THANK YOU FRAN The 2015 Penn State Football Yearbook is dedicated to the life and legacy of Fran Fisher, who passed on May 14, 2015. Fran was one of Penn State’s greatest ambassadors during his 50 years associated with the University and was synonymous as the radio voice of Penn State Athletics for three decades. In addition to his football and men’s basketball radio play-by-play duties, Fran also was the host of the popular TV Quarterbacks program with Joe Paterno and Jim Tarman and was the emcee for many Penn State events and pep rallies. After leaving the radio booth for the first time (1966-82), Fran served as Executive Director of the Nittany Lion Club from 1982-88. He returned to the radio booth from 1994-99, working alongside analyst/sidekick George Paterno for six entertaining years, which included the Nittany Lions’ first Big Ten Championship and Rose Bowl victory in 1994.
MAJOR SECTIONS WE ARE PENN STATE............................. 3 2015 SEASON PREVIEW....................... 58 2015 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES ............... 68 HEAD COACH....................................... 118 2014 SEASON REVIEW ...................... 134 AWARDS & HONORS .......................... 170 BOWL HISTORY................................... 180 HEAD COACHES.................................. 184 BEAVER STADIUM............................... 211 UNIVERSITY/STAFF............................. 214
Fran Fisher (right) with former Penn State Director of Athletics Jim Tarman.
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CREDITS: The 2015 Penn State Football Yearbook was compiled by Kristina Petersen, Editor; Barry W. Jones, Layout/Managing Editor; Greg Campbell & Steve Love, Design & Layout; editorial assistance by Greg Campbell, Tony Mancuso, Mark Brumbaugh, and Paul Marboe. Produced with the Adobe InDesign desktop publishing software program on Apple G5 computers. Printed by R.R. Donnelley, Chicago, Ill. Current as of July 1, 2015.
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2015 YEARBOOK CONTENTS, INFORMATION & CREDITS
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