Football

Football

2023
Oct 03

LAMICHAEL JAMES – FOOTBALL

LAMICHAEL JAMES – FOOTBALL

If you are building the Mount Rushmore of Oregon Ducks football players, you had better save a place for LaMichael James (b. Oct 22, 1989). The speedy back from Texarkana, Texas carried plenty of strength on his five-foot, nine-inch frame and helped start the Chip Kelly era with a bang. James three seasons in Eugene..Read More

2020
Sep 26

Rockne Freitas – Football

Rockne Freitas – Football

(September 7, 1945 – June 8, 2022) A giant on the football field for the Oregon State Beavers, Rockne Freitas has also been a giant in education in his home state of Hawaii. He was destined for the gridiron from birth.  His father, John Freitas, named him after Notre Dame coaching legend Knute Rockne. He..Read More

2018
Sep 25

Steven Jackson – Football

Steven Jackson

( born July 22, 1983) The right man at the right time. Steven “Action” Jackson, the son of a Las Vegas pit boss was destined for bigger things away from the bright lights. At a time when top Southern Nevada talent gravitated to Southern California, Steven chose to join Dennis Erickson’s high-flying Oregon State Beavers,..Read More

2016
Sep 21

Mike Hass – Football

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(born January 2, 1983) There was a time a football coach who shall not be named told a young Mike Hass he would not be a successful player. That was a severe misjudgment. The quiet man with the soft hands from Wilsonville would go from high school legend to Beaver fan favorite, setting his share..Read More

2014
Mar 10

Ken Simonton – Football

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(Born June 7, 1979) A California native and all-everything high school football (and baseball) player, Ken Simonton went on to build a new home in the Oregon State Football record books. Most notably known for his winning touchdown in the 1998 double-overtime Civil War as a red-shirt freshman, Simonton helped the Beavers rise in what..Read More

2012
Nov 13

Joey Harrington – Football

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(Born October 21, 1978) A true hometown hero, Joey Harrington has been front and center in the Oregon sports world for nearly two decades and always proud to call Portland home. It was meant to be. The son and grandson of former collegiate quarterbacks, Harrington would blossom as a signal-caller at Central Catholic High School...Read More

2010
Sep 28

Paul Brothers – Football

Paul Brothers

(Born April 18, 1945) Paul Brothers is one of the state’s most decorated citizens athletically having won a high school state title as a player, led Oregon State to the Rose Bowl, played professionally and then coached a team to a prep state title. Brothers grew up in Roseburg and led the Indians to the..Read More

2009
Sep 29

Stan Brock – Football

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(Born June 8, 1958) The Brock brothers, Peter and Stan from Vernonia, were just two of four football players in the family. Born four years apart, they would follow very similar paths to long and successful grid iron careers. Both starred at Jesuit High School; both played collegiately at Colorado; both were the 12th overall..Read More

Sep 29

Peter Brock – Football

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(Born July 14, 1954) The Brock brothers, Peter and Stan from Vernonia, were just two of four football players in the family. Born four years apart, they would follow very similar paths to long and successful grid iron careers. Both starred at Jesuit High School; both played collegiately at Colorado; both were the 12th overall..Read More

2008
Sep 25

Jack “Mad Dog” O’Billovich – Football

Jack O'Billovich

(June 5, 1942 – February 13, 1995) Oregon State football head coach Mike Riley likes to bill the Beavers as “Linebacker U” west coast and for good reason. Many recent Beavers have earned postseason honors and went on to the NFL. The lineage of linebackers that OSU has produced can be traced back decades and..Read More