FOOl~BALL
PRESS INFORMATION BOOK
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BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE
BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
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PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE
Boyd F. Buckingham, Director
R ichard Rohrer

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0LOOMSBURG
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COLLEGE
Pennsylvania

Sports Publicity Office

1960 FOOTBALL . BROCHURE
President of the College •• u ............Dr. Harvey A. · Andruss
Athletic Staff (Football)
Athletic Director ••••••••• Russell Houk, Lock Haven s. T.C. '52
Head Football Coach ••••••• Walter R. Blair, West Chester S. T.C. '50
Line Coach•••••••••••••••• Russell Houk, Lock Haven ,c::, . C. 1 52
End Coach ••••••••••••••••• Michael Flanagan, Lock Haven S. C. 1 49
Freshman Coach •••••••••••• Donald Bashore, Susquehanna s.c. 1 47
Trainer ••••••••••••••••••• Robert Zeigler, West Chester '3.C. t,58
Student Managers •••••••••• Andrew Litavec, 1 61
Director of Public Relations •• Boyd F. Buckingham, Bloomsburg s.c. 143
Secretary ••••• ;~ •••••••••• Hrs. Joann 'M cAfee
Athletic Information
Member ••••••••••••••••••••• NCAA,PSTCAC, NAIA
Colors •••••••••••••••••••••Naroon and Gold
Nickname •••••••••••••••·•••• Huskies
Mascot ••••••••••••••••••••• Roongo III
Home Field ••••••••••••••••• Mt. Olympus
Capacity ••••• ~ ••••••••••••• 3,000
Press Table •••••••••••••••• Accomodations for 10 persons
College Information
Denomination·••••••••••• Non-Denominational
Conducted by••••••••••• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Year Founded ••••••••••• 1639
Enrollment ••••••••••••• 1700
Address •••••••••••••••• Bloomsburg, Pen.~sylvania
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Director of Public Relations
19 60 OUTLOOK

Looking over his squad in anticipation of a starting lineup for
the initial game of the season against Shippensburg, Coach Walt Blair
noted that 23 of the 40 men who went to Shippensburg last year in the
season opener will not be with the squad on September 24. Ten of the
23 have been graduated, some did not return to school, several did
not report for practice, and one or two were injured in pre-season
practice sessions.
On September 6, Coach Blair began an intensive drive to whip
into shape a squad of slightly more than JO seniors, juniors, and
sophomores. When the day of reckoning arrived, the sophomores, six of
whom were lettermen, outnumbered the other two classes. For the
first time in Bloomsburg' s history, there will be no freshmen starting
in the varsity unit, although Blair has indicated that a few may move
up to the varsity from tlle Freshmen team later in the season.
Watching pre-season practic e and scrimmage sessions, one might
have observed that 1r,1hat t h e Huski es lacked in experience, they would
make up with rugged determination and would ask or give no quarter.
The Huskies seem to have pretty good depth at end with Hugo,
Conrad, Wetzel, Cunningham, Miller, and Brown but they' 11 miss the
steady performances of Stan Flinsld and 'Rd Galitski. There seems to
be plenty of beef to fill tackle assignments vacated by Hank Orband,
Barney Manko and Roy Shifflet; the force demonstrated by Nace, Gurski,
Denick, Garson, and Barnaba should bring pleasure to fans and dismay
to opponents. Although the Huskies will miss Joe Panichello and Bill
Morris at guard, the 1960 crop of Warren, Creneti, Sills, Stackhouse,
Carpenter, and Dragan constitutes a mighty aggressive sextet. Stepping into the shoes of Phil Lockcuff will be Bob Christina, a sophomore who earned a letter last year; he'll get able assistance from
Tony McCreavy and Vince Raupers.
With the experience they gained as Freshman quarterbacks last
year, Dick Rohrer and Ken Robbins could play a decidedly large part
in the fortunes of' t h e squad. Rohrer brought the fans to their feet
with his passing in the upset victory over West Chester last year, and
Robbins has looked good in both passing and running t his year.
The Maroon and Gold forces can't help but miss the versatility
of Bobby Rohm in t he b ackfield on either offense or defense. But
if Joe Rishkofski and Walter Fake can overcome present injuries to
join Johnson, Gruber, Frey, Cocco, Baker, Montanye, Scott, and Iagerman,
overall speed, experience, and a ggr essiveness should more t han equal
last season's performanc e of the backfield.
Let there be no doubt t hat the Huskies face a tough schedule.
They start with a strong team at Shippensburg, and meet King's College,

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1960 Outlook - continued

Cortland State College, Lock Haven, Mansfield, East Stroudsburg and
West Chester in succeeding weekends. Those underlined will be
played away from home, and, home or away, Lock Haven will be a threat
to any opponent this year.
It is extremely difficult to predict exactly what kind of a
season Blair's forces will have, but one might venture to say that
they will show a steadiness which was not apparent in the extreme ups
and downs encountered last year.

STUDENT PERSONNFL
TRAINERS - Andrew Litavec •61
Lee Jackson '63
MANAGER - Vine ent Sgro ' 63
Dennis Reider 1 63
Gary Cunningham t 64
STATISTICIAN FOR ALL VARSITY SPORTS
John Zorzi '61

Sports Publicity Office

Boyd F. Buckingham
Dj_rector of Public Relations
THE COACHING STAFF

WALTFR R. BLAIB, HEAD COACH
Walt Blair will hold the reins of the Husky grid machine for
the fourth year after serving two years as assistant coach at
Bloomsburg. Blair was an outstanding athletic at northeast High
School in Philadelphia, lettering in football, baseball, and basketball.
Military service in the Army during the World Far II ended a brief
stay at TeJ'llple University. While in the service, Blair played
football with the Eighth Armored Division and Camp Polk T,eams. In
September, 19u6~ he entered West Chester s. c. to begin an outstanding career in college competition under Coach Glenn Killinger.
It was during this period that the Rams became one of the nation's
small college gridiron powers. Blair played in three post-season
bowl games, seeing service in both the line and backfield.
An Able and enthusiastic competition, Blair used his know-how
to good advantage while coaching at Neshaminy, Jenkintown, and
Chambersburg High Schools. His teams rolled up 30 victories, 13
losses, and 1 tieo In the fall of 1955, Blair received a call to
come to Bloomsburg as assistant coach. Jack Yohe, then head man
of the Huskies, had observed :Blair's prowess first$and when Yohe
served as backfield coach at West Chester under Killinger.
Blair 1 s record as head coach since 1957 is 10 - 11 - 2.
RUSSELL HOUK, LINF COACH
This willbe the fourth year at Bloomsburg for Russ Houk who
piled up an enviable record in football and wrestling while a student
at Lock Haven s. c. For five years, Russ turned out championship
wrestling squads at South Williamsport and Muncy High Schools. In
addition to assisting ·with football, Houk coaches the Husky grapplers
and serves as Athletic Director. For the past fwo years, his wrestling squad has won the Pennsylvania ctate College Conference championship, and they currently hold the NAIA National Chai-npionship.
IvIICHAEL FLAtKGAN, END COACH
Quiet, likab1.e Mike Flanagan came to Bloomsburg in January,
In the spring
of this year, he was also nareed head track coach. He came to BSC
after 7 years at Bellefonte as assistant football and head wrestling coach. Prior to that, he spent a year at Curwensville, as an
assistant in football and two years at Dubois assistant football
and wrestling coach and head track coach. Flanagan played 3 years
of varsity football at Clearfield H. s., and was named All-State
guard in his junior and senior years, lettering also in wrestling
and track. He lettered in football and wrestling for
years at
Lock Havens. c., and captained the gridiron squad in his senior

1960, as assistant wrestling and football coach.

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Director of Public Relations

year. He specializes in developing ends for the Maroon and
Gold squad and teaching Health and Physical Education in the
classroom..
DONALD BASHORE, FRF.SHMAN COACH
Don Bashore, joined the Husky staff in ,September after
serving as assistant coach for seven years at Juniata Joint High
School at l'ffifflintown; he played an important role with the teams
which ran up a 35 game winning streak over a 3 year period. Bashore
also spent 3 years coaching at Yeagertown. He played 4 years of
high school ball at Bloomfield, New Jersey, two years of varsity
ball at Susquehanna University, a year of semi-pro competition
1,Jith the Bloomfield, N. J. 11 Comets", and a season with the Newark
11 Bears0 •
His caL'TI but warm and confident manner on the gridiron
is also put to good use in the classroom where he teaches psychology.

ROBERT ZEIGLER, TRAINER
The youngest member of the coaching staff is Bob Zeigler, who
played 3 years of baseball and one year of football at New Cumberland High School. At ~,1est Chester state College, Zeigler played
two years of baseball and served as football trainer for one year
under Coach Glen Killinger. Last year, he was assistant football
and baseball coach at Susquehannock Joint H. s. Thorough and
enthusiastic in his work with the squad, Zetgler is earning a similar reputation on the faculty of the college Health and Physical
Ed1Jcation Department.

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Boyd F. Buckingham
Director of Public Relations

THUMBNAIL SKETCHES • RETURNING VETERANS

STANLEY HUGO - End - senior - Athens - Co-captain - fast-agile-

good pass receiver - good all around football player - steady
worker - good team man.
JAMES CONRAD - End - Senior - South 'Filliamsport - good runner and

pass receiver - changed from quarterback to end this year.
RONALD WETZEL - End - Senior - Sunbury - in his second year of
football, has made remarkable progress developing skills necessary
for end play - good speed and the desire to be a varsity perfonner
are tops in his assets.
ROLLIN CUNNINGHAM - End - Senior - Lewistown• §teady performer nard worker - big and ruggee4
CHARtIE. BROWN -e . end - Soph0t.1ore -"' .5teelton - will do the punting_
good pass receiver - quick reactor at end - lack of size is
biggest shortcoming.

GEORGE NACE - Tackle - Senior - Sunbury - big and mobile - injuries ,
sustained early this season, will hamper his effectiveness
in first few games - possesses the natural ability and desire
to be a first rate tackle if he can shake the injury jinx.
DONALD DENICK - Tackle - Sophomore - Upper Merion - big and toughmust improve on speed to develop into a top-notch tackle counted on to bolster the defensive line.
ROBERT WARREN - Guard - Senior - Mechanicsburg - Co-captain •
should be Bloom's outstanding lineman this year - strong and mobile- if he can regain the form demonstrated in his sophomore
years, he should be tops in t he Conference.
JOHN SILLS - Guard - Sophomore - Burlington, N. J. - counted on to
provide the speed necessary to make the running attack click quick reactions and natural speed are among his best assets a hard wolker, he is anxious to be a good lineman.
GARY STACKHOUSF - Guard - Sophomore - Pen Argyl - hard working,
aggressive and quick on the mental reflexes - sharp blocker his enthusiasm is of the contagious variety~
ROBERT CHRISTINA - Center - Sophomore - West Hazleton - small but
durable and aggressive - sharp in his analysis and reaction quiet appearance is deceiving to inexperienced observer - finn
grip on claim to center post.

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Thumbnail sketches

RICHARD ROHRER - Quarterback - Sophomore - Mechanicsburg - good
throwing arm - a serious student of tre game - determined
to develop all his potential - big need is experience works consistently on the field and in the classroom.
KENNFJ'H ROBBINS - Quarterback - Sophomore - Williamsport - diminutive
sparkplug - compensates by tough, aggressive play and intense
desire to play college ball - keeps pressure on Rohrer and fits
in nicely in defensive alignments as an outside backer-up.
JOHN JOHNSON - Halfback - Senior - Bristol - offensive and defensive
player - fast - natural action - good broken field runner.
JO~ RISBKOFSKI - Fullback-Senior - Hanover Township - good broken
field runner - very able pass receiver - will do most of the punting
and a lot of ball carrying.
GLEN GRUBER - Halfback - Junior - Highspire - rough, and rugged,
his keen desire to play makes him pound for pound the toughest
man on the squad - good line backer.
FRED FREY - Halfback - Junior- Tunkhannock - needs maturing to be
good halfback - pass defense is his speciality- at times shows
outstanding ability.
MEL MONTANYE - Halfback - Junior - West Pittston - plugger - could
be the dark horse on offense - defense safetyo
WALTER FAKE - Halfback - Senior - defense - tough, team leader, snart.
MOSES SCOTT - Halfback - SOJ?homore - break away runner - could be
most sensational back on squad - tall and good pass receiver.
AN'IHONY MCCREAVY - Center - Sophomore- Jenkintown - inexperienced tough - could be the backer up needed at halfback on defense
TRJWOR CARPENTER - Guard - Sophomore - West Scranton - good blockerbest '1 trapn man on squad - st eady for his relative inexperience.

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Director of Public Relations

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VARSITY FOOTBALL SQUAD-1960

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Wetzel, Ronald
Brown, Charles

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Gurski, Francis
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GUARDS

*Warren, Robert
Creneti, Frank
Carpenter, Trevor
Drogan, Robert
Sills, John
*Stackhouse, Gary

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Raupers, Vincent
*Christina, Robert
McCreavy, Anthony
QUARTERBACKS
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*Rohrer, Richard
Moran, William

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*Fake, Walter
*Johnson, John
*Rishkofski, Joseph
Cocco, Edward
*Frey, Fred
*Grub er, Glenn
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Lagerman, Robert
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1959 RFCORD - Won 3 - Lost 4 - Tied 1
Opponent

Bloomsburg

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King's College
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Cortland s. C.
Millersville s. c.
East Stroudsburg s.
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Mansfield 2. C.
Tost Stroudsburg s. C •
Cheyney s. C.
West Chester s. c.

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JAYVEE
Fri. Sept. 23
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Wed. Oct. 19
Thurs. Oct.27
Mon. Oct. 31

Stevens Trade (Lancaster)
East Stroudsburg S. C.
Bucknell University
Shippensburg S. c.
:Mansfield s. c.

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