Trivia question

[Murph]

Who was the athletic director at SIU in 1980?

[Da Coach]

from 1976-81 it was the Kansas Comet

http://www.leadingauthorities.com/3851/Gale_Sayers.htm

[Murph]

Surprising isn't it, I was looking at an old 1980 MVC tournament program and seen this.

[tornado]

I will ante up a little bit with another trivia question...

In 1921 Bradley's team captain had a very un-basketball-like nickname,
and he finished as the team leader in scoring that year with 58 FG and one FT for 117 points.
(ps- no 3-pointers back then )

His real name was Russell McMahon, but even without a history book, you might just be able to guess his nickname.

Here is the description of this fine old BU athlete:
"When it came to fight, and "go-get-'em" he was always on the job. His likable personality and keen judgement made him a very able pilot for Bradley's basketball ship of this past year."

What was Captain Russell's nickname?

[squeaky]

Was he the "Big Mac"?

[collegehoopjunkie]

Shorty

[tornado]

Correct-- He was Shorty.
In fact he was so well known as Shorty, that in all my research, I could not find the guy's real first name anywhere except when he graduated, and his name then appeared in the yearbook as a candidate for the degree, and listed his accomplishements.
He was also a stud on the BU football team as a senior, scoring 3 touchdowns (18 points total) on the year (2nd most on the team to a freshman, Golden Babcock (5 TD - 30 points)).
As is still the case to this day, one of the top scorers that year got most all his points as a kicker.
Howell had 12 GK (goal kicks, their term for extra points), 2 FG (field goals), and one TD for a total of 24 points on the season, 2nd best to Babcock's 30 points.