Page 100 - Gonzaga in the 1970s

Kevin Whirdy – date uncertain, but the player to his left is almost
certainly Jeremy Maher (’81)

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TEAM PHOTO

One joker up on tiptoe at the back;
centre, the proud captain, holding ball. Arms
folded in a swagger, we were ready

for anything the world could hurl at us.
Pirate beards, teen-idol hair — the glamour:
we were sure to knock ‘em dead

in the bar after. Boots crusting with pitch-muck
and tradition; the jerseys that on fired-up afternoons
we’d sworn we’d die for. And (not in picture)

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