Not sure if this is a good idea, or perhaps a decent idea but not worth carrying out. We have lost Gopherholers due to the fact they have passed on. Gopherholers have lost family members or spouses who were Gopher fans.
Why not annually on a selected day we put out Gopher flags on a designated day once a year in memory of those who have passed on? What date? Well I pulled up three significant people who have had tremendous success while with the program.
Personally I like to put the flag out on June 6th as Stephens was a pioneer of sort if you look at his bio below. Were all about the Rose Bowl and as said he was one of the first National Recruits that took a chance on us so in a sense he was part of the foundation. Thoughts? Other ideas? Not do this?
Murray Warmath (December 26, 1912 – March 16, 2011
Sanford Emory Stephens II (September 21, 1940 – June 6, 2000
Stephens was the first black man to play quarterback at the University of Minnesota and remains the only quarterback to take the Gophers to the Rose Bowl (1961 and 1962). He was one of the first "National Recruits" for the University of Minnesota, along with Judge Dickson and Bill Munsey
Raymond P. "Ray" Christensen (May 6, 1924 – February 5, 2017) was an American sportscaster who was the play-by-play announcer for the Minnesota Golden Gophers sports teams from 1951 until 2001, working for WCCO in Minneapolis starting in 1963.[1][2]
Possible name
Richard "Pinky" McNamara
Why not annually on a selected day we put out Gopher flags on a designated day once a year in memory of those who have passed on? What date? Well I pulled up three significant people who have had tremendous success while with the program.
Personally I like to put the flag out on June 6th as Stephens was a pioneer of sort if you look at his bio below. Were all about the Rose Bowl and as said he was one of the first National Recruits that took a chance on us so in a sense he was part of the foundation. Thoughts? Other ideas? Not do this?
Murray Warmath (December 26, 1912 – March 16, 2011
Sanford Emory Stephens II (September 21, 1940 – June 6, 2000
Stephens was the first black man to play quarterback at the University of Minnesota and remains the only quarterback to take the Gophers to the Rose Bowl (1961 and 1962). He was one of the first "National Recruits" for the University of Minnesota, along with Judge Dickson and Bill Munsey
Raymond P. "Ray" Christensen (May 6, 1924 – February 5, 2017) was an American sportscaster who was the play-by-play announcer for the Minnesota Golden Gophers sports teams from 1951 until 2001, working for WCCO in Minneapolis starting in 1963.[1][2]
Possible name
Richard "Pinky" McNamara
