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Roy Bruna

  • Class
    1955
  • Honors
    Football (1950-1951)
Sixty-four men comprise this year's spring football army. Included on the roster are twelve ends, ten tackles, ten guards, eight centers, six quarterbacks, twelve halfbacks, and six fullbacks. Forty-one hail from far away places, while the remaining twenty-three come from within confines of the Golden State. Roy Bruna was a center at Galileo High School. Reviewing the Spartan contest, the coaching staff singled out the work of defensive linemen Lou Simas, Ray Brown, Jim DeBernardi and Roy Bruna (TheFoghorn).

Starting off their campaign with a 39-6 victory over the Treasure Island Pirates, the USF Frosh football team continued on to register a 27-7 win over San Jose State and a 30-20 win over Santa Clara in the finale. Only blot on their 1950 schedule was the Cal Poly Frosh's last minute 20-14 win over the Donlets. With a record of 5-0 in 1949 and this year's 3-1, it gave Frosh coach Brad Lynn an 8-1 record in two years. On hand to assist Lynn in the coaching duties were Major Dave Anderson, Joe Mocha, Tom Payne and Vin Briare.

Highlight of the season was the 30-20 win over the Santa Clara Yearlings. Previously undefeated, the Bronco Colts could not halt the end sweeps of Dando, Chess or the passing of Tony Calvello. Standouts for the Donlets in the forward wall were Lou Simas, Tom Montero, Tim Moriarty, Ray Brown, Bob Schaeffer, James DeBernardi, Roy Bruna and Ivan Slajchert. The backfield found quarterbacks Calvello and Garcia, halfbacks Dando, Chess, Cecil Helms, John Thiel, and fullback Leo Madden spearheading the attack (TheDon).

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