Former Marshall University Players and Staff

These pages are provided for the sole purpose of conveying information on past Marshall University Sports Players.  The content of these pages has not been verified in most cases and is not to be considered accurate.  Information is provided from various sources and can be erroneous.  If you have additional or corrective information please contact me at d.mike.myers@att.net.  

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This document was last up-dated 6/07/04

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College Bowl

Back in the late '70s and early '80s, Marshall actually had one of the top College Bowl teams in the nation. The team reached the National Championship tournament four straight years (1979-82), reaching the Final Eight in 1979 (eliminated by Oberlin) and the Final Four in 1981 (eliminated by Davidson).  In 1981, I think, MU hosted the National College Bowl tournament, with brainiacs from all over the country in Huntington to compete and answer questions from Art Fleming, himself (for those of you under 35, he was the Alex Trabek of the original Jeapordy show). The Herd scored an upset by beating Princeton in the Quarters.  Kurt Taube, a regular poster on the Grapevine, was a starter on that team as were Scott Hines and David Nunley. During my years on the Varsity (never started, I was the College Bowl equivalent to Willie Wilcox), we didn't do that well, but had a lot of fun going to Davidson, Md.-eastern shore, and others for tournaments. We DID host our own tournament, the John Marshall Invitational.  Source: MARSHALLMARK and KT.

           

Bowling

Marshall used to have a bowling team.  Sorry that is all I know for now except that vcoach from the Grapevine was once a team member.  Harold Mead, Jerry Smalley and Ed Miser are only 2 guys I remember. There were about 7 members I think.>>>vcoach

That team was formed in the fall of 1971 when the new student union opened.  Don Morris hired Tex Pertee to run the downstairs rec area which included the 8 bowling lanes.  I was entering my senior year and asked Tex for a job.  I was a local bowler and had experience working the machines and prepping the lanes at the old Spot Lanes.  He hired me and I got him to hire my buddy Bruce 
Ferris, another Spot "graduate."  Interestedly, Bruce ended up marrying Kathy, who worked in Don Morris's office.  They have three sons and now live in northern Fla.  Anyway, Tex ask me to help him put together a team to go to the intercollegiate national inter-mural championships in DC.  I got Brent Nelson, Mike Topping, Rick Hedrick (who's brother Bruce is a noted local Huntington bowler now, but wasn't good enough to make the team then)!  Gary Maynard also joined the team (Gary now competes on the PBA senior's tour with Roger Workman).

I had bowled with Roger, Keith Bentley, Jim McNeil and Don Walker on traveling teams as well in several top scratch leagues with all these guys.  I don't remember how we did in DC (didn't win obviously)!  Also, we went to WVU for a tourney along with Concord, WV State, Tech and several other schools.  I think we came in second. Our rematch with WVU and the other schools at MU later that year proved better as we kicked their *&%$#%% real good. Maynard got hot and lead the way.

Where is Tex and the rest of them now?  Beyond me.  I graduated in summer of 72 and headed to California where I still live.  Didn't pick up a bowling ball after leaving Huntington.  Retired last year from Pacific Bell Yellow Pages and drag race on the NHRA circuit with my 67 Camaro stock eliminator car.  

Jim Meador

Wrestling

According to Chap Fay, Marshall had a wrestling team at one time too.  Marshall fielded a wrestling team from 1950 to 19866.

Bill Archer. 66-71.  Posted the best overall record of any Marshall wrestler ever.  Bill has more than 200 career victories and 23 regional tournament titles as the head coach at Huntington High School. He was inducted into the National Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Sorry, I don’t know more at this time.

Information assembled by Mike  Myers (mu4ever).  Thanks to all those who have contributed to this information.