Concordia Sports - The First 100 Years by Finn Grinaker

by Vernon Finn Grinaker
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Chapter 7-- The Restless Sixties

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In the fall of 1965 the football team took second place in the MIAC with a 5 - 2 record, having an overall record of 6 - 2. Jake Christiansen was the coach of the team and co-captains were Bob Windell and Bob Braun. Bob Windell was the team’s MVP and Dave Heide led the MIAC in scoring.

David A. Heide, Football 1962-1966

Scores for the season were:
Concordia 28   MSTC   7
Concordia 20   Augsburg 7
Concordia 34   Gustavus 6
Concordia 48   UM-Duluth 2
Concordia 15   Hamline 28
Concordia 54   Macalester 0
Concordia 25   St. Thomas 7
Concordia 0   St. John’s 10

Conference standings were:
St. John’s   7 - 0
Concordia   5 - 2
St. Thomas 4 - 2 - 1
Gustavus   4 - 3
UM-Duluth 3 - 4
Augsburg   2 - 4 - 1
Hamline   2 - 5
Macalester 0 - 7

The football roster included T. Lundin, D. Bluhm, A. Schmidt, M. Hall, M. Lanning, B. Erickson, R. Letness, B. Blessum, L. Larson, D. Gerhardt, B. Braun, D. Heide, R. Sauer, Stu Bartholomaus, L. Gorseth, T. Braaten, R. Anderson, W. Orn, J. Satter, B. Barret, D. DeKok, G. Gilbertson, B. Donley, G. Williams, J. Malvey, B. Carlson, P. Mauritsen, B. Nielson, D. Johnson, K. Fossum, P. Sannes, N. Jeppson, L. Knutson, A. Hansen, B. Johnson, M. Hammond, P. Donley, L. Hanson, D. Hauger, C. Backes, R. Halvorson, P. Hoseth, R. Olson, J. Hovey, D. Hasbargen, D. Harmoning, R. Koelin, P. Doty, R. Rasmus, L. Gullickson, E. Hanson, B. Martin and B. Oyen.

Coach Sonny Gulsvig’s 1965-1966 basketball team had an overall record of 11 - 14 and finished in fourth place in the MIAC with a 9 - 7 record. Those on the team were D. Knutson, K. Holmes, D. Cox, J. Herhusky, M. Hanson, D. Carlson, J. Lindberg, D. Barnett, B. Moe, B. Brandjord, B. Kerr, B. Laney, G Stenehjem and J. Peterson.

Donald E. Gerhardt, Football, Basketball 1962-1966

The season scores were:
Concordia 68   South Dakota State 88
Concordia 87   NDSU    103
Concordia 59   MSU    83
Concordia 73   Augsburg   95
Concordia 43   St. Cloud State 53
Concordia 73   Bemidji   84
Concordia 83   Valley City   70
Concordia 74   Gustavus   68
Concordia 71   Bemidji   78
Concordia 53   St. Thomas   70
Concordia 68   St. John’s   74
Concordia 69   NDSU    81
Concordia 64   Hamline   62
Concordia 58   Duluth    59
Concordia 68   Macalester   60
Concordia 71   St. Mary’s   62
Concordia 81   Augsburg   69
Concordia 75   MSU    71
Concordia 81   Macalester   68
Concordia 71   St. Mary’s   73
Concordia 73   Gustavus   77
Concordia 67   St. Thomas   73
Concordia 97   St. John’s   73
Concordia 95   Hamline   79
Concordia 80   Duluth    74

Conference standings for the season were:
St. Thomas 16 - 0
Gustavus   12 - 4
St. John’s   10 - 6
Concordia   9 - 7
St. Mary’s   8 - 8
Macalester 5 - 11
Augsburg   5 - 11
Hamline   5 - 11
UM-Duluth 1 - 14

The 1965-1966 hockey team played a seven-game schedule and their only win was a 3 - 1 victory over St. Cloud. Freezing temperatures kept the team from practicing on their outside rink. Those on the team were B. Nielson, C. Watkins, J. Addison, J. Schultz, C. Hedlund, W. Orn, B. Flovick, G. Johnson, Al. Marotta, P. Robilotta, F. Haiker, M. Naylor and B. Donley.
The season’s results were:
Concordia 1   St. Mary’s 6
Concordia 1   Macalester 6
Concordia 1   Macalester 6
Concordia 2   Gustavus 4
Concordia 4   St. Thomas 4
Concordia 2   St. Thomas 4
Concordia 1   Augsburg 4
Concordia 1   Augsburg 3
Concordia 3   St. Olaf 1
Concordia 0   St. Olaf 1
Concordia 2   St. Mary’s 10
Concordia 3   Hamline 4
Concordia 2   Hamline 4
Concordia 2   St. John’s 7
Concordia 1   Bemidji 3

Finn Grinaker’s 1965-1966 wrestling team won the Carleton Invitational and placed second in the Luther Invitational and had an 8 - 1 - 2 record in dual meets. Howard Leopold won second place in the NAIA national tournament. The team roster included B. Nockleby, T. Meagher, J. Eidem, E. Nelson, M. Budd, P. Budd, H. Thompson, D. Dufty, H. Leopold, T. Yankhoff, J. Holter, B. Halvorson, J. LeRoy, M. Lanning, J. Larson, D. Stamp, P. Sukke and J. Splitt.

Howard Leopold '69,
1966 All American, MIAC Most Ourstanding Wrestler

Dual meet scores were:
Concordia 2   MSTC   36
Concordia 17   Valley City 18
Concordia 16   Bemidji 16
Concordia 20   Gustavus 15
Concordia 30   NDSU   3
Concordia 40   St. Thomas 0
Concordia 33   St. John’s 0
Concordia 31   Augsburg 3
Concordia 28   Macalester 5
Concordia 23   UND   6

Concordia placed second in the conference meet behind Gustavus. Team scores were:

Gustavus 99
Concordia 91
St. John’s 37
Augsburg 31
Macalester 27
St. Thomas 11
Hamline 3

On the roster for Finn Grinaker’s 1966 golf team were Allan Bergan, Luther Hanson, Jeff Livingston, John Hovland, Roger Anderson, Dennis Wells, Joe Bunting, Tom Norton, Dave Hanson and Tom Herron.

Team results were:
Concordia Invitational - 5th place out of 7 teams
All-City Meet - 2nd place
Aberdeen Northern Invitational - 2nd place out of 8 teams
Morris Invitational - 10th place out of 14 teams
MIAC Conference Meet - 7th place
Moorhead State Dual - Concordia, 11; MSC, 16
Augsburg Dual - Concordia, 9; Augsburg 6
Gustavus Dual - Concordia, 6; Gustavus, 9
St. Thomas Dual - Concordia, 7 1/2; St. Thomas, 7 1/2
Macalester Dual - Concordia, 3; Macalester, 12
Hamline Dual - Concordia, 5; Hamline, 10
St. Mary’s Dual - Concordia, 9; St. Mary’s, 6
Duluth Dual - Concordia, 7; Duluth, 8

The 1966 baseball team had a 6 - 5 record for the season. The roster included Dale Wick, Rodd Olson, Paul Sannes, Jim Peterson, Pete Mauritsen, G. Otto, P. Anderson, A. Wicken, W. Cole, T. Braaten, P. Linde, R. Heidt, K. Strand, J. Langemoe, J. Herhusky, and Les Perry.

Available scores were:
Concordia 8 St. Cloud State 2
Concordia 13 SDSU 4
Concordia 4 Augsburg 5
Concordia 1 Augsburg 4
Concordia 2 Gustavus 12
Concordia 5 Gustavus 0
Concordia 5 Hamline 4
Concordia 2 Hamline 0
Concordia 4 Macalester 3
Concordia 1 St. Mary’s 2
Concordia 1 St. Mary’s 3

Chapter 7

1. Joel Watne, Concordian, November 11, 1960.
2. Glen Temanson, Concordian, December 2, 1960.
3. Pete Hastings, Concordian, September 12, 1961.
4. Concordian, October 21, 1966.
5. Concordian, April 5, 1968.
6. Neal Jeppson, Concordian, April 19, 1968.

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