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july-12-1960

July 12, 1960

News

Prescott Sullivan of the Examiner reported that the team had sold 8,000 season tickets.

After the coaching staff timed players in a 50-yard dash, the following players graded the fastest: Buddy Allen, Wayne Schneider, LC Joyner, Alex Bravo, John Brown, and Dan Edgington.

The initial depth chart at quarterback was out with the following players on it, in order: Tom Flores, Paul Larson, Bob Webb.

Tony Teresa, who had entered camp as a quarterback hopeful, was shifted to halfback.

Head coach Eddie Erdelatz singled out the following players for praise: Buddy Allen, Billy Lott, Chris Plain, Don Manoukian, Don Churchwell, Gene Prebola, Charlie Hardy, Dan Edgington, Alex Bravo, and Eddie Macon.

In injury news, halfback Wayne Crow was back on the field after hurting his ankle on the 11th, defensive lineman Charley Powell pulled an Achilles tendon and was expected to be out for a week, tackle Fred Fehn pulled a muscle and was expected to miss two weeks, halfback Jack Larscheid pulled a hamstring and was expected to miss a week, defensive end Jim Woodard strained his right knee and was expected to miss about three days and end Walt Denny (see below) pulled a hamstring and was expected to miss about three days.

The following players either did not report to training camp or were released before this date: tackle Bob Parker, guard Bill Atkins, center Roch Conklin, halfback Brad Hustad.

The team signed University of Idaho free agent end Walt Denny on or before this date.

The following players were in training camp as non-roster invitees: placekicker/end Gordon Tovani, tackle Curtis Iaukea, and end Mose Mastelotto.


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