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Steve Buratto
Steve Buratto (born c. 1943) is a Canadian football coach and former offensive lineman. He is the offensive coordinator for the UBC Thunderbirds football team. He is also a former head coach in the Canadian Football League with the Calgary Stampeders and BC Lions, the latter of which he won the 88th Grey Cup with. Early career Buratto graduated from Clarkston High School in Clarkston, Washington, in 1961. A late bloomer, he did not make the varsity team until his senior year. He attended junior college at Columbia Basin College for a year in Pasco, Washington, then transferred to the University of Idaho in Moscow, recruited by Bud Riley to play for head coach Dee Andros. He redshirted in 1962 and then was a center for the Vandals for three seasons, and played with Jerry Campbell and Don Matthews. Not selected in the 1966 NFL draft, Buratto tried out with the Green Bay Packers, then taught at Sandpoint High School for a year, and was invited to try again with Green Bay in 1967 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow, Idaho
Moscow ( ) is a city and the county seat of Latah County, Idaho. Located in the North Central Idaho, North Central region of the state along the border with Washington (state), Washington, it had a population of 25,435 at the 2020 United States census. Moscow is the home of the University of Idaho, the state's land-grant institution and primary research university. It is the principal city in the Moscow, Idaho United States micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Latah County. The city contains over 60% of the county's population, and whilst the university is Moscow's dominant employer, the city also serves as an agriculture, agricultural and commercial hub for the Palouse region. Along with the rest of the Idaho Panhandle, Moscow is in the Pacific Time Zone. The elevation of its city center is above sea level. Two major highways serve the city, passing through the city center: U.S. Route 95 in Idaho, US-95 (north-south) and Idaho State Highway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNLV Rebels Football
The UNLV Rebels football program is a college football team that represents the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The team is a member of the Mountain West Conference, which is a NCAA Division I, Division I Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) conference of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). The program, which began on September 14, 1968, plays its home games at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. History Early history In 1967, Nevada Southern University announced that they would field a collegiate football program beginning on September 14, 1968, and announced that the team would be a NCAA Division II, Division II Independent and that Bill Ireland would be the program's first head coach. The Rebels played their first game of their inaugural season against the Saint Mary's Gaels football, St. Mary's Gaels at Cashman Field in Las Vegas. The Rebels won the game, defeating the Gaels 27–20 in front of 8,000 fans. The Rebels remained undefeated until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Knap
Anthony Joseph Knap (December 8, 1914 – September 24, 2011) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Utah State University from 1963 to 1966, Boise State University from 1968 to 1975, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from 1976 to 1981, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 143–53–4. Knap also worked as a high school teacher and coach, and served in the United States Navy during World War II. Early years and college The oldest son of Polish immigrants, Knap was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and graduated from Riverside High School (a.k.a. East), where he was an All-City selection in football in 1934. Along with three other Milwaukee freshman, he accepted a football scholarship to the University of Idaho in Moscow and played on the Vandals freshman team in the fall of 1935, then lettered for three seasons (1936–38) on the varsity under head coach Ted Bank. Among his UI teammates were future head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boise State Broncos Football
The Boise State Broncos football program represents Boise State University in college football and competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) as a member of the Mountain West Conference. The Broncos play their home games on campus at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho, and their head coach is Spencer Danielson. Established in 1933, the Broncos have achieved numerous on-field successes, including 22 conference championships, six division titles in the Mountain West Mountain Division, and two national championships, one at the junior college level in 1958 and the other in Division I-AA in 1980 Boise State Broncos football team, 1980. They have had seven undefeated seasons (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1958, 2006 Boise State Broncos football team, 2006, and 2009 Boise State Broncos football team, 2009) and nine playoff appearances, including a 2024 appearance in the College Football Playoff. The program has the longest current streak of winning seasons in the FBS wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twin Falls High School
Twin Falls High School is a public secondary school in Twin Falls, Idaho, one of two traditional high schools operated by the Twin Falls School District #411. School history Twin Falls High School was founded in 1907. Citizens passed a bond in 1909 to construct the high school building and a supplemental bond in 1911 to complete construction. Formal dedication of the original high school, located on Shoshone Street next to the Twin Falls County Courthouse, occurred in February 1912. The current Twin Falls High School on Filer Avenue opened in September 1954. The original high school building became Twin Falls Junior High School (now O'Leary Middle School). The original building was condemned and torn down in the early 1980s after O'Leary moved to a new location in 1979. Athletics Until 2009, TFHS was among the largest high schools in the state, classified as 5A (enrollment over 1,280 students) by the IHSAA. With the opening of Canyon Ridge High School in western Twin Falls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Green Bay Packers Season
The 1967 Green Bay Packers season was their 49th season overall and their 47th season in the National Football League (NFL) and resulted in a 9–4–1 record and a victory in Super Bowl II. The team beat the 1967 Dallas Cowboys season, Dallas Cowboys in the 1967 NFL Championship Game, NFL Championship Game, a game commonly known as the "Ice Bowl," which marked the second time the Packers had won an NFL records (team), NFL-record Three-peat, third consecutive NFL championship, having also done so in 1931 Green Bay Packers season, 1931 under team founder Curly Lambeau. In the playoff era (since 1933 NFL Championship Game, 1933), it remains the only time a team has won three consecutive NFL titles. The Packers were led by ninth-year head coach Vince Lombardi and veteran quarterback Bart Starr, in his twelfth season. Green Bay's victory in Super Bowl II over the 1967 Oakland Raiders season, Oakland Raiders was the fifth world championship for the Packers under Lombardi and the last g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandpoint High School
Sandpoint High School is a four-year public secondary school in the northwest United States, located in Sandpoint, Idaho. It is the larger of the two high schools in the Lake Pend Oreille School District; the other is Clark Fork in Class 1A. The SHS school colors are red and white and the mascot is a bulldog. Athletics Sandpoint competes in IHSAA Class 4A, the second-highest classification in the state. It is a member of the Inland Empire League (4A), along with Lakeland (in nearby Rathdrum) and Moscow, south. SHS formerly had rivalries with Coeur d'Alene and Lewiston; both are in IEL 5A. State titles Boys * Soccer 13: ''fall'' (A-1 Div II, now 4A) 2000, (4A) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012 idhsaa.org Soccer & Volleyball champions - through 2011 ''(introduced in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. They are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL, established in 1919, and are the only non-profit, community-owned Major professional sports teams of the United States and Canada, major league professional sports team based in the United States. Since 1957, home games have been played at Lambeau Field. They hold the record for the most wins in NFL history. The Packers are the last of the "small-town teams" that were common in the NFL during the league's early days of the 1920s and 1930s. Founded in 1919 by Earl "Curly" Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun, the franchise traces its lineage to other semi-professional teams in Green Bay dating back to 1896. Between 1919 and 1920, the Packers competed against other semi-pro clubs from around Wisconsin a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 NFL Draft
The 1966 NFL draft was held at the 569 Lexington Avenue, Summit Hotel in New York City on Saturday, November 27, 1965. The expansion 1966 Atlanta Falcons season, Atlanta Falcons were awarded the first pick in each round as well as the final pick in each of the first five rounds. The List of first overall National Football League Draft picks, first overall selection was Tommy Nobis, a linebacker from 1965 Texas Longhorns football team, Texas. The league also provided the Falcons with an 1966 NFL expansion draft, expansion draft six weeks later. This was the last draft in which the NFL and the American Football League, AFL selected their players separate of one another. As a result, most players drafted by teams from both leagues chose to play for the more established NFL, but not all. Similar to 1965 NFL draft, 1965, the 1966 American Football League draft, AFL draft was held on the same day. After the AFL–NFL merger, merger agreement in June 1966, a common draft was held in M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Matthews
Donald J. Matthews, a.k.a. "the Don", (June 22, 1939 – June 14, 2017) was a head coach of several professional football teams, mostly in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He won 231 games in the CFL, the List of Canadian Football League head coaches by wins, second highest win total by a head coach in the league's history while leading four teams to Grey Cup victories. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in September 2011. Early life and college Matthews was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, the son of Canadian-born parents, Ida (Babin), from Tracadie–Sheila, Tracadie, New Brunswick, and Fred Matthews, a steel mill worker from Prince Edward Island. From a large family of limited means and education, he quit high school in Amesbury after his senior season of football in 1956 and served three years in the United States Marine Corps, U.S. Marine Corps.Portland Tribune'' - A new game plan for famed coach - 2010-02-11 Matthews returned home and earned his hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Campbell
Gerald "Soupy" Campbell (July 14, 1944) was an American professional football player, a linebacker in the Canadian Football League for the Calgary Stampeders (1966–1968) and the Ottawa Rough Riders (1968–1975). Early life and college Born in Binghamton, New York, Campbell played high school football for the Lewis and Clark Tigers in Spokane, Washington, and graduated in 1962. He then played college football at the University of Idaho in Moscow, about south, and was a three-year starter for the Vandals on defense under head coaches Dee Andros and Steve Musseau. At Idaho, he was a roommate of future major league pitcher Bill Stoneman. Tired of spring football practice, Campbell tried out for the Vandal baseball team in 1965 on a whim and made the team as a back-up catcher and outfielder. Professional career Calgary Stampeders (first stint) Campbell started his CFL career with the Calgary Stampeders in 1966. Ottawa Rough Riders During his third year in the CFL, Campbell b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
