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Post by jj on Apr 14, 2009 19:34:54 GMT -5
My wife and I will be submitting our ballot to determine the most influential of Valpo's 150 nominees. We know most of the people from the athletic nominees of the 50's(Thurston,Raasch,Bielke, Poppe and Mel). However,other than Bryce and Lubos we don't know much about the others and their athletic accomplishments. Help us out if you will.McClendon, LaSorda (nah,he's an honorary) Redmon - HELP! Thanks. And,fwalum, I got left off the ballot. How about you?:thumbsup
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Post by 78crusader on Apr 14, 2009 20:04:26 GMT -5
My knowledge of VU sports only runs from maybe 1966 'till 1978.
The best athlete I saw at VU during that time period was Dick Jones, who played both basketball and baseball at VU. He was a terrific guard on several excellent bball teams, including the 1966-67 and 1967-68 teams, both of whom went to the college division basketball post-season tournament. He was also an outstanding pitcher on several excellent VU baseball teams, including the 1968 team that went undefeated in league play.
Paul
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Post by rlh on Apr 14, 2009 23:06:53 GMT -5
McClendon was a major league baseball player of some respect and a major league manager, still a coach in the majors....Redmon was Player of the Year his senior year and along with Casey Schmidt, his tranferring back to VU started the run that resulted in all those NCAA tournament appearances.
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Post by fwalum on Apr 14, 2009 23:54:09 GMT -5
And,fwalum, I got left off the ballot. How about you? :thumbsup Me to jj.  |
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Post by jj on Apr 15, 2009 19:22:07 GMT -5
:clap Tough choices,but we voted for the following VU athletes.
Bauer
Bielke
Dille
Drew (Bryce)
Thurston
Any comments?
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