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Stinson Stars Despite Injury
Thursday, Sept. 17, 1964
RELEASED FROM service in 1947, he enrolled at KU.
Wade Stinson, former KU all-conference halfback and for 14 years an insurance executive in Chicago, opens his first year as Jayhawker athletic director.
Stinson, a 179-pounder in his playing days, earned a letter as reserve halfback in 1949. Playing at all was a courageous feat since he was handicapped by a badly damaged left hand.
Named to the position last Feb. 22 he officially assumed command from A. C. (Dutch) Lonborg on July 1 Lonborg has been named 'Manager of Events' after guiding KU to 38 league championships, four NCAA titles and three conference all-sports crowns.
STINSON WAS GRADUATED from KU with a business degree in 1951. He was right halfback of the most prolific one-season rushing backfield in KU history.
He was hit by a trip flare at Camp Robinson, Little Rock, Ark., and spent two years in Army hospitals undergoing skin, tendon and nerve grafts to rebuild hand and fingers.
Playing in 1950, Stinson rushed for 1.129 net yards, still a varsity record. En route he shot to a conference
mark of 239 net yards against Utah, scoring three touchdowns in the 39-26 Jayhawker victory at Salt Lake City.
That performance remained a league record for 10 seasons until
Stinson Made 5th Jayhawk AD
Wade Stinson is the fifth athletic director in KU history.
First was Dr. F. C. (Phog) Allen, who began in 1920 following a period of "Managers of Athletics." He served until June, 1937, and was succeeded by the late Gwinn Henry.
Henry's regime ran to June, 1942, at which time, Karl Klooz, then University Bursar, was appointed acting director. The late E. C. Quigley was appointed in August, 1943, and served until July, 1950, when A. C. (Dutch) Lonborg took over.
"Managers" in the early days were Will Coleman, 1890-12; R.K. Moody, 1893-1904; U. S. G. Plank, 1904-05; W. C. Landson, 1904-12, and W. O. Hamilton, 1912-20.
Iowa State tailback Dave Hoppman bolted 271 against Kansas State in 1961. KU's Gale Sayers upped that to 283 yards a year later against Oklahoma State.
As a runner, Stinson not only carried exceptional speed and sharp cutting ability, but exploded quickly off the mark and hit with enough power to break tackles at the line or in the shallow secondary.
Oddly, Stinson did not win the conference individual rushing derby that year. Nebraska all-America Bobby Reynolds won that honor with 1,342 yards, still a league record.
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But Stinson's total still is second on the all-time league list, ranking as one of only seven One-Grand years by conference ball carriers.
AT LEFT HALF was Charlie Hoag, who netted 940 yards the same season to complete a two-man total of 2,065 as the Jayhawkers of 1950 established a net rusing total of 3,116, a KU record.
His senior season performance earned him a spot in the North-South Shrine game and the Ormand Beach Award, annually voted by squad members to KU's most outstanding player.
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