Creator: George Perles

Subjects: Anniversaries, Sesquicentennial

Description:

George Perles began playing football for MSU when he came to campus in the fall of 1956. Although his career as a player ended with a knee injury, he still went on to earn an MS in administration while coaching the freshman football team.

Perles spent several years off campus coaching college and national football teams before returning to MSU where he served as an assistant and then head coach of the football team, eventually becoming athletic director over all the campus sports teams. Perles was also a trustee on the MSU Board of Directors.

Topics/People Covered in the Interview include: Rick Audis; Larry Belot; Bobby Bopp; Dan, Tom Boyster; Jack Breslin; Ed Buckley; Shane Bulla; Henry Bullock; Joe Carruthers; Milt Coleman; Dan Curry; Duffy Daugherty; Detroit Free Press; Detroit News; John DiBiaggio; Al Dorr; Danny Enos; Joe Farrell; Hayden Fry; Steve Furness; Curt Gibson; Sonny Grandelius; Allen Haller; John Hannah; Judd Heathcote; Mark Ingram; Jenison Fieldhouse; Dick Kahn; Frank Kelley; Chuck, John Knowle; Mary Lee; Cecil Mackey; Ron Mason; John McVeigh; Jim, John Miller; Bobby Morris; Jim Morrissey; Clarence "Biggie" Munn; Larry Owen; Joe Pendry; John, Pat Perles; Carl Peterson; Andre Risen; Daryl Rogers; Ed Rutherford; Nick Sabine; John Sandusky;
Pat Schermer; David Scott; Forrest Sheveresky; Lou Ann Simon; Steve Smith; Percy Snow; Steve Smith Academic Center; Denny Stoltz; Gordie Surrick; Miles Tannenbaum; Dino Trabelli; USA Football League; University of Tennessee; Varsity Club; Morris Watts; Doug Weaver; Kathy Wilber; Bud, Roger Wilkinson; Father Wisner; Bill Yeoman; Ralph Young

Date: February 7, 2001

Collection Number: UA 3

Language: English

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Contributing Institution: University Archives & Historical Collections, Office of the Provost

Relation: Sesquicentennial Oral History Project

Contributor: MSU Archives and Historical Collections