Hugh Yoshida,
Linfield Class of 1962, and Tony Ah Yat,
Class of 1965, were outstanding football player for the Linfield Wildcat. In photo above, Hugh on left and Tony on right.
Both members of the Linfield
Athletics Hall of Fame and both from Hawaii, they played for Coach Paul Durham.
HUGH YOSHIDA, Honolulu
(Iolani)
Lettered in football 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961
Linfield Athletics Hall of Fame
bio:
TONY AH YAT,
Honolulu (Kamehameha)
Lettered in football 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
Linfield Athletics Hall of Fame
bio:
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In fall 2018, traveling from
their homes in Hawaii to the Linfield College campus in McMinnville were Tony
and Hugh, and their wives, Aileen Ah Yat
and Patti Yoshida.
Left to right:
--Tony and Hugh.
--Tony, Hugh, Patti and Aileen.
They were photographed by
Wildcatville at the 9/15/2018 Redlands at Linfield football game, Maxwell
Field.
Other photos from Linfield Oak Leaves yearbooks during their
undergraduate years at Linfield, from the Oregonian
and from Linfield Sports Info/Athletics Hall of Fame.
You’ll enjoy this story (link below) by
Dennis Anderson, Linfield Athletics Hall of Famer, a former Honolulu
daily newspaper sports writer now living in McMinnville. His research discovered The Streak.
Link to his bio:
Football players living the life at
Linfield: Hawaii talent has helped the school go 49 years without a losing
season
By Dennis Anderson
Hawaii Grown Report
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Dec. 23, 2004
Link to story:
