Sadness in Montana

[blackfordpu]

An old coach of UM has passed away. Sounds like a heck of a football coach, too bad more was not written.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2179938

[blackfordpu]

Here is another link to a better story.

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/03/news/local/news02.txt

[DuckDuckGriz]

Before Don Read, Jack Swarthout was the greatest coach in UM history. And from what I hear he was a very cool guy.

Last year when the Griz played Northern Arizona, the 1969-70 UM Cameilla Bowl teams were presented at the game along with their leader, Coach Swarthout.

He had been battling for a while from what I hear, and after the game Coach Bobby Hauck climbed the stairs of the bleachers upto a luxury box and handed Coach Swarthout the game ball. From what I've seen and heard, he left a great influence around Missoula.

RIP Jack Swarthout.

[polsongrizz]

Thanks for the links BF.