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,‘ TO THE PRESS AND RADIO
Q Here is your copy of the 1956 facts booklet on the Kentucky \Vild-
" cats which we sincerely hope will aid you in covering and answering
questions on U. of K. football this season. Material in this brochure is
i up to date as publication was delayed until after the first few days of
r pre·season practice to allow for normal changes. If you desire addi-
  tional information or have any questions not answered herein, please
y' feel free to contact the Sports Publicity Office.
if Information
  \\/ORKING TI(]KETS—Address requests to Sports Publicity Office as
q lar in advance as possible. After Tuesday preceding the game, tickets
H will not be mailed. Pick up at the Information \tVindow in Memorial
‘ Coliseum. directly across the street from the stadium. Admission to
  press box limited to male personnel.
l COMPS—No individual game allotment,
  WESTERN UNION—Advise if you intend to file from press box so
yi that you may be assigned a seat adjacent to your \t\’estern Union opera-
. ll. tor. lt is also advisable to notify the Commercial Manager of Vtlestern
f Union in Lexington.
I RADIO—.·\pply directly to Radio Director, University of Kentucky,
ly N[cVey I—Iall. Lexington. supplying information regarding proposed
i sponsors and any network arrangement. Booth assignment will be made
  and working tickets issued by Sports Publicity Office upon receipt ol
approved permit from Radio Director. Spotters are available if re-
quested well in advance. Stations should order lines installed by con-
i_ tacting Commercial Department. General Telephone Co.. 151 \~\’alnut
St., Lexington.
·`l TELEV]SION—Rules of the N('1.»\.·\ and Southeastern Conference pro-
*; hibit "live" telecasting of U. of K.’s football games except in such event
Q as the University is a participant in the NCAA-controlled "Game of the
' \\’eek" series. Only the ofHcial cameramen of the two teams are allowed
l to make motion pictures of the game for delayed showing on TV. News-
f clips on game highlights will be furnished to TV stations by the Sports
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U. of K. General Information, Athletics Staff .............................................................. 4  
Athletics At Kentucky .,.,.................,........... . ............................................,.................. 5 1
Director of Athletics Shively ............ . ...................................,.......................... . .............. 6-7  
Stoll Field-McLean Stadium .................,.........................................,........................,,..., 8-9 ii
Freshman Schedule-1955 Results ....................,.,......................................................... 9
Head Coach Collier ........,.........................................,,...............,.................................. 10-11
Coaching Staff .,.................,.........,........,....................,......................................,.....,... 12-15 `
Kentucky Captains and Coaches Through The Years ...............,................................ 16-17  
Outlook For 1956 .,..........................,,............ . ..............................................,............ 18-20 I
Lettermen Lost—Lettermen Returning .........,............,.,.............................................,... 21 y
Preview of 1956 Opponents ..,.....,......................,,..... . ........,..............................,......... 22-42
U.K. Football "Comes of Age" .............................................................................,. . ....., 43
l Varsity Roster .........................4......,.............,...............,............................................... 44-46
Profiles of All-America Candidates
Lou Michaels t............... . ...,.....,,..............................................,.....,..............,,... 47-48
Dave Kuhn ..............,........................................................................,....,......... 49-50 I
Bob Dougherty ........,.......,......................,...........................,...................,...,.... 51-52
Pre-Season All-SEC Team ....,...................,....................,...............,..........,..................... 52
Predicted SEC Finish For '56—FinaI '5S Standing ....................,...................,............... 53 I
Kentucky All-Americans, All-Conference Players ...,....,....,,..........................,.......,...... 54
All-Time Kentucky Football Team .........................,.,.. . ............,..................................,. 55 g
Stoll Field-Birthplace of Dixie Football ................................4..................................... S6  
` Background Briefs ................,...............,..................................,.,..,......,.,..,.,............... 57-74
University of Kentucky History ..............................................,..........,...................... 75-76
Kentucky's Modern Record At A Glance ............... . .,..........,...................,........ . ............ 76
Records Set By Kentucky——National and SEC .....................,.....l..............,.,........... 77-79
Bowl Record .....................4.........................,.,.,,....4......................,.........,...................,..... 80
Final Statistics-1955 ...,............................................................................................., 81-84
Wildcats’ Record Against All Opponents ....,...................,......................................... 84-86
Sports News Outlets .......................,.............l.................,.................,...................,.....,., 87
U. of K. All-Time Football Record .............................................................................. 88-94

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 · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
· General Information I
L()CATI()N—I.exington, Ky., a community of l00,00() in the heart ol V
Kentucky’s 1`amed Bluegrass region. Renowned as the world capi-  
tal of the thoroughbred horse industry and known also as the g
world's largest loose-leaf tobacco market. 1
FOUNDED—lS65 `
ENROLLMENT—Approximately 7.500 (5,000 men, 2.500 women)
PRESlDENT—Dr. Frank G. Dickey
VICE-PRESIDENT-—Dr. Leo M. Chamberlain I
VICE-PRESIDENT FOR BUSINESS ADMINISI`R.\Tl()N—l')r. Frank
Peterson (
FACULTY CI·l.-\lRMAN OF ATHLE'l`ICS—l)r, A. I). Kirwan (Dr.  
Kirwan also serves as chairman o1` the NCAA lnlractions (Iommit- ~
tee 2ll1(l is Kentucky`s [aculty representative to the Southcasterit
Conference)
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC REL.»\TlONS—R. \\’. \\"ild
t ATHLETIC CONFERENCE—Southeastern (Ixlemher since Iounding in
1933)
NICKNAME OF TE.-\N[S—\’\Iildcats (IOl.ORS—Blue and \\`hite
FIGHT SONG—"On. On U, of K."
BAND—“Marching l00" (all male) directed by \\Iarren Lutz
STADIUM-—McLean Stadium on Stoll Field (capacity 30.000)
(LYXINASIUl\t[—l\’Iemorial Coliseum (capacity ll.500)
Athletics Staff
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETlCS—Bernie Shirely (Illinois `27)
HEAD FOOTBALL (1OACH—Blanton Collier (Ceorgetown (Ky.) ’27)
ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACHES-—Ermal Allen (Kentucky `~12). 2
Bill Arnsparger (Miami (().) ’50), Matt Lair (Kentucky VIS). Charles
¤ Bradshaw (Kentucky ’50), Dominic Fucci (Kentucky   john
North (Vanderbilt *18), Ed Rutledge (\\Iestern Ky. ’—1l)
HEAD COACHES OTHER SPORTS—Basketball: Adolph Rupp: Base-
ball: Harry Lancaster: Track: Don Cash Seaton: Swimming: .\lgie
Reece: Tennis: H. H. Downing: Golf: johnny Owens: Fencing and
Rifle: to be appointed.
TICKET SALES MANA(}ER—Harvey Hodges (Kentucky `3l)
'l`RAlNER—_]ohn Payne (LSU '5())
.\CC()UNTANT-—_]ulien Harrison ‘
EQUIPMENT MAN.-\GER—S. C. (Buster) Brown
SPORTS PUBLICITY EDlTOR—Ken Kulnt (Michigan State V12)
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_l Athletics and a corporation known as the University of Kentucky Ath-
§ letic Association.
l A firm believer in sports and sportsmanship, Dr. Leo M. Chamber-
lain, Vice-President of the University, has general supervision over the
. Department and also serves as vice chairman of the Board of Directors
of the Association.
y Former UK football player and one—time \iVildcat coach, l)r. A. D.
  Kirwan, acts as secretary to the Association. He also is the school’s
. faculty representative to the Southeastern Conference and currently is
chairman of the NCAA committee on infractions.
Bernie A. Shively heads the Department as Director of Athletics.
Maintaining over-all control of U.K. athletics affairs is the Board of
Directors of the Athletics Association, composed of the President of the
University and 10 other directors appointed by him, including Eve mem`
bers of the faculty of the University, the president of the Student Gov-
ernment Association, an alumnus of the school, a member of thc U.K.
Board of Trustees, and two others. Frank D. Peterson, University
Vice President of Business Administration, serves the board as treasurer.
The current Board of Directors consists of the following nicnibcrs:
y Dr. Frank G. Dickey, l)r. Leo M. Chamberlain,
` Chairman Vice Chairman
Dr. A. D. Kirwan, Secretary Robert Hobson
l)r. Ralph Angelucci Alfred L. Crabb
Thomas H. Ballantine Paul Oberst
George K. Brady Richard K. Lehman (Student)
Aubrey   Brown H. D_ Palmore
` Thomas Clark D, V. Terrell
Lyman Ginger \i\'i1liam A. Tolman
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DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
BERNIE A. SHIVELY f
Supervising the steady growth and balanced development of one ;_
of the nation's top athletic programs is the Herculean task being car-  
ried out successfully by Bernie A. Shively.  
Few who have observed the untiring efforts of the tall, silver-  
haired former .»\ll-1-\merica footballer in the service of the University ;.
of Kentucky as Director of Athletics since 1938 will argue his fitness `
as an athletic Hercules. Not only has Shively guided the development g
of Kentucky as a nationally- l
respected power in major sports,  
A nlnla {     ._ _;AV I U but he has also gained personal
____- .     prestige through a fair-minded
j     approach to many problems. ‘
.  if {Eg g;  During his tenure as Athletic
#     IV Director, Shively has directly su-
  /__   »»=‘ A   pervised major expansions in
              l§entucky's athletic plant result-
      »4—-   if ‘   ing from the progression of the
      school'; football and basketball
  ’”    ·  '``I    *   · teams to greater national promi- l
n i   i'’       nence and increased patronage
—    ;‘it’   - _ by the sports-mindedj public,
.r’=       The seating capacity of Ken-
_,`, . '“`‘ *  ·=--    ..-.   ·.·»‘‘l ` tucky`s football stadium. McLean y
ij ~ _ V   Z, _ I Stadium on Stoll Field, has been ,
 ’i{`_;Q  __ __. ... · ' S `i‘V I J  __ doubled to bring the current  
l t  at  I   number ol seats to approximate- §
t ly 36.000 and on par with most
  other schools located in heavier- Q
· tl   populated areas. Powerful light- `
I ing equipment also was installed
~ during the 1948-49 construction
to bring night football into new popularity. Partly to satisfy the over-
whelming number of basketball devotees, who could not squeeze into
the 2,800—seat Alumni Gymnasium, a long-planned Memorial Coliseum
was completed in 1950. Seating 12,000 persons for cage contests, the
four-million dollar Coliseum also houses the Athletic Department and

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teams. More recently, the Athletics Association has completed other
facilities to make the life of its athletes more comfortable. Members of
1 the football team moved in 1954 into two modern, ranch-style living
‘ units known as "\Nildcat Manor" and "Kitte11 Lodge." The new
  dormitories house both the varsity 2iI1(l freslimani l€2l111S and replace
l three frame houses which the gridders had occupied since 1946. And
14 last fall, a large new dressing room building was completed on property
1 located adjacent to the new practice field and a short distance from
L, the football houses,
1 All-America Guard At Illinois
E A native of Paris, lll., Shively attended the University of Illinois
l where he was an All—America guard i11 1926 on the same grid team
· made famous by Red Grange. Demonstrating a claim to being one of
the finest all—around athletes in 1l1inois’ history, "Shive" also laid claim
{ to the Big 10 heavyweight wrestling championship 2l11(l annexed letters
in track before graduating in 1927.
Shively came to Kentucky in 1927 as line coach of football under
Harry Gammage. A shift in the coaching ranks in 1933 resulted in
Shively’s promotion to head of the UK Physical Education Department,
a position he retained until he succeeded Chet \\’ynne as Athletic
Director in 1938. During this period and tl1e years following. he also
. served as track and baseball coach for several seasons and continued
to assist the football staff as line coach until 1944. The next year, 1945, .
he assumed full charge of the grid squad for one season before turning
the job over to mentor Patil (Bear) Bryant in 1946.
The Kentucky Athletic Director served as chairman of the South-
1 eastern Conference basketball committee for a number of years and
{ for the past three years has been president of the SEC Coaches and
  Athletic Directors Association. In 1951, he took over the added task of
1 establishing a booking office for football lllld basketball ofhcials for
I the Ohio Valley Conference and heads the office as Supervisor of Ofh-
3 cials. Familiarly known to his many friends as "Shive," he also 11as
been active in numerous other civic and state organizations and projects.
VICTORY KICKS
A game unique in University of Kentucky football history occurred
in 1900. Kentucky beat the Louisville YMCA, 12-6, without running a
single offensive play during the entire game. Kicking on first down
every time they gained possession of the ball, Kentucky made its scores
through the recovery of opponent fumbles in the end zone.
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I Much confusion among the general public and the sports—wr1t1ng  
  fraternity apparently exists over a seeming duplication of titles in re- I
A ferring to the University of Kentucky’s football setup along "Avenue I
` of Cha1npions." ,I
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‘ Ollicially, by action of the University Board of Trustees, the general I
  area encompassing the playing Held is known as “Stoll Field." Like- ~
; wise, by authority of the same body, the stadium proper is known as  
  "M<·Lean Stadiu1n."  
; Iientucky’s Hrst football Held, occupying the general site ol what I
= is now the practice Held west of the stadium, was Hrst given a name I
i when it was dedicated on October I4, l9l6, as Stoll Field in honor of  
the Inte judge Richard C. Stoll, prominent alumnus, trustee and bene- I
` factor of the University of Kentucky. Soon after the Hrst sections ol  
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i the Jresent concrete stadium were com Jleted on Se tember 4, 1924,
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5 the new Held site and stadium were likewise officially known as Stoll
Field.
The Hrst attraction to be held on the new Stoll Field was a football
game with the University of Louisville on October 4, 1924. .-\ gridiron
clash between Kentucky and the then-powerful Centre College team
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{ ber 1, 1924.
. The later reference to the concrete stands as "McLean Stadium"
{ has existed since November 1, 1924, when the stadium was officially
{ dedicated in memory of Price Innes McLean and a bronze plaque
. ‘ placed in the south stands by the Class of 1925. McLean, regular center
{ on the 1923 Kentucky football squad, died November 7, 1923. as the
{ result of injuries sustained in the U.K.-Cincinnati game played in the
Queen City the afternoon before.
. Major expansions of McLean Stadium in 1948 and 1949 have re-
{ suited in a current over-all seating capacity of approximately 36.000.
{ "Avenue of Champions" came into being in the spring of 1950 as
  an honorary title for that stretch of Euclid Avenue running between the
{ University’s $4,000,000 Memorial Coliseum and McLean Stadium. The
I street was officially re-named by the City of Lexington in recognition
Q of the UK athletic teams’ unprecedented success of 1950 in annexing the
~ Southeastern Conference titles in both football and basketball and their
national championships in the Sugar Bowl grid game and the NCAA
cage tournament.
1956 FRESHMAN SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Site Time
Sept. 29 Vanderbilt Freshmen. Lexington ....,..........   . 1:30 p.1n. CDT
Oct. 27 Cincinnati Freshmen. Lexington ,..................... 8:00 p.n1. (IDT
Nov. 8 Tennessee Freshmen. Knoxville ........... . .........,... 130 p.n1.  
Coach: _]ohn North.
_: Assistants: Ed Rutledge. _[oe Platt. Bob Ballance
{ 1955 FRESHMAN FOOTBALL RESULTS
(Won 1, Lost 2)
Date Opponent Site UK ()pp.
Sept. 15 Morehead Varsity ..... . .................... . ....... (.\)—Nite 1-1 7
Oct. 15 Vanderbilt Freshmen ...,........................., (.—\)—Nite 0 13
Nov. 4 Tennessee Freshmen ................. . ........ .. (H)-Day 0 26
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CO.—\(lH—_]ohn Shelton.
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 BLANTON COLLIER 1
Heod Football Couch
(Two Years -— Won `I3, Lost 6, Tied `I) 1
.»\ quiet»mannered native Kentuckian, who fulfilled a life·long am- i:
bition when he took over the coaching reins at his home-state univer—  
sity in 195¤1, Blanton Collier is a man with a unique background and y
a potentiality great future.  
\iVith only two years in the collegiate coaching ranks behind him. I
the popular \Vildcat mentor is highly regarded in athletic circles the .
V country over and already has earned V
  the distinction of "Coach of the
  _; ___:   I   . l’ear" in the tough Southeastern Con» 1
   r .       ference, where a vote 15 harder to 4
l_:. ` ` ··’ »·‘·‘     get than campaign promises in july. A
 —_   ln gaining this honor in his fresh- `
‘ v_      ‘’·'' man season at Kentucky, an achieve-
· S   _·_`   _ ment made all the more significant
hi`;     considering it was the first time the
        title had been bestowed on a coach
  , in his initial year of college tutoring.
    Collier climaxed a unique rise in the `
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  V__v%     Born in Mi11ei·sbm·g. ity., and
  S ___b .   , brought up in Paris, Ky., only 17
  ’'“   ,_.   miles from the University campus.
S ```‘’`     Collier began his athletic career at
Paris High School by playing both  
football and basketball. Later at [V
Georgetown College. he lettered in both sports. Although not an out- ll
standing griddcr because of his lack of size (he weighed only 125 pounds {
l then). he was nevertheless regarded as a close student of the game, and F
upon graduation in 1927. was named coach of all sports at Paris High. l
He held this position until he entered the Navy in 1943. During
16 years in the schoolboy coaching ranks, his teams won or shared two .
Central Kentucky Conference football titles and six basketball cham- ·
pionships. His last high school grid team (1943) ranked as unofficial
state champions. Also during this period he took postgraduate work
at the University of Kentucky and received a master’s degree in educa-
tional administration in 194-2.
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Station during his Navy tour that Collier and Paul Brown discovered
each other. Brown, a lieutenant and head coach of the Great Lakes
football team, became impressed with Yoeman Collier’s football knowl-
f edge and added him to the staff as an assistant coach. The following
g: year (1946) when the Cleveland Browns were organized with Brown
  as head coach, Collier made the unique jump from high school ranks
  (via service ball) to the pros by going along as backfield coach.
Q During eight seasons with the perennial world champion Browns.
’ Collier made a reputation that stamped him as a great teacher of foot-
i hall—deter1nined but quietly patient. His special function as number
V one aide to Brown was pass defense and the club consistently ranked
tops in the league in this department.
l Succeeds Bryant at Kentucky in 1954
` \·\lhen the Kentucky job became available in 1954 with the transfer
f of Patil Bryant to Texas A Sc M, Collier was lured into collegiate ranks
for the First time in nearly a quarter-century of coaching experience,
Given a three-year contract, Collier launched llll immediate attack
based on his version of the Split T offense and spiced with a generous
helping of solid gridiron fundamentals and stress on perfection in play
execution,
1 The results came almost innnediately as the \\’ildcats. after an
` erratic start that saw a 2-3 split in the first five encounters. forged a
victory string of Hve straight from mid-season and cappetl it with a
hard—fought, rain-soaked win over their arch-rival, Tennessee. at Knox-
ville. The Kentuckians were in bowl contention all the way as they
wound up with a 7-3 record. Collier was awarded “SEC Coach of the
» Year" honors and a new, five—year contract by grateful school authori-
  ties.
j· The 1955 campaign was virtually a repetition of the previous year.
In carving ottt a 6-3-1 mark. the Colliermen could point with pride to
  the fact they registered a win over Mississippi, the only setback suffered
if by the eventual SEC and Cotton Bowl champions: a tie with league
runner-up Auburn; and another triumph over powerful Tennessee that
eliminated the Vols fro1n bowl contention and again boosted Ken-
_` tucky’s stock for a post-season date.
Collier married Miss Mary Forman Varden of Paris in 1931 and
they have three daughters. Carolyn, 21. attends University of Kentucky.
while Kay, 17, is a student at Lexington Henry Clay and jane. 15, goes
to Morton Junior. The Colliers now make their home in Lexington.
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THE COACHING STAFF
X   _    ERMAL ALLEN
’   ; ‘    fj '   (Kentucky '42) _
    3  ,   Backfield Coach  
    ____,_  gg   Onc of Kcntucky’s most famous athlete grad-  
V     V   uatcs, Allen at 35 has had a full career as a ‘
'Q       C0ll€gi2lt€ Star, pro-football player and success-  
    ful college grid coach. He starred at quarter- E
  .   Q    back for the \Vildcat forces from 1939 to 1941 .
Q, ig ‘       and entered military service following grad- 1
ag"  ` ‘‘·‘‘   ‘   uation. Returning as a graduate student after
g   Q   his discharge, Allen became the center of one `
   if of the Southeastern Conterence’s most contro- r
versial cases when he attempted to play a fourth year of football in 1946 and  
was declared ineligible after two games. Allen joined the UK coaching staff
of Paul Bryant for the remainder of the ’46 season, spent the ’47 campaign
as a T-quarterback with the professional Cleveland Browns, whose backheld 1
p coach at this time was Blanton Collier, and then re-joined the \¢Vildcat staff
in 1948. He became Kentucky’s head freshman mentor in 1950 and was
promoted at seasonis end to backheld coach. The youthful Allen was re-
tained in this capacity when Collier became head man of the Wildcats. In
the off season, he plays a lot of golf and in 1955 won the state amateur
championship. Hometown: Morristown, Tenn.
  ._` BILL ARNSPARGER
  if  ' lii'i   `'‘’ · (Miami (O.) 'SO)
 ‘   Offensive Line Coach
°=~ ..,  ;    , One of Coach Collier's former grid pupils at
  mf   l’aris (Ky.) High School and a native Ken-  
  ...,*3 j tuckian, Arnsparger joined the UK staff in l
 E`? .  -:1,. V ) 1954 as an assistant in charge of offensive line l
   _ ; ’»·»vr...... ,_,   play. The 27-year—old former Marine brings to 1
‘·    .·-‘   A   ’»*’’·‘’» the Stuff an excellent background of Coaching  
yi ` experience which began at Miami (Ohio) U.
( following his graduation from that school in ’50. l
. In 1951, he moved with boss \V00dy Hayes to
Ohio State where he was tackle coach in charge of offensive line play ¤
for three seasons. Arnsparger played at tackle and guard on Col1ier’s
teams at Paris High from 1941-43 and entered UK us as a freshman in ’44. `
His tour of duty in the Marines began shortly thereafter and he transferred ~
to Miami U. after his discharge to play under Sid Gillman and later Hayes.
Hometown: Paris, Ky.
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··V.» »     MATT LAIR
    
Q   /1   _'’   Defensive Line Coach
fj ‘   _ j=  A tough competitor who looks the part of the
1   f  '1 ,5 .  former top-notch football guard that he was
1 -   ,     during his days at University of Kentucky, Lair
:1       is another product of Blanton Collier’s coaching.
1       He was born in nearby Paris, Ky., and played
~   'i'"`·i i   ·=-==    ,   three years of the grid sport under Collier when
;       the latter was coach at Paris High. Entering
        UK in 1941, Lair was a blocking back for two
, ;  ?"=¤£-2   -; seasons before going in the service. Upon his
1 return in ’4G, he played out his final two years’ eligibility as a guard regular
1 and then began a career in high school coaching. He was line coach at Sid-
ney Lanier High in Montgomery, Ala., for three years, served one year as an
assistant at Louisville Manual and in 1953 was head coach at Parrish High
1 in Selma, Ala. Matt has inherited the task of keeping a scholastic check on
Kcntucky’s gridders to make certain they tackle the classroom grind with
the same forcefulness asked of them on the football Held. Hometown:
North Middletown, Ky.
    CHARLEY BRADSHAW
V   .·   :__ A (Kentucky 'SO)
ji    End Coach
__    g__;_. ;  An outstanding flankman during his playing
      days at University of Kentucky, Bradshaw is a
1       serious-minded student of the game who brings
1   ·     lo the coaching staff experience as a gridder of
_1     great native ability and as a successful high
1   ,,:, ,  _, " school coaching assistant. He played center and
1   earned his first letter as a freshman with the
1 _ gtf \Vildcats in 1946 and was the tearn’s regular
1 il V right end for the two and a quarter seasons fol-
L lowing until he was ruled ineligible early in the ’49 campaign by Commis-
sioner Moore on grounds that he had played out his eligibility. Bradshaw
i finished out the season as an assistant freshman coach at UK and then moved
to Sidney Lanier High in Montgomery, Ala., as an assistant football coach
` and co-ordinator of a junior high program. He became an aide on the Col-
1 lier staff in 1954 and holds an NLA. degree to supplement his football
knowledge. Hometown: Montgomery, Ala.
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kg; . ‘, V Z   “      /V‘ DOMINIC FUCCI l
    Y Defensive Backfield Coach
  — ;$-Q,  {   `‘    _ , Experienced as an outstanding collegiate *
52;- i .:`, fha -—i·=;   =·,   . - . s . .
M   ,¢v.£     gndder and professional player, Pucci this fall  
*     enters his second term as an aide on the staff {
      ,`__’   ’ ’ of Blanton Collier. The former all—around ath- ~4
  '   lete, who in 1949 became the \VilClCt\tS’ ETSI l
  A All-America baseball star, helped out in the  
° ::l_'V'` `   inil fall of 1954 after he had suffered a broken arm `
  Zvvl   in early action with the pro Detroit Lions foot-
ét · ball club, Returning to the Lions for the ’55 {
campaign, he saw considerable action as a defensive back and will handle ,
these familiar chores in a coaching assignment this year. In three seasons 1
p at Kentucky, Fucci saw duty as a reserve quarterback, special occasion halt- l
back and regular end and was the teanfs number one punter in both 1949 I
and ’5(). Following graduation in 1951, he played professional baseball for l
a time with the New York Yankees’ farm system and then entered service. `
. Hometown: New Village, N. ].
`
"` I   JOHN NORTH
   if   :.__ Freshman Coach
.  A r,,,_     A former star Hankman at Vanderbilt, john
  fi,  ;?ie °‘i`f  North joined the Kentucky staff last spring in
  V iV--· ` the capacity of Freshman Coach after a full
  career as collegian, pro player, high school and
    college coach. The