Portal:1971 Spring Men
1971 Spring Men Portal
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
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
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
