by Doug Nichols | Nov 7, 2019 | Artifact |
Women’s Team Foil National Championship medals. The San Jose State Spartans Women’s Foil Team won the US National Team title 3 times in a row; 1975, 1976 and 1977. (With the caveat that non-SJSU student Harriet King was on the first of those...
by Doug Nichols | Nov 4, 2019 | Blog Post, Bradford, Vinnie, Clark Skillman, Laurel, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches F - J, D'Asaro, Gay, D'Asaro, Michael, Ellingson,Joy, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Halberstadt, Hans, Johnson, Stacey, King, Harriet, Northern California, San Jose State University, Schools/Clubs, Stanford |
The last article I wrote, which featured Michael D’Asaro’s time in San Antonio and the Army, got me thinking about one of the reasons I decided to attend San Jose State to train with him. That reason was the awesome strength of his Women’s foil...
by Doug Nichols | Oct 24, 2019 | Artifact |
1971 Western Intercollegiate Foil Trophy. From the Ferenc Marki collection, this trophy was won by the San Francisco State Men’s Foil team. No names on the trophy, unfortunately.
by Doug Nichols | Oct 21, 2019 | Blog Post, Brownlee, Laurance, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches P - T, D'Asaro, Michael, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Northern California, San Jose State University, Schools/Clubs, Selberg, Charles |
It’s like fate or an inexorable draw. Or karma. That might be too strong. But if you’re named Michael D’Asaro, you eventually move to Texas. Maybe it’s the bbq. That would be the last entry on the ‘go’ side of my go/no go...
by Doug Nichols | Oct 14, 2019 | Angell, Tommy, Baker, Jack, Blog Post, Brownlee, Laurance, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches F - J, Coaches P - T, D'Asaro, Michael, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Halberstadt, Hans, Mitchell, Maxine, Northern California, Pannonia Athletic Club, Piller, George, Schools/Clubs |
It’s so much fun to have your expectations and assumptions blown to bits. That happened to me this week when I had the great fortune to meet the daughter of long-time Letterman fencer Colonel Laurance Brownlee. Colonel Brownlee was a fixture of West Coast...
