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1951 USC Trojans Football Team
The 1951 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 1951 college football season. The Trojans finished the season with a 7–3 record. Schedule Coaching staff * Head coach: Jess Hill * Assistant coaches: Walter Hargesheimer (backfield coach), Mel Hein (line coach), Joe Muha (backfield coach), Bill Fisk (end coach), Don Clark (line coach), Jess Mortensen (junior varsity coach), Hilton A. Green (senior manager) Roster *HB #16 Frank Gifford, Sr. 1952 NFL draft The following players were drafted into professional football following the season. References {{USC Trojans football navbox USC USC Trojans football seasons USC Trojans football The USC Trojans football program represents University of Southern California in the sport of American football. The Trojans compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Pac-12 ...
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Pacific Coast Conference
The Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was a college athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. Though the Pac-12 Conference claims the PCC's history as part of its own, with eight of the ten PCC members (including all four original PCC charter members) now in the Pac-12, the older league had a completely different charter and was disbanded in 1959 due to a major crisis and scandal. Established on December 2, 1915, its four charter members were the University of California (now University of California, Berkeley), the University of Washington, the University of Oregon, and Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University). Conference members * University of California, Berkeley (1915–1959) * University of Oregon (1915–1959) * Oregon State College (1915–1959) * University of Washington (1915–1959) * Washington State College (1917–1959) * Stanford University (1918–1959) * University of Idaho (1922–1959) ...
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Yankee Stadium (1923)
The original Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in The Bronx, the Bronx in New York City. It was the home baseball park, ballpark of the New York Yankees, one of the city's Major League Baseball franchises, from 1923 to 2008, except for 1974–1975 when the stadium was renovated. It hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the home of the New York Giants National Football League (NFL) team from 1956 New York Giants season, 1956 through September 1973 New York Giants season, 1973. The stadium's nickname, "The House That Ruth Built", is derived from Babe Ruth, the baseball superstar whose prime years coincided with the stadium's opening and the beginning of the Yankees' winning history. It has often been referred to as "The Cathedral of Baseball". The stadium was built from 1922 to 1923 for $2.4 million ($34.4 million in 2022 dollars). Its construction was paid for entirely by Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, who was eager to have h ...
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Jess Mortensen
Jesse Philo Mortensen (April 16, 1907 in Thatcher, Arizona – February 19, 1962) was an NCAA champion track athlete and coach. Mortensen is one of only three men to win Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship team titles as both an athlete and coach. Biography Mortensen enrolled at the University of Southern California (USC) in 1928. While at USC, he won eight varsity letters, three each in basketball and track and field and two in football.1962 "El Rodeo" (USC yearbook) page 256. In basketball, he was selected as an All-Pacific Coast Conference player in 1928 and 1930. In football, he played at the left halfback position and was a member of the 1929 USC Trojans football team that defeated Pittsburgh in the 1930 Rose Bowl. In track and field, Mortensen was captain of the 1930 NCAA championship track team. He won the 1929 NCAA javelin title and set a world record in the decathlon in 1931. After graduating from USC, Mortensen held coaching positions at Ri ...
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Don Clark (American Football)
Donald Rex Clark (December 22, 1923 – August 6, 1989) was an American football player and coach who was perhaps best known as the head coach of the USC Trojans football team from 1957 to 1959. He compiled a 13–16–1 record while coaching at USC, going 0–5–1 against rivals UCLA and Notre Dame. The highlight of his career was in 1959, when USC shared the inaugural AAWU title in a three-way tie. However, he remains the only coach to post a losing record at USC over more than one season. Early career Clark was born in Churdan, Iowa, and his family moved to Los Angeles when he was 15. He attended USC, where he played as a guard on the football team under coach Jeff Cravath in 1942 before entering the military during World War II. Playing alongside teammates including John Ferraro and Paul Salata, he returned to USC for the 1946 and 1947 seasons, and was captain of the latter team which lost the 1948 Rose Bowl to Michigan. He served in a rifle platoon during the Battle of ...
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Bill Fisk
William G. Fisk (November 5, 1916 – March 28, 2007) was an American football end and defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) and All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1940 to 1948.Bruce FeldmanSeto settling in at USC ESPN.com, May 21, 2007, Accessed February 10, 2009. Early years Born in Los Angeles, California, Fisk prepped at Alhambra High School and played college football at the University of Southern California (USC). He was a member of the Trojans' 1938 Rose Bowl-winning team, and was voted Most Inspirational Player on the 1939 USC Trojans football team, which own a national championship. He was one of six Trojans selected for the 1940 College All-Star Game in Chicago. Professional football career Fisk played for the NFL's Detroit Lions and the AAFC's San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Dons between 1940 and 1948. He was drafted in the third round of the 1940 NFL Draft by Detroit. Later years Fisk was an assistant coach of the USC Trojans b ...
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Joe Muha
Joseph George Muha (April 28, 1921 – March 31, 1993) was an American football player, coach, and official. He played professionally as a fullback and linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. He was their starting fullback four of those years and a two-time All-Pro selection. Muha also was an umpire in the NFL from 1956 through 1971. He wore uniform number 43, which was claimed the season following Muha's retirement by Red Cashion. Muha served as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps from 1943 to 1947. He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame honors athletes, coaches, administrators, journalists and other contributors to athletics. Many of the more than 350 inductees since 1972 were born in Virginia or enjoyed success in college, professional, amateur or ... in 1976. Muha received his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Virginia Military Institute ...
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Mel Hein
Melvin Jack Hein (August 22, 1909 – January 31, 1992), sometimes known as "Old Indestructible", was an American football player and coach. In the era of one-platoon football, he played as a center (then a position on both offense and defense) and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963 as part of the first class of inductees. He was also named to the National Football League (NFL) 50th, 75th, and 100th Anniversary All-Time Teams. Hein played college football as a center for the Washington State Cougars from 1928 to 1930, leading the 1930 team to the Rose Bowl after an undefeated regular season. He received first-team All-Pacific Coast and All-American honors. Hein next played fifteen seasons in the NFL as a center for the New York Giants from 1931 to 1945. He was selected as a first-team All-Pro for eight consecutive years from 1933 to 1940 and won the Joe F. Carr Trophy as the NFL's Most Valuable P ...
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Walter Hargesheimer
Walter GouldUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook - Class of 1947, Page 20 Hargesheimer (August 10, 1912 – May 18, 1996) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Sioux Falls College, now the University of Sioux Falls, from 1935 to 1936 and at Massachusetts State College, now the University of Massachusetts Amherst, from 1941 to 1942 and again in 1946. Hargesheimer played football at the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated in 1934, as a back for the Golden Gophers in 1932 and 1933. After coaching football at Sioux Falls College in 1935 and 1936, he was the backfield coach and varsity basketball coach at Oberlin College from 1937 to 1940. He then coached football, basketball, and track at Highland Park High School in Highland Park, Illinois Highland Park is a suburban city located in the southeastern part of Lake County, Illinois, United States, about north of downtown Chicag ...
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Notre Dame–USC Football Rivalry
The Notre Dame–USC football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team of the University of Notre Dame and USC Trojans football team of the University of Southern California, customarily played on the Saturday following Thanksgiving Day when the game is in Los Angeles or on the second or third Saturday of October when the game is in South Bend, Indiana. The rivalry began in 1926 and is considered one of the fiercest in college football. The rivalry game has been played every year from 1926 to the present, with the exception of 1943–1945 when the game was cancelled during World War II and in 2020 when the Pac-12 Conference cancelled all non-conference games in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic therefore interrupted a streak of 73 consecutive years in which the game had been played. The 2021 matchup marked the first time in series history that two consecutive games between the rivals were played in South Ben ...
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1951 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Team
The 1951 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1951 college football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Frank Leahy, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 7–2–1. Schedule Team players drafted into the NFL The following players were drafted into professional football following the season. References Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish football seasons Notre Dame Fighting Irish football The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the intercollegiate football team representing the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, north of the city of South Bend, Indiana. The team plays its home games at the campus' Notre Dame ...
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Victory Bell (UCLA–USC)
The Victory Bell is the trophy that is awarded to the winner of the UCLA–USC football rivalry game. The game is an American college football rivalry between the UCLA Bruins and USC Trojans, part of the overall UCLA–USC rivalry. The Victory Bell is a brass bell that originally rang atop a Southern Pacific railroad locomotive. It is currently mounted on a special wheeled carriage. History The bell was given to the UCLA student body in 1939 as a gift from the school's alumni association. Initially, the UCLA cheerleaders rang the bell after each Bruin point. However, during the opening game of UCLA's 1941 season (through 1981, both schools used the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for home games), six members of USC's Trojan Knights (who were also members of the SigEp fraternity) infiltrated the Bruin rooting section, assisted in loading the bell aboard a truck headed back to Westwood, took the key to the truck, and escaped with the bell while UCLA's actual handlers went to fi ...
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1951 UCLA Bruins Football Team
The 1951 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1951 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Red Sanders, the Bruins compiled a record of 5–3–1 (4–1–1 in PCC,second). Schedule College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
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For the first time, the Bruins defeated the Trojans in consecutive seasons. UCLA won the previous season's game 39–0. Scoring for the Bruins were Don Stalwick, Ike Jones, and Donn Moomaw. Late in the fourth quarter, Jim Sears scored for USC to a ...
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