The Best To Wear Crimson & Gray A Collection Of The Greatest Stars To Shine At Washington State University
WHO’S NO. 1?
The top players by number - and others you may remember - in the 100 years of WSU football.
1 CLARENCE ZIMMERMAN, C.J. Davis, Glen Harper, Ed Bayne
2 TIM STALLWORTH, Bob Kennedy, Ace Clark, John Bley, Phillip Bobo
3 TIMM ROSENBACH, Harold Ahlskog, Joe Danelo, Rod Giske, Don Sweet
4 JASON HANSON, Lee Braach, John Traut, Rex Bantz
5 BYRON BAILEY, Hank Grenda, Bobby O’Neal, Calvin Griggs
6 CARL ELLINGSEN, Hack Applequist, Chris Moton, Frank Akins
7 BERT BROOKS, Walter Camp, Bob S. Campbell, Earl Brenneis
8 MEL HEIN, Carl Dietz, Kitrick Taylor, Jerry Henderson, Singor Mobley
9 CLETE CASPER, Ed Brett, Aaron Garcia, Mentor Dahlen
10 DON PAUL, Dave Mathieson, John Rushing, Bob Burkhart, Chuck Hawthorne
11 DREW BLEDSOE, Dan Doornink, Samoa Samoa, Frank Mataya, Dick Hanley
12 TURK EDWARDS, Ricky Turner, Brad Gossen, Chad Davis, Mike Price
13 MARK WILLIAMS, Weldon Gibson, Ted Christofferson, Mike Pattinson, Chuck Peck
14 JACK THOMPSON, Rick Reed, Benton Bangs, Ty Paine
15 DICK FARMAN, Dave Petersen, Bill Mayberry, Mark Patterson
16 SILAS STITES, Tim Davey, Cedric Brown, John Troppman
17 MARK RYPIEN, Ray Hobbs, Walter Herreid, Randal Simmons
18 STEVE GRANT, Earle Stone, John Hopkins, Shawn Landrum
19 ARTIE HOLMES, Kurt Loertscher, Charles Holmes, Rod Retherford
20 BILL GASKINS, Ricky Reynolds, Dwight Pool, Bunny Aldrich
21 MIKE LEVENSELLER, Bob Gambold, Jim Whatley, Morris Noble, Porter Lainhart
22 KEITH LINCOLN, CLANCY WILLIAMS, Lionel Thomas, Bill Lippincott, John Klumb
23 BILL SEWELL, Charles McBride, Ev Gust, Rick Reed, Kevin Hicks
24 MEL MELIN, Torey Hunter, Bob Newman, Vaughn Williamws
25 RON COLLINS, Ron Mims, Kay Bell, Gerry Herron, Augustin Olobia
26 BERNARD JACKSON, Mike Washington, Ron Ricard, Jim Boylan, Lyle Maskell
27 GREG BURNS, Dave Wilson, Dale Ford, Ray Kimble, Dean Turulja
28 ED GODDARD, Bob Gregor, Paul Sorensen, George Hurley, Anthony Prior
29 MARK FIELDS, Tali Ena, Archie Buckley, Paul Callow
30 KERRY PORTER, Vern Chamberlain, Nate Bradley, Joe Bickman
31 STEVE BROUSSARD, Ron Childs, Ted Gerela, Jim Hagerty
32 SHAUMBE WRIGHT-FAIR, Sam Busch, James Matthews, Stanford Johnson, Bob Grimstead
33 JERRY WILLIAMS, Elmer Schwartz, Larry Eilmes, Kenny Graham, Rich Swinton
34 RODGER DOUGHERTY, Ken Emmil, Mike Pringle, Mark Wicks
35 BUD ROFFLER, Bill Steiger, Jerry Campbell, Steve Hamilton
36 RUEBEN MA, Tom Thompson, Elmer Thomas, Dick Emerson
37 KEN GREENE, Eric Johnson, Clem Senn, Dwight Scheyer
38 NICK SUSOEFF, John Hurley, Junior Tautalatasi, Mel Sanders
39 ANDREW JONES, Don Ellersick, Wayne Berry, Don Nevels
40 FLOYD TERRY, Bill Remington, Maury Metcalf, Al Charlton
41 ANTHONY MCCLANAHAN, James Hasty, Hal Smith, Johnny Davis
42 GEORGE REED, Hugh Campbell, Chuck Morrell, Bob Simpson, Ron Cheatham
43 TIM HARRIS, Carl Littlefield, Richard Calvin, Bob Gregory
44 BRIAN KELLY, Ken Grandberry, Bill Ward, Ted Cano
45 AL HOPTOWIT, Brock Aynsley, Ammon McWashington, Eddie Stevens
46 GAVIN HEDRICK, Chris Rumburg, Bobo Brayton, Rodd Olson
47 SCOTT PELLUER, Rick Riegle, Bobby Redmond, John Godfrey
48 DALE GENTRY, Don Schwartz, George Theodoratus, Lewis Bush
49 FRITZ BRAYTON, Jeff Loomis, Bevan Maxey, Orin Hollingbery Jr.
50 TOM ERLANDSON, George Yarno, Mike Palumbo, George Sander, Dan Grayson, John Hook
51 LAVERN TORGESON, Steve Sebahar, Herb Carlson, Dean Kalahar
52 RON VRILCAK, Marv Nelson, Roy Busse, Dave Fakkema
53 MIKE LYNCH, Doug Leifeste, Bob Hardy, Keith Simon
54 JUNIOR TUPUOLA, Bob Hill, Jerry Burkhalter, Gregg Friberg
55 TUINEAU ALIPATE, Don Engler, Dave Thomas, Jim Vest
56 PAUL WULFF, Bill Williams, Bill McCain, Dave Tobin
57 BRIAN FORDE, Don Hover, Brian Lange, Dean Rumburg
58 DAN LYNCH, Tom Poe, Levi McCormack, Terry Durst
59 MARTY ANCELLOTTI, Randy Strawn, Peter Emsky, Dustin Smith
60 MIKE UTLEY, Charlie Flager, Jon DesPois, Dale Knuth
61 BILL MOOS, Steve Bartelle, Brian Flones, Josh Dunning, Curt Ladines
62 STEVE OSTERMANN, Mike Walker, Alan Boatman, Gene Rieger
63 GARY PATRICK, Vaughn Hitchcock, Mike Smith, Chuck Semancik
64 STEVE SWIFT, Mel Burrell, Pete Rademacher, Bill Dunn
65 GEOFF REECE, Tom Larsen, Pat Lynch, Lorin Christean
66 STEVE BUSCH, Gary Larsen, Robbie Tobeck, Steve Boots, Wally Dempsey
67 TOM PARRY, Tom Gunnari, Clyde Warehime, Jim Giesa
68 DAVE MIDDENDORF, Wayne Foster, Chris Dyko, Bill Berry
69 KIRK SAMUELSON, Brian Ford, Dan White, George Somnis
70 MARK YOUNG, Clay Reis, Steve Cromer, Jim Guinn
71 GREG CRAIGHEAD, Larry Finan, Dave Berger, Howard McCants
72 LAURIE NIEMI, Allan Kennedy, Scott Sanderson, Burgess Bauder, Ken Kuiper
73 ERIK HOWARD, Matt Elisara, John Husby, Dave Golinsky, Hank Bendix
74 GARNER EKSTRAN, Bob Trygstad, Bob Garman, Glenn Baker, Milt Schwenk
75 TOM WICKERT, Tony Savage, Gary Branson, Jerry Brockey
76 ERIC WILLIAMS, Elmer Messinger, Ivan Cook, Steve Wolfe, Spud Harris, Wallace Williams
77 WAYNE FOSTER, Mark Chandless, Buzz Brazeau, Jim Paton
78 JERRY HOUGHTON, Brian Lange, Mike Schuster, Landy James
79 MILFORD HODGE, Joe Daniels, J.R. Edington
80 DOUG FLANSBURG, Carl Barschig, Hal Lokovsek, Dave Swanson
81 JACK FANNING, Gerry Shaw, Jeff Poppe, Ron Souza
82 DOUG WELLSANDT, Dennis Dobberpuhl, Dave Crema, Don Johnston
83 FRAN POLSFOOT, Eason Ramson, Lee Tilleman, Tom Kelley
84 DON STEINBRUNNER, Arnie Pelluer, Ron Langhans, John Forbes
85 OTTO KOFLER, Mike Johnson, Russ Quackenbush, Craig Goodwin
86 HUGH CAMPBELL, DeWayne Patterson, Harland Svare, Bill Steiger, Mike Wilson
87 DON ELLINGSEN, Tim Ochs, Mike Peterson, Paul Escalara, Mike Martin
88 RICH SHERON, Jeff Keller, Michel James, Fred Moore
89 PAT BEACH, Ed Barker, Brett Carolan, Gail Cogdill
90 BOB SIMPSON, Chad Eaton, Mark Husfloen, Jeron Woodley
91 MARK LEDBETTER, Ben Carillo, Dennis McCurdy, Terry Anderson
92 GAIL COGDILL, Dan Webber, Dwayne Sanders, Ray Hall
93 KEITH MILLARD, Wayne Swayda, Chris Hiller
94 DON SASA, John Van Reenan, Brad Harrington, Bill Patterson
95 KEN COLLINS, Gabriel Oladipo
96 LEE BLAKENEY, Raleigh Fletcher, Randy Gray
97 TIM DOWNING, Mike Beasley
98 BUTCH WILLIAMS, Rico Tipton, David Knuff
99 MARLIN BROWN, Tim Petek, Vince Saldivar
THEY HELPED US DECIDE
The Spokesman-Review polled this knowledgeable group of WSU followers before settling on the all-time Coug team.
Steve Bartelle, Moses Lake educator, former WSU linebacker.
Dwayne and Beulah Blankenship, Washtucna farmers, WSU boosters
Bobo Brayton, retired WSU baseball coach and former football player
Clete Casper, former WSU quarterback and Prime Sports Northwest analyst
Rod Commons, WSU sports information director
Tuffy Ellingsen, former WSU quarterback
Dick Fry, retired WSU sports information director
Bill Gaskins, Pullman pharmacist and former WSU player
Glenn Johnson, WSU professor and public address announcer
Keith Lincoln, WSU alumni director and former Cougar back
Bob Roberson, radio play-by-play announcer
Bob Smawley, WSU alumni official
Greg Witter, alumnus and WSU sports historian
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The following fields overflowed: CREDIT = Compiled by John Blanchette Staff writer