Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Related News

Class of 1980

General Jul 02
Class of 1980


Tom Brown
Helping carry ULM to four straight district baseball titles and a national NAIA runnerup spot in 1970, Brown finished owning 15 records, and more than 25 years later he still has the best winning percentages for a single season (10- 1, .909) and career (35-13, .729), best ERA for a season (0.51, 1968, 40.1 innings) and career (1.43, 345.1 innings) and 35 career wins. He was all-GSC four straight years and NAIA all-America (second team) in 1971.


Joe Driskill
Quick, competitive and talented, Driskill graduated as ULM's most decorated player in school history at that point. An offensive and defensive end, he made all-conference all four years and was Associated Press second team all-America as a senior. He was the first ULM player in a post-season all-star game (All-America Bowl, 1958). He played in the NFL with St. Louis in 1960-61 and then went on to a distinguished military career, reaching the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army. Deceased, 2003.


John Hollingsworth
A picture of consistency, Hollingsworth was an NAIA all-America for two years and set conference and university records in the shot put and discus. As a sophomore, he was GSC discus champ and finished fifth at the NAIA national meet. As a junior, he won the discus and shot in the GSC and as a senior repeated as league champ in both and was third at the NAIA in the discus. His bests were 55-9 1/2 in the shot at 178-10 in the discus. Deceased, 1976.


Bobby Kellogg
Perhaps the smallest all-star football player (5-7, 155) ever at ULM, Kellogg was also one of the most dynamic as a runner, passer, and punter. Two times MVP. He had a 104 yard kickoff return and a 93 yard interception return as a freshman and an 80 yard punt return as a sophomore. He went on to become all-SEC and honorable mention all-America at Tulane before becoming a very successful coach at such universities as Wake Forest, Texas Tech, Mississippi State, and Memphis State. Deceased, 1985.


Wayne Peddy
Playing when match play provided the competition, Peddy led ULM to its four greatest years (24-4). Individually, Wayne won 23 of 25 dual matches in his career. ULM won its only golf conference title in 1968 and Peddy was the GSC champion. He never finished lower than third in the GSC Tournament and made all-America as the Indians finished 8th in the 1968 NAIA national tournament. Peddy's 1969 stroke average was 71.6 and his career medal average is 72.6, both school records.  

Print Friendly Version