Two-time All-America Brent Swaggert
Photo by: R. Dean Hendrickson
Bobcats by the Numbers: 60
6/30/2013 11:36:00 AM | Football
A pair of all-time BBTN favorites wore #60
Every day we look at players who donned the jersey number corresponding to the number of days until the Bobcats open the 2013 season on August 29 against Monmouth. The list of MSU football players by the jersey number is based on preseason rosters. The set of available rosters is complete from 1946-81 and '83-present. Only the 1926-27, 1934, 1937 and 1941 rosters are available in the pre-WWII years. Corrections, additions, or rosters that fill out the set are welcome to blamberty@msubobcats.com.
#60
Dylan Mahoney, OL: From the day Jeff Alexander finished his fine career as a Bobcat linebacker in the 1996 season until Jeff Hanson and Chase Gazzerro stepped on the MSU campus as true freshmen in August of 2005, Montana State's football program didn't feature a single regular starter from Great Falls CM Russell High School. Process that for a second. It's no accident that when the Bobcat football program made Great Falls the de facto permanent home for its spring football game in 2004 the Electric City took notice, and talent began to flow again from CMR to Bozeman. (In fairness, Great Falls High never ceased providing great Bobcats.) MSU coaches are excited that Dylan Mahoney, a big and rugged offensive lineman from CMR, extends that run of talent this fall. He is expected to redshirt, but the Bobcat staff is high on Mahoney.
Spotlight Player: We've made no secret here at BBTN that we have our favorites, and a couple of them collide right here at #60. We'll go ahead and put the first #60 on record in the spotlight, but there isn't a wrong answer here. Charlie Jackson was the first African American to play football regularly at Montana State, but to the credit of the school and community there is no record of his arrival in the fall of 1956 being a big deal. Jackson grew up in segregated, rural Virginia, not far from where Phil Sheridan began his famed ride in 1864 on the back of his proud black steed Rienzi, and served a stint in the U.S. Navy, where integration was a reality, but not necessarily equality. At Bainbridge Naval Base he met and played for future Montana State assistant Herb Agocs, who, upon urging from others on the base's football team, approached Jackson about moving with him to the Rocky Mountains. The rest is history. This unknown quantity – fullback throughout his career – grabbed a starting guard and linebacker spot, and lined up next to Sonny Holland for four years. Two years ago, as Sonny Holland addressed the Bobcats late in championship chase, in order to make the timeless point that teammates are forever, he told them that if he were sent to Iraq or Afghanistan today, the man he would want next to him in the line of fire is his old mate Charlie Jackson, regardless of his health or age. Jackson was a two-time All-America for the Cats, and in a move long over-due was inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame in 2012.
Notable #60s in the Bobcat Past: Want to see us get fired up here at BBTN? Bring up the name Brent Swaggert. As high-quality a person as any who has pulled on the pads at Montana State, Swaggert started every game in his career, but his finest moment may have come in the spring of 2003. With the coaches nearly ready to pull the plug on spring drills very early because of injuries and defections in the offensive line, Swaggert played every position that spring, didn't miss a rep, mentored young players and inspired veterans, and by the fall the Bobcats were ready for another championship season. Swaggert earned First Team All-Big Sky honors as a junior and senior, and gained All-America mention three times. Brent Swaggert's record of starting every single game of his career may be matched as early as this fall, but his contributions to the Bobcat program will never be surpassed.
Through the Years: Charles Jackson (1956-59), John Munk (1961), Gary Carle (1963-65), Rod Purdom (1966-67), Eric Wheeler (1968), Terry Totten (1970-71), Gary Wright (1972-74), Mike Tarbox (1975), Grant Fleming (1976), Chris Lofgren (1977), Ron Torchia (1978-79), Don Davis (1980), Brian Strong (1982-83), Todd Vasey (1984-86), Tom Walters (1987), Jeff Newton (1988-89), Scott Eaton (1990), Martin Nava (1992-93), Clay Allard (1994-95), Levi Casey (1996-97), Eric Ecker (1999), Brent Swaggert (2000-03), Dylan Kinkelaar (2004-08), Odin Coe (2011-12)
#60
Dylan Mahoney, OL: From the day Jeff Alexander finished his fine career as a Bobcat linebacker in the 1996 season until Jeff Hanson and Chase Gazzerro stepped on the MSU campus as true freshmen in August of 2005, Montana State's football program didn't feature a single regular starter from Great Falls CM Russell High School. Process that for a second. It's no accident that when the Bobcat football program made Great Falls the de facto permanent home for its spring football game in 2004 the Electric City took notice, and talent began to flow again from CMR to Bozeman. (In fairness, Great Falls High never ceased providing great Bobcats.) MSU coaches are excited that Dylan Mahoney, a big and rugged offensive lineman from CMR, extends that run of talent this fall. He is expected to redshirt, but the Bobcat staff is high on Mahoney.
Spotlight Player: We've made no secret here at BBTN that we have our favorites, and a couple of them collide right here at #60. We'll go ahead and put the first #60 on record in the spotlight, but there isn't a wrong answer here. Charlie Jackson was the first African American to play football regularly at Montana State, but to the credit of the school and community there is no record of his arrival in the fall of 1956 being a big deal. Jackson grew up in segregated, rural Virginia, not far from where Phil Sheridan began his famed ride in 1864 on the back of his proud black steed Rienzi, and served a stint in the U.S. Navy, where integration was a reality, but not necessarily equality. At Bainbridge Naval Base he met and played for future Montana State assistant Herb Agocs, who, upon urging from others on the base's football team, approached Jackson about moving with him to the Rocky Mountains. The rest is history. This unknown quantity – fullback throughout his career – grabbed a starting guard and linebacker spot, and lined up next to Sonny Holland for four years. Two years ago, as Sonny Holland addressed the Bobcats late in championship chase, in order to make the timeless point that teammates are forever, he told them that if he were sent to Iraq or Afghanistan today, the man he would want next to him in the line of fire is his old mate Charlie Jackson, regardless of his health or age. Jackson was a two-time All-America for the Cats, and in a move long over-due was inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame in 2012.
Notable #60s in the Bobcat Past: Want to see us get fired up here at BBTN? Bring up the name Brent Swaggert. As high-quality a person as any who has pulled on the pads at Montana State, Swaggert started every game in his career, but his finest moment may have come in the spring of 2003. With the coaches nearly ready to pull the plug on spring drills very early because of injuries and defections in the offensive line, Swaggert played every position that spring, didn't miss a rep, mentored young players and inspired veterans, and by the fall the Bobcats were ready for another championship season. Swaggert earned First Team All-Big Sky honors as a junior and senior, and gained All-America mention three times. Brent Swaggert's record of starting every single game of his career may be matched as early as this fall, but his contributions to the Bobcat program will never be surpassed.
Through the Years: Charles Jackson (1956-59), John Munk (1961), Gary Carle (1963-65), Rod Purdom (1966-67), Eric Wheeler (1968), Terry Totten (1970-71), Gary Wright (1972-74), Mike Tarbox (1975), Grant Fleming (1976), Chris Lofgren (1977), Ron Torchia (1978-79), Don Davis (1980), Brian Strong (1982-83), Todd Vasey (1984-86), Tom Walters (1987), Jeff Newton (1988-89), Scott Eaton (1990), Martin Nava (1992-93), Clay Allard (1994-95), Levi Casey (1996-97), Eric Ecker (1999), Brent Swaggert (2000-03), Dylan Kinkelaar (2004-08), Odin Coe (2011-12)
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