Stagg Honored at Pacific University (1948)

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Title:
Stagg Honored at Pacific University (1948)
Description:
This photograph shows Amos Alonzo Stagg (seated, left), eighty-six years old, with his son Paul Stagg (standing left), R. B. Hammond (seated, right) and W. C. Giersbach (standing right). They are attending an event hosted by the trustees of Pacific University at University Club in Portland, Oregon, honoring Amos Alonzo Stagg for his dedication to football. Despite his age, he actively helped his son, Paul Stagg, with spring training at Pacific University, Forest Grove. For more information on Amos Alonzo Stagg, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/661 Paul Stagg (March 18, 1909 – September 4, 1992) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Moravian College (1934–1936), Springfield College (1937–1940), Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1941–1946), and Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon (1946–1960), compiling a career college football record of 94–99–12. Stagg played football as a quarterback at the University of Chicago, where his father, Amos Alonzo Stagg, was the head coach. He was an assistant coach under his father at Chicago in the fall of 1932 before graduating in December with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in geography. He followed the elder Stagg in 1933 to the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where he served as an assistant coach for a season before taking the head coaching job at Moravian. Paul Stagg returned to the University of the Pacific in 1961 as director of physical education and intercollegiate athletics, a capacity in which he served until 1967. Walter C. Giersbach B.D., Ph.D., D.D, LL.D. served as the ninth President of Pacific University from 1941-1953. In 1953, the Board of Trustees called for his resignation and fired him, shocking Giersbach, who considered himself a successful president. That same year, he was appointed to the Oregon State Senate. History reveals Giersbach as one of Pacific’s most successful presidents: the campus flourished under his presidency and he significantly raised the University’s profile. Printed on back: (on back): Famed Football Patriach Honored by Pacific University; Amos alonzo Stagg, Univ. of Chicago coach for 41 years, was honored last week (May 5) at University Club, Portland, Ore., by trustees of Pacific University, Forest Grove, where Paul Stagg coaches and heads physical education. Stagg, Sr., now 86, actively helped his son with spring training. Dr. Giersbach, Pacific U. president, paid tribute to Staggs at dinner of leading Portlanders.; (Seated, l. to r.) A. A. Stagg, R. B. Hammond; (Standing, l. to r) Paul Stagg, W. C. Giersbach
Creator:
Ackroyd Photography Inc. (Portland, OR)
Date:
1948
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Subjects:
Springfield College--Alumni and alumnae
Springfield College--Faculty
Stagg, Amos Alonzo, 1862-1965
Pacific University
Dinner parties
Football
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/2810
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Identifier:
ms507-01-01-02-007