Add an Orange Bowl quarterback to Los Gatos High School's football legend.
If you follow local football, or even if you just happened to turn on your TV on New Year's Day, you know that Notre Dame quarterback Tom Krug, of the Fighting Irish, threw three touchdown passes in a 31-26 fourth-quarter loss to Florida State in the Orange Bowl.
Tom's parents, Paul and Kathleen, flew to the game in Miami with LGHS Coach Butch Cattolico and his wife, Berit. Tom followed his football-playing brother Brian through LGHS.
While Tom was playing in the Orange Bowl, his brother Derek was in an Oregon Ducks uniform at the Cotton Bowl. Across the field from Oregon was a third former Wildcat, Darren Fisk, a special teams player and defensive back with the victorious Colorado Buffalos. A fourth Krug brother, Kevin, will enter LGHS next fall with an eye on a football career.
The LGHS tradition in bowl games started in 1938 when Dave Anderson played fullback for the California Bears in a 13-0 victory over Alabama in the Rose Bowl. "Andy" or "The Swede" --he had several nicknames--played in the leather helmet era with no face masks. Starters played both offense and defense, and it was common for regulars to play the entire game. Anderson did just that against Alabama.
Between Anderson and Krug, other ex-Wildcats have seen action in Bowl games.
Mark Cox, a lineman, red shirted at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. For the casual football fan, "red shirting" is spending a season, usually in the freshman year, working out with the varsity but not playing in games. A single moment in a game can nullify the red-shirting privilege. Other recent and current Mustangs are two starting cornerbacks, Jim and Dave Lombard.
Corey Maday played fullback on recent Maine University teams.
Members of the 1995 CCS Division 111 champs being courted by colleges are Dan McGilvray and Manny Austin.
Gus Farwell, who quarterbacked the 1994 Wildcats to a 12-1 season, red shirted at Arizona State during the '95 season.
Gus' older brother Joe went "bowling" with Oregon as a freshman and a sophomore. He started in a victory over Colorado State in the Peach Bowl, was the Pac-10's leading tackler and started every game. As a freshman, he started all 12 games--including a victory in the Independence Bowl--and was voted the team's "rookie of the year."
Mike Scialabba came along at the same time as Joe Farwell and started for San Jose State University in a 48-24 victory over Central Michigan in the California Bowl at Fresno.
Steve Bauer, LGHS '72, a Washington guard, survived a first-half asthma attack (due to the 1978 Rose Bowl turf) to complete a 27-20 victory over Michigan. At halftime, his jersey was soaked in a decongestant and he played the entire second half.
Dave Langlois, LGHS '72, became the Wildcats' most bejeweled "bowler." As a USC defensive back he earned Rose Bowl rings for a 17-10 victory over Michigan and a 17-16 win over Ohio State that produced a national championship ring to flank his Rose Bowl rings.
The following year, Langlois attended a Friday night Gatos game wearing two of his rings and his friends said it looked like he was wearing brass knuckles and that he might be arrested for wearing concealed weapons.
Hugh "Gluey Hughie" Campbell, LGHS '59, was a Washington State NCAA pass-receiving champion in various categories and played in the Hula Bowl and East-West Shrine game at Stanford. Campbell's Shrine record stood for many years.
Bill Fairband, LGHS '63, a Colorado linebacker, played in the Hula Bowl and Blue-Gray game, College All-Stars vs. the NFL Professional Champions.
This article appeared in the Los Gatos Weekly-Times, January 10, 1996.
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