With great excitement, we present … The Gazette’s All-Time Air Force Football Team.
It’s the best 25 players in academy history, as selected by the Gazette with fabulous input from a panel of former and current Air Force sports information personnel, coaches and players.
Please check out:
-At this link, a list of the 25 players on the team, along with an explanation of how the idea for the team came about, an explanation of how the team was chosen and a list of the toughest omissions (the guys we felt worst about leaving off the squad).
-Capsules for each of the 25 players at this link.
-A column by David Ramsey on arguably the best player in academy history.
-If we’ve got an All-Time Air Force Team, who’s going to coach it? Find out here.
I think we’ve put together a great team. But let us know what you think. You can give us your All-Time Air Force Football Team by following the directions at the end of this link.
Enjoy.
Great job on the all-time team, Jake. Looking forward to everyone’s reaction to the selections.
Well done, Jake; this was a fun read. Just a note: Joe Wood’s famous “do-over” kick was actually a home game. I seem to recall his first shot darn near cleared the uprights.
One other thing about Deberry – he accelerated Calhouns Coaching Career 10x by getting him on the staff while on active duty. He had an eye for coaching talent as well as football talent and character.
I think the committee made 2 mistakes on the All time team. Rotello>Starkey at DB, and Phillips>Fisher at DL.
Starkey was Team MVP, Team Captain, and a Playboy all-american.
Interesting that the O-Line had a grad from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. That wouldn’t happen unless you had all the eras equally represented.
Also, really cool that you have to be an actual graduate of the institution to be named to the team. How many other schools would you do that for?