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Memories come alive
Alumni to bring back old times
in new version of spring game
DELTA: Them by Frank Christlieb
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Battalion Staff
ON: Studentsv It’s going to be a whole lot of
at 6:30 a.m. i;: listory rolled into one evening
uih edge of.! )f football.
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Remember Paul near
Bryant coaching John David
pleship Ralls.« ]r«v to the 1957 Heisinan Tro
phy? Or perhaps Edd Hargett
iuiding the Aggies to a 20-16
Cotton Bowl victory over
Bryant’s Alabama Crimson Tide
n 1968? Or maybe the magical
ong-distance foot of Tony
: Meeting todi Franklin and the crushing pow-
;r of that vaunted Aggie defense
n tire mid-1970s?
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4&jM alumni game on May 1 will
ng picnic at Ht i) e a chance to relive some old
ai e STtHuini: memories.
lustrial tngineei: For those who don’t remem-
will Ik.- provides ber and want to learn, it’ll be a
spring picnic* golden opportunity to see a iiv-
Eickets areor:T n 9 w ho’s who of Aggie football.
f When all these folks gather on
Kyle Field at 6 p.m. for the Spirit
ofAggieland and the Aggie War
■Hymn, there might not be a dry
eye in th'e bunch.
■Players, coaches, officials,
managers, trainers and yell lead-
- „ 1Z ersi all from Texas A&M’s past,
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r-a reunion organized by Head
gbach Jackie Sherrill and his
C staff.
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going to play a little football also,
tf Over 170 participants will re
el said otherii turn to Texas A&M for the
ge-educated w g ailK! > some for the first time,
| v | ( , m;un (haj others as a routine trip. Many of
iterparts and those returning express the
same feelings about coining
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defensive end for I exas A&M
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dian Football League and
finishing up his physical educa
tion degree here. He will be a
^defensive coach for the alumni.
Zachery says the game is a
chance to remember the good
old days of playing in Kyle Field.
“Its always a good feeling to
come back to Kyle Field again,”
Zachery said. “I know the stands
will be full of people, all having a
good time, and I know the spirit
will be there too. That’s the big
thing about Kyle Field — that
spirit.
“The game’s going to be like a
big reunion, and reunions are
always fun. There’s nothing but
good memories here at A&M,
and I’m looking toward to
seeing all the people I played
with — Robert Jackson, Ed
Simonini, my old roommate
David Brothers — we’ll all be
there to remember old times, to
remember all the good times.”
Dave Elmendorf likes the
idea, too. Elmendorf, 32, was an
all-SWC safety for the Aggies in
1970, capping a three-year
career which began in 1968.
From there he went to Los
Angeles, where he played for
the Rams until 1980. He’s now a
real estate developer.
“I think the whole idea of the
game is great,” Elmendorf said.
played at A&M.”
Sherrill organized the game
to bring some excitement to the
annual spring game — a game
that was traditionally an intra
squad scrimmage called the Ma
roon and White game.
This time, however, the varsi
ty team will meet the alumni,
and opinions are varied as to
Over 170 participants will return to Texas A&M
for the game, some for the first time, others as a
routine trip. Many of those returning express the
same feelings about coming back — they look
upon it as a chance to see old friends, meet new
people, and relive their days at Aggieland.
“Basically, what it does is give
the older players the chance to
come back and play for a little bit
and see some of the other play
ers. It’s also a chance to re-
Montreal Alouett’es of the Cana- minisce about the times they
how the “other” team will fare.
“I don’t know what our play
ers think about the alumni,”
Sherrill said. “They probably
think they’ll have to take it easy
on those old guys, but they could
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The following are some of the
big-name participants in this
year’s Texas A&M alumni
football game, slated for May 1
in Kyle Field.
Honorary coaches
Paul “Bear” Bryant
John David Crow
Jack Pardee
O.A. “Bum” Phillips
Coaches
David Beal
Elwood Kettler
Bobby Marks
Gary Milligan
Lloyd Taylor
Garth Ten Napel
Lance Van Zandt
John Paul Young
Willie Zapalac
James Zachery
Honorary players
Grady Allen, 1965-67
Adger Armstrong, 1975-78
Keith Baldwin, 1979-81
Gerald Carter, 1978-79
Jimmy Dean, 1973-76
Mark Dennard, 1975-78
Curtis Dickey, 1976-79
Edgar Fields, 1974-76
Jacob Green, 1977-79
Lester Hayes, 1973-76
Charlie Krueger, 1955-57
Mack Moore, 1979-80
Mike Mosley, 1977-80
Cody Risien, 1976-78
Ed Simonini, 1972-75
Dennis Swilley, 1973-76
Pat Thomas, 1972-75
Mike Whitwell, 1978-81
Players
Billy Bob Barnett, 1969
David Beal, 1977-80
Bubba Bean, 1972-75
David Brothers, 1976-79
Preston Dickson, 1977-79
Dave Elmendorf, 1968-70
Tony Franklin, 1975-78
Craig Glendenning, 1973-76
Benny Haddox, 1972-74
Edd Hargett, 1966-68
Barney Harris, 1967-69
Eddie Heath, 1976-78
Doug Holmes, 1977-79
Jesse Hunnicutt, 1974-76
Arlis James, 1979-80
Rolf Krueger, 1966-68
Tommie Maxwell, 1966-68
Ken McLean, 1962-65
Charlie Milstead, 1957-59
Kevin Monk, 1974-77
Gayle Oliver, 1957-59
Richard Osborne, 1972-75
Ed Pustejovsky, 1976-79
Steve Spitzenberger, 1975-77
Elroy Steen, 1977-79
Larry Stegent, 1967-69
Johnny Svatek, 1977-79
Doug Teague, 1976-79
David Walker, 1973-76
Grady Wilkerson, 1973-76
George Woodard, 1975-78
Jackie Sherrill
Jack Pardee
Adger Armstrong
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be in for a surprise.”
Hargett, however,
another idea.
“It’s going to he something
different, trying to play football
again,” he said. “I’m 34, and I’ll
be 35 soon. You know, some
guys are still playing at that age,
but I haven’t played in seven or
eight years.”
Hargett is the Chief Engineer
for Electric Co-op and lives in
Douglasville.
Crow, 46, the only Heisman
Trophy winner in Texas A&M
history, says he’s worried about
getting hurt — even though he’s
listed as an honorary coach.
“I’ve got to watch what I’m
doing (on the sideline) so these
guys don’t run over me,” Crow
said.
John Paul Young, a lineback
er coach for the New Orleans
Saints of the National Football
League by way of the Texas
A&M coaching staff, says the
game will be interesting.
“Its going to be a real show,”
Young said. “It’ll be funny to see
some of these guys play.
“It’ll be a real show, all right,”
he laughed.
Young and Saints’ head
coach O.A. “Bum” Phillips are
honorary coaches for the alum
ni. Young said he and Phillips
won’t arrive in College Station
until the day of the game be
cause they both will be working
on the NFL draft. Phillips also
coached at Texas A&M before
entering the pro ranks.
Many of the players said they
were surprised about being
asked to play. Even those who
are listed as honorary players —
many NFL clubs have rules
against their players playing in
games such as the alumni game
— were surprised at the idea of
a game between the varsity and
the alumni.
Curtis Dickey was a four-year
letterman at running back for
the Aggies from 1976-79. He
now plays for the Baltimore
Colts of the NFL, and is going to
school here during the off-
Ed Hargett, shown here during his
glory days as the Aggie quarterback,
returns to Texas A&M with about 170
other past coaches and players for the
alumni game with the Aggie football
team May 1. Hargett, now 34, led
Texas A&M to its only Cotton Bowl
victory ever over Alabama in 1968.
Dave Elmendorf, a safety for the Aggie
football team during the late 1960s,
talks with Coach Gene Stallings after
a game during their careers at Texas
A&M. Elmendorf, who played for the
LA Rams of the NFL for several years,
returns for the 1982 Texas A&M alum
ni game, slated for Kyle Field May 1.
season. Dickey says he didn’t
even think twice when they
asked him to be an honorary
player.
“When they asked me, it was
something I immediately
accepted,” Dickey said. “Ed do
anything for them, because
they’ve done so much for me.”
Curley Hallman, defensive
secondary coach for the Aggies
and a 1970 graduate of Texas
A&M, says the game is impor
tant not only for those coming
back to reminisce, but for the
Athletic Department as well.
“I think its going to be a great
thing for A&M for the same
reason that its bringing so many
of the former players back,” he
said.
“A lot of these players have
had the feeling that once you’ve
played a certain period of time, a
new regime takes over. It’s not
that they feel left out, but maybe
not such a part of it as before,”
he said.
“We want them to be a part of
the program because they’re
Aggies. It’s going to be a big plus
to have everybody together in
the athletic program.”
Admission to the game will be
$5 for adults and $2 for high
school age and younger. Texas
A&M students will be admitted
free of charge with I.D. cards
and all-sports passes.
Seating for the game will be
on a first-come, first served
basis. The gates at Kyle Field will
open at 4:30.
Former Texas A&M football coach Paul “Bear” Bry
ant holds the Aggies’ practice outside an old rendi
tion of.Kyle Field during his coaching stint here in
the 1950s. Bryant and several other former Texas
A&M coaches, players and trainers will visit the
campus next weekend for the alumni game.