Bruce Bosley

Overview

• Green Bank High School– Activities, Sports

• West Virginia University– Football

• N.F.L.– Honors

• Off Field• Hall of Fame• Other– Honors, Cards, Books, etc.,.

Green Bank High School• FFA

– 1948-49, 1949-50• Varsity “G”

– 1948-52• Varsity “G” President

– 1950-1951, 1951-52• Latin Club Representative

– 1951-52• Freshman Class President

– 1948-49• Sophomore Vice President

– 1949-50• Junior Class President

– 1950-51• Senior Class Play “Dead of the Night”

– Actor - Steve Holbrook

GBHS - Basketball• Basketball 1948-49: 15-9

– Sectional Championship• Basketball 1949-50: 20-4

– Sectional Championship, Regional Championship• Basketball 1950-51: 27-1

– Sectional Championship– Regional Championship– Class “B” State Runner-Up

• Basketball 1951-52: 15-3– Sectional Championship

Total: 77W-17L

• Basketball Letterman: 1948-52• All-State Tournament Team (Basketball): 1951• Basketball Co-Captain: 1951-52

GBHS - Football• Football 1948-49: 7-2

– Greenbrier Valley Championship• Football 1949-50: 5-1-3• Football 1950-51: 6-1-1

– Northern Greenbrier Valley Championship• Football 1951-52: 6-2 Total: 24W-6L-3T

• Football Letterman: 1948-52• Football Co-Captain: 1951-52• Class B All State (3rd Team): 1951• North-South All-Star Game: 1952

West Virginia University

• 1952 Football: 7-2 (5-1)• 1953 Football: 8-2 (4-0)– Southern Conference Champions– Sugar Bowl

• 1954 Football: 8-1 (3-0)– Southern Conference Champions

• 1955 Football: 8-2 (4-0)– Southern Conference Champions

Total: 31W-7L

West Virginia University• Football Letterman

– 1952-1955• All-American (INS -2nd Team, AP - HM)

– 1953• All-Southern Conference (Captain)

– 1953• Academic All-American (Chemical Engineering)

– 1953• Associated Press National Lineman of the Week - Penn State

– 1953• All-American (AP, United Press, NEA - HM, INS -3rd Team)

– 1954• All-Chemical All-American (Captain)

– 1954• All-South (N.Y. Sunday News, Colliers, Look)

– 1954• All-Southern Conference

– 1954

West Virginia University - 1955• Southern Conference Player of

the Year• Jacob's Blocking Trophy• Consensus All-American

– (Collier, International News Service, United Press, The Sports News, New York News, Williamson Rating System, Hearst Newspapers, Paramount News, All-America Board, Boston Record American, Gridiron Weekly and Players' (Norman Sper), Walter Camp (2nd Team)

• All- Players Team – Named by 93 percent of opposing

players• All Southern Conference

– Captain

• 1955 Co-Captain• 1955 North-South

Game• 1955 Senior Bowl• 1956 College Football

All-Star Game – vs Defending NFL

Champion Cleveland Browns

San Francisco 49ers/Atlanta Falcons• 1956 2nd Round Draft Pick (#15th overall)

• San Francisco 49ers:– 1956: Starting Left Defensive End– 1957: Starting Left Guard– 1958: Starting Left Guard– 1959: Starting Left Guard– 1960: Starting Left Guard– 1961: Starting Left Guard– 1962: Starting Center– 1963: Starting Center– 1964: Starting Center– 1965: Starting Center– 1966: Starting Center– 1967: Starting Center– 1968: Starting Center– 163 Total Games

• Atlanta Falcons:– 1969: Starting Center– 12 Total Games

NFL Season-by-Season• 1956 San Francisco 49ers: 5-6-1• 1957 San Francisco 49ers: 8-4

– NFL West Division Championship Lost Divisional Playoff to future NFL Champion Detroit Lions

• 1958 San Francisco 49ers: 6-6• 1959 San Francisco 49ers: 7-5• 1960 San Francisco 49ers: 7-5• 1961 San Francisco 49ers: 7-6-1• 1962 San Francisco 49ers: 6-8

• 1963 San Francisco 49ers: 2-12• 1964 San Francisco 49ers: 4-10• 1965 San Francisco 49ers: 7-6-1• 1966 San Francisco 49ers: 6-6-2• 1967 San Francisco 49ers: 7-7• 1968 San Francisco 49ers: 7-6-1• 1969 Atlanta Falcons: 6-8

Total: 85W-95L-6T

NFL Honors• 1960 Pro Bowl: Left Guard

– West 38 – East 21• 1965 Pro Bowl: Center

– West 34 – East 14• 1966 Pro Bowl: Center

– East 36 – West 7• 1967 Pro Bowl: Center

– East 20 – West 10

• 1959 All Pro: Left Guard – 1st Team Sporting News, 2nd Team AP

• 1960 All Pro: Left Guard – 2nd Team Newspaper Ent. Assoc., NY Daily News, UPI

• 1961 All Pro: Left Guard – 1st Team Sporting News, 2nd Team Newspaper Ent. Assoc.

• 1966 All Pro: Center – 2nd Team, NY Daily News

Off Field

• Board of Directors– San Francisco Annex for Cultural Arts

• Mayor’s Committee – San Francisco Council for the Performing Arts

• Long-time Volunteer– San Francisco Film Festival

• Long-time Volunteer– San Francisco Ballet

• NFL Alumni Association– Executive Director– President

• Caring for Kids

Hall of Fame(s)• West Virginia Sportswriters Hall of Fame

– 1975• College Football’s 75th Silver

Anniversary Team– 1981

• College Football Hall of Fame– 1982

• WVU Sports Hall of Fame– 1992

• West Virginia Coaches Association Football Hall of Fame– 2010

Other Honors• NFL Films “They Lead Two Lives”

– 1967• 75th Anniversary All-Southern

Conference Football Team– 1996

• Sports Illustrated Top-50 Athletes from West Virginia (#30) – 1999

• NFL Alumni Northern California Chapter Building named “Bruce Bosley Memorial Building”– 1999

• Member of the 49ers "Golden Era" team from 1946-69

Football Cards• 1956: 49ers Team Issue #6• 1956: Topps 49ers Team Photo• 1957: 49ers Team Issue #6• 1958: 49ers Team Issue #5• 1959: 49ers Team Issue #3• 1959: Topps #166 “Rookie Card”• 1959: Topps 49ers Team Photo• 1960: 49ers Team Issue #2 • 1961: 49ers Team Issue #1 • 1961: Topps 49ers Team Photo• 1962: Post Cereal #91 • 1962-63: Salada Coins #29 • 1963: Topps 49ers Team Photo• 1964: Coke Caps 49ers #2 • 1964: Topps 49ers Team Photo• 1965: Philadelphia 49ers Team Photo• 1965: Philadelphia 49ers Play of the Year

• 1965: Philadelphia 49ers vs Rams• 1966: Coke Caps 49ers #C2• 1966: Coke Caps National NFL #C40 (UER)• 1966: Philadelphia #172 • 1966: Philadelphia 49ers Team Photo• 1967: Philadelphia #171 • 1967: Williams Portraits #451 • 1967: Philadelphia 49ers Team Photo• 1968: 49ers Team Issue #5 • 1968: Topps 49ers Test Team Photo• 1969: Glendale Stamps #291 • 1969: Topps #157 Bruce Bosley UER• 1969: Topps Four-in-One Inserts #9

– Bosley/Wilburn/Nowatzke/Simon• 1969: Topps San Francisco 49ers Mini Card Album• 1991: West Virginia ATG #5 Bruce Bosley• 2003: West Virginia Greats #7 Bruce Bosley• 2003: West Virginia Greats 1953 Mountaineers

Team Photo

Known Books/Magazine Mentions• “Waiting for the Fall: A Decade of Dreams, Drama and West Virginia University Football”

– by Mike Casazza• “Before They Were Champions: The San Francisco 49ers 1958 Season”

– by Martin S. Jacobs• “Forty Niners: Looking back”

– by Joseph Hession• “Mountaineer Football 1891-1969”

– by Tony Constantine• “Great Expectations: Lessons from the Hearts of College Athletes”

– by Carolyn Peluso Atkins• "Our Proud Mountain Roots and Heritage”

– by George R. Triplett• “Sports in West Virginia: A pictorial history”

– by Doug Huff• “Tough Stuff”

– by Sam Huff and Leonard Shapiro

Known Books/Magazine Mentions• “San Francisco 49ers (Great Teams' Great Years)”

– by Creative Services and NFL Properties Inc• “West Virginia University Football Vault (College Vault)”

– by John Antonik• “The Backyard Brawl”

– by John Antonki• “Bruce Bosley” December 1, 1963

– SF 49ers vs Los Angeles Rams 49ers Profile

• “The House that Bruce Built” December 3rd 1967 – SF 49ers vs Chicago Bears 49ers Profile

• "Mountaineer Illustrated - September 18th, 1982" – Cover Photo, and Feature Article

• "San Francisco 49ers" – Sports Review 1966 Pro Football

• "Pro Football - 1967, San Francisco 49ers“– by Jack Zanger

• "The 66th All-American Football Team" – Colliers

Known Books/Magazine Mentions• "Topps Football Cards 1956-1986"

– by Jack Clary (Author), L Kirshbaum (Editor)• "San Francisco 49ers: The Complete Illustrated History Hardcover"

– by Matt Maiocco (Author), Dwight Clark (Foreword)• "Standard Catalog of Vintage Football Cards Paperback“

– by Editors of Krause Publications (Author)• "Uniform Numbers of the NFL: All-Time Rosters, Facts and Figures“

– by John Maxymuk (Author)• "San Francisco 49ers Report February 27 1985"

– by San Francisco 49ers (Editor)• "100 Things 49ers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (100 Things...Fans Should Know)“

– by Daniel Brown (Author), Roger Craig (Foreword) • "Uniform Numbers of the NFL: All-Time Rosters, Facts and Figures Paperback“

– by John Maxymuk• “Unofficial San Francisco 49ers Book of Lists“

– by Craig Massei• "Football Hall of Shame 2 Paperback – September 1, 1990"

– by Bruce Nash

Sports Illustrated Mentions

• December 27, 1999– “West Virginia”

• October 31, 1994 – “A Play That Will Live In Infamy”

• September 16, 1968 – “Coastal Division”

• August 29, 1966 – “The Fabulous Brodie Caper”

• October 11, 1965 – "49ers on the Move"

• November 20, 1961 – “A Successful Trader In Giants”

• September 24, 1956 – “The Southern Conference”

• December 12, 1955 – “Football”

• November 07, 1955 – “The Outstanding Linemen In

College Football”• October 10, 1955

– “Football Down South”• October 25, 1954

– “Game Of The Week: West Virginia 19 Penn State 14”

• October 04, 1954– “The Solid South”

Known Board Game Mentions• “Mountaineer Mania: The Game”

– KDK Products• “1955 Art Lewis Football Game”

– Morgantown Game Co• “1958 APBA Game Card Set”• “1959 APBA Game Card Set”• “1960 APBA Game Card Set”• “1961 APBA Game Card Set”• “1962 APBA Game Card Set”• “1963 APBA Game Card Set”• “1964 APBA Game Card Set”• “1965 APBA Game Card Set”• “1966 APBA Game Card Set”• “1967 APBA Game Card Set"• "1968 APBA Game Card Set"• "1969 APBA Game Card Set"

Miscellaneous• Posters

– History of West Virginia Football– West Virginia Heritage Collection

• Videos– NFL Films “They Lead Two Lives”– “Bring on the Mountaineers 100 years of WVU Football”

• Bruce Bosley Pregame Show– Allegheny Mountain Radio

• West Virginia Social Studies Fair Projects– “From Start to Stardom”– “Green Bank’s Most Famous Athlete”

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