Born in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 18, 1913, Durham died at age 93 on June 22, 2007, in Honolulu, Hawai'i
Linfield football player helmets in the Lewis & Clark at Linfield game Oct. 26, 2013, on Maxwell Field will have “PD 100” decals affixed to the back of their helmets.
Balance of a Linfield athletic enhancement endowment fund in Durham's name recently exceeded $100,000 thanks to a $10,000 anonymous donation and follow-up donations made through fund-raising by three of Durham's former players, Ray Olson, Bob Ferguson, and Bob Haack, classes of 1954, 1965 and 1969 respectively.
A 1936 Linfield graduate, Durham was a star athlete for the college. He returned to the Linfield in 1948 as football coach and added athletic director duties in 1949. He served as football coach through the 1967 season and as athletic director to 1968.
The round decals are purple with white lettering "PD 100, Coach Paul Durham, His 100th Birthday, Linfield."
This is at least the second time a former Linfield head football coach has been honored with a football helmet decal. The 1995 Linfield football team had "Ad Attitude" decals on player helmets prior to Ad Rutschman's 1996 retirement as athletic director.
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"Ad Attitude" decal from helmet of Wildcat footballer Ryan Haack, who lettered 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995.
