What It Means to Be a Buckeye Jim Tressel and Ohio State's Greatest Players

by Snook, Jeff; Tressel, Jim

• ISBN13: 9781572436022
• ISBN10: 1572436026
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Triumph Books

Summary

For more than 110 years, Ohio State University has cultivated a rich football tradition that is second to none. Millions of fans have looked forward to each autumn Saturday on the "banks of the Olentangy," where the giant horseshoe otherwise known as Ohio Stadium houses the state of Ohio's true and indispensable pastime. Thousands of young men have been a part of Buckeye football -- an experience that transformed them from wide-eyed freshmen to mature men of pride and accomplishment. In the late 1880s OSU began the undertaking of building a football program; its leaders started organizing financial backers and looking for a coach for this relatively new athletic activity. On May 3, 1890, Buckeye football was born. With a coach named Alexander S. Lilley, who wore a cap with the famed "Block O" emblazoned in the middle (as would a certain coach named Woody more than 60 years later), the first ever Ohio State football game ended with a 20-14 victory over Ohio Wesleyan.

Author Biography

Jim Tressel led Ohio State to its first national title in 34 years, guiding the 2002 Buckeyes to an unprecedented 14-0 record that included a second consecutive victory over rival Michigan. He had previously coached Youngstown State to four Division I-AA National Championships. Tressel, son of the late Lee Tressel (the legendary Baldwin-Wallace head coach), was named the 2002 National Coach of the Year. Jeff Snook is a freelance writer who has covered college football for more than 20 years. A native of Ashland, Ohio, Snook graduated from Ohio State University in 1982 and resides in West Palm Beach, Florida

Table of Contents

Foreword: What It Means to Be a Buckeye	p. v
Editor's Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
The Thirties	p. 1
Charlie Ream
James Langhurst
The Forties	p. 9
Warren Amling
Bob Brugge
William "Billy" Newell
Dean Sensanbaugher
Cecil "Cy" Souders
Howard Teifke
Joe Whisler
The Fifties	p. 35
Howard "Hopalong" Cassady
Galen Cisco
Jim Houston
George Jacoby
Robert "Rock" Joslin
Jim Marshall
Tom Matte
Aurealius Thomas
The Sixties	p. 69
Wayne Betz
Arnie Chonko
Dwight "Ike" Kelley
Rex Kern
Jim Otis
Ted Provost
Mike Sensibaugh
Mike Stier
Jim Stillwagon
Dick Wakefield
Paul Warfield
Stan White
Dirk Worden
The Seventies	p. 137
Brian Baschnagel
Bob Brudzinski
Craig Cassady
Bill Conley
Tom Cousineau
Tom DeLeone
Doug Donley
Bruce Elia
Tim Fox
Ken Fritz
Randy Gradishar
Cornelius Greene
Archie Griffin
John Hicks
Vic Koegel
Ken Kuhn
Jeff Logan
Calvin Murray
Lou Pietrini
Doug Plank
Bruce Ruhl
Vince Skillings
Tom Skladany
Chris Ward
The Eighties	p. 251
Vaughn Broadnax
Keith Byars
Cris Carter
Glen Cobb
Judd Groza
Derek Isaman
Thomas "Pepper" Johnson
John Kacherski
Mike Lanese
Kirk Lowdermilk
Marcus Marek
Carlos Snow
Chris Spielman
Mike Tomczak
Jeff Uhlenhake
The Nineties	p. 311
Eddie George
Joe Germaine
Jason Simmons
The New Millennium	p. 325
Jonathan Wells
Cie Grant
Andy Groom
Kenny Peterson
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