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Post by Green Falcon on Jan 15, 2019 19:00:40 GMT -5
Doing some research on championship winners from NWO. Just wanted to double check these facts and see if anyone had any other information to help fill in the blanks. Or if I missed someone entirely. Also, if someone has complete rosters available for the following teams= Notre Dame FB (1988, 1977, 1973, 1966, 1949, 1947, 1946, 1943, 1930, 1929) Michigan State FB (1965, 1952) Ohio State Basketball (1960) and Cincinnati Basketball (1961,1962) (I'm looking for people that were born or graduated high school from some where in the following counties; Allen, Auglaize, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Huron, Lucas, Marion, Mercer, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood, Wyandot I appreciate the help
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Post by awebgsu on Jan 15, 2019 23:12:26 GMT -5
Brian Agler - Elgin HS, Head Coach of WNBA Championship in 2010 and 2016 and 2 ABL Championships.
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Post by Buckeye2b on Jan 16, 2019 7:14:24 GMT -5
John Gruden - born in Sandusky in 1963 (his Dad Jim attended the Berg and was Galion's head football coach in the early 60's.) Superbowl 37 with champion Tampa Bay - Head Coach.
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Post by Admin on Jan 16, 2019 8:50:08 GMT -5
Robert Thornton of Willard started at Center and Linebacker for Ohio State's 1954 AP National Championship team. www.morningjournal.com/news/robert-floyd-thornton/article_ffe8fe66-41a5-58c4-bcea-3a588b2453c8.htmlOHIO STATE FOOTBALL Center for 1954 champs dies at 74 Thursday, June 01, 2006 Tim May THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Robert Thornton, a center and linebacker on the 1954 Ohio State national championship team, was killed yesterday in a two-vehicle accident in Crawford County. He was 74. Still a practicing attorney in his hometown of Willard, Thornton was driving back from a hearing in Bucyrus late in the morning when the accident occurred, his daughter-in-law, Tammy Thornton, said last night. The news shocked former teammate and quarterback, Dave Leggett. "He was just a super guy, a team player all the way, and a great two-way player," Leggett said by telephone from Colorado Springs, Colo. "You couldn’t find a better teammate and a better individual. He was just a terrific human being." Thornton grew up in Willard and moved back there after he received his law degree from Ohio State. He joined the law firm founded by older brother Kenny Thornton, who died just a couple of months ago. But Robert Thornton was a lifelong Buckeye, said Tammy Thornton, wife of his son Alec. "He loved Woody Hayes, and I think the feeling was mutual, because Woody came to our town several times whenever, say, a high-school team made it to a state tournament or did something exceptional," she said. When the undefeated Buckeyes went to the Rose Bowl to clinch their 1954 national championship with a win over Southern California, Thornton’s wife, Joanne, had to stay behind because she was due with their first child. As a result, they named their daughter Bucky. Robert is survived by his wife; his five children, Bucky, Cathy, Alec, Andrew and Aaron, and several grandchildren. Secor Funeral Home in Willard will have calling hours from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. The funeral Mass is set for 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Francis Xavier Church in Willard. |
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Post by Admin on Jan 16, 2019 9:01:58 GMT -5
Another good read.
Willard grad added to OSU's legacy of linebackers
By Jon Spencer
News Journal
WILLARD -- The greatest game ever played by an Ohio State linebacker? Perhaps a tough question for most Buckeye fans to answer, given that OSU has produced nine first-team All-Americans at the position, ranging from Ike Kelley in 1964 to A.J. Hawk the last two years.
For Joe Whisler, there's no debate. He's never seen a linebacker match the performance given by Willard native Robert Thornton in a 20-19 win over Wisconsin and star running back Alan "The Horse" Ameche in 1953.
"(Thornton) really did a tremendous job," Whisler said Thursday. "He stopped Ameche cold. It wasn't a very good day for Alan." Thornton, a center and linebacker on the 1954 Ohio State national championship team, was killed Wednesday in a two-vehicle accident in Crawford County. He was 74.
Still a practicing attorney in his hometown, Thornton died at the scene of the accident on Ohio 98 and Baker Road. According to deputies, Thornton was northbound in his 1995 Buick LeSabre on Baker Road, failed to yield at the stop sign and was struck in the side by an eastbound 2001 Dodge Ram, driven by Donald Gordon, 65, of Bucyrus. Gordon and his passenger, Harry Myers, 70, of Bucyrus, were injured and transported to MedCentral/Shelby hospital by Plymouth EMS.
News of Thornton's death stunned Whisler, a fellow Willard native and former Buckeye. Whisler, a fullback and linebacker, was Ohio State's MVP in 1948.
They spoke just a couple of months ago at a funeral home in Willard after the death of Thornton's older brother, Kenneth, founder of the law firm Robert joined after receiving his law degree from OSU.
Thornton's grandson, Nick Strance, a star quarterback at Willard now playing for Ashland University, once told the News Journal that Thornton was "like a second father to me."
"When I was little, he always used to tell me stories about winning the national championship," Strance said in a 2002 News Journal story. "He used to be the quarterback in the backyard. I would run routes and he would throw to me and he always used to work with me on punt, pass and kick."
After Thornton's memorable game against Wisconsin in 1953, OSU linebackers coach Ernie Godfrey gave Thornton a china horse for making the most tackles on "The Horse."
Ameche would win the Heisman Trophy the following season, but Thornton and the Buckeyes claimed a greater prize -- the national title. They also beat the Badgers again, 31-14, in a springboard victory over the nation's top-ranked team.
Thornton was going to sit out the 1954 season to concentrate on law school. But coach Woody Hayes asked him to think about it over the spring and then make his decision.
Thornton eventually changed his mind. Good thing he did because starting center Ken Vargo got hurt early in the season and Thornton replaced him.
Playing alongside two-time All-American Jim Parker and with 1955 Heisman Trophy winner Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, Thornton and the Buckeyes finished 10-0, gave Hayes his first Big Ten title and beat USC 20-7 in the Rose Bowl for the national championship.
"I made the right choice," Thornton told the News Journal a couple years ago.
When the Buckeyes went to the Rose Bowl to clinch their national crown, Thornton's wife, Joanne, had to stay behind because she was pregnant with their first child. As a result, they named their daughter Bucky.
Thornton is survived by his wife; his five children, Bucky, Cathy, Alec, Andrew and Aaron, and several grandchildren.
Secor Funeral Home in Willard will have calling hours from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. The funeral mass is set for 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Francis Xavier Church in Willard.
jspencer@nncogannett.com 419-521-7239
Originally published June 2, 2006
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Post by maplecityjake on Jan 16, 2019 13:44:20 GMT -5
John Gruden - born in Sandusky in 1963 (his Dad Jim attended the Berg and was Galion's head football coach in the early 60's.) Superbowl 37 with champion Tampa Bay - Head Coach.
Jim Gruden was an assistant coach at Fremont Ross under legendary Mal Mackey prior to Gallon stint. |
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Post by mediamember on Jan 16, 2019 16:58:08 GMT -5
Brad Fisher, Clemson starting tackle from Fostoria 1981 national championship football team
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Post by utsherman on Jan 16, 2019 17:25:00 GMT -5
Larry Siegfried led Ohio in scoring as a senior at Shelby High School. He then played college basketball for tOSU, where his tenure overlapped with Jerry Lucas and John Havlicek. As a Co-Captain of the 1960 team, Siegfried played a key role in the run to the NCAA title that year. He went on to have a career in the NBA as well. Bobby Knight, a reserve on that team said the following: "I never saw a better guard in the Big Ten than Larry Siegfried. He was a great player. He was tough as hell. He was physical, he could jump . . . if I had my choice of any guard who played in the Big Ten when I coached and everything else, I'd have a hard time picking someone else."
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Post by clb6110 on Jan 16, 2019 18:17:06 GMT -5
Mike Buurma 1974 NCAA basketball National Chanpionship Willard
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Post by Green Falcon on Jan 16, 2019 20:21:18 GMT -5
Thanks for the help! It has been updated from the current material shared plus I found a roster of the 1954 Ohio State championship team
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Post by Whittaker on Jan 16, 2019 21:03:49 GMT -5
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Post by Green Falcon on Jan 17, 2019 8:57:20 GMT -5
I'm also looking for complete year by year All-Ohio teams for Volleyball, Softball, Baseball, B/G Soccer and Ice Hockey
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