Is Nittany lion coach Joe Paterno in the College Football Hall of Fame?
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Penn State coach Joe Paterno helped a lot of players make it into the College Football Hall of Fame. He counts former Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie among them. “We made Flutie. I told him that 10 times,” Paterno said Saturday evening at a news conference before the pair and 18 others were enshrined. “He came to our place and nobody knew who he was and he ended up throwing for 400 yards. “But we beat’em,” Paterno added with a smile. Flutie got a chuckle out of it, as well. “He kind of liked me so I figured he let me throw for a bunch of yards, but not beat them too often,” Flutie said. Sources: http://blog.pennlive.com/pasports/2008/07/joe_paterno_enshrined_into_col.
Joe Paterno Biography Penn State Nittany Lions Joe Paterno is 83 years old, born in Brooklyn in 1926, he graduated from Brown, and he is a diehard Nittany Lion fan for life. He is the head coach for Penn State in his 60th year. Paterno served in the Army during World War II, and then accepted an athletic scholarship to Brown University. He studied English literature and was a quarterback for the football team. Upon graduation in 1950, his former coach at Brown, became the head coach at Penn State. After 16 years as Engle’s assistant, Paterno became head coach in 1966. Paterno lead Penn State to consecutive undefeated seasons in 1968 and 1969, and another undefeated season in 1973. Penn State won its first national championship (under Paterno) in 1982, and another undefeated season in 1986. Penn State entered the Big Ten Conference in 1993, and won a conference title in 1994. In 2002, Paterno became the first active coach in 20 years to receive the Amos Alonzo Stagg Award, the highest h
