The main photo from Friday’s column is from the 1970 USC-UCLA game.
No. 83 is All-American Willie Hall. The No. 83 had quite a legacy in the 60’s-70’s as Jimmy Gunn, Hall and Richard Wood wore it. All became All-Americans.
No. 19 for UCLA is quarterback Dennis Dummit, who passed for a school-record 2,393 yards that season.
- You can’t beat looking at the front page of a newspaper like this 1952 Daily Trojan. Memo to L.A. Times.
- Is this another example of how school spirit was different in the 1950’s?
In 1954, USC played Oregon State in a best of 3 series to determine the Pacific Coast Conference basketball champion. The games were held at Long Beach City College.
In the deciding game, a contigent of football players led by Jon Arnett, Leon Clarke, Orlando Ferrante, Ed Fouch, Dick Nunis and Sam Tsagalakis showed up to support the basketball team. Football coach Jess Hill, baseball coach Rod Dedeaux and track coach Jess Mortensen were at the game. Dedeaux had just returned from a month in Japan at an Armed Services baseball clinic.
USC football assistants Don Clark (former Trojan player who eventually became head coach), Bill Fisk (a player on 1938 national championship team whose son, Bill Jr., was a future USC All-American) and George Ceithaml (a former starting QB at Michigan) were at the game.
There was a report USC basketball coach Forrest Twogood was so nervous, he was surrounded by empty cigarette wrappers before the game.
USC students did individual cheers for Twogood and the starting five before the game.
Who else were there for the entire series? UCLA coach John Wooden.
Oregon State was led by center Swede Halbrook, who was 7-foot-3, the tallest player in college or pro basketball at the time.
USC won the series, 2-0, with a 48-45 victory in the deciding game as Roy Irvin scored 18 points and Dick Welsh added 13. Halbrook had a game-high 22.
This was the last USC team to reach the Final Four.
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 
I like this post because it mentions Wood and Dick.
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Then you will really love your unseemly president today.
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Thank you for keeping me in your thoughts.
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You are welcome, Cowardly Gabby sock puppet.
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I know for a fact that I am not Gabby and you merely think you know that I am. I have all the power!
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SINCE 1954…LFOL! What a bunch of pathetic chumps.
***The O/U # of bozo Bandwagon BB fans entertaining the idea that Bronny O’ Jimmy, will actually lead Andyain’twinning’s DUMPSTER U BB program to the 2023-24 Final Four…
ZERO!
Is it true that Andyain’twinning spit- shinned Bronny’s shoes 4x in the last week?
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What will Bozo U do when LeBron’s son steps on the floor and they realize this kid shouldn’t have even made all league for his high school 😂😂😂. Make up a fake injury ie Josh Shaw!
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Well Sam Gilbert is dead and can’t support Andy but it wouldn’t surprise me if he were alive that he’d switch allegiance to USC so he wouldn’t have to cheat in order to associate with winners.
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Red Sanders too
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While Enfield was spit shining Bronny’s shoes, pudly76 and gotroll22 a.k.a. (everyones imposter) were taking turns spit shining Bronny’s dick and tossing his salad.
LOL!
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Charlie Bucket, are you a Nibbler of Young Flesh like your Dictator Senile Joe?
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Don’t you love how get got his sniff in?
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He is one sick mofo.
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I’m so feisty!
LOL!
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Has he finally gone too far for even our resident board Democrats?
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He can’t go too far for them. They’re as sick as he is.
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That 1970 SC-sucla game is one I prefer to forget (45-20 sucla
or something like that)
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But UCLA would only win one more time in the 1970s… 25-22 in 1975. SC enjoyed almost total domination during the end of the John McKay era and the beginning of the John Robinson Era.
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28 years Owns, 28 years and no NC. But Chip won the ESPY for best comedy in football progam.
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‘Tevie, ‘Tevie, ‘Tevie, SUCC the Pac-12, BB chumps are OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ferever.
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LHF,
You sure you want to go down this road again?
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I HATE TO CORRECT SCOTT
BUT
RE 1954 BASKETBALL VS OREGON ST
IT WAS A THREE GAME PLAYOFF
WE WON THE FIRST
LOST THE SECOND
AND WON THE THIRD
AND
THE FIRST TWO GAMES WERE AT OREGON ST. GILL STADIUM
I WAS AT ALL THREE GAMES
YOU CAN VERIFY ON GOOGLE ABOUT THE GAMES
CHECK OUT USC BASKETBALL 1954 RESULTS
SORRY SCOTT
HAHA
DO I GET A REWARD OR PRIZE
HAHA
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GW he will probably give you a big FU
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YEAH
HE SAID MY CHECK IS IN THE MAIL BRO.
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George,
How would you like two tickets to UCLA’s home opener against Coastal Carolina?
#Don’tAnswerThat
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THANK YOU LJ
AND MICHAEL
IT COULD BE FUN TO WATCH COASTAL WHIP THR BRUINS ASS !!
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Who is worse, Coastal Carolina or Nevada?
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Nothing like hearing from the source, GT
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SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY JOHN.
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With a name like Swede Halbrook, he would’ve made a great porn star.
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HI CR
HE WAS SCARY GOOD AROUND THE BASKET
LOOKED LIKE A BEANPOLE THO.
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That used to be the running joke about LA weathermen’s names:
‘Dallas Raines’….’Johnny Mountain’
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Always noticed the absurdity of those names … haha ❤️ Would’ve made great porn names.
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FRAN SINATRA
PEELER LAWFORD
BEVERLY HILLS
MET ALL THREE AT THE LARGO ON SUNSET BACK IN THE DAY
BEVERLY WAS THE BEST !!
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I KNEW THEM ALL
HAHA
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Don’t forget about our Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Willow Bay (born Kristine Carlin Bay).
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YES. WILLOW BAY
HAHA
AND
OF COURSE
A SWEET FAVORITE
CANDY BARR !!
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I saw the old Basketball score and thought, “that must be the half time score,” before I realized Basketball in the 50s was a game of keep-away with occasional shooting. The 30 second clock was a wishful thinking idea during that era.
Any time USC beats Ucla it makes my day, whether it’s the Rose bowl or just bragging rights it’s always a big deal.
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