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We had the best of everything!
I was recruited by Coach Stuessy in 1954 (all-conference, three years at tackle/end, plus basketball, track, etc.) Within two years, the entire sports program at Mac was in high gear — we had the most wins in years! Couple that with Mac's scholastic records, we had the "best of everything" as they say!
E. George Thomas
Football drills in the “dirt pit”
The football tackling and blocking drills held in the “dirt pit” located deep in the bowels of the Track and Field House. No ventilation, poor lighting, and soon after the drills started nothing but clouds of dust and dirt in the air. In today’s world the EPA would have declared it unsafe, uninhabitable.
Don Olson
Victoriously marking our turf
The night we beat St. Thomas in football and celebrated the success in the early morning hours by burning the score into their front lawn – bad judgment – but emotionally rewarding.
Don Olson
Homecoming pep fests
Before homecoming games we had a pep fest in the gym. I remember cheering, skits and how we were going to inflict mayhem on the opposition the next day. I don't know the year, but I think we were going to play St. Thomas. We had just started the event but suddenly a pep band appeared, but it didn't consist of Mac students. Then, as they marched up they struck up, "When the Saints Go Marching In". We knew then who they were and before they got to the podium Dr. Turck ushered them out the door. That was good because the football players who were in front may have resorted to other ways of taking care of the situation.
Dale W. Turnham
Going "out of bounds" in golf
In 1958, I was a member of the Mac golf team and was also a smoker. Our coach, Ralph Lundeen, said, "Any player caught smoking on the golf course in a collegiate match was automatically dismissed from the team." Shortly thereafter, in a match I was playing, I went out of bounds (off the golf course) on a certain hole to have a cigarette. Coach Lundeen saw me and summarily kicked me off the team for a two-week period. I argued by saying, "Coach, I was not on the golf course while having a cigarette and therefore, technically, I had not violated your rules." Needless to say, my argument was to no avail and I sat out a few matches. All's well that ends well, however, since our 1958 golf team did win the MIAC Championship!
Robert Shogren
Returning from away basketball games
It was always fun playing on the basketball team. I enjoyed it even when we had to leave campus to play out of town on a weeknight. Many times you would get back at 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning and you’d have an 8 o’clock class – sometimes with a test. There was no preferential treatment for athletes – that’s the way it should be. You even had to write your own papers.
Jerry Sundall
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