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David Contreras's avatar

I played in that program for three years, '64, '65, and '66. I was on the Freshman team in '64. We were actually the Scout team that scrimmaged the "Varsity" Freshmen weren't eligible for games. Playing home games in the Rose Bowl was fun. We had such great talent. Coach Beatty was a genius. We also had some great position coaches. My favorite was Ron Hull, a UCLA two-way All American. He brought other Bruins to coach at CSLA, like Foster Anderson and Johnny Hermann. Jim "Red" Williams took over the program after Coach Beatty left. It still makes me sad that CSLA did not support football. We could have been at the level of SDSU, Fresno State and Hawai'i. I was able to watch Billy Jean King practice daily on our courts. One Correction: We defeated UC Santa Barbara in the 1965 Camelia Bowl in Sacramento. Mahalo for the story.

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Jon Crowley's avatar

Wonderful story about a little-known football past at CSULA, a school which I passed on my way to work for many years.

Billie Jean King was an alum and played tennis there as well.

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