02-18-2021, 02:23 PM
Quote:The Catalyst
Gene Washington and the rise of Stanford football
https://gostanford.com/news/2021/2/18/fo...alyst.aspx
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
Gene Washington
https://gostanford.com/news/2021/2/18/fo...alyst.aspx
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
Quote:The Catalyst
Gene Washington and the rise of Stanford football
https://gostanford.com/news/2021/2/18/fo...alyst.aspx
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
02-18-2021, 05:13 PM
(02-18-2021, 02:23 PM)82lsju Wrote:Quote:The Catalyst
Gene Washington and the rise of Stanford football
https://gostanford.com/news/2021/2/18/fo...alyst.aspx
Thanks. I remember Gene Washington as a local TV personality when I was a kid, but I was too young to really know much about him at Stanford or otherwise. I'm not even sure I realized he went to Stanford. I think I just vaguely knew that he had been a 49er.
Good stuff.
(02-18-2021, 02:23 PM)82lsju Wrote:Quote:The Catalyst
Gene Washington and the rise of Stanford football
https://gostanford.com/news/2021/2/18/fo...alyst.aspx
Thanks. I remember Gene Washington as a local TV personality when I was a kid, but I was too young to really know much about him at Stanford or otherwise. I'm not even sure I realized he went to Stanford. I think I just vaguely knew that he had been a 49er.
Good stuff.
02-18-2021, 07:47 PM
Gene was a classmate of mine, though I never met him in undergrad school. I met him a couple of times later when we were both working at Stanford. Very gracious, friendly guy.
02-18-2021, 07:54 PM
In the 70's Gene Washington's home was on Washington Street , San Francisco.
In the 70's Gene Washington's home was on Washington Street , San Francisco.
02-18-2021, 07:56 PM
(02-18-2021, 05:13 PM)thatboy Wrote:(02-18-2021, 02:23 PM)82lsju Wrote:Quote:The Catalyst
Gene Washington and the rise of Stanford football
https://gostanford.com/news/2021/2/18/fo...alyst.aspx
Thanks. I remember Gene Washington as a local TV personality when I was a kid, but I was too young to really know much about him at Stanford or otherwise. I'm not even sure I realized he went to Stanford. I think I just vaguely knew that he had been a 49er.
Good stuff.
Great article. All I remembered about Gene Washington was when there were two wide receivers by that name in the NFL at the same time. It's nice to learn about the one from Stanford and all he accomplished!
(02-18-2021, 05:13 PM)thatboy Wrote:(02-18-2021, 02:23 PM)82lsju Wrote:Quote:The Catalyst
Gene Washington and the rise of Stanford football
https://gostanford.com/news/2021/2/18/fo...alyst.aspx
Thanks. I remember Gene Washington as a local TV personality when I was a kid, but I was too young to really know much about him at Stanford or otherwise. I'm not even sure I realized he went to Stanford. I think I just vaguely knew that he had been a 49er.
Good stuff.
Great article. All I remembered about Gene Washington was when there were two wide receivers by that name in the NFL at the same time. It's nice to learn about the one from Stanford and all he accomplished!
02-18-2021, 08:03 PM
Nice article. I think the family friend mentioned, Don Muchmore, had two sons who also attended Stanford around that time.
02-18-2021, 11:26 PM
Great player, great guy and...the best posture of any human I have ever encountered.
On Jim Plunkett's first series ever...as a sophomore against San Jose...he hooked up with GW for a 60+-yard TD and you could tell things were going to get a lot better...and soon.
(I may be misremembering the details of that play but it was a great one)
On Jim Plunkett's first series ever...as a sophomore against San Jose...he hooked up with GW for a 60+-yard TD and you could tell things were going to get a lot better...and soon.
(I may be misremembering the details of that play but it was a great one)
Great player, great guy and...the best posture of any human I have ever encountered.
On Jim Plunkett's first series ever...as a sophomore against San Jose...he hooked up with GW for a 60+-yard TD and you could tell things were going to get a lot better...and soon.
(I may be misremembering the details of that play but it was a great one)
On Jim Plunkett's first series ever...as a sophomore against San Jose...he hooked up with GW for a 60+-yard TD and you could tell things were going to get a lot better...and soon.
(I may be misremembering the details of that play but it was a great one)
Plunkett threw four that day with a couple of other bombs. One to Jack Lassiter.
The article writer didn’t do his homework. Washington enrolled in 1965. Stanford hadn’t run the single wing since 1939. In the interim Stanford had four T formation All American Qb’s... Albert, Kerkorian, Garrett and Brodie. Stanford was one of the few schools known for passing. Nobody in the PAC 8 was running the single wing anymore.
The article writer didn’t do his homework. Washington enrolled in 1965. Stanford hadn’t run the single wing since 1939. In the interim Stanford had four T formation All American Qb’s... Albert, Kerkorian, Garrett and Brodie. Stanford was one of the few schools known for passing. Nobody in the PAC 8 was running the single wing anymore.
Plunkett threw four that day with a couple of other bombs. One to Jack Lassiter.
The article writer didn’t do his homework. Washington enrolled in 1965. Stanford hadn’t run the single wing since 1939. In the interim Stanford had four T formation All American Qb’s... Albert, Kerkorian, Garrett and Brodie. Stanford was one of the few schools known for passing. Nobody in the PAC 8 was running the single wing anymore.
The article writer didn’t do his homework. Washington enrolled in 1965. Stanford hadn’t run the single wing since 1939. In the interim Stanford had four T formation All American Qb’s... Albert, Kerkorian, Garrett and Brodie. Stanford was one of the few schools known for passing. Nobody in the PAC 8 was running the single wing anymore.
02-19-2021, 07:54 AM
[quote="Phogge" pid='307891' dateline='1613737876']
Plunkett threw four that day with a couple of other bombs. One to Jack Lassiter.
I attended that 1967 SC game with my dad (along with the 68 and 69 games). Our seats were in the tunnel end of the stadium and as Stanford lined up for it first offensive play from scrimmage, my dad turned to me and said, "you watch Washington and I will watch Plunkett". As the play unfolded it was hard for me to follow , with action moving away from us ,but I do recall the excitement and roar of the crowd as the high arc of the ball ended with a completion to Gene Washington far down the field. My dad swears that as Plunkett was ready to throw, he was flexing the football!
Plunkett threw four that day with a couple of other bombs. One to Jack Lassiter.
I attended that 1967 SC game with my dad (along with the 68 and 69 games). Our seats were in the tunnel end of the stadium and as Stanford lined up for it first offensive play from scrimmage, my dad turned to me and said, "you watch Washington and I will watch Plunkett". As the play unfolded it was hard for me to follow , with action moving away from us ,but I do recall the excitement and roar of the crowd as the high arc of the ball ended with a completion to Gene Washington far down the field. My dad swears that as Plunkett was ready to throw, he was flexing the football!
[quote="Phogge" pid='307891' dateline='1613737876']
Plunkett threw four that day with a couple of other bombs. One to Jack Lassiter.
I attended that 1967 SC game with my dad (along with the 68 and 69 games). Our seats were in the tunnel end of the stadium and as Stanford lined up for it first offensive play from scrimmage, my dad turned to me and said, "you watch Washington and I will watch Plunkett". As the play unfolded it was hard for me to follow , with action moving away from us ,but I do recall the excitement and roar of the crowd as the high arc of the ball ended with a completion to Gene Washington far down the field. My dad swears that as Plunkett was ready to throw, he was flexing the football!
Plunkett threw four that day with a couple of other bombs. One to Jack Lassiter.
I attended that 1967 SC game with my dad (along with the 68 and 69 games). Our seats were in the tunnel end of the stadium and as Stanford lined up for it first offensive play from scrimmage, my dad turned to me and said, "you watch Washington and I will watch Plunkett". As the play unfolded it was hard for me to follow , with action moving away from us ,but I do recall the excitement and roar of the crowd as the high arc of the ball ended with a completion to Gene Washington far down the field. My dad swears that as Plunkett was ready to throw, he was flexing the football!
02-19-2021, 08:09 AM
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(02-19-2021, 07:54 AM)DrSnoFat Wrote: [quote="Phogge" pid='307891' dateline='1613737876']
Plunkett threw four that day with a couple of other bombs. One to Jack Lassiter.
I attended that 1967 SC game with my dad (along with the 68 and 69 games). Our seats were in the tunnel end of the stadium and as Stanford lined up for it first offensive play from scrimmage, my dad turned to me and said, "you watch Washington and I will watch Plunkett". As the play unfolded it was hard for me to follow , with action moving away from us ,but I do recall the excitement and roar of the crowd as the high arc of the ball ended with a completion to Gene Washington far down the field. My dad swears that as Plunkett was ready to throw, he was flexing the football!
You probably didn't see Plunkett in the 1967 game because he redshirted that year. Anyway you didn't miss much. I wished I had missed it but it would have been difficult because I was on the field. You are probably referring to the 1968 game.
(This post was last modified: 02-19-2021, 08:13 AM by JohnR34231.)
(02-19-2021, 07:54 AM)DrSnoFat Wrote: [quote="Phogge" pid='307891' dateline='1613737876']
Plunkett threw four that day with a couple of other bombs. One to Jack Lassiter.
I attended that 1967 SC game with my dad (along with the 68 and 69 games). Our seats were in the tunnel end of the stadium and as Stanford lined up for it first offensive play from scrimmage, my dad turned to me and said, "you watch Washington and I will watch Plunkett". As the play unfolded it was hard for me to follow , with action moving away from us ,but I do recall the excitement and roar of the crowd as the high arc of the ball ended with a completion to Gene Washington far down the field. My dad swears that as Plunkett was ready to throw, he was flexing the football!
You probably didn't see Plunkett in the 1967 game because he redshirted that year. Anyway you didn't miss much. I wished I had missed it but it would have been difficult because I was on the field. You are probably referring to the 1968 game.
02-20-2021, 11:32 AM
(02-19-2021, 09:13 AM)JohnR34231 Wrote:(02-19-2021, 08:48 AM)Phogge Wrote: Yes John and Stanford IS STILL playing with a fullback!
Yeah, old fullbacks never die, they just lose their touch(es).
Or they become 3x All-Pro. At least the Harvard fullbacks do...
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(02-19-2021, 09:13 AM)JohnR34231 Wrote:(02-19-2021, 08:48 AM)Phogge Wrote: Yes John and Stanford IS STILL playing with a fullback!
Yeah, old fullbacks never die, they just lose their touch(es).
Or they become 3x All-Pro. At least the Harvard fullbacks do...
Kyle Juszczyk | American Football Database | Fandom
Personally, I always liked Casey Moore, Owen Marecic, Mike Dotterer and Adam Salina...
Audaces fortuna iuvat
02-20-2021, 11:36 AM
Lou Valli, Chuck Shea, John Root, Gil Dowd, Bill Tarr. Which fullback led the Coast in rushing one year.
(02-20-2021, 11:32 AM)Mick Wrote:Jon Ritchie, Greg Comella, Ryan Hewitt, Daniel Marx. Can't wait until Stanford once again makes the Fullback position a focal point of the offense, as they did in their championship seasons of '12, '13 and '15. I have high hopes for this Coco kid coming in from Utah.(02-19-2021, 09:13 AM)JohnR34231 Wrote:(02-19-2021, 08:48 AM)Phogge Wrote: Yes John and Stanford IS STILL playing with a fullback!
Yeah, old fullbacks never die, they just lose their touch(es).
Or they become 3x All-Pro. At least the Harvard fullbacks do...
Kyle Juszczyk | American Football Database | Fandom
Personally, I always liked Casey Moore, Owen Marecic, Mike Dotterer and Adam Salina...
(02-20-2021, 11:32 AM)Mick Wrote:Jon Ritchie, Greg Comella, Ryan Hewitt, Daniel Marx. Can't wait until Stanford once again makes the Fullback position a focal point of the offense, as they did in their championship seasons of '12, '13 and '15. I have high hopes for this Coco kid coming in from Utah.(02-19-2021, 09:13 AM)JohnR34231 Wrote:(02-19-2021, 08:48 AM)Phogge Wrote: Yes John and Stanford IS STILL playing with a fullback!
Yeah, old fullbacks never die, they just lose their touch(es).
Or they become 3x All-Pro. At least the Harvard fullbacks do...
Kyle Juszczyk | American Football Database | Fandom
Personally, I always liked Casey Moore, Owen Marecic, Mike Dotterer and Adam Salina...
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