GEORGE WELSH

Jim Chapman....I was on board when Navy quarterback George Welch (3rd in Heisman Trophy voting 1955) served as Division Officer of M Division.  I showed a movie in the wardroom one night and on the sports highlight portion of the "Movie-Tone" newsreel they showed highlights of his big performance at the Army/Navy game and when he was on the screen, you should've heard the noise....quite a memory!!
Donald P Schaffer
IC2, E-Div
see video of 1955 Army/Navy Game

Hi Don, I would have loved to have been in the wardroom at that moment; I'm a big Navy football fan and watch all of their games; one of my Marine Corps COs  in 'Nam  graduated from the Naval academy (former Marine Sgt); anyway he was a walk on football player at the academy and he never even played high school football; his name is Pete Optekar, right guard, and he played a few  years with Roger Staubach. 
​Jim Chapman