Ad Rutschman is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame (inducted 1998) and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame (1993) because of who he is, his accomplishments and the hard work of Dr. Bob Gill, esteemed sports historian.
About Ad and the Oregon Sports HOF, Bob said, “I was the selection committee chairman of the State of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame
when I finally convinced the ‘Good Ol Boys’ to start considering small college coaches. Before that, it was always nominate your One Duck, and then your One Beaver, maybe a Blazer, etc, back and forth...”
Bob provided these photos:
—Joan and Ad Rutschman at his Oregon Sports HOF induction in July of 1993.
—-Ad and Mike Riley (who served five seasons as a Linfield assistant football coach) years later at a National Football Foundation function. Mike was also head football coach at Oregon State University and the University of Nebraska.
