Russ Pomeroy
![]() Pomeroy in 1950 | |
Stanford Indians | |
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Position | Linebacker,guard |
Personal information | |
Born: | Fontenelle, Wyoming,U.S. | June 23, 1927
Died: | April 6, 2019 Highlands Ranch, Colorado,U.S. | (aged 91)
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 208 lb (94 kg) |
Career history | |
College |
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High school | Whittier Union (CA) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Russell Alfred Pomeroy(June 23, 1927 – April 6, 2019) was anAmerican footballlinebackerand guard who played who played forStanfordfrom 1949 to 1950.
Pomeroy was born in 1927 on a ranch inFontenelle, Wyoming.He attendedWhittier Union High SchoolinWhittier, California.He served in the U.S. Merchant Marines and also as a U.S. Army paratrooper.[1]
In 1950, he received thePop Warner Trophyas the outstanding senior football player on the West Coast.[2]He was also selected by both theAssociated Press(AP), theUnited Press(UP), and the conference coaches as a first-team linebacker on the1950 All-Pacific Coast football team.[3][4][5]
Pomeroy received a degree in petroleum geology and spent his career working in oil and gas exploration in Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah. He worked for many years for Occidental Petroleum before forming his own company, Sunburst Exploration, developing oil fields in Utah and Colorado.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Russell Pomeroy".Denver Post.April 19, 2019.RetrievedDecember 3,2021.
- ^"Russ Pomeroy To Get Pop Warner Award Tonight".Santa Cruz Sentinel-News.January 30, 1951. p. 6 – viaNewspapers.com.
- ^"Coast Stars Named By Platoon System".Idaho State Journal.December 5, 1950. p. 6.
- ^"Bears, Huskies Dominate All PCC Elevens".Santa Cruz Sentinel-News.December 18, 1950. p. 6.
- ^"Four Sophomores Make All-Pacific Coast First Team".The Baytown (TX) Sun.November 27, 1950. p. 9.