Of cers:President, Bob SimiVice President, Howard PoblitzTreasurer, Don HouriganSecretary, Tom McGraw

Directors:Don BenedettiMel CanevaroDavid ClishamBill CollinsJere DriscollRoger FerrariBob IsolaKris KimballGeorge KorteAl MootzGil RiberaBill Richardson

Dinner Committee:Chair, Andy BurkeVice Chair, Gary BaderVice Chair, Andy Kerr

Membership Committee:Chair, Ray MonterosoVice Chair, Jack Scramaglie

Round Table Committee:Editor/Design/Photography, Tom HallFeature Writer, Ray WilsonPhotography, Don HouriganWriter, Manny AgorastosEx-Of co, Gerald Stratford

Active Past Presidents:Joe ThurstonJack GrealishRobert HaglerTevis MartinManny AgorastosBill CoxGerald StratfordKen FlowerFrank FaraoneRick ArellanoTed RademakerDick BechelliBill LynchAndy Burke Andy KerrGary BaderBill CallendarJeff GraffJerry GoslandTony RiberaFrank Brady

Emeritus:Bill HenneberryHarvey ChristensenBob Troppmann

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Larry BinghamLowell ‘65. 3 yrs Baseball, 2 yrs Foot-ball. San Jose State. 1 yr Football.

Michael BlumGeorge Washington ‘60. 4 yrs Base-ball & 4 yrs Basketball. 1 yr Baseball. Univ of Oregon & 1 yr Baseball, CAL.

Charles BraggLincoln & Geo Washington ‘57.Member, Paci c Rod & Gun Club -SF. Skeet & Trapp Shooting.

Bill CosdenLowell ‘63. 4 yrs Basketball & 4 yrs Tennis. CAL ‘67. 3 yrs Boxing & 3 yrs Rugby. 10 yr Member SF Rugby & North Counties Rugby Clubs.

George CosmosSacred Heart ‘60. 4 yrs Baseball.2 Time All-Nor Cal, 1st Team, 58 & 59. SF Prep Hall of Fame Member.SF State, USF, ‘64, ‘65.

Mike CrillySt. Joe’s College - H.S. Seminary.Mountain View, CA ‘66. IntramuralSports. Oceana H.S. Paci ca, CA.Wrestling Coach ‘73-74.

Bob EstesLincoln ‘51. 3 yrs Football. Honorable Mention All City. Oregon State 1 yr Football

Mike FassWest Orange H.S., New Jersey ‘60.4 yrs Football. Penn State ‘65.

Terry FischerRiordan ‘60. 4 yrs Football. All-CAL MVP, All-City. CCSF - 2yrs Football, All-Conference. U of Arizona, ‘65. 1 yr Football. SF State, ‘66. 1 yr Football.

Gilbert GuzmanS.H. ‘51. CYO Basketball & Baseball

John JeffryBellarmine Prep. San Jose ‘47.4 yrs Football. 3 yrs Baseball.CAL ‘51, 2 yrs Rugby.

Michael KasperLincoln - Riordan ‘59. 3 yrs Foot-ball. CCSF - 1 yr Football. U of Notre Dame, 1 yr Football. U of Nevada -Reno ‘61. 3 yrs Football.42 yr Member Olympic Club

Mike KoppelGeorge Washington ‘70. 4yrs Soccer.

Bill McClintockMilwaukee West H.S., Wis. ‘54. 3 yrs Basketball; All -City. 2 yrs Baseball. CAL ‘61. 3 yrs Basketball.All League, All - Coast. ‘59 NCAA Champs, ‘60 NCAA Runner - Up, Honorable Mention All American.1963 S.F. Saints Pro Basketball.

Dr. Joseph PrestiBaltimore City College - H.S. Mary-land ‘38. 4 yrs High School Swim-ming. Johns Hopkins Univ ‘46 under-grad & medical school.53 yr Member, Olympic Club

Denis RichardsonLincoln ‘61. Football & Swimming.

Steve RubinLowell ‘60, 4 yrs Baseball, 2 yrs Foot-ball, All - City.

Gerry WoodsSonora H.S., Sonora, CA ‘65. 4 yrsFootball, Basketball & Track. CAL ‘69. 4 yrs Football, Rugby & Track

Russell ZiebellS.I. ‘55. 4 yrs Cross Country, 1 yr Track & l yr Basketball. CAL ‘57. UCSF ‘61

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SPORTS MEDIA WHIZ

By Ray Wilson

From the KNBR stable of OTA speakers now comes Brian Murphy, who helps hold down – with Paul McCaffrey - the weekday morning slot from 5 until 9am.

Born and raised in Mill Valley, Brian played a little baseball for Tam High (a very little, by his own admission), graduating in 1985. Matriculating at UCLA he embarked on a media career, serving as sports editor for the Daily Bruin.

After four years at Westwood he set out on perhaps the most interesting adventure of his young career. Traveling to Dublin, Ireland, he took a job behind the bar at O’Donoghue’s Pub in the city center. Brian being a Harp and therefore blessed with a natural gift of gab, it would be fascinating to learn, for instance, what his customers thought of American-style beer and football.

After nearly a year of talking, probably mostly about rugby and soccer and Irish politics, he returned to the USA and accepted a job with the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, serving as the 49ers beat writer beginning in 1994. Brian’s timing was spot-on as it

was to prove the 49ers last Super Bowl season.

In 1999 he left Santa Rosa for the San Francisco Examiner, which was shortly sold to the Fang family by the Hearst Corporation, purchasers of the San Francisco Chronicle. After two seasons covering the Oakland A’s, he moved to the Chronicle where he was given the assignment of “national golf writer.” While in this slot he covered all the major tournaments from 2001 to 2004, including the Ryder Cup.

In November of 2004 he made an abrupt change in direction, going from print to broadcast media, joining the

burgeoning world of sports talk radio at KNBR. The latter likes to bill itself as a “local” station, but is actually a property of Cumulus Media, which owns 347 AM and FM stations located mostly in medium-sized markets. In fact, Cumulus is the second largest owner of radio stations in the United States.

Together with co-host Paul McCaffrey, the “Murph and Mac” show airs during morning commute hours from 5 to 9am Mondays through Fridays, offering a mix of interviews, call-ins, and upbeat chatter on the sports scene locally and nationally. Four hours a day is a lot of time to fi ll and the schedule can be grueling.

Somehow Brian found time to write and publish two books, San Francisco Giants: 50 Years, and The Last Putt: 2 Teams, 1 Dream and a Freshman Named Tiger, the latter title about Tiger Woods’s freshman year at Stanford.

When he’s not massaging the airwaves or writing books or authoring a weekly column for Yahoo Sports, he spends time with his family, wife Candace, small son Declon and dog Oscar at their home in Oakland. OTAers are privileged to welcome this experienced and perceptive local sports commentator to our autumn, 2010, dinner gathering.

Brian MurphyBrian Murphy

Members & Guestsat the 2010 Spring OTA Meeting:

MEMBERS:Manny AgorastosRay ArataGary BaderJohn BainCharlie BakerDavid BankerDewey BarronGene BarsottiJim BassMark BassWayne BatmaleDick BechelliArt BelcherDon BenedettiMarvin BerksonMaurice BessiereBob BorghelloFrank BradyBud BresnahanCraig BownRobert BrownEd BrowneCharlton BuckleyAndy BurkeHarry BushRigo CabezasBill CalanderMel CanevaroBrian CarsonCraig CarsonMike CarsonDan CaseyJoe ChamparinoLyn ChapmanMarc ChristensenArt CitrSam CitronDavid ClishamMike CloonanJohn CoatesBill CollinsJim ConnolyDan CostelloBill CurranMike CutonePete DaltonFrank DamonBob DatwylerRon DavisBob DawsonJerry De RyanTom Dee

Jim DeignanDon DemeyerVince DeNeversJoe DesmondTony DiGionvanniLarry DohertyJack DonahueMike DoterweitchJim DresserJere DriscollAlonso EmeryRon ErtolaBernie EsserCharles EstesWarren FanninDon FeehanTony FeeneyRoger FerrariCharles FigoneMarcel FioreJack FitzpatrickKen FlowerJohn FracchiaAlan FraserDave FriedenbergRichard FriedmanGene GallagherJim GallagherElmer GallegosNorman GardFred GeorgeArt GerransJerry GibsonJoseph GicliottiTommy GillTom GinellaCon Glafkides

Fred GlosserJim GoellerSam GoldmanJerry GoslandJeff GraffJack GrealishJim GrealishJeff GreenRay GreggainsBob GuddeeBob GuerreroBob HaglerTom HallFrank HalldersonJoe HareJack HayesFred HedleyWalter HeimJohn HenryAl HitchcockDick HoedtMarvin HoffmanBill HoganDon HouriganDr. John IoccoBob IsolaGary JohnsonWarren JohnstonCharles JonesBob JonsonBob KahlBill KaplanJim KellerJoe KellyMic KellyAndy KerrHerbert Kessler

Kris KimballBill KingsburyGib KirwinQuentin KoppGeorge KorteJohn KristovichDick KuchenEd KurzTom LaGravePhil LaraTim LeachBob LeePhil LellmanJohn LeTourneauArt LidstromRon MacaluscoDave MackinMike MaffaiRoger MajorAl MarinaiJoe MarinoAllen MartinoJoe MartinoMario MasoRobert MaxJohn McCarthyRay McDonaldTom McGrawVal McKeeverDon MeekBob MitchellJohn MohrAl MonacoRay MonterosoAllen MootzRick MorescoRobert Morton

Gene MullinPat MurphyRich MurphyJon NakamuraSteve NegoescoBob NortonDon NovitzkyDennis O’ConnorThomas O’ConnorChuck OsbornPat O’SheaJack PhelanBob PlacakJim PlacakHoward PoblitzNick PoppinHoward PowelsonSalvatore PrestiFred QuinnKirk RademakerTed RademakerDenis RaganHarry RedlickBuck ReedRich ReynoldsGil RiberaTony RiberaBaxter RiceBill RichardsonDenis RichardsonJerry RichardsonJoe RichardsonNick RigasCliff RighettiGene RobertsBob RocheAl Romero

Our President Bob Sini introduced to the OTA membership the guest speaker for the evening event Pat Gallagher retired San Francisco Giants Executive.

Ed RothmanLen RovegnoRobert RowellMicheal SaiaSeb SaiaCarl SandquistBill ScharninghausenBernie SchneiderMurray SchneiderJack ScramagliaBill ShaughessyWallace SheehanDick SigginsLou SignorBob SimiDick SkidmoreRobert SockolovRay SolariJeff StahlDon StensonBill StevensonJohn StrainBob StroheckerOliver TalmageTerry TaylorMike TerrizziJeff ThomsonAl TrippBernie ValdezChuck VanonciniDave VerbruggeDick VerbruggeFrank VerducciDick VerlingCharles WagnerJoe WagnerJohn WagnerHoward WaitsJohn WalshRay WarmanDick WelchTerry WhiteGreg WoodRuss Ziebell

GUESTS:Larry BinghamMike BlumChuck BraggSean BuckleyBob BuichJack ClearyGeorge CosmosMike CrillyJohn EverettMike FassTerry FischerPat GallagherGil GuzmanC. Hamilton

MOVERS&SHAKERS

Congratulations are in order for:George Cosmos

Inducted into The 28th Annual Prep Hall of Fame Annual Awards. Dinner this

past May. This brings to 50, the number of OTA’ers who have been

recognized by The Hall of Fame Committee. George joins 303 previous

recipients for this award.

Frank Faraone

Named President of the George Washington H.S. Basketball Foundation.

Frank is a former OTA President, 1997, a SF Prep Hall of Fame Member,

and played basketball at Santa Clara.

TIME OUT By Manny Agorastos, CAL ‘57

Media Genius ReviewedBy Manny Agorastos (for Ray Wilson)

Looking over the OTAers in attendance, our spring speaker, former Giants’ market-ing director Pat Gallagher, said it reminded him of a night-game crowd at Candlestick Park. After the laughter subsided, Pat went on to review his 33-year career with the San Francisco Giants. Hired to promote the team, Gallagher came up with several themes, one after another: the “Croix de Candlestick,” the “Crazy Crab,” “Humm Baby,” and many others. Weak Giants’ teams during the seventies and eighties, however, made life

diffi cult for Pat.A discouraged Bob Lurie was about to sell the franchise to a group from Florida, but a local partnership led by former OTA speak-er Peter Magowan stepped in and saved the day, eventually building, as we all know, a beautiful ball park near China Basin. Pat was involved in planning the new stadium from the start, and was responsible, as he admitted, for the infamous personal seat license or chartered seat plan. It was an informative and enlightening talk by a Giants’ insider, accompanied by the usual warm comradeship and Chef Burns’s haut cuisine.

Matt HenryJohn JesfryMel JohnsonMike KasperMike KoppelBart Lally

Bob MaloneyKevin O’ConnorJerry PiroJoe PrestiJ. RadetichFrank Ratto

Steve RubinJohn TaddeccuciJerry WeedsTed WehdeHoward WeilandDwight Williams

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