In the early 1970s, I lived in Milton-Freewater. Linfielder Brian Carter was head football coach at that city's Mac-Hi (a.k.a. McLoughlin Union High School). I went to a football practice and was surprised to hear offensive plays being called with familiar Linfield names. One play was the "Gebauer." I asked Coach Durham. It was named for Paul Gebauer, Linfield College anthropologist. Coach said another play was the “Mahaffey.” It involved acting. Hap Mahaffey was an actor and head of Linfield dramatic arts and speech. (Walt Gebauer, son of Paul and Clara Gebauer, played football for Paul Durham-coached Linfield teams.) (Photo of Paul Gebauer by William P. Galen.)
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On 9/24/2023, Linfield Bob Ferguson posted at the Coach Paul Durham Statue/Monument Facebook page that when he played Linfield College Football for Coach Paul Durham "We
had a play named for (Brad Durham). It was kind of a pass play and the QB would
call either Bradley Right or Bradley Left. I remember him naming the
play like it was yesterday!"
