Norm MacKenzie

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Football (1948), Men's Basketball (1949-1950)

Norm Mackenzie was born August 5, 1930 and attended Lincoln High School and then USF. At 6' 6", Norm MacKenzie played football in 1948, and basketball for the Dons from 1949 to 1950. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War and earned a Purple Heart.

De Vito, who played his high school ball alongside of Roy Barni at Galileo High, is definitely the rage of the Bay Area with his .655 passing percentage. We had the pleasure of watching De Vito and the Mariners in action against a fair Grant Tech JC last Friday evening, and he completed nine passes in twelve attempts, for two touchdowns. "Slingin' Sam," at the present tender age of nineteen, is as good a passer, if not better than Dick Jarvis of St. Mary's and Eddie La Baron of College of Pacific. He fakes as well as Stan Heath of Nevada, and while he hasn't the accuracy and powerful arm that Heath possesses (who does?) his tosses are unquestionably out of this world. The rest of the MJC team lines up as follows: Norm MacKenzie, Dick Kelly, Dutch Williams, Bud Tice, Val Nicolini, Walt Bascom, Vince Tringali, Richie Navo at right half, Bob Kunst at left half, and Glenn Davis at the full-back position. Williams and Tringali are the mainstays of a rather small line that averages only 180 pounds per.

Woolpert launched his coaching career in 1946 at St. Ignatius High and promptly turned out a city championship team that won 21 and lost 7. His overall prep record shows 63 victories against 29 defeats For the past two years he has handled the Don frosh. His 1948-1949 yearlings had a 16-7 mark while last season's team had a 18-4 win-loss record and was regarded as one of the outstanding freshmen aggregations in school history. Eight returning lettermen will greet Woolpert for spring practice drills. The Dons lose seven top men from a squad that won 44 and lost 12 during the past two years and annexed the 1949 National Invitational Tournament. Heading the returnees are Seniors Jerry Hickey, Milan Metikosh, and Frank Sobek. The others, all juniors, came under Woolpert's tutelage as freshmen and include Cappy Lavin, Willie "Woo Woo" Wong, Walter Mehl, Bernie Esser and Norm MacKenzie. The outstanding newcomers up from the 1949-50 frosh squad are Jack Cannon, Dick Jensen, Don Hermsen, Keith Walker and Phil Vukicevich (TheFoghorn).

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