by Doug Nichols | Jun 13, 2018 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Funke, Erich |
I’ve been reviewing various possibilities for scanning the wonderful scrapbook of Erich Funke d’Egnuff that was gifted to The Archive by longtime Letterman fencer Marc LeRoux. (See: here) It’s proving to be a rather tricky proposition. The date range of the...
by Doug Nichols | Aug 8, 2017 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, De Jong, Duris, Funke, Erich, McDougall, John, O'Brien, William |
Not the buried in the sand pirate-type I always dreamed of unearthing in the Southern California former orange-grove backyard where I grew up. My treasure hunting has been refined to a sharper focus that has proven no less fortunate to me than those who find...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Domolky, George, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers F - J, Fencers K - O, Funke, Erich, Greco, Anthony, Halberstadt, Hans, Huddleson, Demi, Magay, Daniel, Mayer, Helene, Orley, Piller, George, Selberg, Charles |
San Francisco State University was founded as the “San Francisco State Normal School”. Take that, all you who believe the City By The Bay to be populated by nothing but the socially irregular! SF State has been graduating the scholarly since 1901 and has a proud...
by Doug Nichols | May 28, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Funke, Erich, Magay, Daniel, Marki, Ferenc, Piller, George, Selberg, Charles |
Gyorgy Jekelfalussy Piller has gone down in history as one of the most successful competitors and coaches. If his name is unfamiliar, let me give you a brief run-down. He competed for Hungary in the 1928 Olympics on the Foil Team and reached the semi-finals,...