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Photograph by Melissa Steele, courtesy of Stanford University

Former Stanford Cardinal Gary Lynn is seen straight-arming a University of Southern California player.

Picture from the Past

John S. Baggerly

Many LGHS graduates become college bowlers

Three more former Los Gatos High School footballers have gone "bowling" in December and January. Linebacker Derek Krug and the other Oregon Ducks defeated the Air Force Academy 41-l3 in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 20.

Then, on Christmas Day, end Manuel Austin was in evidence during the University of Washington's 51-23 victory over Michigan State at the Aloha Bowl in Honolulu.

Gus Farwell, with his Arizona State teammates, was scheduled to play Iowa University in the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, on Dec. 31.

Gary Lynn is pictured above, straight-arming a University of Southern California player. He played for the Cardinals in the 1974 Sun Bowl victory over Louisiana State. This was Bill Walsh's first season as coach of the Cardinals.

Walsh, as football fans know, went on to mega-success with the San Francisco 49ers.

Lynn, an orthopedic surgeon, is still very much in the football scene as team field doctor for San Benito High School when the Haybailers are at home in Hollister.

Upon graduating from Stanford University, Lynn obtained a medical degree and then obtained an orthopedic degree--it is in that capacity that he practices in Hollister. His parents, Raoul and Nancy Lynn of Los Gatos, who helped obtain some information for this column, hosted their entire family this Christmas.

A string of LGHS "Bowlers" started with Dave Anderson, '35, who played the entire 60 minutes in the 1937 13-0 Cal-Berkeley victory over Alabama. This was before unlimited substitution made 60-minute men a thing of the past. Anderson died in mid-1997 at his Santa Barbara home.

Other LGHS Bowlers include Hugh Campbell, '59, of Washington State, who played in the East-West Game at Stanford and at the Hula Bowl in Hawaii; Bill Fairband, '63, an all-Big Eight linebacker at Colorado University who played in the Blue-Gray Game (North vs. South) and in the Hula Bowl in the same year; Steve Bauer, '73, who was with a victorious University of Washington team in the Rose Bowl; and Dave Langlois, '78, who was a USC Rose Bowl winner and national champ. Another bowl victory earned him three commemorative rings.

During the first half of Bauer's Rose Bowl game, a substance in the grass adversely affected his breathing. At halftime a respiratory medicine was soaked into his jersey, and he finished the game. Bauer, who was a teammate of Lynn's, became an assistant coach at LGHS before moving to Chicago.

In college, Campbell earned the nickname "Gluey Hughie" and for three years was the NCAA pass-receiving champion in one or more categories. In the East-West Game, Campbell received the Coffman Award for 10 receptions--a record that stood for many years. His long career includes playing and coaching in the Canadian pro league, and he is still a team administrative officer north of the border.

Fairband's college and Bowl careers earned him three years of employment with the Oakland Raiders before a knee injury ended his career.

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