Great Promotional Ideas of the 1950s, part 1

Stanford’s Bobby Grayson (L) and Oregon’s Erling Jacobson, both former football players, shared float space with their respective mascots in this 1951 photo from the streets of Portland. This had to have encouraged great attendance for the Oregon-Stanford season opener at Multnomah Stadium, which was won by Stanford, 27-20. (source: eBay)

Autzen: What Might Have Been

Talk about your rough drafts. Autzen could have been the nation’s first, and probably only, football stadium with end-zone, in-game tailgating.

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The good old days.

Register-Guard news story, 9/16/1955.  $105 in 1955 is roughly equivalent to $845 in 2011. That’s a fair chunk of change. Hope Jack got his wallet back..