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Those Mighty Bruins
A t UCLA big-time players don’t hesitate to speak ont for Christ
Hard-running fullback Bob Davenport (above) is the kind of player most coaches dream about having on their team. For Henry (Red) Sanders, head coach at UCLA, having Davenport is no dream. Davenport and teammates wound up this year's season with nine wins; no losses. They were voted the nation's number one team by both UP and Football Writers Association of America. An example of the Bruin's awesome strength was demonstrated in their last game when they crushed Rose Bowl-bound SC 34-0. Recognition was also meted out to Sanders when he was named Coach of the Year by Washington, D.C. Touchdown Club.
by Bill Bright
T he nation’s number one football team—the mighty UCLA Bruins —are known across America not only for their prowess on the grid iron but for their strong Christian testimony. Probably never in the his tory of football has there been such an outstanding team with such a spiritual impact. Royal Brougham, sports editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, quotes Vic Kelley, highly efficient advance man for the UCLA football team, as he tells of the part members of the Bruin squad are playing in youth religious groups and the effect on players and students. He says, “ Cap tain Johnny Peterson and several oth er regulars, quarterback Terry De bay, fullback Bob Davenport, and Bob Heydenfelt, (halfback Primo Vil lanueva, tackle Jack Ellena, fullback Don Shinnick, end Bob Long, center Steve Palmer, end Clarence Norris and others) are leaders in the non-
About the Author Bill Bright is a business man who devotes approximately 95 per cent of his time to di recting the work of Campus Crusade, as well as participating in other Christian projects, for which he receives no remuneration. During student days Bright was editor of his college yearbook, later president of the student body, member of Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, and re cipient of numerous other awards and honors. Upon graduation from college, he taught at Oklahoma A. & M. College and resigned his position to go to California where he started his own manufacturing business. He became a Christian in 1945, and be ginning in 1946 until 1950 he attended Princeton Theological Seminary and Fuller Theological Seminary while operating his business. He has never been ordained, yet uses his theological and business training as a unique combination in preaching the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ as a layman.
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