Clyde Williams Stadium?

[Mowilly]

I used to hear stories about that track going under the stands from my old coach. He would recall some of the fast people to ever run for ISU running on that track. I can't remember who was in the stories but nonetheless I would have loved to run on a unique track like that.

I also heard stories of training from a certain silver medalist in the 400H. Back in his day, they would train in the concourse on hilton. Can you imagine those runners training in a facility like that. I mean at that time, they had the first 4x4 team to have 3 runners run 44 something. Impressive!

Sunday Uti (Nigeria, Olympic Medal)
Danny Harris (Olympic Medal)
Gareth Brown (NCAA 400 m Indoor Champion from Britian)
Jon Hoogenson??? (I am guessing he was the 4th leg)

The Hilton Concourse was a better alternative than was State Gym Track)
That team finished 2nd overall at the NCAA indoor w/o an indoor track.

We will have some success like that again.

[hurdleisu24]

I can't remember who the 4th was but he was a 47low guy. He was the snail on the team at that time. These days we can't even put 4 people that will run 47s. Man, I wish I could have been on that team.

We will have success like that sometime. I don't see it happening for a while and not in the sprints. Throws and distance is our bread and butter now.

[bigcyfan82]

I just have to share this story with you, because when it was told to me, it made my day!
I work for the d.o.r. this summer, and while orientation was going on, part of our job is to make sure people know what is going on.

I was on my lunch break, and walking to the UDCC. A man in his late50 was walking between Eaton and Helser and he looked slightly confused. So I asked him if I could help him find anything. He turned to me and said, "no i'm just looking around at all of these new buildings, things sure have changed around here." As he points to Martin and Eaton and says, "The old football stadium, clyde williams field used to be right here. Then he points to a window on 2nd floor Helser and says that was my room back in 1970 somethin."

He then continued to tell me how he used to get drunk and high in his dorm room before football games. Then he went on to say that it was basically common at that time (which it was). And he told me that on friday and saturday nights he would walk out of his room into the hallway which was basically a green haze.

It was just somethin that made me laugh, I love hearing stories from older gentlemen about what went on around here before my time.

[Ms3r4ISU]

Then he points to a window on 2nd floor Helser and says that was my room back in 1970 somethin." It was just somethin that made me laugh, I love hearing stories from older gentlemen about what went on around here before my time.

You know he was just pulling your leg, don't you? No one got drunk before FB games back in the '70s.
(Hah!)

[Al_4_State]

I just have to share this story with you, because when it was told to me, it made my day!
I work for the d.o.r. this summer, and while orientation was going on, part of our job is to make sure people know what is going on.

I was on my lunch break, and walking to the UDCC. A man in his late50 was walking between Eaton and Helser and he looked slightly confused. So I asked him if I could help him find anything. He turned to me and said, "no i'm just looking around at all of these new buildings, things sure have changed around here." As he points to Martin and Eaton and says, "The old football stadium, clyde williams field used to be right here. Then he points to a window on 2nd floor Helser and says that was my room back in 1970 somethin."

He then continued to tell me how he used to get drunk and high in his dorm room before football games. Then he went on to say that it was basically common at that time (which it was). And he told me that on friday and saturday nights he would walk out of his room into the hallway which was basically a green haze.

It was just somethin that made me laugh, I love hearing stories from older gentlemen about what went on around here before my time.

My dad lived in Helser in the late 70's and I he's told stories about how bringing kegs into the relatively brand new JTS (Cyclone Stadium at the time), and how they got screwed out of good seats because frats would send their pledges in the night before to rope off large areas of the student section.

The best Clyde Williams story I heard came from my grandpa. He had just moved to Iowa from Canada in the early 60's and was the equivalent of a modern civil engineer. He was on a commission that was quality checking paving projects around the state, and they were inspecting a lot in West Ames on a fall saturday around 1967 or so. They were driving down Lincoln Way, and traffic was a mess because it was close to kickoff. As they got closer to the stadium, my grandpa noticed ropes hanging over the south stands down on to the street. When they got up past Hayward, he could see that there were students at street level tying kegs up to the ropes and hoisting them into Clyde over the back. I wish I could have been around for those days!

[bigcyfan82]

You know he was just pulling your leg, don't you? No one got drunk before FB games back in the '70s.
(Hah!)

yea, I know. They were so squeeky clean back then

[Haverhill]

yea, I know. They were so squeeky clean back then

I'll have to ask IzzoClone about that one...

[loki8838]

I just have to share this story with you, because when it was told to me, it made my day!
I work for the d.o.r. this summer, and while orientation was going on, part of our job is to make sure people know what is going on.

I was on my lunch break, and walking to the UDCC. A man in his late50 was walking between Eaton and Helser and he looked slightly confused. So I asked him if I could help him find anything. He turned to me and said, "no i'm just looking around at all of these new buildings, things sure have changed around here." As he points to Martin and Eaton and says, "The old football stadium, clyde williams field used to be right here. Then he points to a window on 2nd floor Helser and says that was my room back in 1970 somethin."

He then continued to tell me how he used to get drunk and high in his dorm room before football games. Then he went on to say that it was basically common at that time (which it was). And he told me that on friday and saturday nights he would walk out of his room into the hallway which was basically a green haze.

It was just somethin that made me laugh, I love hearing stories from older gentlemen about what went on around here before my time.

Summer of 1996, I was on the Homecoming Executive Committee (As part of the Alumni Association). I was a helping out with a reunion the AA was holding for Iowa State alumni that had graduated 50 years or more before that summer (1946 and before). I spent most of the week driving a courtesy van, ferrying the alums from hotels to campus and such.

I was chatting with one of my passengers and his wife one day, and he mentioned that he had played with none other than Jack Trice himself. After just about driving the van into Lake Luverne, I asked him a few questions. I don't remember everything he said about him, but the one thing that sticks out is that Jack Trice was a very self-assured individual (read: cocky), and wasn't exactly his favorite teammate.

It was a pleasure to see this 90 something year old man's face light up as we drove through campus, and to hear first hand stories about one of Iowa State's legendary figures. Through all of the infighting, and negativity we go through as Cyclones, we are still one big family, for better or worse. I cherish my years in Ames, and hope one day that some snot-nosed punk will be listening to my stories about beating Nebraska in 1992, Walden, Orr, Troy Davis, Hoiberg, VEISHEA riots, and winning the Big 8 MBB tournament in 1996.

[bigcyfan82]

Summer of 1996, I was on the Homecoming Executive Committee (As part of the Alumni Association). I was a helping out with a reunion the AA was holding for Iowa State alumni that had graduated 50 years or more before that summer (1946 and before). I spent most of the week driving a courtesy van, ferrying the alums from hotels to campus and such.

I was chatting with one of my passengers and his wife one day, and he mentioned that he had played with none other than Jack Trice himself. After just about driving the van into Lake Luverne, I asked him a few questions. I don't remember everything he said about him, but the one thing that sticks out is that Jack Trice was a very self-assured individual (read: cocky), and wasn't exactly his favorite teammate.

It was a pleasure to see this 90 something year old man's face light up as we drove through campus, and to hear first hand stories about one of Iowa State's legendary figures. Through all of the infighting, and negativity we go through as Cyclones, we are still one big family, for better or worse. I cherish my years in Ames, and hope one day that some snot-nosed punk will be listening to my stories about beating Nebraska in 1992, Walden, Orr, Troy Davis, Hoiberg, VEISHEA riots, and winning the Big 8 MBB tournament in 1996.

I probably would have drove into lake luverne when I heard that. That is actually rather cool, I can't even imagine what I would have asked him about that.

[Mowilly]

I can't remember who the 4th was but he was a 47low guy. He was the snail on the team at that time. These days we can't even put 4 people that will run 47s. Man, I wish I could have been on that team.

We will have success like that sometime. I don't see it happening for a while and not in the sprints. Throws and distance is our bread and butter now.

Correct, as they should be. Those teams were special, I wish that you could have seen them.

Those areas were actually the bread and butter then. Occasionally, the sprints added a nice bonus.

Any word on if Hillary's brother is coming here?

[wyocy]

Boy, this thread is bringing back the memories. I was a freshman that last year we played at the old stadium in 74. I lived in Helser, just across the street. The first college game I ever went to was the Nebraska game at the Clyde someone mentioned earlier. I was high school junior, I think. Maybe soph, I don't remember for sure..lol. We drove up, (I grew up in Grinnell), and Nebraska, it seemed like, hadn't lost for a couple years. We scored late and needed only the extra point to win from the guy I believe was the first team Big 8 kicker. I was busy celebrating and turned just in time to see it sail wide right. Never took a extra point for granted again as long as I lived.

My main memory from the last season is another typical cyclone heartbreaker.. lol. This is purely from memory, but as i recall, we were leading Oklahoma late in the game, which was played primarily in a driving downpour. There were only a few hundred faithful left, who were only there cause we were leading OU. With a few minutes to go, deep in their own territory, OU threw a little screen pass to Joe Washington, who some of you might remember, had a decent pro career. Washington proceeded to weave back and forth across the field, through the mud, eventually taking it to the house after covering what seemed like about the entire field. We had an all Big 8 safety named Barry Hill who, I swear to God, had at least three different shots at him at various points on the field, missing him every time. Never forget that one.

[mkadl]

my grandpa noticed ropes hanging over the south stands down on to the street. When they got up past Hayward, he could see that there were students at street level tying kegs up to the ropes and hoisting them into Clyde over the back. I wish I could have been around for those days!

Kegs at Clyde my brother was a student then, I was about 8-9 years old, I remember the kegs at Clyde, what an impression that made on me.

[ornryactor]

I wish theyd finish off what they started there and build the 3rd new building and tear down helser. Its quite a dump compared to all the buildings around it. (lived there one year... that was enough). Also, would make a lot of room for some more parking and green space.

Never gonna happen. That was part of the master plan for the previous director of the DoR, but he's long gone and so is his ridiculous plan. Helser's capacity is too high, a suite building's is too low. Suites are more expensive than most people want to pay, so demand is much lower as well. Eaton is traditionally in the last 20% of the res halls to fill up for a year, and the only reason Martin isn't the same way is because they have a couple of large learning communities housed there. Besides, they completely gutted Helser in summer 2008 and redid the whole thing. It's a nice building now, and good to go for another 50-65 years.

When we need more res hall space and have the money, I can pretty much guarantee you where it will come from, in this order: turning Wallace and Wilson back into double housing (instead of super singles), adding west wings to Buchanan 5-9, and eventually building entirely new res halls down in the Towers area. That area is destined to be a new campus anyway, as this last round of construction has literally filled up every available construction slot on campus. We can no longer build any new buildings without tearing down something else. As ISU grows in the future, we'll eventually turn Towers into a new south campus.

[majorcyfan]

at half time we'd use the restrooms in Helser then go to Hy-vee one block south and get another 12 pack. Good times

You must be as drunk now as back then.....HyVee #1 never sold beer, ever.....They couldn't, next to a church and accross from a
jr. high school.....city laws prohibited selling any alcoholic beverages that close to a school and/or a church. I worked at that time for the #2 store on South Duff, it was this store that sold beer, not # 1.

[swarthmoreCY]

You must be as drunk now as back then.....HyVee #1 never sold beer, ever.....They couldn't, next to a church and accross from a
jr. high school.....city laws prohibited selling any alcoholic beverages that close to a school and/or a church. I worked at that time for the #2 store on South Duff, it was this store that sold beer, not # 1.

Where was the junior high school?