September 28, 1907 – Glen “Turk” Edwards was a tackle from Washington State University. Turk made his most memorable splash play in college as a junior in a big game against Oregon State to decide who would represent the Pacific coast in the Rose Bowl. The game was tied late when the big hands of
Our next legendary birthday took place on September 19, 1919, and that’s for Mike Holovak, a fullback from Boston College. Fordham head coach Frank Leahy noticed Mike Holovak while observing a coach opposing Holovak’s high school squad and a man by the name of Vince Lombardi. A month later, Leahy left Fordham to take up