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Originally Posted by bocca001
And this picture and caption, from late 1937, seems to cement it, with "paint and brush" being Schmidt's "best known tools of the trade." He is again wearing one of these hats. My guess is that he made a new one each year he served as a trainer. My hat from 1949/1950 includes both college and professional signatures. Rob's hats seem to include only professional player signatures. Santa Clara's football program ended in 1952. Makes me think that Rob's hats might be from post-1952. Not sure if that fits with the actual signatures that are on the hats.
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You're right Marc. One of my hats includes the signature of Ed Beatty who was the Rams first round pick in 1954.
That was some defense they had. You give up just over one point per game and you're probably going to win a few.
And one correction to my original post...That's not Tom Dahms in the pic, it's Don Paul, whose name also appears on the hat.