1968 O.J. Simpson USC Trojans v Minn Gophers Original 8x10 NCAA MW Emmons Photo

Description: This 1968 O.J. Simpson USC Trojans v Minnesota Gophers Original 8x10 NCAA Malcolm W. Emmons Photo is the exact item you will receive and has been certified Authentic by REM Fine Collectibles. September 21, 1968 Minnesota lost to USC in one of the grand games in Gopher football history. Simpson ran for four touchdowns and had 375 all-purpose yards. The buildup and hype to the game at old Memorial Stadium on the Minnesota campus was extraordinary. The Trojans were college football’s defending national champions. The Gophers had shared the 1967 Big Ten title with Indiana and Purdue. USC was a glamour team featuring senior All-American halfback O.J. Simpson who would go on to win the 1968 Heisman Trophy. Simpson chose to attend the University of Southern California (USC), which he had admired as a young football fan, over the University of Utah. He played running back with the Trojans for head coach John McKay in 1967 and 1968. Simpson led the nation in rushing both years under McKay: in 1967 with 1,543 yards and 13 touchdowns, and in 1968 with 1,880 yards on 383 carries. As a senior in 1968, Simpson rushed for 1,709 yards and 22 touchdowns in the regular season, earning the Heisman Trophy, the Maxwell Award, and Walter Camp Award. He held the record for the Heisman's largest margin of victory for 51 years, defeating runner-up Leroy Keyes by 1,750 points. In the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day, #2 USC faced top-ranked Ohio State; Simpson ran for 171 yards, including an 80-yard touchdown run in a 27–16 loss. Malcolm W. Emmons was born in 1935 and grew up in Kennebunk, Maine. During his childhood, he helped his family save the farm in 1947 when there was a series of forest fires in York County that destroyed a total area of 175,000 acres of wooded land. As a young man, he joined the Marine Corp where—after becoming the top of his class—he chose Aerial Photography in the Naval School as his service career. During his time in the Marines, he worked in Japan and Korea. This profession served him for the rest of his life, beginning what would become an illustrious photography career. Once honorably discharged from the military, Malcolm lived in Washington, D.C., working for News-Clark as an etcher. It was there that he met the love of his life Mary, married her and moved to Columbus, Ohio, to graduate from Ohio State University. While in school, he photographed for the yearbook, “The Makio” and the newspaper, The Lantern. During summer breaks, he worked at North American Aviation in the photo lab. In the winter of 1963, he received his diploma in agriculture. His first big photo break came via Sport Magazine, featuring a photo spread of Jerry Lucas, center court at St. John Arena. Malcolm started to build his career at the exact time success came to Ohio sports. From Cleveland Browns titles and Cincinnati Royals with Oscar Robertson to Ohio State Buckeyes Men’s Basketball National Champions, the demand for his images became a serious business. Regular clients included Sport, Sporting News, Inside Sport, Football Digest, Baseball Illustrated, Dell Sports and Street & Smith. Later in his career, he met David Boss, who pioneered the Creative Services division of NFL Properties and convinced Malcolm to become a regular contributor. In 1968, Malcolm won first place honors for the first ever photo contest at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He repeated the feat in 1971 and 1974. Other notable projects were co-producing The Battling Buckeyes Book; working with Marketcom to produce Sports Illustrated posters; and having one of his images of Jerry West used by an artist to produce the NBA logo. Malcolm mainly worked freelance, believing that owning his images was extremely valuable, more so than contracts. The rare contracts he did take he negotiated to keep a portion of the game take. During this time, Malcolm also took on a fulltime photography job at The Ohio State University’s Extension Service, illustrating his strong work ethic that began so many years ago on his family’s farm. Malcolm has two sons, Malcolm Jr. and Matthew, residing in Delaware, Ohio. He enjoyed being a historian of military conflicts, and often took the family to Civil War battlefields for summer vacations. It was this common interest in military strategy that sparked a great friendship with Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes. Their offices were not far apart on campus, so the two frequently enjoyed brown bag lunches together during the off-season. Though they worked with the sport of football, it was rarely discussed; instead, the conversation was all about military strategy in battles of the past. The Sporting News editor Lowell Reidenbaugh had a great working relationship with Malcolm and relied on his ability to capture the essence of a sporting event. This combination produced more than 300 Sporting News covers for Malcolm during his career. Malcolm was among a coveted few that covered all Super Bowls through XXIII. In the weeks leading up to the USC v Minnesota game there was a buzz around town seldom seen with Gophers football before or since. It was Minnesota’s opener and the game drew a crowd of 60,820 crazed fans to Dinkytown. It would be the largest crowd at Memorial Stadium until the Gophers abandoned the “Brick House” after the 1981 season and moved into the Metrodome. USC’s John McKay was a national championship coach and Minnesota’s Murray Warmath had coached the Gophers to the 1960 national title. Sometime during the offseason of 1968 Coach Warmath got an unusual idea. He decided to let the grass at Memorial Stadium grow long in an attempt to slow down Simpson who not only was powerfully built but had track star speed. How long was long? “Unusually long,” said former Minnesota offensive tackle Ezell Jones. Fullback Jim Carter was a teammate of Jones in 1968 and also recalled the long grass. “It was deep,” Carter said. “I don’t know if it was six inches or what. But the problem with that strategy is, it didn’t work.” The grass was long and the field was wet from rain, but the Gophers couldn’t do enough to contain Simpson in a 29-20 loss. Simpson ran for four touchdowns and had 375 all-purpose yards. After the game Simpson expressed his admiration for Minnesota’s defense. “Simpson praised the Gophers, saying he had never been hit harder than he was that day,” Wilkinson wrote.

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