Other 1977 Condors Pictures & Stories

 History from Bill Clark -

Greg Clark is my very much older brother. I actually have another brother Jerry, even older, who never played Ultimate but was in the same high school class as TK. We all went to good old Burbank High, which produced a few excellent Ultimate players... who would have thought. Cliff Marhoefer (78-86) also is a Burbank boy. He and I were buddies in elementary and middle school, but his family left the area before high school. He and I reunited in Santa Barbara, both of us trying out for the Condors at the end of 1977. We had no idea what had happened to each other, but unknowingly our lives had followed a parallel that came full circle with us immediately becoming starters on the Condors and winning the National Championship together... another great side story!

Western Regionals:
July 9-10 (Irvine)
Condors vs Whizbo ??-?? (semis)
Condors vs Foothill 14-13 (finals)

John Schmechel on D vs Irv Kalb -- John Kirkland on D vs John Schmechel

Note from John Kirkland in July 2003:
I used to be an Ultimate player
(1975 All American team, 1st national TV exposure of Ultimate - CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, covering MIT [5] vs Tufts [23])
and laud your online efforts. That's me guarding John Schmechel.
We just threw together a team from the San Diego area and it had me, Krae Van Sickle, Cliff Marhoefer, Rick LeBeau, etc.
 
I just had a nice chat with Dr. I at the World Disc Games in Santa Cruz; he's looking good for someone with such a bad back.
When asked why it was he who wrote up the rules of Ultimate and not Joel, he said that his version was more reasonable...
apparently Joel wanted everyone to duplicate the exact playing conditions they originally had - natural boundaries, etc.
 
I've also spent a lot of time lately with Jon Cohn, who regales me with stories of the early days.
 
Regards,
 John Kirkland

Condors vs Foothill

TK on O vs Dan Roddick (Stork)



Nationals:
Condors vs Penn State 32-14 (finals)