BOBCATS BY THE NUMBERS: 21 Days Before Kickoff We Look at the Brilliance of Don Hass
8/10/2018 12:30:00 PM | Football
Four football jersey numbers are retired at Montana State, and 21 is one of them
August 9: Bobcats by the Numbers takes a look at current and past Bobcats whose jersey numbers correspond to the number of days remaining before Montana State opens the 2018 football season against Western Illinois in Bobcat Stadium's annual Gold Rush game on August 30.
#21
Retired for Don Hass: The famed Iron Tumbleweed, Donny Hass, evokes imagery of football the way it was once played – powerful legs churning out of the I-formation, regularly gaining over 100 yards, a blurry combination of speed and strength, roaring up and down Gatton Field. Hass once told Great Falls Tribune writer Scott Mansch that "what makes productive running backs comes about 80 percent from the shoulders up. So that's knowledge, vision… vision is probably the utmost." Hass, whose nickname came from legendary sportswriter Norm Clarke, played with some of the greatest Bobcats, including Jan Stenerud, Dennis Erickson, and linemen such as Tony Welzenbach. Hass' spectacular 298-yard rushing day against Weber State still stands as a school record, but he once told BBTN it nearly didn't happen. "I told (his roommate) on the drive to the game that day that I didn't feel good and I didn't think I was going to play."
Chronology: Robert O'Brien (1931), Lester Wilson (1934), Jack Binder (1937), Frank Brown (1940), Orin Beller (1941), Clifford Brisbin (1946-48), Gene Downey (1949-50), Jim Posewitz (1953-55), Ron Harcharik (1956-57), Tommy Molen (1958-60), Leon Hartman (1961), Dan Sundling (1962-64), Don Hass (1965-67). Retired for Don Hass
#21
Retired for Don Hass: The famed Iron Tumbleweed, Donny Hass, evokes imagery of football the way it was once played – powerful legs churning out of the I-formation, regularly gaining over 100 yards, a blurry combination of speed and strength, roaring up and down Gatton Field. Hass once told Great Falls Tribune writer Scott Mansch that "what makes productive running backs comes about 80 percent from the shoulders up. So that's knowledge, vision… vision is probably the utmost." Hass, whose nickname came from legendary sportswriter Norm Clarke, played with some of the greatest Bobcats, including Jan Stenerud, Dennis Erickson, and linemen such as Tony Welzenbach. Hass' spectacular 298-yard rushing day against Weber State still stands as a school record, but he once told BBTN it nearly didn't happen. "I told (his roommate) on the drive to the game that day that I didn't feel good and I didn't think I was going to play."
Chronology: Robert O'Brien (1931), Lester Wilson (1934), Jack Binder (1937), Frank Brown (1940), Orin Beller (1941), Clifford Brisbin (1946-48), Gene Downey (1949-50), Jim Posewitz (1953-55), Ron Harcharik (1956-57), Tommy Molen (1958-60), Leon Hartman (1961), Dan Sundling (1962-64), Don Hass (1965-67). Retired for Don Hass
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