A third generation San Franciscan, Walt Kolling attended Most Holy Redeemer Elementary in Eureka Valley and earned an academic scholarship to St. Ignatius in the class of 1944. He received a basketball scholarship to USF and played from 1944 to 1945. He graduated from San Francisco State with a Degree in Secondary Education. He coached CYO and PAL teams at St. Gabriel School in San Francisco for many years while running his Bay News Company (PressDemocrat).
"Clipper" Smith will be in Sam Francisco around Dec 14, it was announced by the Athletic Department. This is the man who will lead the Dons on the road to athletic supremacy. However, a few fellows have caught his eye. These cagemen are Don Giesen and Sherman Heaney, forwards; Johnny Desmond, Walt Kolling, and Ivan Slavich at guards. The Hilltoppers expect to play major-league competition this season, although there has been some difficulty over drawing up a schedule. Teams like St. Mary's and Santa Clara have not yet decided whether or not they will enter the cage wars. By the time of the first game in January, however, the situation will be solved (TheFoghorn).
