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Raymond J. "Ray" Poppelman (March 6, 1907 – February 28, 2003) was an American Marine and athlete. He attended the University of Maryland, where he played on the football and lacrosse teams. Poppelman was inducted into the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988. ==Biography== A native of San Fernando, California,〔(''The Terrapin'' ), p. 81, University of Maryland, 1933.〕 Poppelman served in the United States Marine Corps as an enlistedman, and was stationed in Shanghai during the 1920s.〔Alfred Emile Cornebise, (''The Shanghai Stars and Stripes: Witness to the Transition to Peace, 1945–1946'' ), p. 172–173, McFarland, 2010, ISBN 0-7864-4756-7.〕 He played on the football team at Quantico in 1927.〔("Quantico Football 1918 thru 1942" ) (PDF), Quantico Marine Athletes Reunion Group, p. 5, retrieved December 25, 2010.〕 The talents of Poppelman and Albert Woods, a Quantico teammate, attracted the attention of Maryland's head coach, Curley Byrd. Byrd dispatched scouts to watch all of Quantico's game, and according to ''Kings of American Football: The University of Maryland, 1890–1952'', the base soon "was referred to as Maryland's 'farm team' and the Southern Conference passed a rule making play with a service team count in eligibility the same as play with another college."〔Morris Allison Bealle, ''Kings of American Football: The University of Maryland, 1890–1952'', p. 116, Columbia Publishing Co., 1952.〕 Poppelman attended the University of Maryland, where he played on the football team from 1930 to 1932 as a quarterback, fullback, and halfback, and on the lacrosse team as an attackman in 1931 and 1932.〔(All-Time Letterwinners N-Z ), University of Maryland, retrieved December 25, 2010.〕〔(All-Time Lettermen ), University of Maryland, retrieved December 25, 2010.〕 He also played one season of basketball and competed on the track team.〔 To entice him to attend the school, Byrd arranged for Poppelman, who was dissatisfied with the standard dorm bunks, to receive a special bed.〔David Ungrady, (''Tales From The Maryland Terrapins'' ), p. 42, Sports Publishing LLC, 2003, ISBN 1-58261-688-4〕 In 1930, Poppelman scored twice in the 41–7 rout of , and he tallied once in the 13–7 victory over .〔Bealle, p. 117.〕 In 1931, Poppelman helped Maryland beat Navy, 6–0, on a double reverse where he pitched the ball to Paul Kiernan, who in turn passed to George Chalmers. Chalmers ran the ball 20 yards to the Midshipmen 30-yard line, which set up the Terrapin score on the following play.〔Bealle, p. 118.〕 Poppelman scored twice himself on rushes against , which helped the Terrapins to a 20–0 win. The following week, he scored against Vanderbilt in Maryland's only loss of the season, 39–12. Poppelman accounted for both touchdowns against , 13–7.〔Bealle, p. 119.〕 Maryland secured the state football championship with a defeat, 41–6, of . In that game, Poppelman tallied three times on carries of 31, 50, and 56 yards, "in addition to picking up much yardage on other excursions."〔(Maryland Wins State Grid Crown ), ''The Milwaukee Journal'', December 6, 1931.〕 Poppelman finished the season with 1,350 rushing yards, which surpassed the previous school record of 1,255 set by Gerald Snyder in 1928.〔Ungrady, p. 43.〕 He was named an honorable mention All-American.〔(All-Americans ), University of Maryland, retrieved December 25, 2010.〕 ''The Baltimore Sun'' selected the entire Terrapins backfield, including Poppelman, for its All-Maryland team. It reasoned the unprecedented nature of that selection was due to the "complete dominance of State football by the University of Maryland during 1931" and "the manner in which that team swept aside all opposition in this territory".〔(University Of Maryland Dominates The Sun Team; Entire Backfield And Three Linemen Chosen On Twenty-Second Annual Eleven--Helm, Captain, And Poppelman Best Bet ), ''The Sun'', December 13, 1931.〕 In 1932, he was credited with leading Maryland to a 63–0 rout of .〔(Maryland Smothers Washington College ), ''Reading Eagle'', September 24, 1932.〕 During the season, he struck a freshman player in a scrimmage and was dismissed from the team by Curley Byrd. Byrd reinstated him after Poppelman issued an apology before the game against .〔(RAY POPPELMAN IS REINSTATED; Maryland Star, Dropped From Squad For Blow, Back After Apology ), ''The Sun'', October 27, 1932.〕 Against the Keydets, Poppelman put Maryland ahead to win, 12–7, in the fourth quarter with a 52-yard run. He scored the deciding points against , 6–0, and tallied once against , 23–0.〔Bealle, p. 121.〕 After the season, he was named to the All-South Atlantic team as a halfback and the team captain by "virute of being the only player to have made the mythical team previously".〔Wade Ison, (Third All-South Atlantic Grid Team Picked By Sports Writers; Outstanding Teams in Trio States Place Two Men Each on Eleven ), ''Herald-Journal'', December 18, 1932.〕 The selectors called Poppelman a "triple threat ace" and "to Maryland what John Cain was to Alabama.〔 Poppelman was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. He graduated from Maryland in 1933 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.〔 He was inducted into the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988.〔(University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame All-Time Inductees ), University of Maryland, retrieved December 25, 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ray Poppelman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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