Hall of Fame
Jackson, Charles
Charles Jackson
- Induction:
- 2012
- Class:
- 1960
Three All-Americas, a Big Sky MVP and the college football's top student-athlete from 2001 comprise the 2012 Wendy's Bobcat Hall of Fame induction class.
The 2012 induction ceremonies took place Sept. 14 at MSU's Strand Union Building Ballroom. Former football All-Americas Charlie Jackson and Bob Biastoch, 2001 Division I Academic All-America of the Year Ryan Johnson, 2002 Big Sky Women's Basketball MVP Jessica Blake, All-America pole vaulter Shannon Agee Jones, and the 2002 Big Sky Champion men's cross country earn MSU Athletics' ultimate honor.
Just one decade ago, the heroics of Johnson and the '02 men's cross country squad, along with the MSU men's and women's basketball programs, produced one of the most memorable weekends in Bobcat history. On Nov. 23, 2002, the MSU football team beat the Grizzlies 10-7 in Missoula to claim a share of the Big Sky Championship and vault the team into the Division I-AA Playoffs. Johnson's gritty 132-yard rushing effort was central to that stunning win, which preceded by 24 hours a Bobcat men's win at Washington. One day later, MSU's men's cross country team finished 11th in the NCAA Championships, still one of the crowning moments in Bobcat history, and that evening the MSU women topped Washington State at home.
While that late fall weekend in 2002 represents the Bobcat glory days to some, an earlier generation celebrated MSU's football success of the late 1950s as the finest era in school history. During Jackson's four years as a starting lineman and linebacker at Montana State, rolled up a 31-6-1 record, which included the 1956 National Championship. Jackson's senior season, 1959, a group of young players led by heralded recruit Bob Biastoch arrived. Both Jackson and Biastoch earned honorable mention All-America honors at MSU.
Agee Jones and Blake represented a wave of incredibly accomplished female student-athletes that began claiming national acclaim.
Charlie Jackson, FB, 1956-59: Arriving at Montana State sight unseen from Bainbridge Naval Base, Charlie Jackson became Montana State's first full-time African American student-athlete (joining fellow Hall of Famer Larry Chanay, who joined the basketball team later that fall). Jackson was an undersized but lightning-quick lineman who immediately moved into a starting role at guard. The emergence of freshmen linemen Jackson and Sonny Holland solidified the explosive offense that Montana State rode to the Rocky Mountain Conference and NAIA titles. Jackson entered the next three seasons listed as the team's second guard, but finished his career as a four-year starter and two-time mid-bracket honorable mention All-America. Hometown: Winchester, VA
The 2012 induction ceremonies took place Sept. 14 at MSU's Strand Union Building Ballroom. Former football All-Americas Charlie Jackson and Bob Biastoch, 2001 Division I Academic All-America of the Year Ryan Johnson, 2002 Big Sky Women's Basketball MVP Jessica Blake, All-America pole vaulter Shannon Agee Jones, and the 2002 Big Sky Champion men's cross country earn MSU Athletics' ultimate honor.
Just one decade ago, the heroics of Johnson and the '02 men's cross country squad, along with the MSU men's and women's basketball programs, produced one of the most memorable weekends in Bobcat history. On Nov. 23, 2002, the MSU football team beat the Grizzlies 10-7 in Missoula to claim a share of the Big Sky Championship and vault the team into the Division I-AA Playoffs. Johnson's gritty 132-yard rushing effort was central to that stunning win, which preceded by 24 hours a Bobcat men's win at Washington. One day later, MSU's men's cross country team finished 11th in the NCAA Championships, still one of the crowning moments in Bobcat history, and that evening the MSU women topped Washington State at home.
While that late fall weekend in 2002 represents the Bobcat glory days to some, an earlier generation celebrated MSU's football success of the late 1950s as the finest era in school history. During Jackson's four years as a starting lineman and linebacker at Montana State, rolled up a 31-6-1 record, which included the 1956 National Championship. Jackson's senior season, 1959, a group of young players led by heralded recruit Bob Biastoch arrived. Both Jackson and Biastoch earned honorable mention All-America honors at MSU.
Agee Jones and Blake represented a wave of incredibly accomplished female student-athletes that began claiming national acclaim.
Charlie Jackson, FB, 1956-59: Arriving at Montana State sight unseen from Bainbridge Naval Base, Charlie Jackson became Montana State's first full-time African American student-athlete (joining fellow Hall of Famer Larry Chanay, who joined the basketball team later that fall). Jackson was an undersized but lightning-quick lineman who immediately moved into a starting role at guard. The emergence of freshmen linemen Jackson and Sonny Holland solidified the explosive offense that Montana State rode to the Rocky Mountain Conference and NAIA titles. Jackson entered the next three seasons listed as the team's second guard, but finished his career as a four-year starter and two-time mid-bracket honorable mention All-America. Hometown: Winchester, VA
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