Wednesday, January 08, 2020

Linfield College 1956 football coaching staff


This photo, probably from early September 1956, is from the McMinnville News-Register. It shows the 1956 Linfield College football coaching staff. Wearing #12 is head coach Paul Durham. Assistant coaches were former Linfield football players. 


A story in the Oregonian says the assistants were Marty Bergan, “backfield specialist;” Al Wills, “line tutor;” and Dewey Dye, “defensive coach.” That’s Marty on the far left. On the right, next to Durham, is Al. Next to Al is Dewey. 


Al Wills is the first student-athlete from Hawaii to attend Linfield.  Like Durham, he’s in the Linfield Athletics Hall of fame: 
https://golinfieldwildcats.com/hof.aspx?hof=67


Read about Marty Bergan here:

https://golinfieldwildcats.com/news/2019/11/21/former-womens-golf-coach-marty-bergan-passes-away.aspx


Read about Dewey Dye here:

https://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2002/06/wildcat-dewey-dye-1928-2002.html