Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss the 1918 Rose Bowl coaches in a game between the Mare Island Marines and Camp Lewis. Both long-time college coaches, Hugo Bezdek and Fox Stanton filled the roles despite arriving at their positions from vastly different routes.
My first book, Fields of Friendly Strife: The Doughboys and Sailors of the WWI Rose Bowls, covers the full story of the coaches and teams.
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