First Team
Pos Name Class Hgt Wgt Hometown
DE Tom Csatari 1974 6-0 195 S. River, N.J.
DE Anthony Gargiulo 2006 6-3 235 Nshnc Stn., N.J.
DT Barry Brink* 1971 6-3 240 M. Vll., Calif.
DT Gregg Robinson* 1978 6-6 245 Wilbraham, Mass.
LB Reggie Williams* 1976 6-1 215 Flint, Mich.
LB Zack Walz* 1998 6-5 210 San Jose, Calif.
LB Jerry Pierce 1981 5-11 210 E. Orange, N.J.
LB Don McKinnon 1963 6-3 215 Arlington, Mass.
DB Murry Bowden* 1971 5-11 185 Snyder, Tex.
DB Willie Bogan 1971 6-4 205 Albion, Mich.
DB Lloyd Lee 1998 6-2 205 Blmngtn, Minn.
P Alex Ware 2003 5-10 210 Los Altos, Calif.
* = Unanimous Selection
Second Team
DE Tom Clarke 1966 6-3 218 Longmdw, Mass.
DE Scott Hapgood 1997 6-2 235 Darien, Conn.
DT Tom Tarazevits 1973 6-5 255 S'hampton, N.Y.
DT Lee Sedberry 1982 6-3 240 Albq., N.M.
LB Pete Chapman 1991 6-1 215 Weston, Conn.
LB Paul Michael 1989 6-1 220 Tampa, Fla.
LB George Neos 1994 6-3 225 Lndndrry, N.H.
LB Matt Mercer 2002 6-1 230 Barrington, Ill.
DB Gordie Rule 1968 6-2 180 Chandler, Ariz.
DB Win Mabry 1967 5-11 183 Enid, Okla.
DB Jack Manning 1972 5-11 175 Bozeman, Mont.
P Wayne Schlobohm 2000 6-2 240 Spring Hill, Fla.
Honorable Mention
DE Ed Long 1966 6-2 193 Batavia, Ill.
DE Randy McElrath 1968 6-1 195 Syracuse, N.Y.
DE Pete Lawrence 1969 6-4 225 Ch. Hill, N.J.
DE Fred Radke 1973 6-5 230 Orono, Me.
DE Taran Lent 1996 6-2 230 Englewood, Colo.
DE Ryan Conger 2005 6-2 245 Randolph, N.J.
DT Bill Blumenschein 1963 6-1 202 N. Hyde Pk, N.Y.
DT Brian Wroczynski 1975 6-1 220 Hntngtn, W.Va.
DT Dan Mulligan 1992 6-4 250 L. Forest, Ill.
LB Hank Gerfen 1961 5-10 185 D. Plaines, Ill.
LB Edgar Holley 1966 5-11 188 Maywood, Ill.
LB Norm Davis 1968 6-3 211 S. Wlly, Wash.
LB Wayne Young 1972 5-11 195 Tarrytown, N.Y.
LB Rick Gerardi 1974 5-8 185 Frmngdl, N.Y.
LB Skip Cummins 1976 6-2 210 Grove City, Pa.
LB Kevin Young 1977 5-10 195 Tarrytown, N.Y.
LB Joe Nastri 1979 6-3 220 W. Hrtfrd, Conn.
LB Dave Neslund 1983 6-1 215 Chmbrsbrg, Pa.
LB Harry Wright 1992 6-0 220 Rosenberg, Tex.
LB Josh Bloom 1995 6-0 225 Alamosa, Colo.
LB Zach Lehman 1995 6-2 250 Baltimore, Md.
LB Mark Abel 1997 6-1 220 Cincinnati, Ohio
LB Josh Dooley 2006 6-2 230 Tuttle, Okla.
DB Joe Adams 1970 5-10 170 Muleshoe, Tex.
DB Russ Adams 1971 5-11 170 N. Wlmngtn, Pa.
DB Wesley Pugh 1973 6-1 175 Baltimore, Md.
DB Dave Van Vliet 1977 6-3 190 Cato, N.Y.
DB Scott Sims 1989 5-10 180 S. Diego, Calif.
DB Sal Sciretto 1992 5-11 180 Melrose, Mass.
DB Clayton Smith 2005 6-2 210 Atlanta, Ga.
P Jay Bennett 1971 5-11 180 Edina, Minn.
P Rick Bayless 1982 5-11 175 Portland, Ore.
The Defensive Team — The Rest of the Story
By Jack DeGangeFor Big Green Alert
The list of the unofficial Dartmouth 50-year All-Ivy defensive team has appeared in this space for a couple of days…the editor is more attentive to deadlines than the writer. We’ve already had a hometown correction reported by an interested and ever-alert subscriber.
So, in the spirit of full disclosure (and a thankful wink by the editor at the bent deadline), here are thumbnails of Dartmouth’s 50-year All-Ivy defensive team (with some additional comments relating to second team and honorable selections).
Among the 56 players who received votes for Dartmouth’s 50-year All-Ivy offensive team there are two unanimous selections to the first team: tight end Casey Cramer ’04 and Craig Morton ’89 at wide receiver.
It was pure chance that Dartmouth's 50-year All-Ivy defensive team also has 56 players who received votes. Among them are five players who are unanimous first-team choices to the defensive unit: defensive back/rover Murry Bowden '71, linebackers Reggie Williams '76 and Zack Walz 98, and the two defensive tackles - Barry Brink '71 and Gregg Robinson '78.
The Defensive Ends
Tom Csatari ’74 — DE, 6-0, 195 — Early in his sophomore season, Tom Csatari was a struggling linebacker. His coaches shifted him to defensive end and that made all the difference. As the 1971 Ivy League season unfolded, he became a starter. By season’s end, he was an All-Ivy first team selection. When the 1973 season ended, Csatari was Dartmouth’s first three-time All-Ivy first team choice of the league’s coaches. He was co-captain of the 1973 team that rebounded from an 0-3 start to a 6-3 record and Dartmouth’s fifth straight Ivy championship.
Anthony Gargiulo ’06 — DE, 6-3, 235 — Anthony Gargiulo is the youngest member of the 50-year team. The record of his teams in 2004 and 2005 (three victories), when he was named to the All-Ivy team (unanimously as a senior), doesn’t reflect the performance of the three-year starter whose credo was “approach every snap like it’s the Super Bowl.” A defensive statistic that’s only been recorded at Dartmouth since the early 1990s measures his effectiveness: Gargiulo holds the career record for sacks (25, from 2002-05). He shares the single-season record for sacks (12) with end Scott Hapgood ’97 and the game record (4) with linebacker George Neos ’94, both defensive second-team selections.
The other second team defensive end (with Hapgood) is Tom Clarke ’66, captain of the undefeated team in 1965, the season when two-platoon football became the standard. Among six honorable mentions at defensive end: Ed Long ’66. Like Clarke, Long made the shift to defense. He was named to The Associated Press’ All-America second team.
The Defensive Tackles
Barry Brink ’71 — DT, 6-3, 240 — Brink is one of three members of the 50-year first team who played on Dartmouth’s 1970 defensive unit that led the nation in scoring defense and shut out six of nine opponents while yielding only 42 points. On a team that was undefeated and was nationally ranked, Brink was an All-Ivy, All-East and All-New England first team selection.
Gregg Robinson ’78 — DT, 6-6, 245 — Powerful and rangy, Robinson started every game for three seasons as Dartmouth built a 17-9-1 record. He was named All-Ivy first team in 1976 and 1977 and was drafted in the sixth round by the New York Jets in 1978.
As mentioned, Brink and Robinson are unanimous selections to the first team. The second team tackles, Tom Tarazevits ’73 and Lee Sedberry ’82, were pillars on Ivy title teams: Tarazevits on three (1970-72) and Sedberry on the co-championship team in 1981.
The Linebackers
Reggie Williams ’76 — LB, 6-1, 215 — From 1973-75, Williams was a three-time All-Ivy selection. The middle linebacker was the Green’s leading tackler for three seasons and ranks first all-time in unassisted tackles (243) and second to Jerry Pierce overall (370 to Pierce’s 385). Also the Ivy League heavyweight wrestling champion in 1975, he was an All-America first team pick as co-captain in 1975 and was taken in the third round of the 1976 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. He played 14 seasons with the Bengals, making two Super Bowl appearances.
Zack Walz ’98 — LB, 6-5, 210 — Walz was a defensive pillar as the Green built a 21-game unbeaten streak and an overall record of 25-4-1 from 1995-97. He is one of four Dartmouth players to be three-time first team All-Ivy and was a third team All-America in 1997. The rangy outside linebacker was Dartmouth’s leading tackler in 1996 and 1997 and ranks third among all-time tackle leaders with 356, a performance that made him a sixth round pick by the Arizona Cardinals in the 1998 NFL draft (he played five seasons in the NFL).
Jerry Pierce ’81 — 5-11, 210 — Listed as a linebacker, Pierce was primarily a middle guard. He is Dartmouth’s all-time leader in tackles with 385 (206 unassisted, second only to Reggie Williams’ 243) from 1978-80. A three-year starter and a two-time All-Ivy first team pick, he was co-captain of the 1980 team. He’s the only player in Dartmouth history to record 30 or more tackles in a game. He did it twice: 36 (including a record 24 unassisted) against New Hampshire in 1979 and 30 (17 solos) against William & Mary in 1980.
Don McKinnon ’63 — LB, 6-3, 215 — In the waning years of two-way players, McKinnon was named an All-America as center of Dartmouth’s undefeated team in 1962 but he was equally (or more) imposing as the Green’s top linebacker. “Don could have played for any team in the country,” said Joe Yukica, his position coach. “He was our Chuck Bednarik (Penn’s post-war great center-linebacker).” McKinnon is also recognized on the 50-year offensive squad (honorable mention as a center).
There are 18 linebackers who received second team or honorable mention recognition on this team, ranging chronologically from Hank Gerfen ’61 to Josh Dooley ’06 but two are unique since they’re the only brothers on this 50-year team: Wayne Young ’72 and Kevin Young ’77 were co-captains as seniors in 1971 and 1976 respectively. Wayne is now the color commentator for radio broadcasts of Dartmouth football games.
The Defensive Backs
Murry Bowden ’71 — DB, 5-11, 185 — The “reckless rover back,” Bowden was the co-captain and inspirational leader of the undefeated team in 1970. A fierce tackler who played a combination linebacker-defensive back (he had five interceptions as a senior, including three in his final game at Penn), Bowden spurred the Green to six shutouts in 1970 and a two-year record of 17-1. An All-America, All-East, All-Ivy and All-New England selection, Bowden was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.
Willie Bogan ’71 — DB, 6-4, 205 — Bogan’s rangy and athletic presence in the Green secondary prompted most opponents to avoid his area of the field. As Dartmouth’s safety in 1969 and 1970, Bogan won All-Ivy and All-East recognition as a senior. An NCAA and National Football Foundation scholar-athlete, he passed up the NFL to study as a Rhodes Scholar.
Lloyd Lee ’98 — DB, 6-2, 205 — In 1996 and 1997, Lee was a two-time All-Ivy first team pick as the Green’s free safety. Helping Dartmouth to an 18-2 record in those seasons, Lee set a season record for interceptions (seven in 1996, including a 70-yard return for a TD that triggered a 24-0 win at Princeton, capping Dartmouth’s only 10-0-0 season). He shares the career record for interceptions (13, two returned for TDs). A four-year starter, he was a tri-captain in 1997 with Zack Walz and tight end Will Harper.
Bowden, Bogan and Lee share the limelight with an impressive second-team secondary: Win Mabry ’67 and Gordie Rule ’68 were standouts on the Green’s undefeated championship team in 1965 and Ivy co-champs in 1966. Jack Manning ’72 (he’s the uncle of John Manning ’08, a starting cornerback for Dartmouth this fall) was a two-year starter for the Green in 1970-71 as Dartmouth built a two-year record of 17-1-0.
Punter
Alex Ware ’03 — 5-10, 210 — As with the placekickers (Nick Lowery and Dennis Durkin) on the offensive squad, this was a two-man race with the nod going to Alex Ware over Wayne Schlobohm’00. From 1996-2002, this tandem gave Dartmouth consistently reliable punting. Ware joined Tom Csatari, Reggie Williams and Zack Walz as Dartmouth’s fourth three-time All-Ivy first team selection. He averaged a record 42.9 yards with 39 punts in 2001. From 2000-02, Ware averaged 39.97 yards with 123 punts.
Ware’s career average is barely below Schlobohm’s career record of 40.2 yards. Over four seasons (1996-99), Schlobohm had a record 259 punts, including boots of 68 and 66 yards as a freshman against Yale in 1996, an undefeated season.
A punting footnote: Ware’s 73-yard kick against Columbia in 2001 is the second longest in Dartmouth history. The longest? It belongs to Jay Bennett ’71 who is an honorable mention member of this “all” team. A promising halfback whose career appeared to be ended by a pre-season kidney injury in 1968, Bennett returned as the punter with the 1970 undefeated team. His first kick put him in the record book: 83 yards against Massachusetts. No one came close to blocking a punt by Bennett (teammates knew that Bennett had been given permission to play, providing he avoid contact). He averaged 39.4 yards with 39 punts and was named to the All-Ivy second team.
The Coach
Selecting a “50-year” coach for Dartmouth football wasn’t included in the balloting because there’s no question who it is: Bob Blackman.
Blackman coached the Green from 1955-70. In many ways, he changed the face of Ivy League football as a coaching and recruiting genius. Over 16 seasons, including the first 15 of formal Ivy League competition, Blackman’s teams produced a record of 104-37-3. His teams won or shared seven Ivy titles. Three teams — 1962, 1965, 1970 — were undefeated.
Blackman was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987. Today, through the gift of Hank Paulson ’68 (a member of the 50-year offensive team), the head football coaching position at Dartmouth honors the memory of Bob Blackman.
