1958 UCLA Bruins football team explained
The 1958 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast Conference during the 1958 college football season. In their first year under head coaches George W. Dickerson (three games) and then Bill Barnes (seven games),[1] the Bruins compiled a 3–6–1 record (2–4–1 in PCC, sixth).[2]
UCLA's offensive leaders in 1958 were quarterback Don Long with 395 passing yards, Ray Smith with 307 rushing yards, and John Brown with 259 receiving yards.[3]
Five weeks before the first game, head coach Red Sanders died of a heart attack at age 53 in a Los Angeles hotel room.[4] [5] Dickerson was promoted to head coach several days later,[6] but after two hospitalizations for nervous exhaustion, Barnes was named head coach prior to the fourth game,[1] [7] and remained through the 1964 season.[8]
Schedule
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Personnel
Players
- Glen Almquist, end, junior
- Harry Baldwin, center, sophomore
- Ray Benstead, center, senior
- Dean Betts, tackle
- John Brown, receiver, senior
- Dick Butler, center, senior
- Rod Cochran, guard
- John Davis, wingback
- Rod Fagerholm, tackle
- Gene Gaines, fullback
- Steve Gertsman, quarterback
- Joe Harper, guard
- Jim Johnson, receiver
- Chuck Kendall, tailback
- Billy Kilmer, tailback, sophomore
- Bob King, guard, senior
- Bill Leeka, guard, senior
- Don Long, tailback, senior
- Tony Longo, tackle
- Marv Luster, end, sophomore
- Jack Metcalf, guard, sophomore
- Trusse Norris, lineman
- Paul Oglesby, tackle, junior
- Phil Parslow, wingback, senior
- Dave Peterson, quarterback
- Art Phillips, junior
- John Pierovich, end
- Mike Riskas, guard, senior
- Ray Smith, fullback, junior
- "Skip" Smith, tailback, junior
- Jim Steffen, tailback
- Ben Treat, center, sophomore
- Jim Wallace, defensive tackle
- Dick Wallen, end
- Clint Whitfield, guard
- Kirk Wilson, punter
Coaching staff
Other personnel
- Trainer - Ducky Drake
- Assistant trainer - Larry Carter
- Team physician - Dr. Martin Blazina[11]
- Varsity football managers - Tom Naykama, Bob Nishimura, Peter Dalis (senior manager), Perry Gluckman, Tony Giovanazzo, Larry Kasindorf[12]
Notes and References
- News: UCLA coach hospitalized . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . October 10, 1958 . 2B.
- Web site: 1958 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results. Sports Reference LLC. SR/College Football. December 17, 2015.
- Web site: 1958 UCLA Bruins Stats. Sports Reference LLC. SR/College Football. December 17, 2015.
- News: UCLA grid boss taken by death . Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington) . Associated Press . August 15, 1958 . 12.
- News: Death takes Red Sanders, UCLA coach . Bend Bulletin . (Oregon) . UPI . August 15, 1958 . 2.
- News: Assistant gets UCLA head coaching job . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . August 19, 1958 . 3B.
- News: Florida downs UCLA by 21-14 . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . October 11, 1958 . 6.
- News: Barnes quits before UCLA has chance to fire him . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . December 21, 1964 . 1D.
- Web site: 2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results. December 19, 2016.
- UCLA 1959 Southern Campus, Volume 40, p. 224.
- UCLA 1959 Southern Campus, Volume 40, p. 225.
- UCLA 1959 Southern Campus, Volume 40, p. 226.