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Post by bennysdentist on Jul 9, 2018 11:42:56 GMT -8
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Post by zeroposter on Jul 9, 2018 12:18:34 GMT -8
He was simply an amazing athlete. Big, graceful, fast, great hands. And great at the reach-in foul that drove Ralph crazy.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2018 12:52:37 GMT -8
He was simply an amazing athlete. Big, graceful, fast, great hands. And great at the reach-in foul that drove Ralph crazy. Seattle times commenter probably lying about Lonnie Shelton doing track at Oregon state too . Anybody know anything about that?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2018 14:05:55 GMT -8
Seattle times commenter probably lying about Lonnie Shelton doing track at Oregon state too . Anybody know anything about that? He has the #5 all-time OSU men's shot put. 59'7" in 1975.
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1. Butch Schmidt 64-02.00 1975 2. Spike Walker 61-01.50 1972 Ron Schmidt 61-01.50 1982 4. Lachcen Samsam 60-02.25 1966 5. Lonnie Shelton 59-07.00 1975 6. Joe Phillips 59-00.50 1983 7. Doug Cramer 58-11.00 1974 8. Don Tollefson 58-10.50 1967 9. Roger Carlsen 58-08.75 1971 10. Chris Waltman 58-06.25 1985
thats crazy. Basketball player Shotputter combo. nobody does that.
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Post by greshambeaver on Jul 9, 2018 15:24:44 GMT -8
Lonnie was one of the most athletic big men in basketball history. He ranked up there with Charles B and Darrell D. and others as big athletic and quick. You talk about basketball and track, well USC wanted him to come pay football as a tight end, but Lonnie was in love with basketball and decided to turn USC down to play BB for OSU. I will never forget his Exclamation point dunk against UCLA to finish that game in 1976??? Not sure it was 76. We were there in the stands with my 1 or 2 year old daughter... HMMM maybe it was 77? Just not sure), but I'm close. He drew a Big old T as the NCAA had ruled dunks illegal because of Alcindor "Kareem"... The other thing I remember is an article from the NEW YORK Times his rookie year in the NBA. Don't remember now who wrote it, but the article started with... I have a question for you... paraphrased " Who is big enough to play the defensive line for the N.Y. Giants, but quick enough to pick the best backcourt players in the NBA... Of course that answer was Lonnie Shelton. Great memories come with the name Lonnie Shelton. We have lost one of the greatest in OSU Basketball history!
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Post by jefframp on Jul 9, 2018 16:27:41 GMT -8
In high school Shelton was named All-America in football, all-state in basketball and won the state's discus title in track and field and was the Cal-High Sports state athlete of the year in 1972-73.
Shelton was back on the court on Jan. 10, 1976, when OSU beat third-ranked UCLA in what Miller called at the time "probably the greatest victory of my career." With 30 seconds left, Shelton put an exclamation mark on the victory by throwing down an illegal dunk -- and drawing a technical foul. He finished with 20 points anyway.
"We were ahead and everybody knew were were going to win," Miller told the AP afterward, "and I guess Lonnie decided to add something special."
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Post by beavaristotle on Jul 9, 2018 18:16:03 GMT -8
In high school Shelton was named All-America in football, all-state in basketball and won the state's discus title in track and field and was the Cal-High Sports state athlete of the year in 1972-73. Shelton was back on the court on Jan. 10, 1976, when OSU beat third-ranked UCLA in what Miller called at the time "probably the greatest victory of my career." With 30 seconds left, Shelton put an exclamation mark on the victory by throwing down an illegal dunk -- and drawing a technical foul. He finished with 20 points anyway. "We were ahead and everybody knew we were going to win," Miller told the AP afterward, "and I guess Lonnie decided to add something special." that dunk was one of the greatest moments in beaver sports history. one of the best athletes to ever attend OSU. these kids playing today and staring each other down and acting tough have no idea. they would want no part of Lonnie Shelton . bad hombre
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Post by beavaristotle on Jul 9, 2018 18:33:04 GMT -8
in 1984 while walking into a Cleveland restaurant, a man approached Lonnie and his girlfriend, pulled a .357 and demanded Lonnie's wallet. as the story goes Lonnie "relieved" the man of his gun and gave him the beating of his life. while waiting for the police to arrive, Lonnie sat on the man's chest and talked to him about god and turning his life around.
another story I've heard but don't know if it was true was that when jimmy Anderson went to the house to recruit Lonnie that there were dirt floors in the house and when Shelton got to Corvallis it was the first time he had ever gone to a dentist and he had 16 cavities.
sad day, one of my favorite beavers of all time
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Post by lefty on Jul 10, 2018 6:45:25 GMT -8
I was there that afternoon that Lonnie dunked the ball at the end of the UCLA game. Crowd went absolutely crazy. One of my most favorite moments ever at Gill. Ralph took him out of the game and got in his face and was chewing him out (at least on the outside).
The thing that I never understood about the NCAA winning that court case and forcing us to forfeit those victories and removing the stats from the record book, was that earlier a lower court had ordered us that we were obligated to play him. So therefore we were just following the court's mandate. If we had not played Lonnie we would have been in contempt of court. I always thought we should have sued the NCAA to recover those games.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2018 10:21:39 GMT -8
Seattle times commenter probably lying about Lonnie Shelton doing track at Oregon state too . Anybody know anything about that? He has the #5 all-time OSU men's shot put. 59'7" in 1975.
Shot put
1. Butch Schmidt 64-02.00 1975 2. Spike Walker 61-01.50 1972 Ron Schmidt 61-01.50 1982 4. Lachcen Samsam 60-02.25 1966 5. Lonnie Shelton 59-07.00 1975 6. Joe Phillips 59-00.50 1983 7. Doug Cramer 58-11.00 1974 8. Don Tollefson 58-10.50 1967 9. Roger Carlsen 58-08.75 1971 10. Chris Waltman 58-06.25 1985
Joe Phillips couldn't quite get him in the shotput but that guy was otherworldly strong. He could forklift two Avezzanos and throw in a cheerleader.
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Post by Tigardbeav on Jul 10, 2018 10:22:11 GMT -8
I was there that afternoon that Lonnie dunked the ball at the end of the UCLA game. Crowd went absolutely crazy. One of my most favorite moments ever at Gill. Ralph took him out of the game and got in his face and was chewing him out (at least on the outside). The thing that I never understood about the NCAA winning that court case and forcing us to forfeit those victories and removing the stats from the record book, was that earlier a lower court had ordered us that we were obligated to play him. So therefore we were just following the court's mandate. If we had not played Lonnie we would have been in contempt of court. I always thought we should have sued the NCAA to recover those games. There was about 100,000 folks at that game by the retelling in 2018. But I was there and i didn't see you there
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Post by jefframp on Jul 10, 2018 12:01:09 GMT -8
I was there that afternoon that Lonnie dunked the ball at the end of the UCLA game. Crowd went absolutely crazy. One of my most favorite moments ever at Gill. Ralph took him out of the game and got in his face and was chewing him out (at least on the outside). The thing that I never understood about the NCAA winning that court case and forcing us to forfeit those victories and removing the stats from the record book, was that earlier a lower court had ordered us that we were obligated to play him. So therefore we were just following the court's mandate. If we had not played Lonnie we would have been in contempt of court. I always thought we should have sued the NCAA to recover those games. There was about 100,000 folks at that game by the retelling in 2018. But I was there and i didn't see you there I was listening to Darrell Aune, having graduated in 1972. So there was only 99,999 in attendance.
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Post by maximumbeaver on Jul 10, 2018 15:49:42 GMT -8
Seattle times commenter probably lying about Lonnie Shelton doing track at Oregon state too . Anybody know anything about that? He has the #5 all-time OSU men's shot put. 59'7" in 1975.
Shot put
1. Butch Schmidt 64-02.00 1975 2. Spike Walker 61-01.50 1972 Ron Schmidt 61-01.50 1982 4. Lachcen Samsam 60-02.25 1966 5. Lonnie Shelton 59-07.00 1975 6. Joe Phillips 59-00.50 1983 7. Doug Cramer 58-11.00 1974 8. Don Tollefson 58-10.50 1967 9. Roger Carlsen 58-08.75 1971 10. Chris Waltman 58-06.25 1985
Noticed Joe Phillips name in there. One of the biggest recruits we ever signed.
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Post by Tigardbeav on Jul 10, 2018 16:07:39 GMT -8
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Jul 10, 2018 19:03:54 GMT -8
The player in uniform in profile is definitely Tim Hennessey.
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