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Al Worley
Elvin "Al" Worley (August 8, 1946 – December 14, 2020) was an American football player and coach, a defensive back for the University of Washington Huskies from 1966– 68. Worley was named a consensus All-American in 1968, when he set an NCAA record of 14 interceptions in a season. He played for one season for the Seattle Rangers of the Continental Football League in 1969. High school Born in Chelan, Washington and raised in Wenatchee, Worley grew up in a family with ten children. He attended Wenatchee High School and was a three-sport standout in football, basketball, and baseball, finishing as the school's fourth all-time leading scorer in basketball. Worley stated he was lightly recruited and "I was surprised that Washington even offered me a scholarship. I was not what you'd call a widely recruited athlete. I was an all-nothing in high school." Worley was selected as the "Panther Best" award recipient his senior year and is a member of the Wenatchee High S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelan, Washington
Chelan ( ) is a city in Chelan County, Washington, United States. The estimated population was 3,850 at the 2010 census with a margin of error of ±15. The population was 4,222 at 2018 Estimate from Office of Financial Management. It lies on the southeast tip of Lake Chelan, where the lake flows into the Chelan River. Chelan is part of the Wenatchee−East Wenatchee Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The original inhabitants of the Chelan area were the Chelan, a tribe of Salish-speaking Native Americans. Relatively little is known about the culture and lifestyle of the early Chelan, as the tribe had adopted the dress, beadwork, and equestrian culture of the Plains Indians by the time of European contact. Infectious diseases including smallpox and measles arrived sometime prior to white settlement of the area, and had killed an estimated 90% of the Indians by the time explorer David Thompson arrived on the Columbia in 1811. Until this point tribal decision-making had b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wenatchee World
''The Wenatchee World'' is the leading daily newspaper in Wenatchee and East Wenatchee, Washington, United States. Serving Chelan, Douglas and other North Central Washington counties since 1905, ''The Wenatchee World'' prints on its front page that it is "Published in the Apple Capital of the World and the Buckle of the Power Belt of the Great Northwest". History The World Publishing Company was founded in 1905 by businessmen C.A. Briggs and Nat Ament. On July 3, 1905, the company published the first issue of ''The Wenatchee Daily World''. The issue included a pledge "to be an active, helping factor in not alone the city of Wenatchee and the county of Chelan, but also in our neighbor counties of Douglas and Okanogan." The newspaper was a forceful proponent for economic development of the Columbia Basin and the area the newspaper called North Central Washington. Two years later, the newspaper was purchased by Rufus Woods and his twin brother Ralph. Rufus published the newspaper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerod Holliman
Gerod Holliman (born May 6, 1994) is an American football safety who is currently a free agent. At the University of Louisville, he won the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back in college football. He set an NCAA record for most interceptions (14) in a season. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the seventh round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisville. Holliman has also been a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Early years Holliman attended Miami Southridge High School in Miami, Florida, where he played football mainly as a safety. As a senior, he led Dade County with 12 interceptions, returning five for touchdowns. In a game vs. Coral Reef, he recorded an 80-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, a 38-yard interception return for a score, caught six passes for 78 yards and rushed six times for 118 yards, including a 70-yard touchdown run. In track & field, Holliman posted personal-best times of 23.5 seconds in the 200-meter dash a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 NCAA Division I FBS Football Season
The 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The regular season began on August 27, 2014 and ended on December 13, 2014. The postseason concluded on January 12, 2015 with the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The 2014 season marked a major change to the postseason with the introduction of the College Football Playoff, a four-team knockout tournament to determine the national champion of Division I FBS. The College Football Playoff system replaced the Bowl Championship Series, which had been in use since 1998. Ohio State beat Oregon to claim the first ever FBS (formerly Division I-A) national title awarded using a playoff system. Following the game, Ohio State was named the No. 1 team in the AP Poll and Coaches' Poll for the season, making the Buckeyes consensus national ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idaho Vandals Football
The Idaho Vandals are the college football team that represents the University of Idaho and plays its home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho. Idaho is a member of the Big Sky Conference in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The new head coach in 2022 is Jason Eck, who succeeded Paul Petrino (2013– 2021). The Idaho football program began in 1893, and through the 2019 season, the Vandals have an all-time record of They have played in three bowl games in their history, all victories in the Humanitarian/Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise in 1998, 2009 and 2016. As a Division I-AA (FCS) program for Idaho made the playoffs 11 times and advanced to the national semifinals twice ( 1988 and 1993). On April 28, 2016, university president Chuck Staben announced the football program would return to the Big Sky and FCS in 2018. This followed the Sun Belt Conference's announcement on March 1 that the associate membership of Idaho an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Wisconsin Badgers Football Team
The 1968 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1968 Big Ten Conference football season. The team was led by second-year head coach John Coatta, and they competed in the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers finished the season 0–10 (0–7 in Big Ten, last); to date, this is the first (and only) time the Badgers have finished winless. This was the first season of artificial turf at Camp Randall Stadium; the Tartan Turf home opener was against Washington of the Pac-8, who had just installed AstroTurf at their Husky Stadium in Seattle. Outside of these two, the only other University Division venues with synthetic turf in 1968 were the Astrodome (Houston) and Neyland Stadium (Tennessee). Schedule : Roster NFL/AFL Draft selections Two University of Wisconsin Badgers were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft, which lasted seventeen rounds with 442 selections. : References {{Wisconsin Badgers football navbox Wisconsin Wisconsin Badgers foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Washington Huskies Football Team
The 1967 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. In its eleventh season under head coach Jim Owens, the team compiled a 5–5 record, tied for fourth place in the Athletic Association of Western Universities (Pac-8), and outscored its opponents 136 to 130. Washington won only two of its six home games; the notable victory was over the "Giant Killers" of Oregon State in the conference opener. The Huskies had just one loss after five games, but won only one of the last five. This was the last year for natural grass in Husky Stadium; AstroTurf was installed prior to the 1968 season. Schedule Roster : NFL/AFL Draft selections Five University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1968 NFL/AFL draft, which lasted seventeen rounds with 462 selections. References Washington Washington Huskies football seasons Washington Huskies football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Washington Huskies Football Team
The 1965 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In its ninth season under head coach Jim Owens, the team compiled a 5–5 record, finished in fourth place in the Athletic Association of Western Universities, and outscored its opponents 205 to 185. Ron Medved and Ralph Winters were the team captains. Schedule Game summaries Washington State *Source:'' All-Coast Professional football draft selections Three University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1966 NFL Draft, which lasted twenty rounds with 305 selections. One Husky was selected in the 1966 AFL Draft, which lasted twenty rounds with 181 selections. This was the final year of separate drafts; a common draft was introduced for 1967. References Washington Washington Huskies football seasons Washington Huskies football The Washingt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redshirt (college Sports)
Redshirt, in United States college athletics, is a delay or suspension of an athlete's participation in order to lengthen their period of eligibility. Typically, a student's athletic eligibility in a given sport is four seasons, aligning with the four years of academic classes typically required to earn a bachelor's degree at an American college or university. However, in a redshirt year, student athletes may attend classes at the college or university, practice with an athletic team, and "suit up" (wear a team uniform) for play – but they may compete in only a limited number of games (see " Use of status" section). Using this mechanism, a student athlete has at most five academic years to use the four years of eligibility, thus becoming what is termed a fifth-year senior. Etymology and origin According to ''Merriam-Webster'' and '' Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged'', the term ''redshirt'' comes from the red jersey commonly worn by such a player in prac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 NFL/AFL Draft
The 1967 National Football League draft was conducted March 14–15, 1967, at the Gotham Hotel in New York City. It was the first common draft with the AFL, part of the AFL–NFL merger agreement of June 1966. This draft was delayed as new guidelines were established; redshirt (or "future") players were no longer eligible. It began on a Tuesday in mid-March; the previous two years the leagues held their separate drafts on the final Saturday of November, immediately following the college football regular season. The expansion New Orleans Saints were initially awarded the first overall pick of the draft. The Saints traded the pick to the Baltimore Colts, who used it to select defensive end Bubba Smith. Player selections Round one Round two Round three Round four Round five Round six Round seven Round eight Round nine Round ten Round eleven Round twelve Round thirteen Round fourteen Round fifteen Round sixteen Round seventeen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Williams (wide Receiver)
David Laverne Williams (born August 10, 1945) is a former wide receiver who had a ten year career in the National Football League and the World Football League. He was the first player signed by the Seattle Seahawks in 1975. Williams was an All-American for the University of Washington in football and track, as a decathlete. He was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in 2014. Following his pro football career, Williams has been an executive working in property management for more than four decades. He helped to establish a church on Kauai in 2001, which met in a tent until the North Shore Christian Church building was completed in 2014. Early life and education Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Williams was the fourth of seven children of Joseph Laverne Williams and Cleo Maye (née Hill) Williams. His family moved in the winter of 1951–1952 to Tacoma, Washington, where they lived near his paternal grandparents. Williams traces his interest in football to , when his fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Owens
James Donald Owens (March 6, 1927 – June 6, 2009) was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach at the University of Washington from 1957 to 1974, compiling a record of in 18 seasons. Owens played college football at the University of Oklahoma from 1946 to 1949, under head coach Bud Wilkinson, where he was a teammate of Darrell Royal, who, coincidentally, was the Huskies' head coach in 1956 Washington Huskies football team, 1956, then took the same post at Texas Longhorns football, Texas, allowing Owens to come to Seattle. He played a year of pro football in 1950 Baltimore Colts season, 1950 and then was a college assistant coach for six years under Bear Bryant at the University of Kentucky and at Texas A&M University. According to legend, after the 1956 season, when the Washington Huskies football, Washington Huskies were looking for a head coach, Bryant indicated to reporters that Owens "will make a great coach for somebody some day." In 1959 Washington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
