side of one of the postcards for me.
Jim Fassel (1949- )
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Quarterback--(Fullerton College/USC/Long Beach State) Chicago Bears 1972, San Diego Chargers 1972, Houston Oilers 1972, Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 1973, The Hawaiians 1974-75; Head Coach—Utah 1985-89, New York Giants 1997-2003, Las Vegas Locomotives (UFL) 2009-12 [Utah record: 25-33]
I purchased this 3x5 card for $13 in 2018
Manny Fernandez (1946- )
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Defensive Tackle/Defensive End—(Utah) Miami Dolphins 1968-75 [played twice on a Super Bowl championship team]
I obtained this 3x5 card in a trade
Marv Fleming (1942- )
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Tight End/Defensive End—(Utah) Green Bay Packers 1963-69, Miami Dolphin 1970-74, Washington Redskins 1975 [first player to play in five Super Bowls, Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame 2010]
I obtained this 3x5 card in a trade. Marv Fleming leveraged a very good Utah career into one of the most accomplished runs in the NFL of any former Utah football player. As a Ute, Fleming caught 35 passes for 598 yards (an astounding 17.1 yards per catch) and six touchdowns. He was drafted in the 11th round of the 1963 NFL draft with the 154th pick (the equivalent of a 5th rounder today) by the Green Bay Packers. Fleming played seven seasons for the Packers, winning three championships in the process (including Super Bowls 1 and 2). He went on to play another five seasons for the Miami Dolphins. He was the first player to ever play in five Super Bowls, winning four of them.
Fred Gehrke (1918-2002)
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Halfback/Defensive Back/Tailback—(Utah) Hollywood Bears 1942 (PCFL), Los Angeles Bulldogs 1943-44 (PCFL), Los Angeles Wildcats 1944 (PCFL), Hollywood Wolves 1944 (PCFL); Cleveland Rams 1940,1945, Los Angeles Rams 1946-49, San Francisco 49ers 1950, Chicago Cardinals 1950 [#1 Rushing Average 1945]
Freddie always gave 100% effort and was always in good shape. He had excellent speed. The year before Fred rejoined the Rams we won one game. In 1945 with Gehrke on the roster the Rams lost only one game to Philadelphia and won the world championship 15-14 over the Washington Redskins. From 1945-1948, Freddie beat Tom Harmon and Les Horvath for the starting job. Both were Heisman Trophy winners. [He was] the finest left halfback in the National Football League.
Bob Snyder
Bob Snyder
Mike Giddings (1933- )
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Head Coach—(California) Utah 1966-67, The Hawaiians (WFL) 1974-75 [Utah record: 9-12]
I purchased this 3x5 card for $11 in 2018
Lee "Bambi" Grosscup (1936-2020)
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Quarterback—(Utah) New York Giants 1959-61, New York Titans 1962, Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL) 1963, Oakland Raiders 1964, Hartford Charter Oaks (Continental Football League) 1965-66
Barney Hafen (1921-2012)
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Offensive End/Defensive End—(Utah) Detroit Lions 1949-50
Manny Hendrix (1964- )
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Cornerback—(Utah) Dallas Cowboys 1986-91, San Francisco 49ers 1992, Buffalo Bills 1992
I purchased this 3x5 card in 2020 for $15
Wayne Howard (1931- )
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Head Coach—UC Riverside 1972-73, Long Beach State 1974-76, Utah 1977-81, Long Beach City College 1982-83 [Utah record: 30-24-2]
I just did. No real reason. I wasn't unhappy. I was not treated badly. I really never tried to get another job. I liked it there. They treated me well. There's too much religion involved [in the Utah-BYU rivalry]. I did not like that. I really didn't.
Wayne Howard, on his reasons for retiring in 1981 after losing to BYU
Wayne Howard, on his reasons for retiring in 1981 after losing to BYU
Coach Howard signed this 3x5 card for me through the mail in March 2018 when he was 86 years old
Roy Jefferson (1943- )
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Wide Receiver—(Utah) Pittsburgh Steelers 1965-69, Baltimore Colts 1970, Washington Redskins 1971-76 [All-American 1964]
I obtained this 3x5 card in a trade
Sid Kramer (1914-2004)
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Blocking Back/Defensive Back/Halfback/Receiver—(Utah) Salt Lake Seagulls (PCFL) 1946
Tom Lovat (1938- )
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Head Coach—(Utah, 1958-60) 1974-76 [Utah record: 5-28]
This card was signed by Lovat circa 1992, when he was offensive line coach
for the Green Bay Packers. I purchased this 3x5 card for $5 in 2018.
for the Green Bay Packers. I purchased this 3x5 card for $5 in 2018.
Ron McBride (1939- )
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Head Coach—(San Jose State) Utah 1990-2002, Weber State 2005-11 [Utah record: 88-63, 2 conference championships]
Utah was a soft program, an underachieving program and a program that was going nowhere. Their expectations weren't that high. When they hired me they said, "Well, if you cannot embarrass us against BYU and be in about the middle of the league, and be respectable you can stay here as long as you want." The bar was low. The expectations were they just didn't want to get embarrassed on Saturday.
Ron McBride, on the state of Utah football when he took over in 1990
Ron McBride, on the state of Utah football when he took over in 1990
Coach Mac signed this 3x5 note for me through the mail in April 2018
Walt McDonald (1911-2001)
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Center/Linebacker—(Utah) St. Louis/Kansas City Blues 1934, Brooklyn Dodgers 1935, Los Angeles Bulldogs 1936
This is one of two letters that Walt McDonald wrote to me in 1995. In his March 6, 1995, letter, McDonald wrote about his friendship with Aimee McPherson. "He and I were twins in a lot of ways," McDonald wrote. They shared the same birthdate and looked somewhat alike. They were teammates in 1934 on the Blues. Afterwards McPherson had a 10-year career in the NFL with the Bears, Eagles, and Packers.
Paul McDonough (1916-1960)
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Offensive End/Defensive End/Wingback—(Utah) Pittsburgh Pirates 1938, Cleveland Rams 1939-41, Fort Douglas Military Police 1942, Salt Lake Seagulls (PCFL) 1946, 1947 (assistant coach)
I purchased this cut pencil signature for $85 in 2020
Barney McGarry (1917-2001)
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Guard/Linebacker—(Utah) Cleveland Rams 1939-42; Iowa Pre-flight Seahawks 1943, Jacksonville Naval Air Station Fliers 1945 [All-American (Central Press) 1938]
Barney McGarry signed this 1938 Ev Thorpe cartoon while I was sitting in his home at his kitchen table conducting an interview with him.
Bill Meek (1920-1998)
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Head Coach—(Tennessee) Kansas State 1951-54, Houston 1955-56, SMU 1957-61, Utah 1968-73 [Utah record: 33-31]
I purchased this 3x5 card for $15 in 2018
Urban Meyer (1964- )
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Head Coach—(Cincinnati) Bowling Green 2001-2, Utah 2003-4, Florida 2005-10, Ohio State 2012-18 [Utah record: 22-2; Woody Hayes Trophy 2004, Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year 2004, 3 national championships]
Urban Meyer signed this 3x5 card for me through the mail in Aug. 2019
Frank Nelson (1923-2002)
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Defensive Back/Halfback/Tailback—(Utah) Boston Yanks 1948, New York Bulldogs 1949
We were the door mat of the N.F.L. This was before TV and before money . . . .Our training camp started the end of July and was held in Hershey, Pa. There were always sixty to seventy players trying for the thirty-two positions.
Frank Nelson, note to Mel Bashore, April 1993
Frank Nelson, note to Mel Bashore, April 1993
Terry Nofsinger (1938-2007)
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Quarterback—(Utah) Pittsburgh Steelers 1961-64, St. Louis Cardinals 1965-66, Atlanta Falcons 1967
I purchased this 3x5 card in 2020 for $15
Aldo "Honey" Richins (1910-1995)
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Wingback/Defensive Back/Guard—(Utah) 1932-34; Detroit Lions 1935, Salt Lake Seagulls (PCFL) 1946-47
I got a $150 a game with the Detroit Lions. Winning the NFL title in 1935 was pretty exciting in a way. It was all new to me. I was just a substitute then. I played about a quarter total, just to let others rest. We played in university stadiums because they couldn't afford to have their own stadiums. We played at the University of Detroit stadium. When we won the NFL title, there was no champagne in the locker room. There was a couple of reporters, but that's about all.
Aldo Richins, excerpt of interview with Mel Bashore, August 4, 1990
Aldo Richins, excerpt of interview with Mel Bashore, August 4, 1990
I interviewed Aldo at his home in Sandy, Utah, on August 4, 1990. At that time,
he signed this 3x5 card for me. In a 1935 newspaper article, Frank Christensen stated that Richins "played with the Lions for four games. Although he was a halfback in college, the Lions used him as a guard. He was released in favor of more experienced and heavier linemen."
he signed this 3x5 card for me. In a 1935 newspaper article, Frank Christensen stated that Richins "played with the Lions for four games. Although he was a halfback in college, the Lions used him as a guard. He was released in favor of more experienced and heavier linemen."
Del "Popcorn" Rodgers (1960- )
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Running Back—(Utah) Green Bay Packers 1982-85, San Francisco 49ers 1987-88
Del Rodgers signed two 3x5 cards through the mail for me in Aug. 2020
Ron Rydalch (1952- )
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Defensive Tackle—(Utah) Chicago Bears 1975-80
I purchased this 3x5 card in 2020 for $15
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Roly Sleater (1912-2003)
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Quarterback—(Utah) St. Louis-Kansas City Blues (American League) 1934 [AP All-Rocky Mountain Conference Team 1932]
Walt McDonald, Win Cross, and myself went to the St. Louis Blues of the Old American League for $100 a game, board and room, and a small percentage of end of the season profits, if any.
Roly Sleater, letter to Mel Bashore, September 7, 1990
Roly Sleater, letter to Mel Bashore, September 7, 1990
Mac Speedie (1920-1993)
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Offensive End/Defensive End—(Utah) Western Army All-Stars 1942, Fort Warren Broncos 1945, Cleveland Browns 1946-52, Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL) 1953-54; Coach—Denver Broncos 1964-66 [#1 Pass Receiving AAFC 1947-49,#1 All-Time AAFC Pass Receiving, #11 All-Time AAFC Scoring, All Pro 1950,1952, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2020]
Mac was faster and smoother. He was almost impossible to cover one on one. Mac wasn't a Bobby Layne, but he also wasn't an Otto Graham. He was a happy-go-lucky type of guy and he had a lot of fun. . . . Quite honestly, I think Paul Brown is the reason [Speedie isn’t in the Hall of Fame]. Paul wasn't the type of guy you crossed. He would never forget it.
Otto Graham
Otto Graham
Chuck Stobart (1934-2022)
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Head Coach—(Ohio) Toledo 1977-81, Utah 1982-84, Memphis 1989-94 [Utah record: 16-17-1]
Coach Stobart sent this notecard to me in 2018
Bob Summerhays (1927-2017)
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Linebacker/Fullback—(Utah) Green Bay Packers 1949-51
Summerhays signed this 3x5 card for me in 1995
Kyle Whittingham (1959- )
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Linebacker--(BYU) Denver Gold (USFL) 1983, New Orleans Breakers (USFL) 1984; Head Coach—Utah 2005-present [AFCA Coach of the Year 2008, Paul "Bear" Bryant Award 2008, MWC Coach of the Year 2008, PAC-12 Coach of the Year 2019, Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year 2019]
Coach Whittingham signed this 3x5 card for me through the mail in Feb. 2018
Larry Wilson (1938-2020)
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Free Safety/Defensive Back—(Utah) St. Louis Cardinals 1960-72 [NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1966, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1978]
Larry Wilson personifies what made the NFL great. His competitiveness was his strength and he had a feel for the game, a real nose for the ball. He was a leader as a player and he's been a leader since.
Bill Bidwell
Bill Bidwell