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1971 Spring Men Portal

This team was the first team to take an overseas tour, spring break to England. Beat Cranwell on a superb try by Jerry Olin, who was set up by a MacDougall pass. Lost a close game to Sandhurst in a match where we thought Sean Edris broke his neck. Caught a VC-10 back after a rousing party at Cranwell; Col Manners led the charge.

Won the Coors cup in the fall AND the spring, retiring it to a prominent place in Arnold Hall. Dave MacDougall selected as outstanding player of the championship game

Scoring leaders for the year: Olin (54), Grayson (33), Miller (30), Stanberry (26) Yaniglos and Benson (21 each), MacDougall (18) and Keith (15)

Team Record

A Side Record

Date	Opponent	Score	Notes
7 March	Grizzlies	27-6	Tries by Miller, Tibbetts, MacDougall (2), Rice, Hayes; conversions by Miller (2) and Lisenby; PK by Keith
13 March	UCLA	0-21	at UCLA
24 March	Cranwell	10-5	UK Spring Break: Tries by Bentson and Olin; conversions by Olin (2)
26 March	Sandhurst	3-9	UK Spring Break; Olin PK
1 April	BYU	18-8	Try by Miller; PKs by Lisenby(2) and Olin (3) (poor officiating)
4 April	Barbos	9-3	Tries by Macdougall and Hayes (2)
11 April	DU	25-3	Tries by Yaniglos (2), Edris, Cottingham, Keith, Stanberry and Lisenby; Conversions by Lisenby and Miller
18 April	Highlanders B	19-8	Tries by Woesner, Yaniglos (2), Olin; Conversions by Olin (2)
2 May	CC	6-8	Yaniglos 2 Tries
8 May	UNC	20-0	Coors Cup; Tries by Miller (2), Olin, Bentson, Stanberry, Dordal; conversion by Olin
9 May	Highlanders	12-11	Coors Cup; Tries by Yaniglos, Tibbetts; PK by Olin (2)
15 May	CSU	13-5	Coors Cup; Tries by Olin (2) PK by Olin; Conversions by Olin and Stanberry
16 May	CC	11-3	Coors Cup Final; Tries by Hayes and Olin; PK by Stanberry; conversion by Stanberry
May	ERRFU Sevens tournament	Various	Champions
Season Record	10-3

B Side Record

Date	Opponent	Score	Notes
7 March	CC	12-10	Tries by Sortlan, Gardner, Schmitt; PK by Garyson
14 March	New Mexico	13-0	at AFA; Tries by Arnold (2), Scace; Conversions by Baird (2)
3 April	New Mexico	19-8	at NM; Tries by Priddy (3), Haslip and Gardner; conversions by Baird and Rajack
4 April	New Mexico	6-0	at NM; Ties by Rajack and Scace
11 April	Boulder	23-3	Rajczak (14 pts on kicks);Dordal (2T) and a try by Haslip
18 April	Barbos B	9-8	Try by Harlem; PKs by Rajczak (2)
25 April	Highlanders A	8-10	Try by Priddy; PK and conversion by Rajczak
2 May	Highlanders C	11-3	Tries by Sortland, Haslip, DeTomo and Conversion by Baird
8 May	Highlanders B	9-11	Coors Cup Tries by Rajczak, Arnold, Haslip
Season Record	7-2

Roster

Last Name	First Name	Class
Priddy	Warren	74
Arnold	Bobby	74
Yaniglos	Jim	73
Bentson	Kirk	72
Chamberlin	Kurt	72
Cottingham	William	72
Harlan	James	72
Rice	Robert	72
Stanberry	Carl	72
Thomas	David	72
Woessner	James	72
Carolan	Robert	73
Geers	Terry	73
Grayson	Thomas	73
Hayes	Tim	73
Haslup	Stephen	73
Olin	Jerome	73
Lisenby	Terry	73
Merideth	D J	73
Ralston	Mark	73
DeTomo	Roco	74
Schmitt	Pat	73
Sherman	Paul	73
Silver	James	73
Sortland	Gary	73
Segulja	Thomas	74
Dordal	Paul	71
Edris	Sean	71
Fenwick	Lindsay	71
Gardner	William	71
Keith	David	71
MacDougall	David	71
Miller	Jack	71
Rajczak	William	71
Tibbetts	Gary	71
Barid	Gary	72
Scace	Davniel	72
Schunemann	Paul	72
Groman	Michael	71
Rosenberg	Nate	74
Geary	David	74
Maquet	Mike	74
Dooley	Paul	74
Schultz	Robert	71
Snook	Keith	73

Post Season Experience/Records

Post Season Selections

Dave McDougall - Western Collegiates

Sean Edris - Western Collegiates

Carl Stanberry (72) - Western Collegiates

William Yanigloss (73) - Western Collegiates

Warren Priddy (74) - Western Collegiates

Post Graduation Involvement

As a Player

Sean Edris - Denver Barbos (President's Cup award, 82; Coaches Award, 83; Club Captain 83, 84)

Selected to Representative Teams

Sean Edris- ERRFU (80)

Starting Other Teams:

Sean Edris - Kadena Lions RFC, 1974

Sean Edris - Japan / American RFU, 1974

Sean Edris - Little Rock AFB RFC, ?Date

Sean Edris - Mather AFB RFC, ?Date

Vern Francis - Wichita RFC, ?Date

As a Coach

Sean Edris - Denver Barbos, Colorado University

Vern Francis - AF Academy, Combined Services U-23 87

As an Administrator

Sean Edris - charter member of the Western Rugby Football Union administration and first president of the Ozark Rugby Union

Leadership

Staff

Head Coach - Al Osur

Assistant Coach - Wing Cmdr Tony Mason, RAF

Assistant Coach - John Pollard

OIC - Col Philip Manners, DDS

NCOIC - Sgt J Rosencrance

CIC - C2C Carl Stanberry

President- Dave McDougall

Captains

C1C Dave McDougall

C1C Sean Edris

C1C Mike Groman (Scrum Captain)

Media

Click here for more 1971 Spring Men pictures

And a special place for Tony Mason memories

Memorable Events

The Diamond Bar, Per Jim Russell: After one Coors Cup Final won by AFA, maybe Fall 1991, all the ruggers retired to a Capitol Hill, Denver dive bar called the Diamond, at 13th and Pearl, a very nasty part of town then; it was sometimes called the Red Diamond, because the neon diamond on the sign was surrounded by red lights. Anyway, it was a bar normally habituated by Native Americans, and they didn’t take too kindly to all these white American ruggers taking over their bar for the afternoon. Beer and drinks were flowing and things got a bit tense, with the Native Americans muttering, “You stole our land.” AFA’s English coach, Tony Mason, stepped right up to them and, in his very proper and very English accent, said, “I know exactly what you mean. They did it to us too.” The Indians paused to figure that one out, Tony bought all beers, and peace was restored. See Here for Tony Mason's recount: Tony Mason memories

UK TRIP: I remember the UK trip and we did win both the after parties. The night before our departure after beating Cranwell we had a great formal dinner We tied our cloth napkins together under the table and then tied the end to the head table and.commenced to pull in unison the head table away from its rather snooty occupants. After dinner we had a great time and showed our host just how carrier landings are done on beer soaked tables. Songs were sung and rugger dances done. I woke up the next morning with a RAF mess dress jacket and a very nice set of RAF wings. I still have those wings today. Memorable trip. (T. Grayson)

Per Tony Mason (later, Air Vice Marshall Mason) "Memories - the elation (and guilty loyalties on beating the team I had coached three years previously) and then disappointment at losing in the last minute to Sandhurst . But, as I dimly recall we won both parties despite being depleted by the mysterious absence from the Cranwell bar of some nameless members who were snared by young ladies from the local Teacher Training College, thoughtfully invited by our Cranwell hosts."

Top Try scorer - Miller (8)

Top Penalty Kicks - Olin (8)

Top Conversions - Grayson (9)

Five players selected to take part in Colorado North South game: MacDougall, Edris, Stanberry and Yaniglos for South; Priddy for North