Found video footage online of my grandfather playing football

[toyotafan]

So my grandfather played on the last football team that Gonzaga ever had, the 1941 squad. He graduated in spring 1942 and joined the Navy and flew a hellcat in the pacific theater.

Anyhow, just was chatting with a guy about old-time football and happened to type in Gonzaga 1941 and got a wikipedia page and also this video. Pretty cool. He's #42 in the lighter colored helmets. Washington state destroyed them, but it's still fun to watch a game that happened just two weeks before pearl harbor.

Gonzaga Bulldogs football - Wikipedia

 

[toyotafan]

Here's the 1940 game.

 

[toyotafan]

What's funny is my uncle Jeff played football for Washington State and he blew his knee out. I think I just found the video for that. Not sure if I'll share it with him or not.