Football player Don Klosterman in uniform
Identifier |
Centennial_00010 |
Title |
Football player Don Klosterman in uniform |
Creator |
Unknown |
Date Created |
circa 1950 |
Subject (Topic) |
College football players; Loyola University of Los Angeles--Football |
Subject (Name) |
Klosterman, Don; Loyola University of Los Angeles |
Subject (Place) |
Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
Type |
Image |
Form/Genre |
Photographs |
Physical Description |
1 photograph: black and white; 25 x 21 cm. |
Institution |
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University |
Country of Creation |
US |
Copyright Statement |
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/ |
Copyright Holder |
Loyola Marymount University |
Collection Identifier |
Loyola Marymount University Archives |
Item/Call Number |
Photographic prints 07D09/3 |
Description |
Black-and-white photograph of football player, Don Klosterman, in mid-air jump, back to camera, torso twisted to his left side, with football in upraised right hand and wearing full uniform. |
Historical Background |
Nicknamed "The Duke of Del Rey" while a student at Loyola University, Don Klosterman played quarterback for the Lions, setting a record with 4,481 passing yards over his 3 years on the team. After graduating, Klosterman went on to play for the Cleveland Browns and the Los Angeles Rams before trading to the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League. In 1957, while skiing in Banff, Alberta, Klosterman swerved to avoid a fallen skier and crashed into a cluster of trees. Told he would never walk again, Klosterman defied the odds, recovering enough over the next year to walk with the aid of a cane. And while his career as a player ended on the day of his accident, Klosterman returned to the AFL and NFL as a general manager for the Los Angeles Chargers, the Dallas Texans, the Houston Oilers, the Baltimore Colts, and the Los Angeles Rams. |
Additional Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
Metacollection Identifier |
http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ |
Project note |
Centennial |
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