Saturday, January 02, 2021

Ready For Another Run

 From the Dartmouth football office:

For thoughts from Browns' coach Kevin Stefanski about former Dartmouth quality control assistant/recruiting coordinator Callie Brownson stepping in this weekend as the NFL team's pass game coordinator/wide receivers coach CLICK HERE.

(Thanks to an "Alert" reader for the link.)
Annual winners of Dartmouth's Coach Bob Blackman Trophy, presented to "the player selected by the coaching staff, who has contributed the most to the success of the team:"

1959

Bill Gundy

QB

1960

Alan Rozycki

HB

1961

Gary Spiess

HB

1962

Bill King

Don McKinnon

QB

C-LB

1963

Scott Creelman

E

1964

Jack McLean

DB

1965

Ed Long

E

1966

Pete Walton

FB

1967

Steve Luxford

HB

1968

Randy Wallick

OE

1969

Tom Quinn

HB

1970

John Short

HB

1971

Stuart Simms

FB

1972

Steve Stetson

QB

1973

Tom Csatari

DE

1974

Brian Wroczynski

DT

1975

Reggie Williams

LB

1976

Kevin Case

QB

1977

John Carney

DB

1978

Buddy Teevens

QB

1979

Cody Press

DB

1980

Jerry Pierce

LB

1981

Scott Hacker

LB

1982

Dave Neslund

LB

1983

Frank Polsinello

QB

1984

Lorenzo Chambers

TB

1985

Len Fontes

LB

1986

Dave Gabianelli

QB

1987

Terry Phillis

FB

1988

Dave Gazzaniga

C

1989

David Clark

FB

1990

Shon Page

TB

1991

Al Rosier

TB

1992

Jay Fiedler

QB

1994

Josh Bloom

LB

1995

Greg Smith

TB

1996

Jon Aljancic

QB

1997

Zack Walz

LB

1998

Brad Verber

DB

1999

Caleb Moore

OG

2000

Matt Mercer

LB

2001

Matt Mercer

LB

2002

Brian Mann

QB

2003

Casey Cramer

TE

2004

Clayton Smith

FS

2005

Josh Dooley

LB

2006

Mike Fritz

QB

2007

Justin Cottrell

LB

2008

Ian Wilson

SS

2009

Pete Pidermann

FS

2010

Nick Schwieger

RB

2011

Nick Schwieger

RB

2012

Garrett Waggoner

SS

2013

Dominick Pierre

RB

2014

Ryan McManus

WR/PR

2015

Dalyn Williams

QB

2016

Folarin Orimolade

LB

2017

Danny McManus

CB/PR

2018

Jack Traynor

LB

2019

Jared Gerbino

QB

EXTRA POINT
From a story that popped up on the web last week under the headline, 5 Unique Places to Ring in the New Year
1. Hiking in the Grand Canyon
Among the most unique experiences that you can take part of on New Year’s is the trails and views of the Grand Canyon. Stay at one the yurts on the North Rim or set up camp after getting your permit. There’s plenty of things to do and enjoy from the snow covered canyon to hiking along the Kaibab Plateau trail, which weaves through lofty peaks and isolated gorges or the Boucher Trail. They also do tours by Jeep through the Canyon so you can enjoy and see all of it even if your trip is short. Enjoy it with the whole family with this special for up to 16 members.

That Certain Dartmouth '14 didn't need the tip about welcoming 2021 in Grand Canyon. For the second time in recent years she pitched a tent and spent New Year's Eve somewhere below the rim thanks to a friend who scored a camping permit. With her backpacking tent and the wide-open spaces it was a wonderful, peaceful and dramatically socially distanced way to celebrate the flipping of the calendar.

It was at Grand Canyon by the way (where she was on staff several years ago) that the seeds of becoming a ranger were planted in no small part by an inspiring campfire talk by a ranger named Pam Cox when TCD'14 was just finishing middle school.