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Post by oldbeav on Jun 27, 2021 8:01:11 GMT -8
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Post by Werebeaver on Jun 27, 2021 8:40:21 GMT -8
Great article. What a life story. So Lee was the guy who put white makeup over Cesar Romero’s mustache as the Joker in Batman. Well done.  I imagine after surviving Slats Gill’s strict regimentation, dealing with Hollywood prima donnas like Streisand and Dunaway was a comparative walk in the park. RIP Lee. |
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Post by Werebeaver on Jun 27, 2021 10:47:13 GMT -8
Meant to add this image to above post.  Lee is a member of the Pac-12 Hall of Honor for OSU Basketball. Inducted in 2014. pac-12.com/article/2014/02/21/pac-12-basketball-hall-honor-induct-2013-14-classI recall reading once that if all of the secrets that passed between stars and their makeup artists were to be made public, Hollywood would spontaneously combust. I bet Lee heard enough to have written a very entertaining book, but almost certainly took those stories with him to his grave. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jun 28, 2021 15:27:52 GMT -8
The star for Oregon State in 1957-58 was Dave Gambee, a 6'7" forward. Gambee was a two-time All-American and three-time All-Pacific Coast Conference. Gambee also played first and pitched on the baseball team in 1957. Gambee was selected in the first round, seventh overall by the St. Louis Hawks in the 1958 draft, and had a 12-year NBA career. Gambee won an NBA Championship with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1967. The team was famous for ending Boston's eight-year Championship and 10-year Eastern Conference Championship runs. After the 1967 season, the Sixers left Gambee unprotected, and he was lost to the San Diego Rockets (the Seattle SuperSonics were the other expansion team in 1967) in the expansion draft. The Rockets, similarly left Gambee unprotected after the 1968 season, and Gambee was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks (the Phoenix Suns were the other expansion team in 1968.
Lee Harman was the star guard on the 1957-58 team and was an All-American in 1959. Harman was selected #29 overall by the St. Louis Hawks in 1959 but went into the service instead. Harman played in 1961-62 ABL for the Hawaii Chiefs. Harman led the team in assists, but Hawaii finished third in the ABL's West Division and lost in the first round of the playoffs. The Hawaii Chiefs moved to Long Beach in 1962 and played in nine of the 24 games before the team folded. Harman then played for the Harlem Globetrotters for some time before getting kicked off the team in Rhodesia. (He definitely was off by 1964, and I have to believe that he was out of Rhodesia before the Bush War began in July 1964.) Harman then started working for Fox, starting to get credits in the early 1970s. He was a Newsman in the 1979 move "The Main Event." He worked in the movies for almost 28 years, from 1970-1998.
In 1958, Sports Illustrated projected that California, Oregon State and USC would finish 1-2-3 atop the Pacific Coast Conference; although they did not indicate the order. USC would finish fifth, but California and Oregon State would finish two games ahead of third-place UCLA. Oregon State began the basketball season by beating California by 12 in Gill Coliseum. 15 days later, California returned the favor, winning at Harmon Gym. Oregon State lost in Seattle by three on January 25th to fall a game back 5-1 to 4-2. On February 1st, Stanford beat Oregon State by 12 at Gill Coliseum to put California two games ahead in the loss column. Six days later, USC beat California in Los Angeles to narrow the race. At the end of February, California was 12-2 and Oregon State was 9-3. The Bears needed two home wins to clinch the Pacific Coast Conference Championship and a split to clinch a share. Oregon State would win the Pacific Coast Conference by winning out and having California lose twice.
Idaho, which finished fourth in the Pacific Coast Conference went to Harmon Gym and beat California 82-71. Oregon State defeated USC and Washington State at Gill Coliseum to pull within 12-3 to 11-3. On March 7th, Oregon State beat Washington State at Bohler Gym to go to 12-3. Oregon upset California at Harmon Gym to knock the Bears back to 12-4. With a win, Oregon State would win the Pacific Coast Conference and advance to the NCAA Tournament. Instead, Oregon State lost 62-55 against Idaho. Because California and Oregon State had split in the regular season, the tiebreaker was a Pacific Coast Conference Championship Game between California and Oregon State at the "neutral site" of Eugene. California won 57-45 to win the Pacific Coast Conference Championship and advance to the NCAA Tournament. The Bears went to the Elite Eight, losing in overtime to Seattle. Seattle would lose to Kentucky in the National Championship Game. California won the National Championship in 1959.
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