Linfielder Hugh
Yoshida and his wife, Patti, traveled from Hawaii for the Oct. 18, 2014, Linfield Homecoming unveiling of the Coach Paul Durham statue (monument).
A member of the Linfield Athletics Hall of
Fame, Yoshida is a 1962 Linfield grad (also earned a M.Ed. from Linfield) and
was an All-American linebacker (played 1958-1961) for the Paul Durham-coached Wildcats.
After Linfield, he became a high
school football coach and athletic director in Hawaii and, later, athletic
director of the University of Hawaii.
He said the unveiling ceremony was "very well done. It was a great send off for a man who touched so many of us in our formative years of growing from a boy to a man. Those of us who were lucky enough to play for Paul, it was a means of thanking him for all the lessons and values that we still carry with us in whatever decisions we make on a daily basis. I felt very honored to have been played for him and also was a mentor for me during my football coaching and athletic administrative career."
He said the unveiling ceremony was "very well done. It was a great send off for a man who touched so many of us in our formative years of growing from a boy to a man. Those of us who were lucky enough to play for Paul, it was a means of thanking him for all the lessons and values that we still carry with us in whatever decisions we make on a daily basis. I felt very honored to have been played for him and also was a mentor for me during my football coaching and athletic administrative career."
--2/22/2002 Honolulu Star-Bulletin:Yoshida to retire as UH athletic director
--9/17/2004 Honolulu Advertiser:Leilehua honors former coach
Wildcatville photo of Hugh
Yoshida, Linfield at Maxwell Field 10/13/2012
