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1963

Left to rig h t: E li McLaughlin - Line Coach, Walter
Blair - Head Coach, D ick Mentzer - Backfie ld
Coach, George W ilwo hl - End Coach.

PRESS and RADIO
INFORMATION
BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE
Bloomsburg

Pennsylvania

GENERAL

INFORMATION

Dr. Harvey A. Andruss
President, Bloomsburg State College
Russell Houk, Lock Haven S. C., '52
Athletic Director
Walter R. Blair, West Chester S. C., 'SO
Head Football Coach
George Wilwohl, Slippery Rock S. C., '53
End Coach
Eli McLaughlin, West Chester S. C., '57
Line Coach
Richard Mentzer, Shippensburg S. C., '30
Backfield Coach
Bruce C. "Nick" Dietterick, Penna. State Univ., '47
Sports Publicity
Bari E . Poorman, Bloomsburg S. C., '64
Student Statistician
Eugene Steinruck, Bloomsburg S. C., '64
Head Trainer
William Turley, Bloomsburg S. C., '66
Student Trainer
Donald Franklin, Bloomsburg S. C., '65
Team Manager
Robert Kline, Bloomsburg S. C., '67
Assistant Team Manager

ATHLETIC
Member

INFORMATION
NCAA, NAIA, PSCAC

Colors --·----- _______ -----·------------- _____________ Maroon and Gold
Nickname ------------------------- ______ ----------------------------- Huskies
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 _______________ ------------------------------------------ 1839
Enrollment

------------------------------------- __________________________

2,200

BLOOMSBURG STATE
Name
*Barnaba, Gary, '64
*Casarella, Joseph, '64
*Davala, Richard, '64
Edwards, Gary, '64
Fredericks, Lee, '64
*Peffer, Roy, '64
*Sprout, Gary, '64
*Tironi, Lorenzo, '64
*Wilenski, Bartley J., '64
*Boerner, Richard, '65
Caldwell, Douglas, '65
*Ciocca, Louis, '65
*Currie, Jack, '65
*Kurzinsky, Robert, '65
*Max, Melvin, '65
*Mercando, Neil, '65
*Ward, Jeff, '65
*Betterly, Jack, '66
Bonacci, Michael, '66
Buckno, Raymond, '66
*Cunningham, George, '66
*Doto, Jerry, '66
Eddows, Wayne, '66
Greco, Richard, '66
Hostetter, Allyn, '66
*T etcavage, Robert, '66
*McManimen, Gary, '66
Mulka, John, '66
Osborne, Edward, '66
Pokego, Peter, '66
Stoicheff, Fred, '66
Thomas, Wayne, '66
Young, James, '66
Martin, Clipson, '66
Clements, Douglas, '66
Balavage, Byron, '67
Bilyk, Stephen, '67
Boston, Morgan, '67
Brubaker, Larry, '67
Christina, Michael, '67
Dellos, John, '67
Denes, Barry, '67
Epler, Kenneth, '67
Force, David, '67
Hunter, William, '67
Lazarchik, Michael, '67
Lewis, Charles, '67
Lowe, Joseph, '67
McFadden, William, '67
Opie, Robert, '67
Perry, King, '67
Poehlmann, John, '67
Rafferty, Robert, '67
Resavage, Roy, '67
Royer, Gerhard, '67
Sterling, Regis, '67
Whitelock, John, '67
Zenyuh, Paul, '67
7indell, Raymond, '67
Fogle, Robert, '67
Nicodemus, Joseph, '67
Arnott, Harold, '67
*Lettermen

COLLEGE

FOOTBALL ROSTER

Pos.

Age

Ht.

Wt.

T
C
E
E

22
20
21
21
21
22
22
21
21
20
19
20
20
19
23
20
20
19
20
20
20
20
19
20
19
20
19
19
19
19
22
19
20
19
19
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
20
19
18
19
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
20
18
18
18
18

S' l 0

230

E

HB
FB
C

T

HB
G
G
G

QB
T
T
E

HB

E
HB

E
E

QB

G
C
G
E
G
E
T
HB
E
HB
FB
T

QB

HB
FB

E
C

QB

T
G
G

QB

HB

QB
E
T

QB
T

QB
QB
FB
G
G
C

E
G
HB

T
HB

5·3
6'1
6

5'10
6

5'9
S' 11

6
6

5·9

5'10
5'10

6'1
6

5'10
6'3
5'11
5'11
5'8
6

6'2
5'11
5'9
5'11
5'10
5'11

5'8
6'3
5'10
5'11
6'2
5'11
6'

6'1
6'1
5'7
5'9
5'11

6"2
5·9
6'.'l

5'7
6
5'11
S'S

6'3
5'11
5'7
5'10

5'11
5'7

5'11
5'9

5·9
5'11
6'2
5'8
5'11
6'1
5'9

165

185
220
175
185
180
175
225
185
165
170
175
185
230
190
190
168

175
150
185
185
160
195
180
190
185
170
188
190
175
200
170
180
187
165
148
158
160
184
160

198
165
190
155
144
172

185
135
205
178
148
190
160
178
185
195
195
175
215
165

1Q63

Hometown
Binghamton, N.Y.
Wyoming
Exeter
Allentown
Lansford
Mechanicsburg
Lewistown
Rockaway, N.J.
Hershey
Rockledge
Levittown
Glenside
Feasterville
Mahanoy City
Allentown
Forty Fort
Auburn, N .Y.
Warminster
Carbondale
Fullerton
Mahanoy City
Upper Darby
Wyncote
Mt. Carmel
Ambler
Shamokin
North Hills
Taylor
Boothwyn
Plymouth
Lewistown
Plymouth
Upper Darby
Emporium, Pa.
Boothwyn, Pa.
Trevorton
Phoenixville
Warminster
Dornsife
West Hazleton
Endicott, N.Y,
Bethlehem
Hummelstown
Berwick
Winfield
Pottsville
Northumberland
Morrisville
Montgomery
Shamokin
Lansdowne
Rockledge
Gilberton
Levittown
Centre Hall
Fairless Hills
Malvern
Mt. Carmel
Southampton
Altoona
Altoona
Woodbridge, N. J.

OUTLOOK
Thirty-six upperclassmen, including 20 lettermen,
along with 27 freshmen, reported for pre-season
practice on August 31. The big problem facing
Coach Blair and his assist::mts is developing replacements for key positions vacated by the following '63
grads: John Sills and Trevor Carpenter, guards;
Gary Stackhouse and Don Denick, tackles; Bob
Christina, center; Dick Rohrer, quarterback; Moses
Scott, halfback; Ken Robbins, utility back.
Returning lettermen Larry Tironi and Joe Casarella will be alternating at the center slot. Adequate
support of guards is available in the hulking forms
of Jack Currie, Lou Ciocca, Bob Letcavage, Dick
Greco, and John Mulka to further discourage the
opposition at the center of the line.
Defensive tackles should rate well with the offensive tackle position being a question mark at the
moment. Gary Barnaba, Bart Wilenski, Mel Max,
Neil Mercando and Jack Rankin will be going "all
out" to erase any question marks at this position.
Despite the return of S lettermen - Dick Davala,
Jeff Ward, George Cunningham, Jerry Doto, and
Gary McManimen, a pair of really strong ends is
needed.
A great deal will depend on the ability of Bob
Kurzinsky to look good in a starting role of quarterback. Replacing Dick Rohrer and Ken Robbins 1s
no easy task as experience and depth is needed.
Can Freel Stoicheff make up for the loss of Moses
Sco tt at left halfback and will Dick Boerner show
continued improvement at right halfback? These
are two important questions facing Coach Blair and
backfield Coach Mentzer. Gary Sprout will be back
at fullback and will be spelled by Roy Resavage.
Coach Blair's Maroon and Gold gridders face
their usual tough opponents in the Eastern Division
of the Pennsylvania State College Athletic Conference-West Chester, East Stroudsburg, Kutztown,
and Mansfield. Lock Haven, in the Western Division, has frequently posed a thorny problem, and,
outside the conference, the Monarchs of King's
College will be trying to win their first game against
Bloomsburg in a ten -year relationship which will
be terminated at the end of this season.
In spite of the lack of extensive experience, both
the coaching staff and players are anxious to prove
they have the "makings" for a winning season.

THE COACHING STAFF
WALTER R. BLAIR, HEAD COACH
Walt Blair will direct the Husky grid machine for
the seventh year after serving two years as assistant coach at Bloomsburg. Blair was an outstanding
athlete at Northeast High School in Philadelphia,
lettering in football, baseball, and basketball.
Military service in the Army during World War II
ended a brief stay at Temple University. While in
the Service, Blair played football with the Eighth
Armored Division and Camp Polk Teams. In September, I 946, 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 postseason bowl games, seeing service in both the line
and backfield.
An able and enthusiastic competitor, Blair used
his know-how to good advantage while coaching at
N eshaminy, Jenkintown, and Chambersburg High
Schools. His teams rolled up 30 victories, 13 losses,
and 1 tie. In the Fall of 1955, Coach Blair received
a call to come to Bloomsburg as Assistant Coach.
Jack Yohe, then head man of the Huskies, had ·observed Blair's prowess firsthand when Yohe served
as backfield coach at West Chester under Killinger.
Blair's record as head coach since 1957 is 23-21-3.

*****
1963 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Opponent

Date

Place

Time

Sept. 14

Scrimmage Susque. Un.

A

2:00 p.m.

Sept. 21

Lock Haven S. C.

A

2:00 p.m.

s.

Sept. 28

Mansfield

A

2:00 p.m.

Oct.

King's College

H

2:00 p.m.

Oct. 12

West Chester S. C.
Homecoming

H

2:00 p.m.

Oct. 19

Millersville S. C.

A

2:00 p.m.

5

~ Cheyney

C.

H

8:00 p.m.

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2

Kutztown S. C.

A

2:00 p.m.

Nov.

9

East Stroudsburg S. C.

H

2:00 p.m.

Oct.

S. C.