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Off Season - Wyoming Football Trivia

McPeachy

McPeachy

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Hating the off season, I thought it would be interesting to share some of the more useless information that is stored in my brain, about Wyoming Cowboy football & history.

Question: Prior to the 1975 season, who was the QB out of Los Angeles that Wyoming was recruiting, but later stopped recruiting (as the coach decided to go a different direction), that went on to have successful college and NFL careers? Ah, what might have been.
 
What Cowboy honorable mention All-American athlete played halfback, QB, punted, kicked field goals, played safety on the football team and also lettered in baseball?
 
Adv8RU12 said:
What Cowboy honorable mention All-American athlete played halfback, QB, punted, kicked field goals, played safety on the football team and also lettered in baseball?
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Eddie "Boom Boom" Talboom?
 
Not Talboom, but close to that era. He was one cool dude. In his first two years he was also on the swimming team. I noticed an obituary about him - he died late last year. He is in the Cowboy Hall of Fame.
 
Adv8RU12 said:
What Cowboy honorable mention All-American athlete played halfback, QB, punted, kicked field goals, played safety on the football team and also lettered in baseball?
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Joe Mastrogiovanni?
 
zappinpoke said:
Adv8RU12 said:
What Cowboy honorable mention All-American athlete played halfback, QB, punted, kicked field goals, played safety on the football team and also lettered in baseball?
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Joe Mastrogiovanni?
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I believe you are correct!
 
zappinpoke said:
Adv8RU12 said:
What Cowboy honorable mention All-American athlete played halfback, QB, punted, kicked field goals, played safety on the football team and also lettered in baseball?
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Joe Mastrogiovanni?
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He came to Wyoming in 1952 as a halfback before becoming the school’s first throwing quarterback. He led the Cowboys in passing three years and in total offense and scoring for two years.

He also was a punter and placekicker, and played on defense. He was twice selected to the All-Skyline first-team and once a second-team selection, Mastrogiovanni led the nation in rushing the first eight weeks of the 1955 season, before finishing second nationally and earning honorable mention All-American honors from AP and UPI.

The Cowboys were 19-11-1 from 1953-55. A gifted athlete, Mastrogiovanni also competed for the Wyoming swimming team and was a letterman on the 1955 Cowboy baseball team as a catcher.

Talk about doing it all, At that time it's actually really quite impressive he was able to pull all of that off.
 
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