Gopher great Jed Dommeyer passes away

[SelectionSunday]

A good man. Was fortunate enough to have him as a teacher when I was growing up. Would hope Gophersports.com in short order will have something about Mr. Dommeyer's passing.

http://www.biermanfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2712658&fh_id=11715

http://www.thedraftreview.com/index...&id=5650:jed-dommeyer&catid=47:1957-nba-draft

 

[Ope3]

RIP Jed

Sad to hear the news. He was a very proud alum.

 

[Dr.Don]

Sorry to hear that bad news. I knew Jed many years ago, and he was a real man's man.

RIP Jed Dommeyer.

 

[short ornery norwegian]

Never met the man, but have heard good things about him. To show you how times have changed, Dommeyer graduated from the U in 1957, and had at least one offer to play pro basketball. He turned that down to become a HS teacher and Coach in Windom, MN. After 6 years in Windom, he went to Northfield, where he spent most of his career - except for a stint where he was the head Girls BB coach at Carleton and St. Olaf.

I'm trying to picture the Gopher BB team captain graduating and turning down the pros for a HS coaching job. Don't think that's going to happen today.

 

[SelectionSunday]

Northfield News story on Mr. Dommeyer. Written before he passed away.

http://m.southernminn.com/mobile/no...cle_f2b90181-940e-585c-89c3-17e988a10685.html

 

[XMan]

Wow that is a great story. Thansk

 

[Bad Gopher]

Just listening to stories about him as we speak, from my father in law, who coached against him in high school athletics.