1. Leo Blakely Calland was an American college football and college basketball player and coach who later became a San Diego city parks administrator.
10 Facts About Leo Calland
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Leo Calland was the head football coach at Whittier College, the University of Idaho, and San Diego State College, compiling a career college football head coaching record record of For two seasons, Calland was the head basketball coach at the University of Southern California, his alma mater, tallying a mark of from 1927 to 1929.
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Leo Calland was an outstanding athlete at Broadway High School in Seattle, where he played football under coach Gus Henderson.
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Henderson became the head football coach at USC in Los Angeles in 1919, and Leo Calland followed him south.
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Leo Calland lettered as a guard for three seasons and as a senior was named both team captain and most inspirational player on USC's first Rose Bowl team.
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Leo Calland was named player of the game in the Trojans' victory over Penn State on New Year's Day, the first bowl game in the current namesake stadium, and lettered in basketball at USC.
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Leo Calland left in 1925 to lead nearby Whittier College for two seasons in multiple sports, then returned to USC as head basketball coach in 1927.
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Leo Calland became managing director of the San Diego Hall of Champions in 1960 and remained in that position until retiring in 1977, and was himself inducted into the Hall in 1974.
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Leo Calland died at age 83 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in La Jolla.
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Leo Calland was survived by his wife Sarah, two daughters and a son, and was buried in Fairhaven Cemetery in Santa Ana.