Dr. Leroy Whittle
1941 - 2008 Resident of Berkeley Born on March 21, 1941 and passed away December 12th, 2008. Survived by wife Diane and also siblings Rodger, Edward, Delores, Dollie Fay, and Alfonzo. Leroy began his football career at Berkeley H.S. earning All-League honors and was awarded top Berkeley H.S. Athlete in 1959. He continued on at Santa Ana Jr. College where he made Jr. College All-American in 1959. Leroy attended Oregon State University on a football scholarship and also ran track. He is currently on the top ten track list at OSU for the 200 meter dash. He was a football starter, earning Rookie of the year Honors. He went on to play pro-football for the Edmonton Eskimos and the Oakland Raiders. Leroy earned a Masters of Arts and Education as well as a Doctoral Degree in Chiropractic. He opened his own private practice while working as a California State Rehabilitation Counselor for 16 years. Leroy was the first chiropractor to participate in a two week training program in Mainland China to help train Chinese doctors in local hospitals. Leroy was proud to serve our country in the 82nd Army Airborne. A service will be held at Mount Vernon Memorial Park 8201 Greenback Lane Fair Oaks, Ca on Monday December 22nd at 3p.m. Reception to follow.
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1959 NCS T&F (5-23)
100 - LeRoy Whittle (Berkeley) 10.0 220 - Mack Enz (Antioch) 21.5
440 - Dixon Farmer (Miramonte) 48.9
880 - Dave Dunbar (Westmoor) 1:55.4
Mile - George Linn (Palo Alto) 4:24.8
180 LH - Sid Nickolas (Vallejo) 19.1
120 HH - Vince Darone (Pittsburg) 14.7
880 Relay - Vallejo 1:29.6
BJ - Jim Fregosi (Serra) 22-9 1/2
HJ - (tie) Steve Carnahan (Alameda), Roger Olsen (Willow Glen) & Lynn Gold (Camden) 6-2
PV - Paul White (Carmel) 13-1 1/2
SP - Matthew Baggett (Berkeley) 56-5 1/2
Disc - Doug Schoenwetter (Fremont) 173-2 3/4
Teams - Berkeley, 29; Vallejo, 28
http://www.dyestatcal.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/ncs_res.htm
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Oregon State All-time List
200 METERS
1. Willie Turner 20.32 1967
2. Jerry Jordan 20.56 1977
3. Kasheef Hassan 20.77 1978
4. Ernie Smith 20.92 1968-70 c,y
5. Lynn Eves 21.12 1962 c,y
Greg Marks 21.12 1966-68 c,y
Yaw Atuahene 21.12 1974 c,y
8. Rex Brown 21.20 1984
9. Leroy Whittle 21.22 1961 c,y Bob Johnson 21.22 1962 c,y
https://admin.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4700&ATCLID=1549478
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OSU Highlights of the 1962 Liberty Bowl Football Game and the 1962 Football Season
DVD
25 min
1962
GV958 .O7 O88 2007 DVD
Includes footage of the 1962 Liberty Bowl game in Philadelphia vs. Villanova, 15 Dec. 1962, and all other 1962 games (Iowa State, Iowa, Stanford, Washington, University of Pacific, West Virginia, Washington State, Idaho, Colorado State, and Oregon). Features Terry Baker's 99-yard run for the only score in Liberty Bowl and many other Baker highlights from the 1962 season; also includes footage of Verne Burke and Leroy Whittle.
http://osulibrary.orst.edu/video/sport30.html
1 comment:
Leroy Whittle was my uncle, and the writer of this post left out quite a bit of factual information. Leroy was the son of Frank Whittle (my grandfather), and Dolly Jones. Leroy has quite a number of other siblings from his father's first marriage -- they are Nebraska Ted Whittle (deceased), O'Vera Whittle Hendrix, Goldie Whittle Jones, Frankie Whittle (deceased, and my dad), and Elzie Whittle. I was not as familiar with Dolly Jones' children, and didn't meet Edward until he came to visit my dying dad back in 1985. Leroy didn't attend my dad's funeral, and I didn't meet him or his wife until a family reunion in Fresno, California in the earliest part of the 21st century, maybe 2001. Leroy's dad died in 1953, and his mother died in the 1990's.
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